Overview

Thanks for your interest!

Saavn is a well-funded, VC-backed startup. We are the fastest growing digital media company offering South Asian content. Our mission is to provide easier access and discovery of quality entertainment content to hundreds of millions of people on devices of their choice. We have offices in Sunnyvale, CA (Engineering), New York (Business Development and Headquarters) and Mumbai (content operations).

We encourage you to check out Saavn.com, Google India Music, and our mobile apps on Android and iPhone. You will be a key person in our small engineering team that did this (and much more) and will have visible impact on our product. Tens of millions of users will be using the product built by you. You will find yourself working all the way from our ad-delivery to search engine to mobile apps (hopefully not in the same week, but we can't promise!). You will be reporting to VP of Engineering and working with people who have shipped many products for companies like Yahoo!, Twitter, Google and HBO.


Job Duties
- Gather & analyze data to design, develop, troubleshoot and implement the backend systems for web applications using PHP, SQL and XML
- Design and develop core backend software components using C/C++ or Java
- Analyze and improve efficiency and scalability of mobile and web applications
- Design and implement large scale distribution systems using Hadoop and Pig or similar systems to analyze site logs
- Document and refine product specifications using collaboration tools such as Bugzilla, Subversion and Powerpoint
- Follow agile development methodologies to break down tasks and provide effort estimates

Requirements
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- Master’s degree in Comp Sc/IT/Math/Engg (Telecom/Electrical/Electronic/Computer) or related field
- 3 years experience.

We offer competitive compensation package and benefits (salary, stocks, bonus, health, 401(K) - the works!)

Education

Masters in CS or equivalent