Lead Software Engineer

4 weeks ago

Bangalore Urban, India Pocket FM Full time

About Pocket FM

Pocket FM is India’s leading audio entertainment platform, powering a new generation of storytelling through audiobooks, audio series, and podcasts across multiple languages. With millions of monthly active users and a vast creator community, we are redefining how content is consumed in the audio-first world.


Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled and product-oriented Lead Software Engineer-Web to lead our growing web team. You will play a strategic role in shaping the direction of our web platform — balancing hands-on development with leadership, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration. This is a high-impact role where your technical decisions and leadership will influence how millions of users consume audio content daily.


Key Responsibilities

  • Technical Leadership: Own architectural decisions and set technical standards to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of Pocket FM’s web applications.
  • Team Leadership: Mentor and grow a team of engineers, conduct technical reviews, and drive a culture of engineering excellence.
  • Strategic Influence: Partner closely with product leadership to align business goals with technical roadmap, influencing long-term product direction.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Act as a bridge across engineering, design, data, and product teams to deliver seamless and innovative user experiences.
  • Scalability & Performance: Drive initiatives for web performance optimization, SEO, accessibility, and internationalization to support global expansion.
  • Operational Excellence: Define best practices for monitoring, testing, CI/CD, and deployment strategies.
  • Innovation & Experimentation: Lead efforts in A/B testing, analytics integration, and experimentation to optimize user engagement.
  • Hands-On Contribution: Balance leadership with coding, ensuring delivery of critical, complex features when needed.


Requirements

  • 6–9 years of professional experience in frontend/web development, with at least 2+ years of proven leadership experience (leading teams/projects).
  • Expert in JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, and modern frontend ecosystems.
  • Strong experience with state management tools (Redux, Zustand, Recoil).
  • In-depth understanding of web performance, SEO, browser rendering, and accessibility.
  • Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
  • Proven track record of mentoring engineers, scaling teams, and improving engineering practices.
  • Experience working with RESTful APIs, GraphQL, build tools (Webpack, Vite, etc.).
  • Strong knowledge of automated testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library).
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and align engineering with business objectives.


Nice to Have

  • Experience with Next.js or other SSR frameworks.
  • Exposure to internationalization, A/B testing, and advanced analytics.
  • Experience in fast-paced, high-growth startup environments.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).
  • Ability to scale engineering teams and contribute to hiring strategies.


You can get more updates, insights and everything behind the scenes at Pocket FM here - https://xtra.pocketfm.com/

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