Technical Architect _ Lykstage & Social Gear

About the job

Title: Technical Architect Video & AdTech Platforms

Location: Mumbai (preferred) | Delhi | Kolkata — hybrid considered

Entity: Manhattan Tech Ventures Pvt. Ltd.

About Us

Manhattan Tech Ventures specializes in AI video-model training, complete connected-TV

and OTT platform development, streaming ad servers, video-upload infrastructure, CDN

technology, transcoding, AI/ML recommendation feeds, and search technology. We are the

engineering force behind two global platforms:

LYKSTAGE — a patent-issued video platform (US Patent 12,684,189 B2) rewarding creators

and viewers for monetized watch time, live across Samsung TV, LG TV, Apple TV, Roku,

Android/Google TV, Amazon Fire TV, iOS, Android, and web in five markets: US, UK, Canada,

UAE, and India.

Social Gear — a self-serve programmatic advertising and creator discovery platform,

propelled by Amazon, Google, and other open exchanges, with ZIP-code-level, territorybased,

and multicultural targeting.

We’re part of a profitable, debt-free group serving 100+ clients across five countries. The

technology is designed here — and used by the world.

The Role

This is the senior-most engineering position in the India organization. You will own the

architecture of both platforms: video pipelines, watch-time monetization, wallet and

payments infrastructure, programmatic ad systems, and AI-driven personalization. You’ll

report directly to the founder, set the technical direction for the engineering team, and

remain hands-on — writing code, reviewing designs, and authoring the HLDs and LLDs that

anchor every build.

If you want to architect global-scale consumer systems from India — not maintain someone

else’s — this is that role.

What You’ll Own

Architecture and design authority across LYKSTAGE and Social Gear

HLD and LLD documentation standards and review for all major initiatives

Distributed backend systems: microservices, event-driven pipelines, queueing, state

machines

Hands-on development and code review to maintain a high engineering bar

Mentorship and growth of the engineering team; hiring input for key roles

Milestone planning, execution strategy, and delivery discipline

System reliability, scalability, and infrastructure cost efficiency across five markets

What You Bring

10+ years of backend engineering experience, with 3+ years as an architect or

technical lead

Deep expertise in Golang and distributed systems design

Track record of building and operating high-scale production systems (consumer, video,

or ad-tech preferred)

Strong fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, system design trade-offs

Experience with vector databases and retrieval-based systems (recommendations,

search)

Cloud (AWS preferred), SQL/NoSQL, Redis/Memcached, Kafka/RabbitMQ

Bonus Points

Video infrastructure: transcoding, CDN, streaming ad servers, CTV/OTT apps

Payments, wallets, or entitlement systems (Razorpay/Stripe integrations a plus)

AI/ML personalization, audio/video fingerprinting, or content-matching pipelines

Observability and DevOps maturity: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, CI/CD,

Docker, Kubernetes

Compensation

A competitive package combining cash and ESOPs in a patent-backed, revenue-generating

global platform group. Structured individually based on experience and impact.

How to Apply

Email your resume and a short note on the most complex system you’ve architected to

[email removed] with the subject line “Technical Architect — India”.