Staff Engineer - Backend Engineering, Digital Business

Staff Engineer, Backend Engineering, Digital Business

Purpose : Responsible for driving the architecture, design, and development of scalable backend systems that power SonyLIV’s digital experiences.

Acts as a technical leader and mentor within the engineering team, ensuring high performance, reliability, and innovation across services and platforms.

Education : Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.

Experience :

• Hands-on with scalable backend systems, cloud platforms, and modern backend stacks (Node.js, No / SQL, REDIS, Kafka). It’s a strong ICE role that needs 70 %+ direct coding Position Internal Stekholders - Frontend Engineering, DevOps, QA, Product Management, Data Engineering, Security

External - Tech vendors, third-party APIs / integrations, CDN partners

Location : Bangalore

Reporting Relationship : AVP / Sr.EM, Backend Engineering, Digital Business

Business / Channel / Function : Digital

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Why join us?

Sony Pictures Networks is home to some of India’s leading entertainment channels such as SET, SAB, MAX, PAL, PIX, Sony BBC Earth, Yay!, Sony Marathi, Sony SIX, Sony TEN, Sony TEN1, SONY Ten2, SONY TEN3, SONY TEN4, to name a few! Our foray into the OTT space with one of the most promising streaming platforms, Sony LIV brings us one step closer to being a progressive digitally-led content powerhouse. Our independent production venture- Studio Next has already made its mark with original content and IPs for TV and Digital Media. But our quest to Go Beyond doesn’t end there. Neither does our search to find people who can take us there.