Enguru is India’s leading destination for online learning English, with over 4 crore learners who have used our products. enguru caters to multiple audiences, including adult and children learners looking to learn English through live group and/or personal classes.
About the role
You will get to lead backend development across the enguru product suite, including our spoken English app for adults and spoken English app for kids amongst others. You will work closely with other engineers and product managers to help optimise the architecture across our apps.
Desired Experiences & Skillsets
- Experience with Python/Django and worked with &
- End-to-end expertise in web application
- Strong understanding of structured & unstructured databases
- Proficient with JS Frameworks
- Dev-ops experience around handling deployments &
- Led and/or collaborated closely with team members
Proficiency with tools such as
- Python
- Django
- Rest APIs (and RESTful API principles)
- Angular
- React
- mongoDB
- AWS
- Docker
About Enguru (Kings Learning Private Limited)
enguru is a mobile app that is revolutionizing English learning across Asia. With over 40 million users, enguru helps young adults improve their fluency and confidence through live online classes & gamified levels. We have onboarded 400+ teachers to date & our group classes consistently demonstrate strong learning outcomes for students.
In 2022, enguru was acquired by US-based Open English, the leading English learning platform in Latin America & Europe. With Open English’s support, we will increase our teacher & student base, expand our curriculum & further improve our content. With an immediate focus on India, enguru will also expand to South-East Asia over the next few years.
This is an opportunity to help build a high-quality, affordable English learning program for young adults across India. Enguru is entering a high growth phase with backing from an established player in the market & we are looking for ambitious, self-motivated individuals to join the team!
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Position: Tech Lead
Location: Mumbai
About Fatakpay:
o Fatakpay Digital Private Ltd (Fatakpay) is a digital-only lending platform that provides short-term personal loans (STPL) through QR-based credit lines. It was founded by a team of 4 professionals having over 70+ years of combined experience.
o A 100% digital and paperless Fintech platform featuring proprietary customer scoring, credit
decisioning and credit algorithms
o Provides instant credit line approvals based on borrower’s eKYC and Credit Bureau checks
and other ML scoring mechanisms.
o Customers can use this credit line to make day-to-day payments with QR codes.
Brief Business Model:
o Employs B2B2C model for focused distribution and strong credit underwriting
o, Target workforce cost-intensive sectors such as Facility Management, Security Services |
BPO, KPO, Call Centre | Retail& Hyperlocal | Logistics | Education etc.
o Aims to provide credit for daily expenses or out of pocket expenses for Blue-collar
workers, delivery personnel, sales & field agents, admin staffs through the employer
partnership and HRMS tie-up route.
We are currently building our platform, including the core team. We are expected to launch in mid-Jan 2022.
Tech Lead will be part of the senior leadership, working closely with the Founders to drive the company forward and impact its customers. The incumbent will work on new technologies and preside over the entire frontend and backend teams. Most importantly, the incumbent should be enthusiastic about helping the company grow and feeding off a fast-paced start-up environment.
Responsibilities:
- Leading the Engineering team to deliver to the product roadmap, emphasising Agile web development processes, focusing on achieving high-quality results aggressively, faster-to-market.
- Additionally, you will work closely with the founder and the product team to refine and iterate on the product roadmap from time to time.
- Developing the engineering team by providing coaching and mentoring to your team members, challenging individuals for peak performance and developing a logical career path for the department
- Solve challenging technology problems - a large part of the product roadmap consists of products/features that would be unique.
- You will work closely with our technical architects, senior engineers, and more on designing and nurturing our product infrastructure as well as architecture.
- Partner with cross-functional core stakeholders in engineering, product management, program management, release management, QA, design, performance engineering, sales, and professional services teams to lead the technology vision and direction.
- Adjusting methodologies as necessary; anticipate technology changes and take steps to ensure development stays ahead or on track of the product roadmap
Requirements:
- 4-7+ years of functional architecture, software design, engineering, and implementation experience in a complex and fast-moving start-up or mid-scale company environment.
- Build, lead and motivate a team of high performing engineers. Align the team to incorporate new technologies and processes to maximise development efficiency at the same time will to get hands dirty when it is in the best interest of the group (e.g., occasional coding and willingness to pick up new languages)
- Well informed of available technology solutions/technology trends and choose viable technology options for the Business Leadership
- Strong expertise in Systems Architecture, API based codebase, Cloud Computing, and Storage Platforms. Must be knowledgeable about industry trends, best practices and change management in the aggregator/platform space.
- Deep knowledge of the front end, middleware and backend technologies such as Python, ReactJS, Docker, and Kubernetes. Recent hands-on experience in the development of enterprise-grade API(s). Recent experience with agile development methodologies is a must.
- Analytical leader with an objective thinking process and growth mindset
What we offer:
- The ability for you to make an impact and lay a foundation for the upcoming fin-tech innovations.
- A multicultural and diverse team of colleagues from different states.
- Progressive and flexible work hours that match your personality and lifestyle.
- The best-in-class perks and benefits for developers. Compensation could include stock options for significant upside.
Summary/Objective:
We are looking for high performing developers who will get to develop an awesome product which the end user must love and trust. You will be responsible for building, scaling and maintaining the multiple modules, encompassing - external integration, API management, building business and operation processes, designing and defining micro services, designing multi-input/output state machines. You will work closely with business, product and UI teams and build products that would maximise business impact and customer delight. We are looking for people who love to challenge and contribute to new way of thinking. We value entrepreneurship skills, rolling up sleeves, resolving issues and raising up the bar. We love people who are excellent with delivery and execution and have a design thinking approach. You should be comfortable learning in a fast-paced environment and applying it at work. A quick overview of our stack:Python, MySQL, NoSQL, Memcache, Bigquery Microservices Responsibilities
• Write clear and effective API documentation.
• Write codes to integrate applications being used by various stakeholders
• Write and review test cases to QA pass your own code.
• Write/review test cases for code and process coverage
• Review code for both oneself and team members
• Reviewing designs, code, and processes from a system security standpoint
• Defining and building micro-services
• Building systems with positive business impact
• Tracking module health, usage, behaviour tracking, measure and improve code and processes Requirements
• An engineer with at least 1-7 years of working experience in web services, preferably in Python
• Must have penchant for good API design.
• Must be a Stickler for good clear and secure coding
• Must have built and released APIs in production
• Experience in working with RDBMS and No SQL databases
• Must have designed thoughtful, extensible data models
• Knowledge of identifying, defining and building micro-services
• Working knowledge of GCS, AWS, Azure or any other cloud provider
• Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills
• Communication skills, to speak to developers across the world. Good To Have
• Focus on constant improvement of developer experience
• Building or Working knowledge of CI/CD
• Basic know-how of front-end technologies like AngularJS/React
• Have worked on additional languages like Javascript/Ruby
Thanks
- Hands-on experience in development of rest services using python
- Good knowledge Django or Flask framework
- Designing database tables and structures
- Skilled at optimizing large complicated SQL statements
- Knowledge of best practices when dealing with relational databases
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
- Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
- Experience in owning Code Quality and Code Review processes
- Good understanding of application debugging techniques
- Experienced in Agile methodologies
- Strong analytic, problem solving, and programming ability
- Initiative and drive to contribute
- Excellent organizational and task management skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work in global cross-office teams
Additionally, we seek individuals with the following qualifications:
- Understanding of SEO and accessibility issues and how they relate to development
- Experience with NoSQL using MongoDB/Cassandra is a plus.
- Experience in working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) like S3, EMR, EC2 is preferred
- Deployment and production support.
- Strong knowledge of SQL database and experience in writing queries with and without ORM.
- Designing and creating RESTful APIs for internal and partner consumption
- Experience of code versioning tools, such as Git, Bitbucket, Github
- Experience - 6-10 years
- Key Skills for Software Developer C++, Linux with SQL:
- - Looking only for candidates who can join immediately or max 10 day
- - should be able to work independently with no handholding
- - the ability to work with C/C++ code on Windows/Linux platforms
- - Database knowledge of MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB, ideally other ones too: Saphana, Teradata, Postgres.
- - Ability to work on their own fixing defects
- - should be able to understand secure coding practices
- - should have the Ability to work independently and with the team across different time zones
Roles & Responsibilities
- Writing good quality code.
- Be able to design ,implement and deploy scalable backend applications on cloud(AWS/Azure).
- Be able to take ownership of projects and deliver them on time.
- Be able to lead a team and mentor junior developers.
Qualifications:
- BE/BTech degree in CS/IT or similar related field.
- 4+ years experience as backend engineer.
- Good knowledge in Python and at least one of the framework - Django, Flask, FastAPI, etc.
- Hands on experience in building microservices applications on AWS/GCP/Azure.
- Good understanding of platforms(Docker, AWS/Azure).
- Must have good understanding of Data Structures/Algorithms/Databases and other CS concepts.
- Experience working in multiple databases and data modelling.
- Experience writing APIs and related technologies like REST, JSON, websockets, grpc etc.
- Should be inquisitive enough picking up any language and frameworks based on need.
- Should be able to design/implement/deploy end-to-end systems.
- Having good knowledge on deploying cloud applications and with Dockers/Kubernetes is a plus.
- Experience building end-to-end analytics systems is a plus.
Who are we?
Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) has been set up by IIT Madras to provide thought leadership and intellectual impact to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. CREST has embarked on an ambitious mission of becoming one of the top global research centres in the area of start-ups and innovation. The core of CREST is the development of an AI-driven Intelligent
Information Platform that would enable cutting edge research as well as influence policy and practice like never before
With the recent exponential growth in the start-up and innovation ecosystem, new data-driven approaches would play a critical part in sustaining the current growth curve. The objective of CREST would be to become the gold standard of information and intelligence on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Equity investments in India
The Opening
We are currently looking for our next passionate, skilled and motivated Python developer, who can join us immediately. The candidate should
● Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
● Have a can-do attitude and ready for challenges
● Value working with a greatteam - confident, creative and thoughtful people who come together to achieve great things
● Be eager to experiment, learn and bring new things, improving the platform
● Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup-like culture - small team, fast-paced work environment If this is you, we're excited to interact!
As the Data Science Engineer in CREST, you will
● Write reusable code and build libraries for future use
● Establish solid data-pipelines and automate routine tasks
● Develop & deploy custom Machine Learning (ML) models using the latest
research in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Build performant applications following best practices, maximizing speed and scalability
● Improve upon the existing codebase mitigating technical debt
● Take ownership of all aspects of the application - architecture, quality and efficiency
Requirements
● Proficient understanding of Python language
● Expertise with data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
● Familiar with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes and hands-on experience with packages like Pandas, Numpy etc
● Experience with data visualisation tools and libraries like Plotly, Seaborn etc
● Good understanding of advanced Statistical and ML techniques on
regression, classification, forecasting etc
● Skilled in NLP and specifically ML applications in NLP like information
extraction, feature engineering, classification, building language models etc
● Should provide direction and mentorship to junior team members
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from premier educational institutions
● Minimum 2 years of experience (research or professional) in the
above-mentioned areas
Good to have
● Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
● Experience and knowledge in version control systems like git, svn, etc
● Knowledge in developing & deploying web apps & web APIs with an overall understanding of client-server interactions
● Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Job type
● Full time, on-site
● Immediate joiner
● Initial appointment for 1 year, it would be renewed subsequently based on performance
Work location
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India - 600036
Why work with us?
● Get to interact with the best of the minds. IIT Madras has been ranked as the
top university in India for 5 years in a row
● Be at the forefront of the Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
● Enormous opportunities for learning
Rapido is India’s largest bike taxi player focused on solving the first and last mile connectivity problem for India. The primary focus is mobility and changing all facets of mobility across India. We believe that 2 Wheeler are the right mode of transport for developing countries like India and have much more scope than 4 wheelers, which is also reflected in the fact that the number of 2 wheelers is significantly more than the number of 4-wheelers.We have operations in close to 100 cities and are the undisputed market leader in this space. Growing close to 500% year-on-year, we have ambitious targets set for ourselves in the future as well.
What you will do :
We are looking for a Technical Architect to design the structure of our IT systems and oversee programs to ensure the proper architecture is implemented.
Should have experience in data modelling, distributed system design, Microservice architecture and communications protocol and is passionate about writing code and the art of management
In this role, you should be an excellent communicator who is able to translate complex requirements into functional architecture. We'd also like you to have hands-on experience on software development and be able to manage complex programs. Overseeing development and implementation of programs. Providing technical leadership and support to software development teams. Your goal will be to ensure our internal IT framework operates properly.
Responsibilities:
- Understand company needs to define system specifications
- Plan and design the structure of a technology solution
- Communicate system requirements to software development teams
- Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods
- Oversee assigned programs (e. g. conduct code review) and provide guidance to team members
- Assist with solving technical problems when they arise
- Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure
- Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions
- Monitor systems to ensure they meet both user needs and business goals
Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Technical Architect
- Hands-on experience with software development and system administration
- Understanding of strategic IT solutions
- Experience in project management and service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- Knowledge of selected coding languages (e. g. JavaScript, Java)
- Familiarity with various operating systems
- Experience in cloud technologies
- Excellent communication skills
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Organisational and leadership skills
Role Competencies:
- Proven work experience as a Back-end developer.
- Hands on experience with programming languages like Java/NodeJS/Golang, JavaScript, Familiarity with Git,
- Database (SQL/Mysql/NO SQL).Good to have Kafka/queuing/messaging system.
- Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS)
- Strong knowledge of design principles, user interfaces, web standards and usability.
Functional Behavioral:
- Excellent analytical and time and people management skills.
- Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude.
SKILLS WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Build reusable APIs for our client-facing apps in Node.js
Create and maintain scalable infrastructure leveraging modern cloud platforms Write tests and documentation as you implement features with your team Maintain expertise in current and emerging technologies and tools
THE PERSON WE ARE LOOKING FOR
4+ years’ Experience with NodeJS
BS degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering Experience documenting and testing RESTful APIs
Experience working with databases in PostgreSQL, MongoDB or Redis
Experience and enthusiasm for working collaboratively with others in an Agile environment