Business Development Associate

A BIT ABOUT US

Appknox is one of the top Mobile Application security companies recognized by Gartner and G2. A profitable B2B SaaS startup headquartered in Singapore & working from Bengaluru.

The primary goal of Appknox is to help businesses and mobile developers secure their mobile applications with a focus on delivery speed and high-quality security audits.

Our business includes Fortune 500 companies with Major brands spread across regions like India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, Japan, US, and expanding rapidly. 

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to join our dynamic software development team. In this role, you will contribute to key backend projects, collaborate across teams, and play a vital part in delivering robust, scalable, and high-performance software solutions. As a senior engineer, you will work independently, make impactful technical decisions, and help shape the backend architecture while collaborating with a passionate, high-performing team.

You will work hands-on with products primarily built in Python, with opportunities to contribute to Golang and Rust. These technologies are at the core of our development stack, and your focus will be on building, scaling, and maintaining distributed services. Distributed systems are integral to our architecture, providing a chance to gain hands-on experience with maintaining and optimizing them in a fast-paced environment.

As a senior engineer, you are expected to:

• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code while following best practices.
• Architect solutions, address complex problems, and deliver well-thought-out technical designs.
• Take ownership of assigned modules and features, delivering them with minimal supervision.
• Contribute to code reviews and technical discussions, ensuring high-quality deliverables.

We highly value open source contributions and encourage you to check out our work on GitHub at Appknox GitHub. While no prior experience in security is required, our experienced security professionals are available to support you in understanding the domain.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology, drive impactful solutions, and grow within a collaborative environment that values autonomy, innovation, and technical excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Drive backend development for a disruptive product in the Security domain, focusing on innovation, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Take ownership of the software design process, including designing workflows, system architecture, and implementation plans.
• Translate functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design, making independent decisions to ensure efficiency and scalability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including frontend and security teams, to deliver cohesive and high-quality solutions.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices, maintainability, and coding standards.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code using Django and Python, adhering to industry best practices.
• Design and implement scalable software components, frameworks, and APIs using Django and Django REST Framework (DRF).
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing systems to improve functionality and performance.
• Create detailed technical documentation, including flowcharts, layouts, and system requirements, to ensure clarity and alignment.
• Develop and enforce robust software verification plans, quality assurance procedures, and deployment strategies.
• Ensure timely delivery of software updates while addressing user feedback to enhance solutions.
• Provide technical expertise to solve backend challenges and participate in critical decision-making processes.
• Support team growth by sharing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and mentoring junior engineers informally as needed.

Requirements:

• 4–6 years of professional experience in backend development with a strong focus on Django and Python.
• Proficiency in Django REST Framework (DRF), relational databases, SQL, and ORMs (e.g., Django ORM, SQLAlchemy).
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make independent technical decisions regarding system design and implementation.
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing scalable, maintainable, and high-performing backend systems.
• Deep understanding of software engineering practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD), CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to document and present technical specifications and workflows clearly.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and microservices architectures is a bonus.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Ability to handle ambiguity and adapt to rapidly changing business needs while maintaining focus on delivering quality solutions.

Work Expectations

Within 1 month

• Attend KT sessions conducted by the engineering and product teams to gain a deep understanding of the product, its architecture, and workflows.
• Learn about the team's development processes, tools, and key challenges.
• Work closely with the product team to understand product requirements and contribute to the design and development of features.
• Dive deep into the existing backend architecture, including database structures, APIs, and integration points, to fully understand the technical landscape
• Begin addressing minor technical challenges and bugs, while understanding the underlying architecture and tech stack.
• Begin to participate in creating action plans for new features, ensuring that design and implementation are aligned with product goals.

Within 3 months

• Achieve full autonomy in working on the codebase, demonstrating the ability to independently deliver high-quality features from design to deployment.
• Take complete ownership of critical modules, ensuring they are optimized for performance and maintainability.
• Act as a technical resource for the team, offering support and guidance to peers on complex issues.
• Collaborate with DevOps to optimize deployment pipelines, debug production issues, and improve backend infrastructure.
• Lead discussions for technical solutions and provide recommendations for architectural improvements.
• Contribute to the design of new features by translating functional requirements into detailed technical specifications.
• Prepare regular updates on assigned tasks and communicate effectively with the engineering manager and other stakeholders.

Within 6 months

• Be fully independent in their development tasks, contributing to key features and solving critical challenges.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and the ability to take ownership of technical modules.
• Actively participate in code reviews and technical discussions, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business requirements.
• Establish themselves as a reliable and proactive team member, contributing to the team’s growth and success.

Personality traits we really admire:

• Great attitude to ask questions, learn and suggest process improvements.
• Has attention to details and helps identify edge cases.
• Highly motivated and coming up with ideas and perspective to help us move towards our goals faster.
• Follows timelines and absolute commitment to deadlines.

Interview Process:

• Round 1 Interview - Profile Evaluation
• Round 2 Interview - Assignment Evaluation
• Round 3 Interview - Engineering Team & Technical Founder
• Round 4 Interview - HR

Compensation:

• As per industry standards

Why Join Us:

• Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who enjoys challenging work & pushing your boundaries, then this is the right place for you. We appreciate new ideas & ownership as well as flexibility with working hours.
• Great Salary & Equity: We keep up with the market standards & provide pay packages considering updated standards. Also as Appknox continues to grow, you’ll have a great opportunity to earn more & grow with us. Moreover, we also provide equity options for our top performers.
• Holistic Growth: We foster a culture of continuous learning and take a much more holistic approach to training and developing our assets: the employees. We shall also support you all on that journey of yours.
• Transparency: Being a part of a start-up is an amazing experience one of the reasons being the open communication & transparency at multiple levels. Working with Appknox will give you the opportunity to experience it all first hand.
• Health insurance: We offer family health insurance coverage to employees

Job Overview:

To generate revenue by selling telecommunications services and products to businesses and individuals, including mobile, internet, voice, and data solutions. The role involves building and maintaining strong customer relationships, meeting sales targets, and providing excellent customer service.

Job Description*

* Exceptional communication skills to provide support to customers & team members if and when required.

* Ability to lead a customer through the sales process, determining needs, and closing the sale.

* Strong foundational knowledge in information technology on data and voice solutions from telco service providers.

* Worked on solutions like MPLS, SD-WAN, SIP (Voice), Cloud Telephony, Data Centre, Mobility SIM Card, Cloud solutions (Azure/ AWS).

* Strong Interpersonal skills to liaise with other departments and people within the organization.

* Strong C level connects in the SME & Mid-market segment within the defined geography.

* Ability to lead by example and act with integrity.

* Min experience of 3 years Plus in hardcore IT sales & Telecommunication is mandatory.

Qualifications:

*Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Telecommunications, or a related field.

Experience in telecom sales, B2B/B2C sales, or a related field. 

Skills:

* Strong communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.

* Ability to build relationships and handle objections.

* Knowledge of telecom products and services (mobile, internet, broadband, ILL, MPLS, PRI, SD Wan, Sip Trunk, etc.).

* Goal-oriented with a proven ability to achieve sales targets.

* Problem-solving skills and a customer-focused approach.  

Benefits:

• Career Growth Opportunities: Emphasis on continuous learning, internal promotions, and opportunities for upward mobility within the organization.

• Performance-based Incentives: Bonuses, rewards, or recognition programs tied to meeting or exceeding performance goals.

• Professional Development: Access to training programs, certifications, and workshops to enhance skills and competencies.

Vue.JS Developer

1.   Should have worked in Agile methodology

2.   Should have at least 5+ years of experience

3.   Should have expertise in creating reusable components and coupling including routings

4.   Should have good knowledge of data visualization in Reports/Charts

·        Qualification: bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or any field.

·        Proven experience of 6+ years in project management, preferably in software development projects involving Python.

·        Strong proficiency in Python programming and familiarity with relevant frameworks.

·        Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

·        Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and timeliness.

·        Expertise in Django/Python/AWS and MySQL.

·        Problem-solving aptitude and a proactive approach to challenges.

·        Experience working in an Agile development environment is highly desirable.

·        Strong organizational and time management skills.

·        Possess a strong understanding of Python programming concepts, frameworks, and best practices.

·        Assist team members with technical challenges, review code, and contribute to technical discussions.

·        Develop comprehensive project plans, including scope, timelines, milestones, resources, and deliverables.

• Strong C/C++ programming hands on experience
• Should have work experience on firmware development with strong Linux internals.
• Very good development, design and debugging experience on embedded firmware.
• Added advantage to have experience on Systems management/Out of Band/BMC domain experience
• Good to have automation experience using Python or shell scripting  
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills  
• Experience on tools like JIRA, Yocto, Visual studio, etc.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION:

At-least 1 year of Python, Spark, SQL, data engineering experience

Primary Skillset: PySpark, Scala/Python/Spark, Azure Synapse, S3, RedShift/Snowflake

Relevant Experience: Legacy ETL job Migration to AWS Glue / Python & Spark combination

ROLE SCOPE:

Reverse engineer the existing/legacy ETL jobs

Create the workflow diagrams and review the logic diagrams with Tech Leads

Write equivalent logic in Python & Spark

Unit test the Glue jobs and certify the data loads before passing to system testing

Follow the best practices, enable appropriate audit & control mechanism

Analytically skillful, identify the root causes quickly and efficiently debug issues

Take ownership of the deliverables and support the deployments

REQUIREMENTS:

Create data pipelines for data integration into Cloud stacks eg. Azure Synapse

Code data processing jobs in Azure Synapse Analytics, Python, and Spark

Experience in dealing with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in batch and real-time environments.

Should be able to process .json, .parquet and .avro files

PREFERRED BACKGROUND:

Tier1/2 candidates from IIT/NIT/IIITs

However, relevant experience, learning attitude takes precedence

• Collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to develop digital asset management strategy, integrating the DAL into all relevant business processes

• Master the organization’s digital asset management platform, managing user access, and providing support and training to help ensure accessibility and ease-of-use for both internal and external stakeholders

• Maximize discovery of digital assets by enhancing digital assets with metadata that follows established guidelines and is consistent with business objectives.

• Support lifecycle of image assets after creation, including ingesting, archiving and expiration within DAL and PIM System.

• Responsible for how internal/external stakeholders and qualified external collaborators can access, use, and interact with the company’s digital assets.

• Contribute to the development and implementation of workflows for DAL while documenting best practices and monitor implementation.

• Generate asset reports and conduct audits to maintain and ensure accurate digital asset procedures and policies in both PIM and DAL

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and team-facilitation skills Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Previous experience with product attribute data, Previous experience with data mapping and data validation.

• Previous experience with digital asset management, Knowledge or and ability to perform data gathering, analysis and process flow design

• Knowledge of SAP a plus, Basic project management skills a plus

• Immediate to advanced skills in Excel required ,Experience with both agile and waterfall project software development methodologies.

• Strong experience in user testing and project management.

• DAM/DAL with major platforms (Widen) a plus.

• Must be detail oriented with strong analytical skills.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities and multiple deadlines.