Aakash Educational Services Limited

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Division/ Department: Technology

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Work Location: Noida

Desired Work Experience: 4+ years

Weekly Off: Saturday & Sunday

About Aakash Technology Innovation Lab

Are you passionate about transforming the field of education as we know it?

The way education is imparted has been disrupted massively due to forces such as ed-tech digital revolution, the advancement in artificial intelligence technology and the pandemic. Given the rapid pace of transformation, the vision of the Technology Innovation Lab at Aakash is to make the education of the future a reality. The Technology Innovation Lab aims to leverage state-of-the-art technologies to develop industry-defining bleeding-edge solutions for a student-first world-class hybrid learning experience. This involves -

• Reimagining and conceptualizing how education will be imparted in the future in the omni-channel and immersive learning environment
• Building data platforms such as Power BI dashboards to facilitate students, parents, teachers and the business 
• Creating applications to support the futuristic tech-enabled smart classrooms
• Conceptualizing and developing mobile and web applications for seamless customer experience
• Developing Internet of Things (IoT) driven integrations into applications to build futuristic learning experience
• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to identity interventions to boost student performance

If this excites you, we might have the perfect opportunity for you in the world’s most valued ed-tech company!

About Aakash - AESL

Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), commonly known as Aakash, is one of the most leading educational services institution providing comprehensive test preparatory services for students preparing for medical and engineering entrance examinations, school/board exams and competitive and scholarship exams such as NTSE, KVPY, and Olympiads. 

AESL also partnered with Blackstone, a global investment management firm. 

With more than 32 years of operational experience in the test preparatory coaching industry, the company has a pan India network of 220+ Aakash centres with an annual student base 2,50,000+ students and an employee count of more than 4700.

Purpose of the Role

Develop software solutions that enable the students, parents and teachers to have superior learning and teaching experiences, both inside and outside the classroom.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop state-of-the-art high performance and low latency software applications for mission critical systems
• Contribute in all the phases of the software development lifecycle
• Craft a well-designed, testable, efficient code
• Perform object-oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
• Effectively and seamlessly manage communication with all stakeholders.
• Manage and provide live support to the developed applications

Qualification/ Experience

Must-Have Preferred

Education B.E / B.Tech Information Technology / Computer Science/ Information Science

• Experience 4+ years of hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot Frameworks
• Experience with test-driven development
• Experience with relational databases (MySql, Oracle, Postgres) or NoSql Databases (Cassandra, MongoDb, CouchDb) .
• Agile programming (Sprint, Scrum) experience
• Skills Understands version control branching strategies
• Understands different major language paradigms (object oriented /functional /reactive)
• Understanding and some experience in programming with AWS SDK
• Knowledge of Kafka and Redis

Competencies

Behavioral Competencies Level Functional Competencies Level

1 Team Player Written and Verbal Communication

2

What We Offer

As a technology professional in Aakash Technology Innovation Lab we offer you an opportunity to - 

• Become a pioneer of the education of the future by reimagining and building innovative solutions for the ed-tech industry leading hybrid learning experience
• Be a force of technological disruption as a part of a passionate and high growth team on an exciting endeavor to transform the education industry
• Belong to an upbeat, flexible and relaxed work culture with a specific focus on collaboration
• Craft an excellent career at Aakash through a broad realm of career tracks and opportunities
• Excel in your chosen stream and become a renowned technologist in the ed-tech industry with heavy investment from the business into your learning, exposure and growth
• Have a highly competitive compensation and benefits package 

As a Campus Coordinator, you are expected to perform following tasks:

1. Efficient and effective management in collaboration with candidates, campus hiring managers and T&P team, including communication and calendar management.

2. Data Management, schedule meetings, interviews, HR events and maintain agendas.

3. Managing & coordinating campus recruitment activities.

4. Manage candidate grievances & doubts.

5. Responsible for Pre-joining engagement, on-boarding and documentation of campus joiners.

6. Issuance of Offer/Appointments letter post finalization of candidates.

ONLY MALE CANDIDATES WHO ARE LOCATED IN DELHI NCR AND GURGAON ARE REQUIRED.

About Us

Aakash is synonymous with trust in India's test preparation landscape, offering a blend of superior classroom and online learning experiences, granting students an invaluable edge. We specialize in preparing students for Medical and Engineering entrance exams such as the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) and the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE - Main & Advanced), alongside school/board examinations, including prestigious scholarship exams like NTSE and Olympiads.

AESL (Aakash Educational Services Limited) adopts a student-centric ethos in test preparation, acknowledging the uniqueness of each student and catering to their individual needs. Our team comprises highly qualified and experienced instructors deeply committed to nurturing students' aspirations. Our programs are meticulously crafted for flexibility, and our teaching methodologies are enriched by cutting-edge technologies, ensuring students are thoroughly equipped for their examinations.

Aakash Advantage:

35 Years of Excellence: Providing comprehensive and result-oriented test preparation for over three decades.

Nationwide Presence: With over 315 branches across India, we facilitate preparation in your city.

Expert Faculty: Our pool of 6000+ expert faculty members serve as mentors and guides, ensuring personalized attention.

Proven Success: In 2023 alone, 122,000+ Aakashians qualified in NEET & JEE examinations.

Digital Integration: Embracing the future, our classrooms are 100% digitized across all branches.

Hybrid Learning: Offering the best of both worlds, our hybrid classrooms seamlessly blend traditional and online learning experiences.

A Great Place to Work: We take immense pride in announcing that Aakash has been honoured with the prestigious Great Place to Work title for three consecutive years, a testament to our unwavering commitment to fostering a positive and enriching work environment.

Purpose of the Admission Officer role:

Admission officer is responsible for lead generation through variety of marketing activities resulting in counselling and enrolling the students.

As an Admission officer, you are expected to:

1.      Generate admissions by maintaining a continuous influx of data by conducting “Above The Line” (ATL) & “Below The Line” (BTL) marketing activities such as- seminars in schools, open seminars in town & residential spots within a specified territory.

2.      Contribute towards set targets by doing school visits for meeting principals, coordinators and management personals for business development.

3.      Ensure a delightful customer experience while going for home visits to counsel students and parents and close admissions resulting in enrolling the students.

4.      Capitalize on business opportunities by liaising with local tuition teachers.

5.      Ensure adherence to internal processes and compliances.

To be successful in the Admission Officer role you are required to have:

1.      Ability to handle customers in a calm, empathic & patient manner, along with strong sales persuasion skills.

2.      Excellent networking and presentation skills to conduct seminars.

3.      Proficiency in Microsoft Office and writing emails, & comfortable while working on software related to Sales & Services.

4.      Fluency in communication of English and Regional Language.

5.      Comfortable for traveling and public speaking.

Must Attitude:

1.      Customer Orientation

2.      Sense of Ownership and Accountability.

3.      Result orientation

4.      Emotional intelligence for working in a team.

Qualification:

1.      Must have bachelor’s degree.

2.      Preferred BTech / MBA /Masters in Psychology, Education etc.

Experience:

1.      Previous experience in counselling in education or careers counselling.

2.      

Previous experience of Business to Customer (B2C) Sales across industries.

Key Interactions:

·        External

o  Students, Parents & Schools.

o  Partners and Vendors for Above The line (ATL) and Below The line (BTL) activities.

·        Internal

o  Branch’s Academic & Non-Academic teams.

o  Regional Student Support Centre.

o  Regional Sales & Operations Team.

About Us:

Aakash EduTech Pvt. Ltd. (AEPL) is the digital learning arm of Aakash Education Services Ltd. (AESL). AEPL is a rock solid team of 800+ passionate individuals within 2 strong online learning brand names, under its umbrella:

Aakash Digital(digital.aakash.ac.in) geography access to education in the test-prep segment by removing barriers of geography, income, safety or time. Our unique digital offerings i.e. Aakash Live - live online classes, Aakash iTutor - recorded video lectures and Aakash Practest - integrated test series facilitate right guidance to students preparing for competitive exams from the safety and comfort of their homes. We have a reach in almost 7+ countries and 750+ cities world-wide.

Meritnation  (http://www.meritnation.com/">www.meritnation.com) is India’s leading online learning platform for school students with over 2.0 crore enrolled students across CBSE, ICSE and leading state boards. It's an online tuition company with course offerings for class 1 to 12. The company has subscribers PAN India as well as in the Mid-East and has offices across 15 cities in India. Meritnation was a pioneer in Live Classes with more than 80,000+ hours of live class delivered on the platform till date.

What We Are Looking For:

- The candidate should have experience in manual testing, GUI testing, functional testing and load testing.

- knowledge of automated testing tools preferable open source like JMeter, Selenium etc.

- The candidate should have experience in writing and executing test cases.

- Good understanding of SDLC and STLC concepts; Ability to effectively prioritize assignments as well as unplanned issues.

- Knowledge of web-based applications is a must.

- Defect reporting, coordination with development team, defect logging, defect tracking tools like Bugzilla or Bugnet, bug reporting etc

- Completing assigned work with proper focus on design aspects, modular, coding standards, process adherence, optimized and readable code and minimal rework required

- Ability to work productively in a dynamic, priority shifting, deadline-driven environment with no/minimum supervision

- Self-initiative in reading and learning about new technologies, other modules of the application, newer and better ways of doing things

- Good teamwork, positive and constructive collaboration and communication with everybody

Required Skills

Both Manual and Automation testing(Basic Knowledge ) cover functional and performance testing.

Qualifications: Bachelor degree or Equivalent

Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL) is a leading educational institution in India that provides comprehensive test preparatory services for students preparing for medical and engineering entrance examinations, school/board exams and competitive and scholarship exams such as NTSE, KVPY, and Olympiads.  The “Aakash” brand is associated with quality test preparation and a proven student selection track record in various medical and engineering entrance examinations

• Building and supporting backend and frontend development of websites and application projects
• Producing appropriate and effective technical solutions
• Working with a wider, distributed technology and project management teams to meet deadlines and maintain a high standard of code quality
• Understanding, defining, and communicating functional and non-functional requirements
• Working with our technical directors and project managers to define, scope, and estimate projects and features
• Working with QA teams to address bugs and ensure our work output is of the best quality

• Excellent written and verbal English communication
• Full exposure to both backend and frontend development on Drupal platforms
• A strong and demonstrable background working with Drupal, especially 8/9
• Experience building custom integrations, services, and modules within Drupal as well as integrating with APIs
• Strong in Data Structure and Algorithm
• Experience with Drupal templating using HTML5, CSS (SCSS is a bonus), and JavaScript and also the Twig templating engine
• Competent with MySQL and optimising query and table performance within a Drupal platform
• Working with cloud platforms like AWS
• BE/B.Tech/MCA with 4+ years of experience in Drupal implementation
• Strong experience in CI/CD processes (Jenkins, pipelines etc.)
• Should have a good understanding of OOPs concept and Design Patterns like
• Good Understanding of workflows

About Us:

Aakash EduTech Pvt. Ltd. (AEPL) is the digital learning arm of Aakash Education Services Ltd. (AESL). AEPL is a rock solid team of 800+ passionate individuals within 2 strong online learning brand names, under its umbrella:

Aakash Digital(digital.aakash.ac.in) geography access to education in the test-prep segment by removing barriers of geography, income, safety or time. Our unique digital offerings i.e. Aakash Live - live online classes, Aakash iTutor - recorded video lectures and Aakash Practest - integrated test series facilitate right guidance to students preparing for competitive exams from the safety and comfort of their homes. We have a reach in almost 7+ countries and 750+ cities world-wide.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a Front-End Web Developer who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming together with our team of engineers.

The role includes translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. It also includes Creating quality mockups and prototypes, ensuring high-quality graphic standards and brand consistency 

The  Candidate should be fluent in frontend language and also an exceptional problem solver with great communication skills 

What We Are Looking At :-

• Translate UI designs and wireframes into high quality code ensuring cross browser compatibility, responsiveness and performance
• Write semantic, modular front-end code using HTML5 and CSS3, CSS, and JavaScript
• Develop new user-facing features
• Designing, developing, and testing UI for mobile and web applications
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Accurately translate user and business needs into functional frontend code

What Makes You Eligible :

Your Current Profile:

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals and excellent problem solving skills
• Good understanding of software engineering practices, Data Structures & Algorithms
• Good programming skills in JavaScript
• Expert in any one of the modern JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks (AngularJS, JQuery, NodeJS, ReactJS/AngularJS/VueJS
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• 3-7 years of experience in product driven organisation

Qualification

• A Bachelors or Master's degree in engineering from a reputed institute