Architect

Key Responsibilities

• ● Define and evolve the long-term engineering vision and roadmap for International and B2B offerings, aligned with JioHotstar’s product and business strategy.
• ● Enable multi tenancy in certain sub-systems to make our International and B2B offering equally feature rich
• ● Build tooling and processes to enable all engineering teams to develop, verify and deploy globally for multiple tenants with the same ease as they do for JioHotstar India
• ● Wear the product hat and being able to think about what and how to build the next set of systems
• ● Drive operational excellence by improving system reliability, observability, scalability, and effi ciency
• ● Ensure high standards in architecture, system design, code quality, and engineering best practices
• ● Simplify complex technical challenges into pragmatic, scalable solutions
• ● Create and execute technical roadmaps aligned with business and organizational goals
• ● Understand system dependencies, trade-offs, and limitations to guide strategic decision-making
• ● Lead the design and delivery of mission-critical systems and platform capabilities
• ● Infl uence engineering teams through technical leadership, architectural reviews, and hands-on problem-solving
• ● Mentor engineers and technical leaders, fostering engineering growth and strong technical culture
• ● Encourage experimentation and rapid prototyping to accelerate innovation and reduce ambiguity
• Skills & Attributes for Success:
• ● Proven experience architecting and scaling large-scale distributed systems and data platforms
• ● Strong ownership mindset with a track record of leading critical initiatives from conception to production
• ● Excellent business acumen and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align technical decisions to business impact
• ● Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities with a bias toward simplicity and execution
• ● Deep expertise in software engineering fundamentals, system design, and performance optimization
• ● Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, distributed computing, and modern backend technologies
• ● Experience building high-throughput, low-latency, and highly available systems
• ● Ability to mentor and infl uence teams while fostering a collaborative and inclusive engineering culture
• ● Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with evolving priorities
• ● Growth-oriented mindset with a passion for learning, innovation, and engineering excellence
• Preferred Qualifi cations:
• ● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related fi eld
• ● 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with signifi cant experience in backend and data engineering systems
• ● Experience working with large-scale data ecosystems, cloud-native architectures, and modern data infrastructure technologies is preferred