JioStar

media & entertainment

SeniorStaffSoftwareDevelopmentEngineer-VideoInsights(Backend)

Bengaluru, India FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Staff Software Development Engineer - Video Insights (Backend) at JioStar. Skills: ML systems architecture, AI solutions, large video models platform, scalable ML systems infrastructure, model development, evaluation, and monitoring, MLOps best practices, performance optimization, AI systems design, video understanding, multimodal AI models. Design and architect scalable ML systems infrastructure for deploying and serving large video models in production environments. Define the technical”

What You'll Achieve.

transform raw AI insights into actionable value for millions of users and internal experts alike; shaping how users interact with and understand video content globally; ensure models meet latency and throughput requirements at scale

Industry & Context.

media & entertainment

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years of experience in software architecture or systems design, 5+ years focused on ML/AI systems architecture, Deep expertise in designing scalable machine learning systems, including data pipelines, model serving, and inference optimization, background in large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Hands-on experience with modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow), MLOps tools (MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow), Expert-level proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Java, or C++), software engineering fundamentals, Deep understanding of video processing pipelines, codec standards (H. 264, HEVC, AV1), and streaming technologies, Experience with deploying and scaling video understanding or multimodal AI models in production environments, Knowledge of model optimization techniques including quantization, pruning, knowledge distillation, and efficient inference, BE. Tech in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

Nice to Have

MS or PhD in ML/AI is a plus, Bachelor's/master's in computer science or a related field with 10-13 years of development experience

What You'll Do.

Design and architect scalable ML systems infrastructure for deploying and serving large video models in production environments

Define the technical strategy and best practices for model development

and monitoring across the team

Lead architectural decisions around model selection

and fine-tuning pipelines for video understanding tasks

Collaborate with research and engineering teams to translate complex AI research into production-ready systems

Champion adoption of MLOps best practices

including model versioning

and continuous evaluation frameworks

Drive performance optimization initiatives to ensure models meet latency and throughput requirements at scale

Mentor and guide engineers on architectural patterns

and technical trade-offs in AI systems

Establish frameworks for model evaluation metrics

and continuous improvement processes

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with research and engineering teams; drive alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills; ability to drive alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Full Job Description

## Description Job Summary: You are a visionary technical leader who thrives in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. You have a deep background in machine learning systems architecture and a proven track record of designing scalable AI solutions. You are passionate about advancing the state-of-the-art in video understanding and are eager to lead the architectural vision for our large video models platform. You constantly strive to improve team capabilities and drive technical excellence across the organization. The pace of our growth is incredible – if you want to architect cutting-edge AI systems at scale and create an impact within an entrepreneurial environment, join us! About the team: Join our Video CoE team and own the “face” of our next-generation video intelligence platform. You will build the interfaces that transform raw AI insights into actionable value for millions of users and internal experts alike. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of high-scale video streaming, data science, and modern frontend architecture. Be part of a team that is shaping how users interact with and understand video content globally.     ## Key responsibilities Design and architect scalable ML systems infrastructure for deploying and serving large video models in production environments Define the technical strategy and best practices for model development, evaluation, and monitoring across the team Lead architectural decisions around model selection, optimization, and fine-tuning pipelines for video understanding tasks Collaborate with research and engineering teams to translate complex AI research into production-ready systems Champion adoption of MLOps best practices, including model versioning, A/B testing, and continuous evaluation frameworks Drive performance optimization initiatives to ensure models meet latency and throughput requirements at scale Mentor and guide engineers on architectural patterns, design decisions, and technical t

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