Business Developer

Springer Capital is a real estate investment firm based in Chicago, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Springer engages in Capital Advisory for APAC Private Equity and Asset Management making financial investments in real estate and other sectors in US markets. 

Springer seeks an Remote LLM Intern to join the Technology side of the company. The internship can be onsite in Shanghai or conducted remotely. The start date of the internship is flexible.  

Job Highlights 

As an intern for the LLM team, you will be focusing on researching and developing AI tools that automate some parts of our business automation. As business automation is important throughout the firm, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with teams across Springer. 

What you will do as an intern: 

Answer various business challenges using data generated through AI software.  

Designing, monitoring, and implementing solutions to extract data using existing AI tools.  

Report your findings in AI data to your manager.  

Our commitment to your development: 

Overarching and detailed training materials before interns hit the desk 

Interns will have group calls with the director and supervisors regularly for up-to-date and constructive feedback 

Greater leadership and responsibilities will be given to interns based on work quality 

Who we are looking for: 

Strong experience using Excel.  

Passionate about analyzing data.  

Experience (preferred) with data analysis.  

Research and problem-solving abilities. 

About Springer: 

Springer Capital focuses on raising capital and solving capital issues in the real estate private equity market. We have experience raising capital for clients across the entire capital spectrum. Client relationships are a top priority for Springer. We establish long-term relationships with investors and lenders as well as have active dialogues with private equities, family offices, pension funds, infrastructure funds, and independent sponsors across Asia. With Springer’s expertise in the housing market, we ensure all parties are aligned in land acquisitions, development, improvements, sales, and lease-up. 

Technical and legal Information 

The internship enrollment period is flexible. The expected hours are 20 per week for ~3 months. Upon completion, you will receive an internship confirmation letter, or you can apply to your school for internship credit.  

Some educational institutions require prior approval before the start of an internship. It is the responsibility of the student to check with their institution to be sure they meet any requirements before they accept a position. 

1. Develop plans and strategies for developing business and achieving the company's sales goals
2. Manage operations and resources to deliver profitable growth
3. Define sales processes that drive desired sales outcomes and identify improvements where and when required
4. Operate the assigned sales territory/market segment to meet sales & service requirements and expectations within the budgeted norms
5. To establish, develop and maintain business relationships with current customers and prospective customers in the assigned territory/market segment to generate new business for the organization's products/services
6. To plan and oversee the execution of local area promotional activities in both sales and service
7. To devise strategies for effective and real-time market intelligence to stay ahead of competition
8. To come out with innovative and cost-effective marketing ideas to stay always on top
9. Provide detailed and accurate sales forecasting
10. Compile information and data related to customer and prospect interactions
11. Monitor customer, market and competitor activity and provide feedback to company leadership team and other company functions
12. Oversee the assigned sales department to ensure proper maintenance of all sales systems and functions
13. To strictly adhere to systems, procedures, credit policies, and discount structures laid by the company from time to time
14. Ensure proper sales documentation
15. Create a culture of success and ongoing business and goal achievement
16. Manage the use of budgets
17. To keep the outstanding amount in check
18. Define optimal sales force structure
19. Manage customer expectations and contribute to a high level of customer satisfaction
20. Manage key customer relationships and participate in closing strategic opportunities
21. Travel- for in-person meetings with customers and partners and to develop key relationships 

Key Responsibilities:

• Experience with C#, .Net, Azure DevOps, React.Js or Angular.
• Build, Maintain and Integrate applications developed in different tech stack MVC, .Net, C#, SQL, Azure Stack
• Design and implement build-deployment-test automation.
• Microservices, Database design and implementation for
• relational and non-relational databases.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Writing clean and efficient codes for Android applications
• Identifying and resolving bottlenecks, rectifying bugs and enhancing application performance.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and design new feature.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Ability to brainstorm and come up with solutions to open ended problems.
• Ability to take ownership and drive initiatives end to end.
• Desire to learn and dive deep into new technologies on the job.
• Solid understanding of CS fundamentals-Operating Systems, Databases and Data Structure.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Prior experience as an Android Developer using Java, Kotlin, Android SDK, Android NDK
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to effectively integrate Android applications
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
• Passion for products and aspiration to make a big impact.
• Solid engineering principles and clear understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Expertise in implementation of custom UI components along with fabulous animations and  write/understand Rest APIs
• Experience working with Google Maps, Social APIs, Geo-locations, Media permissions, SMS fetch, etc.
• Experience in memory management and in designing high- performance apps

Requirement Analysis

• Programming/Software Development
• Developer Testing
• Code Review
• Client Handling

Roles and Responsibilities

• PHP and WordPress development, WordPress CMS Installation, theme customizations.
• Handle Team of developers
• Responsible for plugin development, theme integration.
• Responsible for handling a project independently.
• Developing requirements & planning documentation considering the WordPress framework.
• Customizing and publishing content using existing WordPress themes.
• Collaborate with the designing and programming team.
• Communicating with and managing multiple clients.
• Proactively review WordPress components, widgets, and plugins to keep all solutions at the cutting-edge and maintain security.
• Developing, maintaining and optimizing secure, reusable and scalable websites.
• Work closely with Project Managers and other members of the Development Team to develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Communicate to the Project Manager with efficiency and accuracy of any progress or delays Engage in outside-the-box thinking to provide high value-of-service to the clients.

Ideal skills and experience required

• 3+ years experience in PHP and WordPress development, WordPress CMS Installation, theme customizations.
• Leadership quality to run the tech team on website on WordPress, UIs and technical efficiency towards improving and tracking the faults on daily basis and resolving abilities
• Projection towards campaigns from the technical (website) point of view
• Experience of at least 2 international projects.
• Ability to work in an Agile /SCRUM environment.
• Should have problem-solving, prioritizing tasks, and multi-tasking abilities
• Knowledge of consuming and creating Web Services is a plus.
• Good time-management skills.
• Great interpersonal and communication skills.
• Should possess strong knowledge of SEO, Secure sites, WordPress, Web Design
• Good knowledge of WordPress development and life cycle (theme hierarchy, plugins, etc.
• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development. Experience in front-end technologies like HTML5,CSS3,Bootstrap4,JavaScript,PHP.
• Basic Knowledge of Core PHP, MySQL Database.
• Experience in designing and developing responsive design websites.
• Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers.