Senior Software Engineer - Frontend (Video Insights)

🏢 About JioStar

JioStar is a premier global media and entertainment company operating at the intersection of spellbinding storytelling and innovative streaming technology. Reaching more than 750 million viewers every week across television and streaming platforms, JioStar powers India's largest entertainment and live sports ecosystems.

🎯 The Role

Join the Video Center of Excellence (CoE) as a Senior Software Engineer - Frontend, owning the visual gateway to next-generation video intelligence at scale. In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex AI-driven video metadata and intuitive user experiences, translating multi-dimensional video analytics into tangible, interactive interfaces that empower internal teams and platform operators.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3
• Frameworks: React.js, Next.js
• Visualization: D3.js, Chart.js, or Canvas/WebGL dashboards
• Styling: Tailwind CSS, CSS Modules, Styled Components
• Tooling & Testing: Vite, Webpack, Jest, React Testing Library, Git

💼 What You'll Do

• Architect and develop high-performance, modular web applications and analytics dashboards displaying large-scale video intelligence data.
• Optimize frontend rendering pipelines to ensure smooth interaction and sub-second latencies when rendering complex data tables and visual graphs.
• Partner closely with Video AI engineers, data scientists, and product managers to surface multi-dimensional insights seamlessly.
• Establish clean frontend architecture patterns, reusable design system components, and automated testing suites.
• Triage and diagnose production performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, and browser rendering overhead.

✅ What You'll Need

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience specializing in frontend web application development.
• Expert-level command of React.js, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript design patterns.
• Demonstrated experience building complex internal tools, data-heavy dashboards, or interactive visualization workflows.
• Deep understanding of browser internals, DOM performance, rendering lifecycle, and bundle optimization.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

🌟 Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with video streaming pipelines, media players, or computer vision metadata visualization.
• Familiarity with Micro-Frontend architectures and Web Workers for offloading heavy computation.
• Experience building design systems and shared component libraries across multi-disciplinary teams.