We’re looking for a hands-on Backend Architect to lead the design and development of scalable backend systems for our OTT platform.
This role requires deep technical expertise in backend architecture, cloud infrastructure, and real-time streaming systems.
You should be comfortable writing production-grade code, with MERN stack experience being a strong plus.
Experience in OTT, AVOD, SVOD, or VOD platforms is highly preferred.
Key Responsibilities:
- System Architecture: Design and build scalable, low-latency backend systems to support video streaming, payments, subscriptions, user management, and content workflows.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Architect and optimize AWS-based infrastructure using services like EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudFront, API Gateway, etc.
- Streaming Workflows: Collaborate on backend support for video ingestion, encoding, DRM, CDN integration, and playback authorization.
- Performance & Reliability: Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and real-time responsiveness under heavy user load.
- Hands-on Development: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
Build APIs and services using Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, and related technologies.
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Work with product, frontend, and video engineering teams to align on backend requirements and delivery timelines.
- Security & Compliance: Implement secure systems aligned with data privacy and platform integrity best practices.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 9+ years of backend development experience building large-scale systems
- Strong coding skills in Node.js , Express.js, MongoDB
- Experience building and scaling applications on AWS
- Experience with REST APIs , CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments (Docker)
- Solid understanding of video streaming architectures (preferred)
- Familiarity with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and system design skills
- Strong communication and technical documentation abilities