Cactus Communications Careers

Please note - This is a 100% remote opportunity and you can work from any location.

 

About the team: Cactus Digital is a shared services team, leveraging technology and storytelling to create efficient, immersive digital experiences. Our projects begin at an idea and culminate in cutting edge website development technology. Every brand under the Cactus umbrella has the imprint of Cactus Digital’s programming in it. And so do some of the finest scientific, medical and pharmaceutical brands in the world

 

The opportunity: We are looking for an experienced software developer to develop high quality software aligned with business goals and client requirements while ensuring timely delivery. Write, review and debug code.

 

Responsibilities:

• Devise innovative and scale-able solution to complex problems using design patterns, or other known algorithms/tools available
• Improving system quality by identifying issues and common patterns, and developing standard operating procedures
• Maintaining and improving existing codebases and peer review code changes
• Remain current on new technologies and available vendor packages; evaluate and make recommendations as necessary
• Assist in task planning, estimation, and scheduling
• Work in close partnership with cross-functional teams and management
• Takes responsibility for his/her deliverables, especially in relation to sensitive timings

 

Requirements:

• At least 2 – 4 years of experience in software development.
• Strong JavaScript skills. Experience in frontend frameworks is a must.
• Knowledge of server- side languages like PHP, Python etc is a must. Previous experience in frameworks is a plus
• A working knowledge of database design and databases (Mysql, PostgreSql)
• Version control preferably Git
• Must be comfortable working on Linux and using the command line.
• Must have a basic understanding of local dev setup.
• Excellent communication skills & should be able to understand the requirements clearly.
• Passionate, adaptable, flexible, independent and self-motivated individuals who take initiative and ownership of projects are desired.
• Cross Browser Optimization experience.
• Performance testing experience.

About us:

 

Cactus Communications is a technology company accelerating scientific advancement. We collaborate with researchers, universities, publishers, academic societies, and life science organizations. We offer AI-powered scholarly publishing solutions for journals and researchers; editorial, translation, education, and training solutions for researchers; strategic and tactical scientific content solutions to global life science organizations; and solutions for science dissemination and engagement with peers, public, and policymakers for wider research outreach. We also incubate seed-stage and early-stage startups that share our mission to solve global problems with science and technology solutions. We have offices in London, Princeton, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Aarhus, and Mumbai; a global workforce of over 3,000 experts; and customers from over 190 countries.

 

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Please note - This is a 100% remote opportunity and you can work from any location.

 

About the team:

You will be a part of Cactus Labs which is the R&D Cell of Cactus Communications. Cactus Labs is a high impact cell that works to solve complex technical and business problems that help keep us strategically competitive in the industry. We are a multi-cultural team spread across multiple countries. We work in the domain of AI/ML especially with Text (NLP - Natural Language Processing), Language Understanding, Explainable AI, Big Data, AR/VR etc.

 

The opportunity: Within Cactus Labs you will work with the Big Data team. This team manages Terabytes of data coming from different sources. We are re-orchestrating data pipelines to handle this data at scale and improve visibility and robustness. We operate across all the three Cloud Platforms and leverage the best of them.

 

In this role, you will get to own a component end to end. You will also get to work on could platform and learn to design distributed data processing systems to operate at scale.

 

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain robust data processing pipelines at scale
• Collaborate with a team of Big Data Engineers, Big Data and Cloud Architects and Domain SMEs to drive the product ahead
• Follow best practices in building and optimize existing processes
• Stay up to date with the progress in the domain since we work on cutting-edge technologies and are constantly trying new things out
• Build solutions for massive scale. This requires extensive benchmarking to pick the right approach
• Understand the data in and out and make sense of it. You will at times need to draw conclusions and present it to the business users
• Be independent, self-driven and highly motivated. While you will have the best people to learn from and access to various courses or training materials, we expect you to take charge of your growth and learning.

 

Expectations from you:

• 4-7 Years of relevant experience in Big Data with Java
• Highly proficient in distributed computing and Big Data Ecosystem - Hadoop, HDFS, Apache Spark
• Good understanding of data lake and their importance in a Big Data Ecosystem
• Being able to mentor junior team members and review their code
• Experience in working in a Cloud Environment (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• You like to work without a lot of supervision or micromanagement.
• Above all, you get excited by data. You like to dive deep, mine patterns and draw conclusions. You believe in making data driven decisions and helping the team look for the pattern as well.

 

Preferred skills:

• Familiarity with search engines like Elasticsearch and Bigdata warehouses systems like AWS Athena, Google Big Query etc
• Building data pipelines using Airflow
• Experience of working in AWS Cloud Environment.

The opportunity:

We are looking for a passionate Software Engineer to design and develop web applications.

Software Engineer responsibilities include gathering user requirements, defining system functionality and writing code in various languages, like JavaScript, Node, Angular, React or PHP programming languages. Our ideal candidates are familiar with the software development life cycle (SDLC) from preliminary system analysis to tests and deployment.

 

Ultimately, the role of the Software Engineer is to build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software that complies with coding standards and technical design.

 

Responsibilities:

• Devise innovative and scale-able solution to complex problems using design patterns, or other known algorithms/tools available.
• Improving system quality by identifying issues and common patterns, and developing standard operating procedures.
• Remain current on new technologies and available vendor packages; evaluate and make recommendations as necessary.
• Assist in task planning, estimation and scheduling.
• Work in close partnership with cross-functional teams and management.
• Takes responsibility for his/her deliverables, especially in relation to sensitive timings.

 

Requirements (Desired skills & experience):

• 2+ years of experience in writing human-readable, scalable, robust, and secure code with unit test cases with maximum coverage.
• Proficient in PHP/Laravel, Angular, Node.
• Working knowledge of basic algorithms and data-structures, design-patterns, Docker, GIT.
• Deep understanding of OOP concepts (encapsulation, inheritance, interfaces, polymorphism).
• Must be comfortable working on a Ubuntu Machine.
• Outstanding all-round communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.

 

Good to have:

• Experience in building microservices
• Experience in Code refactoring
• Experience in Xtreme Programming
• Knowledge of React
• Experience in working with a large codebase, CI/CD pipeline
• Hands on experience with Laravel and PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of Agile development (Scrum)

 

Your Mindset:

• Quality first: You value quality code! If you find yourself writing things twice you automatically refactor them. You find code reviews valuable instead of annoying.
• Independent: Since we are 100% remote this means that you need to be able to reach your goals independently. You need to be self-aware and self-managed.
• Problem-solving attitude: Problems are opportunities! You see problems as challenging and have the urge to solve them. There is no problem in the world you cannot solve!
• Proactive attitude: It's not easy to work remotely. If you are having issues we expect you to be proactive about it.
• Self-improvement: You want to grow your skills and grow as a person. You seek ways to do things more efficiently.
• Passion: Coding is your passion, not just a job. You just love to write good code.

Please note - This is a 100% remote opportunity and you can work from any location.

 

About the team:

You will be a part of Cactus Labs which is the R&D Cell of Cactus Communications. Cactus Labs is a high impact cell that works to solve complex technical and business problems that help keep us strategically competitive in the industry. We are a multi-cultural team spread across multiple countries. We work in the domain of AI/ML especially with Text (NLP - Natural Language Processing), Language Understanding, Explainable AI, Big Data, AR/VR etc.

 

The opportunity: Within Cactus Labs you will work with the Big Data team. This team manages Terabytes of data coming from different sources. We are re-orchestrating data pipelines to handle this data at scale and improve visibility and robustness. We operate across all the three Cloud Platforms and leverage the best of them.

 

In this role, you will get to own a component end to end. You will also get to work on cloud platform and learn to design distributed data processing systems to operate at scale.

 

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a team of Big Data Engineers, Big Data and Cloud Architects and Domain SMEs to drive the product ahead
• Stay up to date with the progress of in the domain since We work on cutting-edge technologies and are constantly trying new things out
• Build solutions for massive scale. This requires extensive benchmarking to pick the right approach
• Understand the data in and out, and make sense of it. You will at times need to draw conclusions and present it to the business users
• Be independent, self-driven and highly motivated. While you will have the best people to learn from and access to various courses or training materials, we expect you to take charge of your growth and learning.

 

Expectations from you:

• 1-3 Year of relevant experience in Big Data with pySpark
• Hands on experience of distributed computing and Big Data Ecosystem - Hadoop, HDFS, Spark etc
• Good understanding of data lake and their importance in a Big Data Ecosystem
• Experience of working in the Cloud Environment (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• You like to work without a lot of supervision or micromanagement.
• Above all, you get excited by data. You like to dive deep, mine patterns and draw conclusions. You believe in making data driven decisions and helping the team look for the pattern as well.

 

Preferred skills:

• Familiarity with search engines like Elasticsearch and Bigdata warehouses systems like AWS Athena, Google Big Query etc
• Building data pipelines using Airflow
• Experience of working in AWS Cloud Environment
• Knowledge of NLP and ML

The opportunity:
We are looking for Senior UI Developer to join Kolabtree’s engineering team. As a valued
member of the team, you will be developing and delivering a visually rich and behaviorally
responsive application interface to Kolabtree users. We are looking for someone with
fantastic attention to details and a passion for delivering world-class user experience.

Responsibilities:
 Create and revise HTML, CSS, Angular and jQuery for website and application pages
 Make sure web and application pages are fully responsive and optimized across devices
 Optimize front-end code for fast cross-browser and cross-device performance
 Implement UI validation where applicable
 Use UI frameworks like Material UI to develop the aesthetics for website or product pages,
from the layout menus and drop-down options to colors and fonts
 Participate in design and code reviews
 Build reusable code and libraries for future use
 Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
 Implement industry best UI best practices for performance

Requirements (Desired skills & experience)
 Must have 5+ yrs of experience including HTML5, CSS3, Angular 8+, jQuery, Bootstrap 3+
and Bootstrap material design Confidential
 Proficient understanding of CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
 Ability to consume web APIs using Ajax and handle data binding on the UI
 Experience in Responsive layouts and UI development
 Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around
them
 Must have fantastic attention to detail and good eye for aesthetics: layout, grid systems, color
theory and typography.
 Working knowledge of Open Source CMS like WordPress is a plus
 Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around
them
 Excellent communication and collaborative skills

The opportunity:
R Discovery is an initiative from Cactus Communications which aims to re-define how research content is discovered, accessed and read by researchers (academics) across the globe. One of the most exciting and revolutionary new developments in the industry & built on the foundations of cutting-edge technological innovations in AI, Machine Learning, NLP and Deep Learning, R Discovery was launched as an Android and iOS app in 2020. During the Beta phase itself, it has received 100,000+ downloads. It also has a web presence and serves thousands of users from 50+ countries every week across platforms.

If you are a user of Flipboard, Medium or InShorts for reading articles, news etc. you know the feeling of delight that these products bring via a personalized feed of content in a simplest possible way, always updated. R Discovery creates the same delight for a researcher by enabling him to access his personalized feed of most relevant and recent content in a single tap. The challenge, though, is bigger since what the researcher reads influences his research which ends up shaping new developments in science.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end product ownership, right from ideation and concepts to product success
• Be a partner, in your own right, in setting up the goals and vision for the overall product portfolio. Work with cross functional stakeholders to build on the product vision and drive the vision towards reality
• Manage and own the product roadmap and develop features that are in line with the vision and goals.
• Drive product discovery, definition, sprint planning, prioritization and execution in line with the product roadmap.
• Build products for global audience, understand local nuances and localize offerings to suit needs of consumers from different geographies
• Keep a hawk’s eye on competition and be on top of the industry trends
• Measure the impact of new features, constantly iterate on product offerings based on customer feedback and data, and closely interact with product users (both internal and external).
• Be the custodian of user experience. Drive and have a passion for user engagement, conduct research required for improvements, define USPs which would make the sell.
• Documentation, at all necessary touch-points, in order to engage the organization with you in terms of thought leadership and product updates
• Be on top of product execution: must know anything and everything happening around sprints
• Master your data – look at numbers, seek insights and take decisions on a daily basis

Requirements (Desires skills & experience):

• Passionate about solving problems and making a difference to lives of millions of people
• 4-6 years’ work experience in a Product Management role preferably managing a mobile app
• MBA preferably from tier-I business school
• Ability to think creatively and strategically, coupled with very strong execution skills and think ‘Consumer’ at all times and live the philosophy of ‘Consumer First’ while making decisions and building products
• A team player with an attitude to get things done and willingness to work in a high-pace environment
• First-hand experience with agile development methodologies, and analytics tools like Google Analytics, wireframing tools like Balsamiq and project tracking tools like JIRA
• Great analytical skills with ability to select and track key metrics, bring out insights from numbers and take decisions based on data
• Ability to work across functions & levels, be comfortable with interacting with senior leadership
• An attitude to create impact – follow the philosophy of release -> measure impact, take feedback -> iterate and not be just a feature development manager
• An ability to manage stakeholder expectation and ‘be your own man’. Product manager must not have a ‘yes to everything’ philosophy