Job Summary:
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll build a world-class platform for our
customers by solving complex technical problems and building systems that run at
scale. You will play a critical role in developing code and solving problems
independently while shaping our next-gen solutions that drive our company's
mission forward. We seek candidates with a passion for crafting elegant code and
building cutting-edge software solutions.

About the team:
Join our Player team to build and optimize world-class video playback
experiences for millions of users on Desktop browsers, Smart TVs (like webOS,
Tizen, and VIDAA), Mobile browsers etc. If you’re passionate about streaming
technology and delivering smooth, high-quality playback, join us

Key responsibilities:

* Architecture & Design: Lead the design of complex front-end systems using
modern frameworks (React.js, Next.js, and Typescript preferred) and state
management libraries.

* Performance Engineering: Optimize web applications for maximum speed,
scalability, and Core Web Vitals. Optimize startup time, rebuffering,



memory
usage, and rendering performance,PFR, startup time, errors, and engagement.

* Cross Browser: Ensure a seamless experience across desktop browsers, mobile
web, and Smart TV web platforms (Tizen, webOS).

* Mentorship: Conduct rigorous code reviews and mentor junior/mid-level
engineers on best practices and design patterns.

* Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers and UX Designers to translate
wireframes into high-quality, reusable components.

* Streaming: Integrate player UI with video playback engines (HTML5, MSE,
EME).

* Analytics & QoS: Design and integrate analytics and observability frameworks
to track key metrics such as startup time, buffering ratio, rebuffer
frequency, bitrate switches/drops, playback failures, and user engagement,
enabling data-driven performance optimization and rollout decisions.

* Triaging Production issues: Ability to debug and resolve production issue

📌 Software Development Engineer II (Bengaluru)
🏢 JioStar
📍 Bengaluru