Job description 

Key Responsibilities:

• You will serve as a technical architect for the teams within Discovery charter
• You will ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems
• You will functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions
• You will develop technical roadmaps, outlining future directions and planned technological advancements
• You will analyze and improve data quality and metrics
• Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations
• You will leverage internal and industry knowledge to make informed design decisions
• You will exert technical influence over 50+ team members, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience. Mentor on advanced technical matters for career growth

Skills & Attributes for success:

• Minimum 10+ years of experience building large scalable systems
• Solid background with hands-on experience as a Principal-level software development engineer
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems
• Proficiency in datastores (SQL, NoSQL) and ability to choose the right technology based on requirements
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance
• Excellent problem-solving abilities
• Ability to provide technical guidance across backend, frontend, and ML technologies
• Thrive in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment, achieving stretch goals
• Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence others and strong analytical thinking skills
• Extensive experience of mentoring junior engineers to success
• Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to have fun!

Preferred Education & Experience

• B.Tech/B.E/ Masters or equivalent degree from a reputed college. A minimum of 10 years of professional experience as a backend/full stack developer with hands-on experience on building highly scalable and performant distributed systems
• Any experience in ML, data science or search in B2C(e-commerce, OTT) is a plus