Manager Media Streaming Engineer

Role**: Manager Media Streaming Engineer

Required Technical Skill Set: Manager Media Streaming Engineer

Desired Experience Range: 7 - 10 yrs

Notice Period: Immediate to 90Days only

Location of Requirement: Bangalore

We are currently planning to do a Virtual Interview

Job Description:

Primary Skills:

Media Streaming Engineer, VOD, OTT, Post-Production, Workflows, Video Ingest, Transcoding operations, Operations, Encoding.

(Java, Python, etc.)

• experience in digital distribution, post-production, and/or digital asset management.
• Masterful digital video delivery experience, including knowledge of various video specifications, ingest platforms, content metadata schemas, and content management systems.
• Outstanding communication skills and the ability to effectively present requirements, challenges and solutions across internal and external teams and partners.
• Strong understanding of the digital content lifecycle, from production through distribution, including post-production, QC, packaging and delivery.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and collaborative Manager, Media Streaming Engineer to lead Platform Operations across our direct-to-consumer streaming applications. This role will focus on ensuring the integrity, performance, and scalability of artwork, metadata, and audio-video workflows that power the user experience across Disney+, Hulu, and other streaming platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in media streaming, metadata systems, and artwork pipelines, along with strong leadership capabilities to manage cross-functional teams and drive operational excellence. Key responsibilities will include: Leadership of an in-market team of operators who ensure high availability and performance across all supported platforms as well as managing escalations and root-cause analysis for artwork, metadata, and audio-video issues impacting playback or presentation. Collaborating with internal engineering teams responsible for artwork and metadata processing to ensure a consistent experience around the world in Disney+, ESPN and Hulu Monitoring internal applications to proactively detect and resolve issues in metadata and artwork pipelines, while driving detect and resolve issues in metadata and artwork pipelines. Management of a team of streaming engineers and operators, providing mentorship, detect and resolve issues in metadata and artwork pipelines

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Summarize job responsibilities, core deliverables and major duties. What is required for the position to exist? -Focus on major areas of work, typically 20% or more of role % of Time Lead and mentor a team of engineers and operators supporting the direct-to-consumer applications from an artwork, metadata and media perspective 35% Collaborate with engineering teams to identify gaps in tooling and workflows and prioritize fixes 25% Troubleshoot and debug content issues and escalate as appropriate. 25% Training and Documentation, including contributions to objectives and key results 15%