Principal Engineering Manager - Ad Tech

Disney+ Hotstar

15 - 20 years

Bangalore, Mumbai

Posted: 26/07/2023

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

Vision: Partner with Product and Business teams to lead innovation and set the roadmap for the short and long term charter for Hotstar’s AdTech.
Tech: Work closely with the architects and senior engineers to build the best and cost efficient AdTech ecosystem that wows the Advertiser as much as it engages the end user of our platform.
Execution: Lead the overall software development lifecycle. Own the execution of the AdTech charter against project plans and delivery commitments.
People: Plan and grow the AdTech engineering charter, mentor, and build a best-of-class engineering team.

Skills & Attributes for Success:

Exposure to Advertising tech especially in the Video Advertising, Programmatic and Performance world is a big plus
Proficient with either Java or GoLang
7+ years of experience in software development with strong expertise in Java with micro web frameworks – like Play, Spring MVC, reactive programming
At least 5 years managing software development teams including hands-on architectural or distributed systems experience and 3 years in managing engineering managers
Exposure in building RESTful APIs with monitoring(New Relic, statsd, graphite), fault tolerance and metrics
Experience with MySQL, NoSQL (Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB)
Experience in server-side services using ElasticSearch, KafkaExperience with AWS stack.
Experience with CI/CD processes.
An entrepreneurial spirit combined with strong programming and product management skills

Preferred Education & Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 15-20 years of experience in designing and developing complex, interactive consumer applications

About Company

Disney+ Hotstar is an Indian subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by The Walt Disney Company India and operated by Disney Streaming, both part of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company, featuring domestic Indian film, television, and sports content for India itself and its worldwide diaspora. It also includes imported content and serves Southeast Asia as well. The brand was first introduced as Hotstar for a streaming service carrying content from Disney Star's local networks, including films, television series, live sports, and original programming, as well as featuring content licensed from third parties such as Showtime among others. Amid the significant growth of mobile broadband in India, Hotstar quickly became the dominant streaming service in the country.