Engineering Manager - GenAI Studios

JioHotstar; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

JioHotstar is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the GenAI engineering team building an AI-native product for professional creators. You will drive production-grade features for AI-based content production, with a focus on automated evaluations and validations.

You will collaborate with Product and Data Science to shape the technical roadmap, design scalable backend systems, and foster a culture of ownership, observability, and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years in software development with 3+ years leading software teams.
• Experience shipping AI-enabled content platforms and scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the GenAI engineering team delivering AI content production features.
• Partner with Product and Data Science to define the tech roadmap.
• Design backend systems that scale across frontier modes.
• Champion observability, performance, cost efficiency and resilience.
• Foster ownership, data-driven decisions and fast experimentation.
• Set team goals, create execution plans and coordinate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

GenAI engineering leadership

Full stack development

Distributed systems

Database scaling (MySQL, NoSQL)

Google Cloud

CI/CD processes

AI tooling familiarity

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

MySQL

NoSQL (Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB)

Google Cloud

CI/CD tools

Job description

Job Summary:

As an Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading the engineering team tasked with the development of an AI-native product designed for professional creators. The product's objective is to empower professional creators to direct and produce high-quality, production-grade, AI-generated content, with a particular emphasis on automated evaluations and validations.

About the team:

At JioHotstar, the GenAI studios is an AI native, agile & fast-moving team focused on turning bold ideas into impactful products. From rapid prototyping of new concepts to building scalable platforms that power future growth, we thrive on experimentation and innovation

.Our platform highlights creators and their narratives by giving them AI-powered systems using advanced machine learning and multimedia pipelines

.As part of this team, you’ll work at the intersection of creativity and technology — building end-to-end experiences, experimenting with emerging tech, and shaping the future of entertainment content

Key responsibilities

• Lead and scale the GenAI engineering team, responsible for developing and delivering high-quality features for AI content production


• Partner closely with Product, and Data Science teams to define and drive and deliver the tech roadmap items


• Design backend systems that scale across multiple frontier mode


• Champion engineering excellence across observability, performance tuning, cost efficiency, and resilience engineering


• Foster a high-ownership engineering culture focused on data-driven decision making, experimentation velocity, and customer-first thinking


• Create effective mechanisms to set goals for the team, create execution plans and track progress against those. You'll collaborate with other Developers, Program Managers, and tech support teams, in an agile environment to estimate and deliver objectives set together as a team

Skills and attributes for success

• Full stack expertise with solid experience with Python & JS frameworks like React or Next


• Hands-on architectural or distributed systems experience


• Experience with high scale databases - MySQL, NoSQL (Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB)


• Experience with Google Cloud for production applications


• Experience with CI/CD processes


• A strong track record of project delivery for large, cross-functional, projects and bringing in and growing engineering talent


• Documented experience in using AI tools as part of daily work

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences

Preferred education and experience:

Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or a related field with 8+ years of experience in software development and 3 years of experience in managing software development teams.

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.

JioStar is an equal opportunity employer. The company values diversity and its mission is to create a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. The company ensures that the work environment is free from any discrimination against persons with disabilities, gender, gender identity and any other characteristics or status that is legally protected.