Online streaming platform JioHotstar is hiring top tech talent from some of the top tech companies like Google, Flipkart, CRED, Amazon Pay to strengthen its product and engineering team. The list also includes new hires from companies like Myntra, ShareChat and Cleartrip. The latest round of hiring signals JioHotstar’s focus towards scaling the platform’s personalisation, discovery, advertising, and viewer experience with deeper AI integration and capabilities as competition intensifies in India’s fast-growing streaming market.
According to a report by the Economic Times, JioHotstar’s new hiring includes Shrinivas SG as SVP – Discovery and Personalisation. He previously worked with Flipkart as Director of Product.
Naveen Prashanth, as SVP – Consumer Marketing, who has previously worked in companies like Google and McKinsey.
Another key hire is Abhishek Sharan, as SVP – Engineering (Viewer Experience), who previously had a stint in companies like Flipkart and Myntra. However, most recently, he worked as Head of Engineering at SuperMoney.
For advertising and monetisation, the company has hired Abhishek Varshney as principal engineer – AdTech, who has worked with CRED, Razorpay, and Flipkart.
In addition, the new hires also include Chandramauli Singh (Previously with ShareChat) and Nishant Paliwal (previously worked in Cleartrip, Flipkart, and Intel) to strengthen product and platform engineering teams.
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