Business Development Associate

Responsibilities:

* Collaborate with cross-functional teams on project requirements and deliverables

* Develop user interfaces using React.JS and Express API's

* Implement database solutions with MongoDB and Node.JS

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, high-performance modules and APIs

• Architect robust solutions utilizing PHP (Yii framework), Vue.js, CSS, HTML, and JavaScript

• Demonstrate advanced expertise in SQL development and optimization across PostgreSQL and

AWS Aurora environments

• Execute comprehensive query optimization and database performance tuning initiatives

• Design and implement efficient data access patterns and database architectures

• Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and development methodologies

• Drive technical decision-making for feature development, system enhancements, and

infrastructure improvements

• Conduct comprehensive code reviews and ensure delivery of production-ready solutions

Team Management & Mentoring

• Lead and mentor a team of 5-10 fullstack developers

• Foster a collaborative, high-performance development culture

• Provide technical guidance and professional development opportunities for team members

• Facilitate knowledge sharing and cross-training initiatives

• Coordinate with cross-functional teams including Product, QA, and DevOps

Product Development

• Drive core product development from conception to deployment

• Manage critical issue resolution and system maintenance

• Build reusable code libraries and establish development frameworks

• Ensure optimal application performance, security, and scalability

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Lead Software Engineer

Process & Quality Assurance

• Implement and optimize Agile development methodologies

• Drive technical project planning and delivery timelines

• Ensure comprehensive documentation and knowledge management

• Monitor system performance and implement proactive improvements

Required Qualifications

Experience & Background

• 12+ years of overall software development experience

• 8-10+ years of hands-on experience with PHP, preferably using Yii framework or similar MVC

frameworks

• 3+ years of technical leadership or team lead experience

• Proven track record in fullstack development with significant contributions to web and backend

systems

Technical Expertise

• Expert-level proficiency in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), PHP, and JavaScript

• Advanced experience with Vue.js (Vue 2/3, Vuex, Vue Router) and modern frontend

development practices

• Deep understanding of SQL and database design principles

• Production experience with PostgreSQL and complex database operations

• Proficient in version control systems (Git/GitHub) and collaborative development workflows

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and drive project deliveries

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and project lifecycle management

• Ability to work independently while maintaining strong collaboration with distributed teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive reporting and analytics experience with complex data visualization and dashboard

development

• Proven experience working with large datasets (millions of records) and optimizing query

performance

• Advanced SQL expertise including complex joins, stored procedures, window functions, and

query optimization

• Experience with reporting services such as SSRS, Crystal Reports, Tableau, Power BI, or similar

business intelligence tools

Work Location

Hyderabad, India - On-site position with flexible working arrangements to accommodate both India and onsite teams

We are seeking an experienced UX Architect to lead the development of end-to-end user experience strategies, design architecture, and usability frameworks for digital products.

UX Strategy and Leadership

• Define and implement the UX strategy for complex digital platforms.

• Translate business objectives and user insights into actionable design strategies and measurable outcomes.

• Conduct competitive benchmarking to identify opportunities and set experience standards.

• Define UX success metrics and KPIs to measure usability, engagement, and overall experience quality.

• Integrate UX strategy into Agile workflows to support continuous improvement and rapid iteration. • Establish and maintain accessibility guidelines, ensuring inclusive and compliant designs.

• Lead design critiques, UX reviews, and A/B tests to validate hypotheses and improve user experience.

• Implement UX governance and DesignOps practices to ensure consistency and design quality.

Research and User-Centered Design

• Conduct user research, discovery sessions, and usability testing to understand user needs and pain points.

• Perform heuristic evaluations and leverage data analytics, insights, and user feedback to drive design decisions.

• Turn qualitative and quantitative findings into models, personas, task analyses, and measurable KPIs, validating with prototypes of increasing fidelity.

• Develop detailed end-to-end user journey maps and personas to visualize and optimize experiences.

• Define clear information architecture (IA) and navigation models for seamless interaction.

• Design taxonomies, navigation models, and content hierarchies to help users find information and complete tasks across modules.

• Define interaction patterns, states, and flows for multi-step, multi-role scenarios — including edge cases, error handling, and accessible behaviors.

• Map domains, entities, and relationships, aligning UX models to backend structures and constraints while keeping complexity hidden from users.

• Create wireframes, flows, prototypes, and interaction models that align with both user needs and business goals.

• Design for product scalability, flexibility, localization, and long-term usability.

• Plan for scalability, localization, permissions, and large data volumes, ensuring resilience, offline support, and progressive enhancement.

• Embed accessibility standards, regional regulations, and risk controls into complex workflows with sensitive data.

UX Documentation

• Create and maintain UX documentation such as personas, journey maps, IA diagrams, and design guidelines.

• Develop and maintain architecture documentation that aligns UX with product, engineering, and compliance requirements.

 • Ensure UX-design intent is accurately implemented during UI-design and development through close collaboration with teams.

Collaboration and Communication

• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to align teams on UX goals, insights, and priorities.

• Write and present architecture documentation to align product, engineering, data, and compliance requirements.

 • Communicate UX vision, strategy, and design rationale effectively to leadership and crossfunctional teams.

• Work closely with product managers, developers, and business stakeholders to ensure cohesive and user-first outcomes.

• Review design deliverables and promote UX best practices across teams.

Mentorship and Continuous Learning

 • Mentor and guide designers to enhance their strategic thinking, design process, and creative problem-solving skills.

• Stay informed about emerging UX trends, tools, and technologies to continuously advance design capabilities.

Required Skills & Experience

 • Experience in effectively interacting with customer managers and stakeholders to understand their needs, build strong relationships, and collaborate on solutions.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate and demonstrate the value and rationale for own design decisions to business and technology partners.

• Experience in managing small to medium-sized teams, including overseeing daily operations, delegating tasks, providing training and support, and ensuring team objectives are met efficiently and effectively. Strong expertise in wireframing and prototyping tools.

• Solid understanding of UX-research, UX-design, and accessibility (WCAG).

• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills to translate data into actionable design solutions.

• Multi-tasking skills, ability to work under pressure, and prioritize with minimal supervision.

• Team player with the ability to work with cross-functional teams

• Attention to detail and an open mind to feedback

Mandatory skills- PHP, Laravel, Rest API

Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms.

Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team

Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications.

Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools

Utilize back end data services and contribute to increase existing data services API

Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from concept stage to delivery and post launch support

Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues

Document the development process, architecture, and standard components

Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as liaison between development staff and project manager

Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development

Communicate with other backend and front end engineers

Create and deploy web apps using the Laravel framework

Create server-side logic to handle front-end inputs

Identify and correct flaws identified in the code

Work with SQL databases

Ensure that all database inputs have been parameterized

Ensure that the relevant security standards are in place

Make sure you've built unit test cases to ensure your code is operating as intended and to avoid potential security issues

Create written documentation for each component

Is software engineering your passion? Are you always hungry for challenges? Do you like to take risks?  Do you always crave to learn more and more? Do you like to help others solve their problems? Do you like to solve complex problems by simple methods?

• Culture to promote learning and growth by relentless focus on innovation.
• A team of aces to work with.
• Streamlined engineering processes woven around Agile methodology with the help of tools.
• Design led engineering focus.
• Opportunity to work on B2B and B2C products in various domains like healthcare & education.
• Opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies like IoT, Azure, AWS, Power BI, ML, Data Analytics etc.

• At least 4 years of experience in software development.
• High proficiency of OOP.
• More than 3 years of writing code in C#.
• Strong knowledge of SQL, writing stored procedures and advanced aggregation concepts in SQL.
• Expertise in web application development using ASP.NET MVC and creating Web APIs on .NET Core.
• Proficiency in modern Javascript (ES6 and up) and/or Typescript.
• At least 1 year experience in Angular. 
• Experience with developing applications for Azure PaaS will be preferred.
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug applications for functional and common problems.

• Working experience with Scrum methodology.
• Good written and Verbal Communication Skills.
• Understanding of commonly used design principles and design patterns.
• Working experience in writing automated unit tests using MSTest or any other similar framework

About Us: 

Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy, comprising almost half of the GDP and the private workforce. Yet, big banks don’t provide the access, assistance and modern tools that owners need to successfully grow their business. 

We started Novo to challenge the status quo—we’re on a mission to increase the GDP of the modern entrepreneur by creating the go-to banking platform for small businesses (SMBs). Novo is flipping the script of the banking world, and we’re excited to lead the small business banking revolution.

At Novo, we’re here to help entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and SMBs achieve their financial goals by empowering them with an operating system that makes business banking as easy as iOS. We developed modern bank accounts and tools to help to save time and increase cash flow. Our unique product integrations enable easy access to tracking payments, transferring money internationally, managing business transactions and more. We’ve made a big impact in a short amount of time, helping thousands of organizations access powerfully simple business banking.  

We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist who is enthusiastic about using data and technology to solve complex business problems. If you're passionate about leading and helping to architect and develop thoughtful data solutions, then we want to chat. Are you ready to revolutionize the small business banking industry with us?

About the Role: (specific to the role-- describe the role activities/duties, who they interact with, what they are accountable for, how the role operates in the team, department and organization)

• Build and manage predictive models focussed on credit risk, fraud, conversions, churn, consumer behaviour etc
• Provides best practices, direction for data analytics and business decision making across multiple projects and functional areas
• Implements performance optimizations and best practices for scalable data models, pipelines and modelling
• Resolve blockers and help the team stay productive
• Take part in building the team and iterating on hiring processes

Requirements for the Role: (these are specific to the role-- technical skills and requirements to fulfill the job duties, certifications, years of experience, degree)

• 4+ years of experience in data science roles focussed on managing data processes, modelling and dashboarding
• Strong experience in python, SQL and in-depth understanding of modelling techniques
• Experience working with Pandas, scikit learn, visualization libraries like plotly, bokeh etc.
• Prior experience with credit risk modelling will be preferred
• Deep Knowledge of Python to write scripts to manipulate data and generate automated  reports

How We Define Success: (these are specific to the role-- should be tied to performance management, OKRs or general goals)

• Expand access to data driven decision making across the organization
• Solve problems in risk, marketing, growth, customer behaviour through analytics models that increase efficacy

Nice To Have, but Not Required:

• Experience in dashboarding libraries like Python Dash and exposure to CI/CD 
• Exposure to big data tools like Spark, and some core tech knowledge around API’s, data streaming etc.

Novo values diversity as a core tenant of the work we do and the businesses we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer, indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other protected characteristic. 

• Experience in Java Programming with Selenium and Mobile Application (Appium).
• Experience in designing developing data quality automation and executing test plans.
• Experience in CI/CD and developing Test Automation Tools for Data Quality Assessment.