Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Technical Lead

The ideal candidate should possess the following qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 9+ years in software development with a proven track record of delivering scalable applications.
• Leadership Skills: 4+ years of experience in a technical leadership role, demonstrating strong mentoring abilities.
• Technical Lead must Lead and mentor a team of software developers and validation engineers.
• Technical Skills: Technical Lead must have Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, React js, SQL, MySQL, Javascript, Web API are required .NET, or Python, along with frameworks and tools used in software development.
• Technical Lead must have General working knowledge of Selenium to support current business automation tools and future automation requirements.
• General working knowledge of PHP desired to support current legacy applications which are on the roadmap for future modernization.
• Technical Lead must have Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience with agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban or similar).
• Knowledge of version control systems (Git or similar).
• Development Methodologies: Experience with Agile development methodologies and experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities that enable the identification of complex technical issues.
• Collaboration: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively within a team environment.
• Innovation: A passion for technology and innovation, with a keen interest in exploring new technologies to find the best solutions.

1. Responsibilities 

   • • Collaborate with the core team building a state-of-the-art blockchain based SaaS. 
   • • Building front-end web applications using latest technologies. 
   • • Suggest and ideate high- and low-level design and architecture requirements for implementation of features. 
   • • Apply comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects. 
   • • Backend RESTful API Design and server-side development for web and mobile apps. 
   • • Develop and design database schemas on MongoDB. 
   • • Perform code reviews and unit tests to ensure code consistency and maintainability. 
   • • Setup alerts, monitoring & metrics, provision and manage resources on AWS Cloud. 

    

   Minimum Qualifications 

   • • Passion to solve complex problems of agriculture in a dynamic start-up environment 
   • • Flexible, curious, exploratory, and can-do attitude 
   • • Great sense of ownership and ability to work with very limited supervision 
   • • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 
   • • 2-5 years of hands-on coding expertise in software engineering. 
   • • Experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS. 
   • • Ability to speak English fluently. 

    

   Preferred Qualifications 

   • • Strong programming experience of 2+ years with Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB and Angular stack. 
   • • Strong problem solving/troubleshooting skills. 
   • • Experience with software design and architecture for building highly efficient and scalable systems. 
   • • Experience with MongoDB Atlas for database hosting and storage. 
   • • Experience with SDLC in an Agile work environment using tools like Jira and GitHub. 
   • • Experience with AWS Services like ECS, EKS, EC2, S3, Lambda, Load Balancing, Route 53, API Gateway along with Infrastructure provisioning and optimization. 
   • • Knowledge and experience of NoSQL Databases is a must. 
   • • Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines on Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc. 
   • • Experience with containerization environments like Docker & Kubernetes. 
   • • Experience with Material Design is an advantage. 
   • • Experience with TDD is an advantage. 
   • • Experience or familiarity of blockchain protocols like Hyperledger Fabric a big advantage. 

• Responsible for end-to-end architecture of new products – Concepts, Architecture, Design & Delivery, Roll-out and Customer Success.
• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of 15+ internal engineers.
• Architect scalable, robust and cost-effective solutions in a cloud environment.
• Take complete ownership of the Non-Functional Requirements and in driving the technology road-map.
• Work with technical leaders in other groups like R&D, Marketing and Customer Service, etc. in understanding the pain points and work with the engineering leaders to address them Identify applications for new technologies and lead implementation.
• Help define and maintain principles, guidelines, reference architectures, standards, road maps, and patterns especially as they pertain to custom application development

Position – Principal Architect

Location – Bangalore/Mumbai/Remote

About Us

upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc.

upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the careers of tomorrow.

• upGrad was awarded the https://iamaiida.in/index.php">Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2018-25-most-sought-after-india-linkedin/">LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2017/sectors/india">top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also https://www.ft.com/content/9150579a-f24c-11e6-95ee-f14e55513608">covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech
• upGrad is the https://yourstory.com/2017/01/startup-india-learning-program-offers-free-online-entrepreneurship-course/">official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/top-10-courses-and-training-programs-on-artificial-intelligence-in-india-ranking-2018/">#1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

About the Role

A highly motivated individual who has experience in architecting end to end web based ecommerce/online/SaaS products and systems; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Able to understand expected business results and map architecture to drive business forward. Passionate about building world class solutions.

Role and Responsibilities

• Work with Product Managers and Business to understand business/product requirements and vision.
• Provide a clear architectural vision in line with business and product vision.
• Lead a team of architects, developers, and data engineers to provide platform services to other engineering teams.
• Provide architectural oversight to engineering teams across the organization.
• Hands on design and development of platform services and features owned by self - this is a hands-on coding role.
• Define guidelines for best practices covering design, unit testing, secure coding etc.
• Ensure quality by reviewing design, code, test plans, load test plans etc. as appropriate.
• Work closely with the QA and Support teams to track quality and proactively identify improvement opportunities.
• Work closely with DevOps and IT to ensure highly secure and cost optimized operations in the cloud.
• Grow technical skills in the team - identify skill gaps with plans to address them, participate in hiring, mentor other architects and engineers.
• Support other engineers in resolving complex technical issues as a go-to person.

Skills/Experience

• 12+ years of experience in design and development of ecommerce scale systems and highly scalable SaaS or enterprise products.
• Extensive experience in developing extensible and scalable web applications with
  • Java, Spring Boot, Go
  • Web Services - REST, OAuth, OData
  • Database/Caching - MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Memcached/Redis
  • Queue/Broker services - RabbitMQ/Kafka
  • Microservices architecture via Docker on AWS or Azure.
• Experience with web front end technologies - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as jQuery, AngularJS, React, Vue.js, Bootstrap etc.
• Extensive experience with cloud based architectures and how to optimize design for cost.
• Expert level understanding of secure application design practices and a working understanding of cloud infrastructure security.
• Experience with CI/CD processes and design for testability.
• Experience working with big data technologies such as Spark/Storm/Hadoop/Data Lake Architectures is a big plus.
• Action and result-oriented problem-solver who works well both independently and as part of a team; able to foster and develop others' ideas as well as his/her own.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and schedule a high workload and multiple parallel projects efficiently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Long term experience with at least one product from inception to completion and evolution of the product over multiple years.

Qualification

B.Tech/MCA (IT/Computer Science) from a premier institution (IIT/NIT/BITS) and/or a US Master's degree in Computer Science.

Years of Exp – 14+

SiteRecon is looking for an Engineering Leader who can visualize the nuts and bolts of the product architecture and bring it to life. You will be responsible for leading the engineering team and contributing to product conception from an engineering standpoint. You will also be the thought leader for engineering in the team. 

You will lead the development of new smart web applications and you will be mainly involved in the development of our platform (SiteRecon). You will be working in an exciting environment alongside people with tremendous ambition. You will have the freedom to implement your own designs & solutions. You will be working together with the core team of SiteRecon - all graduates from IITs working at the cutting edge for the past few years, CEO, CPO, and CDS. 

Role and Responsibilities:

• Ensure high-quality customer experience through our products. 
• Hiring and retaining engineering teammates. 
• Inculcate a culture where high-quality engineers can thrive and grow. 
• Contribute to product conception from an engineering perspective.
• Take complete, end to end ownership of development and production pipelines of internal tools and consumer-facing products.
• Ensure high performance, reliability, and availability of hosted deep learning and geoprocessing services.
• Translate high-level tasks and product requirement documents into technical design documents and scalable, maintainable and readable codebases.
• Develop and implement high and low-level system design for engineering projects.
• Develop scripts and set up the infrastructure for monitoring and logging for all deployed software.
• Coordinate with internal teams to understand data processing pipelines and provide technical solutions.
• Effectively lead teams of junior developers and ensure high code quality through code reviews, automated linting, etc.
• Represent engineering team before stakeholders outside SiteRecon (users, investors, job candidates)

Does This Sound Like You?

Must Haves:  

• 3+ years of experience in the backend (preferably Django), frontend and software design and architecture.
• Experience with DevOps technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins or CI/CD.
• Knowledge of messaging services like Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ.
• Understanding of cloud services like AWS and GCP.
• Experience working at a startup that scaled while you were there.
• Experience managing a team, converting product requirements into engineering sow.

Good To Haves:  

• Experience with PostGIS or any other geo-database.
• Understanding of Geographic Information Systems and related terminologies.
• Experience in developing production versions of deep learning applications.

Candidate attribute (Culture Fit):

• Comfortable operating in a constantly changing and fast-paced environment.
• A passionate, driven individual who can achieve results through both, independently and teamwork and collaborative approaches.
• Have a strong work ethic and natural ownership ability.

Responsibilities

• Hands-On development of the core components of the Product Platform
• Liaison with the Technical Architect and Project Manager to understand project scope and objectives
• Break-up overall project scope into a manageable set of tasks and help the Project Manager define Sprints
• Own the Technical Design for different components of the Product Platform
• Help the Project Manager develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan
• Develop the product as per design and structure using appropriate technologies meeting the requirements, quality standards and timelines.
• Technical Mentoring of the Team in an effective and efficient manner to uphold quality
• Provide early insights on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about progress and potential risks
• Escalate issues affecting project delivery to appropriate levels within the company and/or vendor and track them to resolution
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and technical standards throughout project execution

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or a related field or MCA
• 7-10 years of hands-on technical experience with 2-3 years of leading a team
• Strong command over Java, NodeJS, ReactJS, and similar Full Stack technologies
• Strong SQL and NoSQL knowledge for databases like MySQL and MongoDB
• Strong understanding of Git and related strategies like Pull Requests, merging, etc.
• Experience with GoLang preferred
• Exposure to DevOps over at least one Cloud Platforms like AWS or Azure in addition to the experience in developing cloud-native applications
• Strong familiarity with software tools like JIRA, Agile, TDD/BDD methodologies, and best practices
• Strong understanding of Algorithms and Design Patterns with proven ability to solve problems creatively
• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, quality, budget, and timeline
• Product development background required