Rahul Aneja

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DISC Type : ci

Director of Engineering at Disney+ Hotstar (JioHotstar)

London Area, United Kingdom

Overview

Rahul is a seasoned engineering leader at Disney+ Hotstar with over 14 years of experience, specializing in large-scale distributed systems, ML, and recommendation platforms. A graduate of BITS Pilani, he leads a cross-functional team of over 60 engineers, shaping content discovery for more than 100 million daily active users globally.

Based on recommendations, Rahul is considered a creative, intelligent, and friendly individual. Colleagues describe him as a patient and hardworking leader who is also a good social and jolly person.

He was recently part of the team that brought conversational intelligence to JioHotstar using OpenAI to enable more natural content discovery.

Personality Overview

Value Driven

Curious

Assertive

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals.

Topics They Care About

Content Discovery
He leads the Discovery charter at Disney+ Hotstar, focusing on redefining how users find and engage with content through recommendations, search, and catalog systems.
Recommendation Systems
His primary role involves enhancing user engagement and personalization through advanced recommendation and search platforms for millions of users.
Conversational AI
He recently highlighted his team's work in bringing conversational intelligence to JioHotstar through OpenAI to improve content discovery.

Media Appearances

Rahul has no verified media appearances

Work History

12-2025
Director of Engineering at Disney+ Hotstar (JioHotstar)
2-2024 - 2-2026
Senior Engineering Manager(Acting Director) at Disney+ Hotstar (JioHotstar)
3-2022 - 3-2024
Engineering Manager at Disney+ Hotstar
4-2020 - 3-2022
Senior Software Engineer (Staff) at Disney+ Hotstar
9-2019 - 3-2020
Engineering Manager at MoEngage Inc.

Education

2010 - 2011
Master of Engineering (MEng) from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Education details unavailable from New Yashoda Public School ,Hisar

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Insights For Selling To Rahul

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be prepared for a lot of questions, answer them objectively
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Share testimonials from known people and give multiple examples of product value

DONT's

  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Avoid making offhand commitments
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Rahul is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Rahul

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Rahul move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Rahul take some risk or not?

  • They weigh all decisions systematically and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Rahul

Personality Compatibility


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