Staff iOS Engineer

Job Summary : As a Staff Software Engineer – iOS, you will be responsible for building performant and resilient iOS applications and frameworks that deliver exceptional user experiences. You'll lead mobile architecture decisions, promote engineering best practices, and contribute to both core platform improvements and feature development. This role requires close collaboration with product, design, and engineering teams to ship impactful features while ensuring long-term codebase quality and scalability. If you're passionate about mobile innovation and driving technical excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

About the team : At JioHotstar, the Viewer Experience (VX) org is at the heart of how millions discover, engage with, and fall in love with our platform. We own the end-to-end user journey—from first app launch to daily habit loops—across Search, Personalization, Watch Experience, Interactivity, and more. We blend world-class engineering, ML, design, and data to deliver a seamless, personalized, and engaging OTT experience at massive scale. If you're passionate about building immersive, intelligent, and performant user experiences that delight a billion users, join us in shaping the future of streaming.

Key responsibilities :

• Influence and lead architecture and design discussions within the team
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality projects with a focus on impact and excellence
• Establish and enhance engineering standards, drive codebase consistency, and implement processes to promote the adoption of best practices across the team
• Take ownership of scaling mobile app development across Engineering, providing valuable insights to refine processes and tools, supporting additional contributors in architecture and code
• Take care of the development infrastructure (Xcode updates, iOS updates, swift updates)
• Review app performance metrics to draw conclusions and drive change
• Lead modernization efforts (e.g., moving from legacy APIs and UI tools to latest patterns)
• Collaborate closely with other engineers, product managers, and designers
• Mentor and empower iOS developers across teams
• Additionally, contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives by authoring insightful blogs on mobile innovation and organizing brown bag sessions and technical talks to foster a culture of continuous learning.

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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.

Skills Required

Uikit, Mobile Architecture, Test Automation, Ios Development, Swift