Pocket FM
Location
Delhi | India
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About Pocket FM
It’s an amazing time to join Pocket FM as we continue shaping the future of audio entertainment both in India and beyond. We are front-ending the category creation for the audio OTT landscape and building the largest repository of audio streaming content across formats like audio series, audiobooks and podcasts, through our unique storytelling approach. We are reimagining the traditional audio pattern to build an internet-scale platform and bring together communities to share stories and spread knowledge. Our mission is to give voice to stories and wisdom. Pocket FM has grown to 15 million MAL (monthly active listeners), spending an average of over 100 minutes every day, while the total monthly audio streaming on the app counts to over 3 billion minutes. We are a Series C funded start-up backed by some of the marquee investors like Naver, Goodwater Capital, Lightspeed, Tanglin Venture Partners and others. About the Role: We seek a Senior Engineering Manager to join Pocket FM's engineering organization. As a hands-on people leader, you will own the charter of many backend web applications that drive multi-million dollar revenue for Pocket FM. Your design, architecture, and people management expertise will help us scale our technology that powers industry-defining mobile applications, catering to millions of audio lovers in India and the US. Our EMs and Sr EMs work directly with product managers and business leaders with minimal hierarchical overhead to understand key business goals, design the technology strategy, and take accountability for moving key business metrics. They are also responsible for driving technical innovations and agile methodologies without losing sight of the big picture. The ideal candidate will have consistent growth in software engineering roles in consumer Internet or SaaS companies, with increasing ownership in software delivery and people management year on year. Opportunities we offer: To develop products that will disrupt the audio market in India and internationally. To build, lead, and develop top technical talent in engineering. To learn scalable software development practices and technologies from proven technology experts. What We Look For: 10+ years of experience in software development and 4+ years in engineering management leading teams of 20 or more backend or full-stack engineers. 7+ years of experience developing consumer-facing or SaaS applications on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. Several years of previous experience as a Technical Lead, Staff, or Principal Engineer developing web services or web applications in Python, Go, or Java. Excellent knowledge of microservices architecture, distributed design patterns, and a proven track record of architecting highly scalable and fault-tolerant web applications catering to millions of end users. Sound understanding of SQL databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases like Cassandra and MongoDB. Extensive usage of message brokers, caching, and search technologies like Kafka/RabbitMQ, Redis/Memcached, or Elasticsearch. Experience running containerized workloads on Kubernetes or OpenShift. Strong understanding of computer science concepts, data structures, and algorithms. Excellent communication skills and a strong inclination towards people growth, team development, and a growth mindset required to build high-performance engineering teams. Bonus points for: Sound knowledge of application security. Extensive experience using Observability, Telemetry, and Cloud Security tools like ELK stack, Datadog, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Snyk, etcJob tags
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