Senior Technical Architect
India
Job Description
Senior Technical Architect
Hyderabad, Telangana

Job Summary

Pod 5 — IMSDK/Frameworks — Lead
Pod / Track    Pod 5 — IMSDK/Frameworks
Role Title    Lead — IM SDK & Multimedia Frameworks (GStreamer)
Experience    8 – 10 years
Primary Location    Hyderabad, India (Transition phase); HCLTech Offshore Delivery Center thereafter
Work Model    Physical co-location at Hyderabad mandatory during Transition (Month 1–3) for knowledge transfer and hardware/lab access; delivery shifts to HCLTech's Offshore Delivery Center (ODC) from Shadow (Month 4–6) onward.
Role Summary
Own sustenance of the IM SDK and higher-level application framework/API layers exposed to customer application developers on IoT platforms. This is a single-position pod — the Lead has no dedicated bench.
Key Responsibilities
•    Maintain and extend the GStreamer-based multimedia framework layer that sits above the multimedia HAL, ensuring compatibility with customer application requirements.
•    Triage framework-layer defects in GStreamer plugins/pipelines reported by customer application developers.
•    Support customer developer escalations directly.
•    Document framework/API changes and deprecations ahead of each release.
•    Coordinate framework updates with the underlying HAL/system-software pods (SSG, Multimedia).
Must-Have Skills
•    8–10 years multimedia framework / GStreamer engineering, sitting above a multimedia HAL.
•    GStreamer pipeline architecture, plugin development and debugging.
•    Experience building an SDK/framework layer directly above a multimedia HAL.
•    API design and versioning discipline for a customer-facing SDK.
•    Strong customer-facing communication.
Good-to-Have Skills
•    Prior IM SDK or comparable vendor SDK experience.
•    Experience with comparable frameworks (e.g., Android Media Framework, FFmpeg) as points of comparison to GStreamer.
•    Developer-relations or SDK documentation authorship.
•    Exposure to partner/OEM app-developer support processes.
 

Key Responsibilities

Pod 5 — IMSDK/Frameworks — Lead
Pod / Track    Pod 5 — IMSDK/Frameworks
Role Title    Lead — IM SDK & Multimedia Frameworks (GStreamer)
Experience    8 – 10 years
Primary Location    Hyderabad, India (Transition phase); HCLTech Offshore Delivery Center thereafter
Work Model    Physical co-location at Hyderabad mandatory during Transition (Month 1–3) for knowledge transfer and hardware/lab access; delivery shifts to HCLTech's Offshore Delivery Center (ODC) from Shadow (Month 4–6) onward.
Role Summary
Own sustenance of the IM SDK and higher-level application framework/API layers exposed to customer application developers on IoT platforms. This is a single-position pod — the Lead has no dedicated bench.
Key Responsibilities
•    Maintain and extend the GStreamer-based multimedia framework layer that sits above the multimedia HAL, ensuring compatibility with customer application requirements.
•    Triage framework-layer defects in GStreamer plugins/pipelines reported by customer application developers.
•    Support customer developer escalations directly.
•    Document framework/API changes and deprecations ahead of each release.
•    Coordinate framework updates with the underlying HAL/system-software pods (SSG, Multimedia).
Must-Have Skills
•    8–10 years multimedia framework / GStreamer engineering, sitting above a multimedia HAL.
•    GStreamer pipeline architecture, plugin development and debugging.
•    Experience building an SDK/framework layer directly above a multimedia HAL.
•    API design and versioning discipline for a customer-facing SDK.
•    Strong customer-facing communication.
Good-to-Have Skills
•    Prior IM SDK or comparable vendor SDK experience.
•    Experience with comparable frameworks (e.g., Android Media Framework, FFmpeg) as points of comparison to GStreamer.
•    Developer-relations or SDK documentation authorship.
•    Exposure to partner/OEM app-developer support processes.
 

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HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.