Lead Engineer

About Amagi

Globally, Amagi works with 800+ content brands, delivering 5000+ channels with deployments in 150+ countries, managing programmatic ad opportunities over 50 billion. Amagi has industry-leading deep technical integration with 150+ Free Ad-supported Streaming TV (FAST) services, making it one the largest tech providers and a first-party ad platform for the FAST industry segment.Amagi has a presence in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Singapore, Seoul and Sydney, with innovation centers in Bangalore, Zagreb, and Lodz, and a global media monitoring center in New Delhi. Amagi is one of the highest valued mediatech companies in the world and its investors include Accel, Norwest Venture Partners, General Atlantic, Premji Invest, Avataar Ventures and Nadathur Holdings.

Today, Amagi is the fastest growing media and entertainment technology company on Earth. Founded in 2008, Amagi is a global leader in cloud-based products and solutions for broadcast and connected TV. Our cloud-based platforms support broadcast-quality, 259-hour linear channel production, channel distribution to Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV platforms, live orchestration for sports and news, OTT server-side ad insertion, and monetization analytics, as well as cost-effective disaster recovery.

Our identity and mission: Amagi, epitomizing the essence of freedom, embarks on an extraordinary mission to establish the world's foremost media technology business rooted in a foundation of goodness. Our commitment to autonomy is paralleled by our shared connection through a compelling purpose, with the Amagi way serving as our guiding light. In our pursuit, we strive to create a harmonious blend of individual freedom and collective purpose, shaping a unique and transformative journey that sets us apart in the realm of media technology.

Job role: 
Lead Engineer – Product Development

Location: 
Bangalore

Role reporting into: 
Engg Manager

Does this role have direct reports?: 
No

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on and passionate 
Lead Engineer 
to lead frontend engineering efforts for 
CLOUDPORT
, Amagi's flagship product. This role is ideal for an experienced frontend developer with a strong technical foundation, a passion for mentoring engineers, and a desire to build scalable and performant applications in the 
video tech
 space.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping frontend architecture, mentoring team members, ensuring engineering excellence, and delivering high-quality software in a fast-paced product environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and optimization of frontend architecture and features using and TypeScript.
• Guide and mentor a team of 2–5 frontend engineers.
• Drive frontend best practices maintain a high bar on code quality, performance, and test coverage (unit, integration, automation).
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and backend teams to translate business requirements into seamless frontend experiences.
• Lead technical decision making and ensure robust, scalable UI solutions aligned with the overall product roadmap.
• Proactively identify technical debt and propose scalable improvements.
• Conduct peer reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Champion modern frontend workflows and CI/CD processes.

Required Qualifications

• 6–8 years of frontend development experience with at least 1+ years leading teams.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3.
• Strong experience with and its ecosystem: Redux, RxJs, , Webpack, Babel.
• Practical knowledge of REST APIs, WebSocket, WebRTC, and/or Server Sent Event integration.
• Proficient in debugging and performance profiling using browser-based tools.
• Solid understanding of how browsers work under the hood (DOM, rendering pipelines, caching, etc).
• Comfortable working in Linux/Mac environments.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with 
  Material-UI
   or similar component libraries.
• Exposure to 
  AWS services
   – EC2, S3, Cloudfront, ElasticCache, Lambda, API Gateway.
• Backend development experience in 
  Go 
  or
   Python
• Understanding of container orchestration such as Kubernetes.

Preferred Work Experience: 
6-8 Years

Education/Qualifications: 
BE/BTech/MTech