Technical Architect — LYKSTAGE & Social Gear

Lykstage; India; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOPs

Job summary

Manhattan Tech Ventures Pvt. Ltd. in India is seeking a Technical Architect to own the architecture of LYKSTAGE and Social Gear platforms, including video pipelines, monetization, wallet and payments infrastructure, and programmatic ad systems. You will report to the founder, set technical direction, and remain hands-on—writing code, reviewing designs, and authoring HLDs/LLDs.

If you want to architect global-scale consumer systems from India, this is that role with ownership across five markets.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience.
• 3+ years as architect or technical lead.
• Deep expertise in Golang and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture for LYKSTAGE and Social Gear platforms.
• Write code, review designs, and author HLDs/LLDs.
• Mentor engineering team and drive milestone delivery.
• Ensure system scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Skills

Golang

Distributed systems design

Backend engineering

Vector databases

Retrieval-based systems

Job description

Title: Technical Architect - Video & AdTech Platforms

Location: Mumbai (preferred) | Delhi | Kolkata - hybrid considered

Entity: Manhattan Tech Ventures Pvt. Ltd.

About Us

Manhattan Tech Ventures specializes in AI video-model training, complete connected-TV

and OTT platform development, streaming ad servers, video-upload infrastructure, CDN

technology, transcoding, AI/ML recommendation feeds, and search technology. We are the

engineering force behind two global platforms:

LYKSTAGE - a patent-issued video platform (US Patent 12,684,189 B2) rewarding creators

and viewers for monetized watch time, live across Samsung TV, LG TV, Apple TV, Roku,

Android/Google TV, Amazon Fire TV, iOS, Android, and web in five markets: US, UK, Canada,

UAE, and India.

Social Gear - a self-serve programmatic advertising and creator discovery platform,

propelled by Amazon, Google, and other open exchanges, with ZIP-code-level, territorybased,

and multicultural targeting.

We're part of a profitable, debt-free group serving 100+ clients across five countries. The

technology is designed here - and used by the world.

The Role

This is the senior-most engineering position in the India organization. You will own the

architecture of both platforms: video pipelines, watch-time monetization, wallet and

payments infrastructure, programmatic ad systems, and AI-driven personalization. You'll

report directly to the founder, set the technical direction for the engineering team, and

remain hands-on - writing code, reviewing designs, and authoring the HLDs and LLDs that

anchor every build.

If you want to architect global-scale consumer systems from India - not maintain someone

else's - this is that role.

What You’ll Own

• Architecture and design authority across LYKSTAGE and Social Gear


• HLD and LLD documentation standards and review for all major initiatives


• Distributed backend systems: microservices, event-driven pipelines, queueing, state


• machines


• Hands-on development and code review to maintain a high engineering bar


• Mentorship and growth of the engineering team; hiring input for key roles


• Milestone planning, execution strategy, and delivery discipline


• System reliability, scalability, and infrastructure cost efficiency across five markets

What You Bring

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience, with 3+ years as an architect or technical lead


• Deep expertise in Golang and distributed systems design


• Track record of building and operating high-scale production systems (consumer, video,


• Experience with vector databases and retrieval-based systems (recommendations,


• search)

Bonus Points

• Video infrastructure: transcoding, CDN, streaming ad servers, CTV/OTT apps


• Payments, wallets, or entitlement systems (Razorpay/Stripe integrations a plus)


• AI/ML personalization, audio/video fingerprinting, or content-matching pipelines


• Observability and DevOps maturity: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, CI/CD,

Compensation

A competitive package combining cash and ESOPs in a patent-backed, revenue-generating

global platform group. Structured individually based on experience and impact.