Lead Software Engineer
Location: Bengaluru
Experience: 6+ years

About Pocket FM
It is an important phase in Pocket FM’s journey as we continue to shape the future of audio entertainment across India, US and global markets. We are building a large scale audio OTT platform spanning audio series, audiobooks and podcasts through a differentiated storytelling format. Our mission is to give voice to stories and wisdom.

Pocket FM serves over 150 million MAL (monthly active listeners), with users spending more than 100 minutes per day on average. The platform streams over 3 billion minutes of audio every month. We are a Series C funded company backed by marquee investors like Naver, Goodwater Capital, Lightspeed, Tanglin Venture Partners and others.

About the role:
The Lead Software Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for owning delivery and technical outcomes for a defined engineering POD. The role spans Backend and Frontend systems and partners closely with Product, Design, QA and Data teams to deliver scalable, reliable and high quality product features.




This role requires solid system design skills, hands-on technical depth and the ability to align multiple stakeholders toward predictable delivery outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Product and Delivery Ownership
Collaborate with Product and Design teams to understand requirements, user flows and success metrics.
Lead technical discovery, scope finalisation and solution design across Backend and Frontend components.
Own end to end execution for the assigned POD, including planning, estimation, dependency management and delivery tracking.
Proactively align scope, timelines and dependencies across engineering, QA and data teams.

Technical Leadership
Own system design and architectural decisions for features spanning APIs, services and user facing applications.
Act as the primary technical authority for the POD, balancing near term delivery with long term platform health.
Ensure consistent engineering stand

📌 Lead Software Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Pocket FM
📍 Bengaluru