\nJOB SUMMARY: As a Staff engineer, the role entails passion to build a world-class content viewing experience for our customers by solving complex technical problems and building systems that run at an enormous scale. The role is expected to design and deliver the next-generation user experience and the platforms required to enable a smooth video consumption experience for our customers.\n\n\nABOUT THE TEAM: At Disney+ Hotstar, we're on a mission to deliver delightful experiences to our 500+ million customers across the globe. Our technology spans 25+ countries, with more on the horizon. The Customer Experience (CEX) team manages the entire customer journey, from signup to personalized content viewing on a wider range of consumer devices. We are dedicated to ensuring exceptional and seamless viewing consumption for our users across all devices (including mobiles, TVs, set-top boxes, and dongles) and platforms. This team is critical in enhancing video quality, performance, and user interaction, focusing on delivering high-quality content with minimal disruptions.\n\n\nREPORTING TO: Senior Engineering Manager\n\n\n\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES: \n* Design and build applications to deliver a high-performance system and highly engaging UI\n* You will work with the engineering team to optimize applications for performance and scalability  across Web and Living Room devices\n* You will propose experiments to gather data and make proposals on the best initiatives to take up to improve the key performance metrics and deliver high value to the business \n* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features\n* Serves as the functional lead, possesses deep knowledge of core systems, and takes full responsibility for the team's code, design, and project delivery, ensuring high quality and on-time completion\n* Build the next-generation user experience and the platforms required to enable intuitive content discovery for our customers\n* Work with the engineering team to optimize applications for performance and scalability across various platforms, Mobile, Web, and Living Room devices\n* Provide mentorship and guidance to other developers\n\n\n\nSKILLS & ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS: \n* Strong experience in Javascript language\n* Deep knowledge about how browsers and playback work\n* Deep understanding of design & architecture patterns\n* Highly enthusiastic and enjoy learning new technologies and frameworks\n* You know why a framework is necessary and know any of React, AngularJS etc\n* Open source contribution is good to have\n* Proficient understanding of code versioning tools Git\n* Familiarity with key video fundamentals and Shaka player\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT US: Disney Star is a leading media & entertainment company in India that reaches over 700 million viewers a month in nine different languages. Our entertainment portfolio which cuts across general entertainment, movies, sports, infotainment, kids, and lifestyle content generates over 20,000 hours of original content every year.  Disney+ Hotstar, India’s leading streaming platform, enables us to reach and entertain audiences anywhere, anytime. Disney+ Hotstar has changed the way Indians consume their entertainment - from their favorite TV shows and movies to sporting extravaganzas.  \nJoin us, and let's continue to inspire a billion imaginations.\n\n\nWHY JOIN US: Because our employees and cast members are at the heart of everything we do, Disney offers a competitive total rewards package that includes pay, health and savings benefits, time-off programs, special educational opportunities, and more. Together, these rewards make up a comprehensive package that helps our employees grow personally and professionally and take advantage of the special extras that only Disney STAR can offer to make their journey memorable.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, JavaScript, Video and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $57,500 — $92,500/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nBangalore