We are looking for a Software Architect Lead to join our Product team in Hong Kong. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading our Engineering (both front-end and back-end) and Architecture teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with various stakeholders to determine functional and non-functional software requirements and best practices.
• Create architectural approaches and detailed application architecture strategy for software design and implementation to guide the development team.
• Define all aspects of development from appropriate technology and workflow to coding standards.
• Create high-level product specifications and design documents.
• Align the design, development and implementation with the latest tech stack direction.
• Improve reliability, quality and time to market of our suite of OTT products.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in your new position, it is essential to have the following skills:

• 10+ years of relevant experience in technology, including Software/Application/Solution
• Strong technical background in software development/engineering.
• Degree holder, preferably in Computer Sciences or similar IT related fields.
• Team management experience and leadership skills in driving a high-performance team.
• Experience working with diverse culture; global or regional exposure being an advantage.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills in English. Mandarin would be an advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in cloud environments such as AWS (EC2, S3, Kinesis/Kafka, Lambda, Glue)
• Google Cloud, or other public cloud platforms.
• Flexible and able to work in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines.

Viu is a leading pan-regional over-the-top (OTT) video streaming service operated by PCCW Media Group. It is available in 16 markets including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar in Asia, the Middle East countries of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the newly launched South Africa.

Operating with both an ad-supported tier and a premium subscription tier with more features, Viu delivers premium Asian content in different genres from top content providers with local language subtitles as well as original production series under the ‘Viu Original’ initiative. 

Viu offers users express delivery of telecast content, streaming and download features, and localized user interfaces. With the patented Dynamic Adaptive Transcoding technology, Viu can provide the best viewing experience regardless of device or network conditions.

The service can be accessed via Viu app (available for free on App Store and Google Play) on connected devices, e.g. smartphones and tablets, as well as on web by logging into www.viu.com.