Director of Engineering

Location: Bangalore (Onsite)

About MediaMelon

MediaMelon is a data‑driven video experience intelligence platform serving global streaming / OTT organizations. We provide deep insights that improve quality, reduce streaming cost, and drive measurable video business outcomes.

Role Summary

We are looking for a hands-on, high ownership Engineering Leader (Senior Engineering Manager / Director) who will not only lead teams but also drive / enforce engineering execution excellence, engineering velocity, quality standards and a strong engineering culture at MediaMelon.

This leader will bring structure, process rigor, deployment + release maturity and enable teams to scale fast with high quality.

What You Will Drive

• Drive and enforce engineering execution excellence – engineering velocity, high-quality releases and deployment best practices

• Drive architecture evolution and technical decision making to enable scale, reliability and performance

• Mentor, coach and enable multiple teams to be high-performing engineering orgs (engineering managers/tech leads / ICs)

• Collaborate very closely with Product + Revenue functions to align product outcomes, customer value and delivery

• Build, strengthen and mature engineering culture, engineering processes, CICD, release mgmt, documentation, quality discipline

What You Have Done

• 7-15 years of experience leading engineering (we are open to Sr EMs + Directors)

• Managed at least ~20-25 engineers directly or indirectly (EMs + ICs) in fast scaling environments

• Experience influencing + driving engineering processes, engineering culture and product velocity improvements (not only delivery mgmt)

• Experience in any backend / platform domain (Python / Java / Go / Cloud Native), etc

• Experience building data analytics products is abig plus (Video streaming domain experience is also a strong plus, but not mandatory)

• Has worked across multiple engineering functions (dev, QA, release mgmt, docs) – not just a single silo

• Hands-on mindset (even if not coding daily)

• Strong data-driven decision making vs gut feel / vague

Why Join MediaMelon

• Work on deep video data analytics at a global streaming scale

• Foundational inflexion point – you shape systems, culture, fundamentals

• High ownership, high autonomy, direct impact

Interview Process

We keep our process structured, senior-friendly and fast.

1. Intro Call with Recruiter / Talent Team — role clarity + alignment + seniority calibration
   

2. Product Alignment Round #1
   

3. Technical System Architecture — practical evaluation on core technical depth (backend/data / full stack, depending on your strength)
   

4. Technical Deep Dive #2 — Senior Engineering problem-solving discussion with leadership
   

5. Final Round with CEO — ownership, business alignment, execution philosophy
   

We aim to complete the entire process within1–2 weeks if both sides are aligned.