Business Development Executive

+ About Us

At Pathfinder we identify with the need to build Strategy for Innovative Ventures in a ‘Digital Native’ manner. Our frameworks provide holistic guidance to startups navigating the challenging 0-1 terrain. We imbibe the adage – Strategy is what you see & not what you say, and transforming our frameworks into intuitive playbooks is the act at the end of the play.

+ Role Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated and detail-oriented specialist to join our team as a Venture Analyst. In this role, you will work with innovative ventures and play a pivotal role in our advisory team to build compelling cases that foster strategic initiatives. You will conduct client interviews, develop case wireframes, and structure work to represent strategic paths. The ideal candidate should possess the following capabilities – critical thinking, logical reasoning, and a keen business acumen.

+ Key Responsibilities

• Proficient in framing questions for RFIs: Skilled in identifying critical data requirements and crafting precise & insightful questions to gather essential information from clients through Requests for Information (RFIs)
• Process Documentation: Develop and record systematic methodologies for analysing business cases to ensure consistency across projects
• Team Collaboration: Foster a collaborative environment across teams to develop effective solutions to engagement pain points that improve client satisfaction and retention
• Report Presentation: Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to understand their requirements and present your findings. Engage with both parties to ensure their needs are met and effectively communicate your work

+ Qualifications

Education: ·Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Statistics or a related field

Experience: 2-4 years of experience as a business analyst role within a start-up or management consulting firm

Skills & Capabilities:

• Understanding of business and innovation concepts
• Good knowledge of representing qualitative and quantitative info sets
• Proficiency in data visualization tools and software (e.g., MS Office, Tableau)
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Familiarity with financial analysis and projections

+ Attributes

• Entrepreneurial mind-set with a passion for start-ups
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• High level of professionalism and integrity.

+ Why Join Us?

• Impact: Create industry-first propositions that propel start-ups towards exponential growth.
• Growth: Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• Culture: Be part of a collaborative and supportive team that values innovation and creativity.
• Compensation: Competitive salary and benefits package.

We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Developer to join our team and contribute to the development and improvement of both our customer-centric SaaS platform and internal systems.

As a Backend Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the server-side logic of our application, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers, product managers, and designers, to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

• Design and develop server-side logic, APIs, and database schema to support the functionality and performance requirements of our SaaS platform.

• Write clean, modular, and well-documented code using any relevant programming language preferably Java with SpringBoot.

• Optimize the backend systems for maximum speed and scalability, ensuring high performance and responsiveness of the application.

• Implement data storage solutions using PostgreSQL or other relational databases, ensuring data integrity and security.

• Conduct thorough testing and debugging to identify and resolve any issues or bugs in the backend code.

• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in backend development and contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes.

Requirements:

• Proven work experience as a Backend Developer or similar role, with a focus on server-side development.

• Proficiency in working with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, and writing efficient SQL queries.

• Familiarity with SaaS concepts and architecture.

• Experience with API design and development, including RESTful APIs. • Solid understanding of software development principles, including object-oriented programming, design patterns, and data structures.

• Experience with version control systems, such as Git.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with keen attention to detail. • Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, but not mandatory.

As a Backend Developer with expertise in Java, and PostgreSQL, you will play a critical role in developing and maintaining the backend infrastructure of our SaaS and internal platforms, ensuring its reliability, scalability, and performance. Join our team and be a part of building cutting-edge software solutions that empower our customers and drive business growth. 

• Candidates with good experience with SDLC
• Minimum 3+ years of hard core coding experience is mandatory
• Excellent hands on coding in Java, J2EE, Spring, Struts

This person MUST have:

• BE Computer Science or equivalent
• Cloud app development experience.
• Strong Troubleshooting and debugging skills
• A strong passion for writing simple, clean, and efficient code.

• 3 years of experience with the Django framework and other backend technologies.
• Knowledge of NodeJS
• Experience with building, modifying, and extending API endpoints (REST or GraphQL) for data retrieval and persistence.
• Understand how to use a database like Postgres (preferred choice), SQLite, MongoDB, MySQL.
• Experience creating high-performance applications.
• Experience with messaging and broker tools - Rabbitmq, MQTT
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with the full software development life cycle, including requirements collection, design, implementation, testing, and operational support.
• Knowledge of web services
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools Git.
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing infrastructure with CloudFormation/Terraform
• Experience managing AWS infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience in Linux environment.
• Basic understanding of Kubernetes/Docker orchestration.
• Manges existing infrastructure/Pipelines/Engineering tools (On-Prem or  AWS) for the engineering team (Build servers/Jenkins nodes etc.)
• Experience with scrum or other agile software development methodology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, teamwork, decision making and
• influencing skills.
• Handle customer calls/emails regarding technical issues for end-users.
• Strong communication skills
• Attention to detail.

Experience:

• Min 3 year experience

Location:

• Ahmedabad Office Or,
• Work from home

Timings:

• 40 hours a week with a rotational shift every month.

• Develop cutting edge Roku video streaming apps for OTT
• Responsible for the technical design and development of advanced video streaming consumer applications with backend integrations and SceneGraph component customizations to meet the user satisfaction.
• Deliver app solutions across the entire app life cycle prototype to build to test to launch to support
• Keep up to date on the latest industry trends and Device / OS / IDE updates
• Optimise performance and stability as well as non-functional aspects such as logging

Desired skills

• Hands on experience on designing channels using Roku, understanding of the key UI and design principles, and handling remote-control buttons.
• Extensive hands-on experience of creating Roku app custom UI controls, high performing API integrations, advanced state management, cross device support and performance optimisation.
• Complete knowledge of SceneGraph components, XML configuration, handling application events, event loops, threads and controlling screen layouts.
• Usage of Roku advertising component, Roku Ad Library and Roku pay.
• Integration of Roku analytics and Google analytics.
• In-depth knowledge of BrightScript.
• Familiar using VS or Eclipse with Roku-plugins with make file utilities to create build and deploy.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, SVN etc.

A PHP Developer writes clean, fast PHP to a high standard, in a timely and scalable way that improves the code-base of our products in meaningful ways.

You will be a part of a full-stack creative team that is responsible for all aspects of the ongoing software development from the initial specification, through to developing, testing and launching.

Responsibilities

Write “clean”, well-designed code

Produce detailed specifications

Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality

Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

Follow industry best practices

Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary

Requirements

Proven software development experience in PHP

Understanding of open source projects like Joomla, Drupal, Wikis, osCommerce, etc

Demonstrable knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, etc

Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools, and of developing web services

Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, eBay, etc)

Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject

Experience - 1 to 3 years required

Must have worked on WordPress.