Job Description

Who are we and What do we do?ShareChat ( ) is India's largest homegrown social media company, with 325+ million monthly active users across all its platforms including Moj, a leading short video app which was launched in a record 30 hours and a few other platforms we have built since then.Founded in October 2015, with a vision of building an inclusive community that encourages & empowers each individual to share their unique journey and valuable experiences with confidence.We are spearheading India's internet revolution by building products through world-class AI & tech to evangelize the content ecosystem for India in regional languages.We believe in complete ownership of problem-solving while committing to speed and integrity in everything we do. We place the utmost importance on user empathy & strive to work towards creating a world-class experience for them every day. Join us to drive how the next billion users will interact on the internet!What does the team do?We serve several hundred million ads daily to our users, sourcing them from both our direct demand and a network of partners integrated via ORTB channels or GAM. Delivering ads at this scale to a diverse user base requires deep neural network (DNN)-based recommendation models, along with a robust infrastructure to support seamless ad delivery.Beyond recommendation models, our system incorporates a sophisticated marketplace designed to maximize value for advertisers while ensuring optimal budget consumption at a predictable pace. Additionally, it upholds a fair and competitive environment for all partners by ensuring equitable auctions for each ad slot.Some of the key challenges our team addresses include:

• Developing personalized ad recommendation models.
• Building world-class infrastructure to deliver ads in near real-time.
• Maintaining a marketplace that ensures fair value delivery to advertisers while optimizing budget utilization.
• Ensuring a level playing field for all partners, whether integrated directly or through networks.

What You'll Do?As a leader, you will be responsible for guiding a cross-functional team comprising front-end (Android), back-end, and web developers, all working towards a common objective-driving the growth of ShareChat's ads business. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Owning and driving revenue growth: Establish clear goals for ad revenue expansion and develop strategies to achieve them.
• Strategic collaboration: Partner with stakeholders to ideate, plan, and execute the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Team growth and development: Foster the professional growth of team members by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for skill enhancement.
• Architecting scalable systems: Design and develop secure, scalable, and extensible systems while making informed technological decisions to support long-term business needs.
• Shaping culture and values: Cultivate and uphold a strong team culture based on core values that withstand the test of time, fostering collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

Your leadership will be instrumental in driving innovation, efficiency, and sustainable growth within ShareChat's advertising ecosystem.Who are you?Preferred qualifications:

• Proven experience in designing and developing large-scale, high-performance systems.
• Strong collaboration skills with a track record of working effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, including product, operations, and business teams.
• Deep understanding of modern technologies, architectures, and industry best practices, with a keen interest in staying up to date with advancements in the field.
• Bachelor's degree (B.Tech. or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a results-oriented mindset, with a focus on delivering scalable and efficient solutions.
• Experience in leading or mentoring teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment is a plus.

Where you'll be?You will be expected to be in our Bangalore office 3 days a week as per our policy.Know more about us:| /What's in it for you?At ShareChat, our values - Ownership, Speed, User Empathy, Integrity, and First Principles - are at the core of our ways of working. We believe in hiring top talent and grooming future leaders by providing a flexible environment to aid growth and development. We also offer several benefits to our employees - like ESOPs, remote working, monthly childcare allowance for women employees, insurance coverage, and more.

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