Director - Engineering

JioStar; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 5,000,000 - 12,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JioStar is seeking a Director of Engineering for International to transform the engineering function into a Global Tech Operation. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams across platform, backend, client, data, and ML to deliver feature-rich offerings for international users.

Join a team expanding globally, balancing user experience with scalable technology, and shaping strategies for growth across geographies.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Bachelor's/Master's in CS/CE/ML.
• International leadership experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the engineering vision for International.
• Lead teams across platform, backend, client, data, and ML.
• Enable multi-tenancy in sub-systems to match India feature richness.
• Build tooling to enable global development, verification and deployment.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, security, observability, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with Product, Design, Content, Advertising, Data Science and partners.
• Translate opportunities into clear technology platforms and milestones.
• Foster ownership, innovation and strong technical judgment.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Platform scaling

External API integration

Cross-functional delivery

Tech strategy

Hiring & mentoring

Communication skills

Leadership in engineering

Education

CS/CE/ML degree

Job description

Job Title: Director - Engineering

Department, Level: International

Location: Onsite, Bangalore

Work Type: Full time

Job Summary: As the Director of Engineering - International, you will lead the transformation of JioHotstar Engineering into a Global Tech Operation. The vision is to have a feature rich offering for our International users equivalent to our India offering while enabling the engineering teams across the organization to develop, verify and ship features efficiently.

About the team: JioHotstar's world-record-breaking streaming platform serves audiences across India, the UK, Singapore, Canada, and other international markets.

Our International team builds the technology that enables global expansion, powering region-specific experiences while leveraging a common platform architecture. You'll work on subscriber growth platforms, market-specific product innovations, and scalable frameworks that support diverse business and content requirements across geographies.

This is a unique opportunity to work across the entire technology stack, contribute to globally visible products, and directly influence JioHotstar's international growth journey. Your work will help shape how millions of users around the world experience premium entertainment.

Key responsibilities:

• Define and execute the engineering vision and roadmap for International, aligned with JioHotstar’s product and business strategy.
• Build and lead high-performing engineering teams across platform, backend, client, data, and machine learning disciplines.
• Enable multi tenancy in certain sub-systems to make our International offering equally feature rich
• Build tooling and processes to enable all engineering teams to develop, verify and deploy globally with the same ease as they do for India
• Ensure high standards of reliability, scalability, security, observability, cost efficiency, and engineering quality.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Content, Advertising, Data Science, Business, and external partners to shape strategy and deliver outcomes.
• Navigate ambiguity and convert broad business opportunities into clear technology platforms, execution plans, and measurable milestones.
• Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, strong technical judgment, and outcome orientation

Skills and attributes for success:

• Experience leading multiple software engineering teams and engineering managers responsible for large-scale consumer or platform products.
• Proven experience building zero-to-one products or platforms and scaling them through multiple stages of maturity.
• Strong understanding of consumer product development and the ability to balance user experience, technology, and business outcomes.
• Experience integrating with external platforms and building extensible APIs, partner frameworks, or platform capabilities.
• A strong track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple engineering and business teams.
• Ability to operate effectively in an ambiguous and rapidly evolving problem space.
• Demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain strong engineering talent and build effective leadership layers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical strategy and trade-offs clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.

Preferred education and experience:

Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Machine Learning with 13+ years of experience in software development and 5+ years in leadership roles

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.