Staff Engineer, Web Platform, Digital Business (Gurugram)

Purpose Drive the architecture, scalability, and performance of SonyLIVs Web Platform, ensuring a seamless, high-quality user experience across devices. The role will focus on building robust frontend systems, enabling engineering excellence, and supporting business growth through reliable and scalable web solutions. Education - Bachelors / Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field Experience - 812 years of experience in frontend/web development - Strong experience in building large-scale, consumer-facing web applications Desirable Experience - Experience in OTT / media / streaming platforms - Exposure to Smart TV / multi-device ecosystems - Experience with performance optimization, SEO, and analytics integration - Familiarity with backend-for-frontend (BFF) or full-stack capabilities Position Interlinkages Within the Organization - Product & UX teams - Backend Engineering & Platform teams - Data & Analytics - QA & Release Management Outside the Organization - Technology vendors / partners - Third-party platform providers (analytics, ads, video players, etc.) Key Responsibilities - Define and drive the frontend architecture for SonyLIVs web platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability - Build and optimize high-performance, responsive web applications for large user bases - Lead design and implementation of reusable components, frameworks, and libraries - Collaborate with Product and Design teams to translate requirements into high-quality user experiences - Drive performance optimization (load time, rendering, SEO, Core Web Vitals) - Ensure code quality, testing standards, and best practices across the team - Mentor engineers and contribute to capability building within the frontend team - Work closely with backend teams to define APIs and integration patterns - Evaluate and adopt recent technologies, tools, and frameworks to enhance platform capabilities - Support release planning, debugging, and production issu .