Software Development Engineer I

Job Summary: As a Software Development Engineer I, you’ll build a world-class content viewing experience for our customers by solving complex technical problems and building systems which run at an enormous scale. The role is expected to design and deliver high-quality distributed applications and also keep an extremely high operational excellence bar to provide a seamless experience to our customers on the JioHotstar website and TV applications.
About the team: At JioHotstar, the Viewer Experience (VX) org is at the heart of how millions discover, engage with, and fall in love with our platform. We own the end-to-end user journey—from first app launch to daily habit loops—across Search, Personalization, Watch Experience, Interactivity, and more. We blend world-class engineering, ML, design, and data to deliver a seamless, personalized, and engaging OTT experience at massive scale. If you're passionate about building immersive, intelligent, and performant user experiences that delight a billion users, join us in shaping the future of streaming.
Reporting To: Engineering Manager
Key responsibilities:
● Own and deliver end-to-end features, ensuring high performance, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility
● Collaborate with stakeholders of the product to deliver new user-facing features on the website/TV app
● You will ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and implement them
● You will build reusable code and cross-functional libraries in contributing to our extensive in-house Design system
● Document and demonstrate solutions by creating documentation, DFDs, code comments
● Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code using best practices and participate in code reviews
Skills and attributes for success:
● Strong experience in JavaScript
● Deep knowledge about how browsers work
● Deep understanding about design & architecture 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
● Familiarity with front-end build tools, such as Grunt or Gulp
Preferred education and experience: Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field with 0-2 years of professional experience as a frontend developer with hands-on experience on Javascript.
About Us:
Perched firmly at the nucleus of spellbinding content and innovative technology, JioStar is a leading global media & entertainment company that is reimagining the way audiences consume entertainment and sports. Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week, igniting the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of million people across geographies.