AI-powered audio storytelling platform with 200M+ listeners across 20+ countries
Pocket FM operates a global audio series platform with a polyglot backend (Python, Go, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis across AWS, GCP, Azure) built for high-volume content delivery. The hiring mix is marketing-heavy (25 roles) with substantial engineering (14), product (12), and design (11) teams, reflecting a content-distribution business scaling creator supply and listener acquisition. Active projects center on AI-assisted writing (writer copilot, fine-tuning pipelines, multimodal systems) and localization, while pain points cluster around data-driven experimentation, narrative success rates, and content-led growth — signaling a shift toward ML-assisted production rather than pure human curation.
Notable leadership hires: Associate Director, Head Writer, Casting Director, Creative Lead, Chief of Staff
Pocket FM is a subscription audio series platform serving listeners across 20+ countries. The product delivers long-form serialized audio content — both original stories and adaptations of licensed international IP — organized by genre and character. The company operates storytelling pipelines optimized for high volume, with infrastructure spanning orchestration (Kubernetes, AWS EKS), observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki), and data (Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MongoDB). Revenue models include advertising and subscription tiers. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Bengaluru, the company employs 501–1,000 people and is actively hiring across product, content creation, and international markets.
Backend: Python, Go, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis. Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure. Orchestration: Kubernetes, AWS EKS. Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Elasticsearch. Version control: Git, GitHub Actions.
AI-assisted content creation (writer copilot, fine-tuning pipelines, multimodal systems), localization with AI tools, high-volume storytelling pipelines for the US market, storyline A/B testing, and casting for new shows.
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