Xperi Corporation Hiring for Principal Engineer at   Bangalore Full Time

Description

35 YEARS AND GROWING

Smarter Technology. Extraordinary Experiences.

Xperi invents, develops and delivers technologies that enable extraordinary experiences. We make entertainment more entertaining, and smart devices smarter.

From the home to the car to everywhere in between, managing content and connections in a way that is smart, immersive, and personal is precisely what Xperi’s technologies do.

Our inventions are foundational to the global entertainment ecosystem and our products and data improve every aspect of the digital entertainment experience, from choice to consumption.

Content markets are changing, fast. Consumers face a simultaneously expanding and fragmenting set of choices. Xperi technology cuts through the chaos, putting us at the forefront offast-movingtrends in streaming, digital entertainment, and AI applications – in any environment.

Xperi is at the heart of extraordinary experiences.

We can’t wait to show you what’s next.

Our culture:

• We invent, develop and commercialize solutions that you’ll find in almost every technology product, from smartphones to cinemas, and in almost every place you can think of, from autos to homes.
• World-class companies are comprised of world-class people and Xperi is no different.
• We provide an environment that empowers our teams and enables them to enjoy a healthy and productive work-life balance for themselves, their families and our community.

Employee Benefits:

• Health Benefits
• Retirement Options
• Charity Match
• Professional Development Classes
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Team Building Outings
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

Project description
The candidate will be working on Metadata projects/components like Extracts, Core, RCS, CMP, CPI, DAQ, Data Mill, Music and legacy Ingest.

• The candidate will be working in metadata team which is the core of providing metadata information to various other downstream products and teams within the PAYTV division under XPERI
• Metadata Customers are worldwide, and they are spread across LTAM, EU and NA regions.
• Our technological stack includes MS SQL queries, SSIS, .Net framework, Java, AWS cloud and Kafka messaging system
• Entire Metadata engineering is based out of Bangalore with few architects and complete business owners working out of US office
• This team is of utmost importance for leadership and executives since we are the owners for all kind of metadata that is consumed by various other teams under the PAYTV BU which is one of the 5 pillars of the company as a whole.
• The candidate will be looked upon for new solutions, designs, re-architecture of certain components that helps in resolving Customer issues/Escalations, New customer request and enabling our existing platform for future roadmaps.

Job purpose:

• Short terms goal of working in this project would be to ensure
  There are no major customer escalations or down time
• Ensure on time and quality delivery of ongoing projects and programs adhering to SLAs and Customer acceptance criteria.
• Meeting the SLAs on Customer escalations and Production support issues daily
• Long Term goals of working in this project would be to ensure
  The legacy systems are solutioned for moving on to a new scalable platform/technology
• Continuous improvements in optimizing existing code bases
• Be the go to person for peers and other team members in providing code/design solutions and help the team in solving complex challenges.

Here’s what you get to do:

• Short term goals would be to
  Understand the design and architecture of Metadata Components and become comfortable with the existing solutions, design, architecture and technical stack of the various components we have in Metadata
• Understand the existing code base of various Extracts like Spring Batch, IDS, and Rovi Video 1.x and 2.0 versions and components like DAQ, Data mill, CMP, CPI, Music and legacy Ingest
• Start participating in key stakeholder meetings related to ongoing projects and programs in Metadata and tries to understand the impact to our existing architecture
  Long term goals would be
  Provide strong and scalable permanent solution for a problem rather than a short term solution
• Exhibit expertise in metadata components and existing design there by become the SME in the component or module you work
• Be the representative for metadata engineering teams and be the coach/mentor when it comes to design patterns, architecture and solutions.

Who we are looking for?

• Someone in engineering/master’s in computer science with 70% from premier institutions
• Some one with hands on technical expertise in design and architecture of software components with more than 12 years ‘of software industry experience

Mandatory Skills

• Extensive SQL Server development experience. SQL and TSQL (Stored procedures, functions, advanced queries)·
• Experience in troubleshooting using monitoring and troubleshooting tooling (SQL Profiler, Extended Events, Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), explain/execution plan, 3rd party tools).·
• Excellent documentation skills (Excel, Word, Confluence) and communication skills.·
• Planning and estimation skills·
• Experience talking to vendors and Tech support (internal and external)·
• Experience in owning problems and pursuing answers to unknowns. Dogged determination

Nice to have/Pluses

• SSIS, SSRS·
• Development of SQL Server applications using external languages (particularly .Net and Java)
• Some experience with CLR applications
• Some experience with Data Models and Modelling tools (ERWIN, ER Studio)
• Some NoSQL experiences
• Some ML or Data Science knowledge will be a plus…·
• Automation knowledge with ansible or Python
• Top 3 primary skills and expertise level requirement ( 1 to 5; 5 being expert)
• Extensive SQL Server development experience. SQL and TSQL (Stored procedures, functions, advanced queries) – 5·
• Experience in troubleshooting using monitoring and troubleshooting tooling (SQL Profiler, Extended Events, Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), explain/execution plan, 3rd party tools) – 5

Supporting tools used

• CI/CD tools like GitHub
• JIRA for Agile/Tickets
• Any IDE(Java or .NET)

Overview of recruitment process

• Time to complete interview cycle: 10-14 Days (depending on your availability)
• Number of interview rounds: example: 60 mins of online coding test + 2 Technical + 1 Hiring Manager + 1 HR
• Given pandemic, all the interviews are conducted remotely using video interview platform.
• What do we expect from you on interview day?
• Prepare well as per the job description and required skills to be successful in the role
• Brush up all fundamentals of software engineering concepts
• Be on time
• In case you can’t interview, please inform your respective recruiter in advance