Academic Advisor

Roles & Responsibilities Participate in 12×7 shifts working with a global team in follow the sun model. ( No Graveyard or Night Shift) Provide remote infrastructure support for our SaaS, PaaS, IaaS products across globally distributed data centres Automate OS and application deployments using tools such as WDS, Cobbler and Puppet Conduct regular patch management and system maintenance to ensure the health of platforms/servers Set up health checks for systems & applications in monitoring tools like Zabbix, Nagios, SolarWinds etc Troubleshoot and fix issues meeting SLA’s and operational standards Manage incidents and escalations as per policies/procedures to meet incident management and uptime SLAs Liaise with engineering teams for RCA’s, permanent resolutions on issues using tickets and chat conference rooms Identify repetitive tasks and automate using Bash / Ruby / Perl Contribute to operations handbook Investigate and assess alerts for hardware and schedule replacement or tests Initiate emergency maintenance as needed for failed/failing hardware (drives, RAID controllers, power supplies, etc) Provide guidance to L1 monitoring regarding hardware status/health, complicated server health analysis Ensure smooth hand-offs between shifts

About you:
● 2 - 5 years of experience
● Expertise in the following areas
○ Java
○ HTTP Protocol
● You’ve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks / products
○ Spring
○ Postgresql
○ Redis
○ Docker
○ Message brokers
○ Github
● These non functional areas are familiar to you
○ Performance
○ Debugging
○ Log management
Nice to have:
● Familiarity with AWS

1. Perform security assessment of web applications, Android, iOS mobile applications, Source Code Review

2. In-depth knowledge of security vulnerabilities not just limited to OWASP Top 10

3. False Positive removal and manual application testing      

4. Working exp of Python, Java, .Net etc         
5. Experience of using MF Fortify is a must

6. Proactively identify vulnerabilities and recommend fixes

7. Ownership of the tasks, Adapt to technologies/languages/platforms/frameworks of the time                                                                                     

8. Experience in using security tools to carry out manual as well as automated security assessments

9. Experience working with common product flows like payment gateway integration, authentication etc.                                                          

10. Client handling exp

11. Should be able to address client queries, work on proposals etc                                                        

12. Independent, self-motivated and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with teams ranging from product to engineering teams

Esper is an inventive startup, and the industry’s first DevOps SaaS platform designed to provide a simple, safe and secure way for engineering and DevOps teams to release applications and manage smart Android devices in production. We’re on a mission to let software teams ship without worrying about hardware. Our device infrastructure enables developer, mid-market orgs, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver their software as a service. Backed by Madrona Ventures, Esper.io has rapidly-growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative major brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, and healthcare.

Esper is looking for a software engineer to transform the customer experience
for developers and engineering teams using the platform of services to deploy
and build out their device fleets. You and your team will own services that will
enable customers to develop and customize their development process, along
with easing their use of Continuous Integration techniques for their software. We
need a leader that is experienced in delivering scalable multi-region fault tolerant
systems, is passionate about the developer tools space, is excited to have
software developers as their customers, and is obsessed about creating
compelling customer experiences.

In this role you will contribute to a critical and highly-visible function within the
Esper business. You will be given the opportunity to autonomously deliver the
technical direction of the service, and the feature roadmap. You will work with
extraordinary talent and have the opportunity to hire and shape the team to best
execute on the product. If you’re excited to have a large impact on Esper and the
device industry, you’ll find this role to be engaging, challenging, and full of
opportunities to learn and grow.

Key Responsibilities

Help drive business decisions with your technical input
Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software
solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and
security.
Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of
quality for all of the team deliverables
Write high quality distributed system software
Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.

Basic Qualifications

2 -4 years of professional software development experience
You’ve designed, built, scaled and maintained production services, and know how to compose a service oriented architecture.
Degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
You write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers
You are comfortable with programming languages like Go, Python, Java
You’ve good understanding of databases system like Postgres. Extensive Knowledge about Postgres is a big plus.
You’ve have worked with Docker, Kubernetes and have fundamental understanding of distributed systems like Kafka, Elasticsearch

Preferred Qualifications

Experience taking a lead role developing complex software systems that have successfully been delivered to customers.
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs and product strategy.
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing and operations
Demonstrated ability to mentor junior software engineers in all aspects of their engineering skill-sets.

What we think makes us special

Esper is a fast-growing, well-funded company where everyone matters and you can see your impact daily. We trust our teammates and offer intense ownership and therefore accountability. We’re inventing the future and building something special. The team really enjoys what we do and cares about your input. We don’t hire just to fill a spot, we want you to make a difference.

As you help us build this special company, Esper will take care of you. We offer flexible vacation, regular hack-days, competitive pay and benefits, and room for advancement. We hire capable veterans so we avoid the drama and trust in each other’s work. Our worldwide footprint mixes different cultures for a unique experience. We also like to have fun because we play just as hard as we work.

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We're building an innovative edtech company that helps young people find and successfully pursue their purpose through our skilling products. We're doing this by combining the best of experiential learning with the best of technology to deliver impactful and immersive learning experiences for students.

Selected candidate(s) will lead technology for the company by initially working alongside an outsourced software development team and later on being responsible for current and future software development.

Opportunity to earn ESOP / equity based on experience and performance. We're looking for candidates who are hungry to learn, can apply themselves to solve problems using techology and who are looking to make a meaningful impact with their energy and work. If this sounds like you, we'd like to hear from you.

****** Apply only if you know Angular, NODEJS, EXPRESS framework ******
Skills Required:
Problem-solving Approach
Programming Data Structures
Logic & Design concepts
Object Oriented Programming concepts 
Familiarity with databases
NodeJS and its framework.

Required Technical Skills: 

• Java (highly capable)
• SQL (highly capable)
• Strong knowledge of software best practices, build processes, IDEs, database tools (e.g. SQL Developer, SQL Management Studio)
• Strong knowledge of source code control systems (GIT)
• Confident with Windows, Linux, Unix operating systems including command line
• Working knowledge of JIRA

 

Beneficial Technical Skills: 

• .Net
• C 
• Javascript 
• Experience in test management and test execution
• Experience of Agile development methods

 

Additional Skills and Behaviour Required 

• Experience of full software development lifecycle
• Considers competing solutions and evaluates options to create the best outcome in all aspects of the role.
• Willingness to takes ownership of whole project and engineers assigned.
• Confident to make suggestions and recommendations for improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to build good rapport
• Fluency in English, both written and oral
• Collaborates with others to achieve objectives and ensure information flow
• Seeks assistance and feedback as appropriate 

Education 

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or Engineering or other relevant discipline (MCA, MSc in Computer Science etc.)