Engineering Manager - BackEnd, Digital Business

Position : Engineering Manager – BackEnd, Digital Business, Digital Business

Purpose : This role need working with team for managing and scaling our backend services. The incumbent to join the Subscriptions & Payments and In App Interactivity (for. Eg. Play along). The immediate challenges ahead include laying the groundwork for Subscriptions and Plan Management, as well as optimizing and expanding our dynamic integration with different payment gateway. This role is responsible for managing vendors and other stakeholder for operating the Content Management System and enhancing and re-imagining the interactivity system on SonyLiv OTT platform.

Education : . / , MCA or Equivalent Computer Degree

Experience : Overall 10+ experience in Backend Software development

Have 5+ years of experience in scalable, multi-tenant environments.

Have 5+ years’ experience leading projects, including helping scope and breakdown work.

Location : Bengaluru

Reporting Relationship : Head of Technology, Digital Business

Business / Channel / Function : Digital

Key Responsibilities :

• Planning, Executing, Architect, design, and implement scalable backend services
• Design and build high-volume APIs to support internal and external developers
• Work closely with vendor to operating existing CMS system for SonyLiv OTT platform
• Improve integrations with partners like Stripe, and other UPI payment gateway where we process millions of transactions every year
• Develop a comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish our business goals
• Cross-collaborate with Vendors, SPNI software engineers, product managers, designers, and QA analysts in an autonomous, supportive team environment
• Build and maintain unit and integration tests
• Mentor other engineers on best practices, code design considerations, and quality
• Chart out the plan for building the User Subscription and Payment system in-house.
• Manage and re-architect our In-App interactivity system where millions of user interact in real time with SonyLiv OTT platform.
• Mentoring the team and guid them for right solution and create the next layer of leadership.

Critical Competencies

Behavioural

Technical

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.

We focus on creating an inclusive and equitable workplace where we celebrate diversity with our Bring Your Own Self Philosophy. We strive to remain an ‘Employer

of Choice’ and have been recognized as :

Marketplace and Community Engagement & Partnership

The biggest award of course is the thrill our employees feel when they can Tell Stories Beyond the Ordinary!