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The role involves working across the entire data lifecycle - ingestion, processing, storage, and consumption with a strong focus on data quality, performance, and operational stability.\nThe engineer will work closely with analytics teams, business stakeholders, and platform teams to enable timely and accurate data availability across multiple use cases.\nAbout the team:\nJoin JioStar's business systems team, where you'll build scalable platforms that empower data­driven campaign decisions across TV and Digital channels. You'll work on systems that help business users optimise advertiser coverage, maximise viewership reach through TVR/Digital impressions, and analyse how users adopt micro-content across demographic and geographic cohorts. We're solving complex problems at massive scale-enabling clarity on user adoption patterns by gender, economic class, and geography-so our business teams can make informed decisions on content strategy and revenue optimisation. 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Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week, igniting the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of million people across geographies.\nJioStar is an equal opportunity employer. The company values diversity and its mission is to create a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. 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