Golang Engineer

Engineering @JioCinema

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 JioCinema accessible to every Indian.

What will you do?

• The ideal candidate will be integral in driving the design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant commerce and subscription applications.
• Design, architect, 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.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Conduct regular code reviews and ensure high code quality standards are upheld.
• Produce detailed documentation pertaining to the software's design, codebase, and user guide.
• 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 following industry best practices and standards.

Who should apply for this role?

• Developers with bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Developers with 6-8 Years of overall experience in developing scalable applications using Go.
• Development experience should include 2+ years of proven experience in designing and architecting scalable application using Go.
• 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.

Viacom18’s JioCinema is not just a streaming service; it's a movement, ushering in a new era of entertainment and sports consumption. It aspires to push beyond the traditional OTT platform boundaries, to offer an immersive, interactive viewing experience that transcends conventional viewing. JioCinema integrates real-time streaming, interactive features, and personalized recommendations, to build a more engaging and satisfying viewer experience. All of this while it continues to smash records for concurrent ‘live sports’ viewership and billions of digital views.

On sports, JioCinema is home to some of the biggest live sporting events such as the IPL, and global sporting IPs like FIFA, LaLiga, amongst others. On entertainment, JioCinema boasts of a robust and diverse repository of riveting originals, digital film premieres, reality series, regional content, network content and curated entertainment and sporting content, all available for free. This along with the recently introduced subscription segment presents real-time uninterrupted streaming of premium global titles from leading studios like Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, and JioStudios establish JioCinema as the ultimate entertainment destination. As JioCinema strides towards its goal of becoming India's largest and most loved entertainment company, it is not just focused on size, but on the quality and diversity of the experiences provided. JioCinema is on a mission to ensure that every story, every game, and every piece of content finds its audience and that every audience finds its passion.

Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd. is one of India’s fastest-growing entertainment networks and a house of iconic brands that offers multi-platform, multi-generational, and multicultural brand experiences. Viacom18 defines entertainment in India by touching the lives of people through its properties on air, online, on the ground, in cinemas, and merchandise. Its portfolio of 38 channels across general entertainment, movies, sports, youth, music, and kids genres delight consumers across the country with its eclectic mix of programming. JioCinema, Viacom18’s OTT platform, is one of India’s leading streaming services and most popular destination for live sports. Viacom18 Studios has successfully produced and distributed iconic Hindi films and clutter-breaking regional films for over 13 years in India.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status.