As a Staff engineer, the role entails passion for building a world-class content viewing experience for our customers by solving complex technical problems and building systems that run on 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.
Details about Disney+ Hotstar Careers 2024: Staff Software Engineer
| Company name | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Website | www.hotstar.com |
| Job Role | Staff Software Engineer |
| Work Location | Bangalore, India |
| Job Type | Full Time |
| Experience | Freshers and Experienced |
| Qualification | Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related |
| Batch | Not Mentioned |
| Expected Salary | 30 LPA |
ABOUT 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 plays a critical role in enhancing video quality, performance, and user interaction, focusing on delivering high-quality content with minimal disruptions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design and build applications to deliver a high-performance system and highly engaging UI
- You will work with the engineering team to optimize applications for performance and scalability of the video playback experience across Web and Living Room devices
- 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
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
- 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
- Build the next-generation user experience and the platforms required to enable intuitive content discovery for our customers
- Work with the engineering team to optimize applications for performance and scalability across various platforms, Mobile, Web, and Living Room devices
- Provide mentorship and guidance to other developers
SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS:
- Familiarity with key video fundamentals and Shaka player
- Strong experience in Javascript language
- Deep knowledge of how browsers work and experience with video players/video playback technologies
- Deep understanding of design & architectural patterns
- Highly enthusiastic and enjoy learning new technologies and frameworks
- You know why a framework is necessary and know any of React, AngularJS, etc
- Open source contribution is good to have
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools Git
ABOUT 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.
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Disclaimer
Please note that the information provided above is based on the available details that was given in the actual Disney+ Hotstar careers page website. For updated and latest information we will suggest you to visit the official Disney+ Hotstar hiring site.
