Job Summary: Our engineering team defines the technical architecture and drives itself to build systems that serve billions of requests per day, cosmic scales of video content streamed every day, with ultra-low latency design and high reliability. We make sure every byte of video content gets to millions of viewers, at the highest quality possible. We are growing fast and looking for talented Engineers who are up for one of the biggest yet outcomes in the video streaming business as we gun to be the primary destination for digital first entertainment in India and make JioHotStar accessible to every Indian.
About the team : JioHotstar’s world-record-breaking OTT platform is available in India, the UK, Singapore, and Canada. We are home to India’s largest entertainment content catalog for the Indian diaspora in the UK. We are hiring senior engineers for our UK and international teams to develop systems that drive business growth in the country. This is a unique opportunity to work across the JioHotstar tech stack and work on the most impactful projects. You will contribute to the common stack, build frameworks to offer geography-specific differentiated features and create subscriber and business growth platform for the company.
Key Responsibilities:
The ideal candidate will be integral in driving the design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Go code.
Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
Develop Go packages and programs that are scalable and maintainable.
Integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
Integrate applications with various data storage solutions, including relational databases and NoSQL databases.
Benchmark applications and optimize for maximum speed and scalability.
Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to address and mitigate these problems.
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
Implement unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure application robustness and reliability.
Keep up to date with Go's latest documentation and features.
Constantly research and adopt new techniques and technologies that enhance the application's functionality, user experience and performance.
Ensure that all system changes are in compliance with industry best practices and standards.
Skills and Attributes for Success:
Developers with a strong grasp on REST API concepts.
Quick learners with strong technical problem-solving capabilities.
Strong understanding of relational (SQL) versus document (NoSQL) data models.
Familiarity with common Go routine and channel patterns.
Preferred Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
2 to 4 years of experience in backend development, with a focus on building production-grade systems.
