Engineering Manager (MEAN/MERN Stack)

About the Role

Engineering Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the engineering team responsible for building a high-performance OTT platform.
• Architect, design, and deliver scalable web applications ensuring low-latency, high availability, and exceptional user experience.
• Collaborate with Product, Content, and Design teams to roll out new features including personalization, recommendations, search, and payments.
• Drive best practices in video streaming, API design, caching, and content delivery (CDN integrations).
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and security for large-scale traffic spikes during live streaming or new releases.
• Balance hands-on technical contributions (architecture reviews, coding when necessary) with team management.
• Mentor engineers, conduct performance reviews, and foster a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Oversee Agile processes, resource planning, and timely delivery of product releases.

Requirements

• 812 years of overall software development experience

  , including

  3+ years leading engineering teams

  .
• Strong expertise in

  Next.js

  and

  Nest.js

  , with experience in building high-performance web applications.
• Experience working with

  streaming technologies, CDN integrations, and video platforms

  is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of system design, distributed architectures, caching strategies, and microservices.
• Proven ability to deliver large-scale consumer products with

  millions of concurrent users

  .
• Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Familiarity with

  cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

  , DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in

  OTT, media, or consumer-tech platforms

  .
• Exposure to DRM, adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS/DASH), and real-time analytics.
• Hands-on knowledge of personalization, recommendation engines, and data-driven features.

What’s in it for You

• Be at the forefront of shaping the future of

  digital entertainment

  .
• Lead a talented engineering team solving

  complex scalability challenges

  .
• Opportunity to innovate in video streaming, personalization, and immersive user experiences.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package in a fast-growing industry.