DSA Acquisition Manager

TAPPP(https://tappp.com/) is building the next-generation digital platform by leveraging cell-based architecture to integrate technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Rules, Workflows, Microservices, FaaS (Function as a Service), Micro-frontends, and Micro apps to create a highly extensible and cutting-edge technology platform that brings together sports fans with broadcasters, sports teams, and sportsbooks to create a marketplace for all aspects of sports and we are available across platforms via the Web, Mobile, Roku, and Tablets.

Building out this brand presents significant product and engineering challenges. At the center of solving those challenges is the TAPPP Product Engineering team which is responsible for the TAPPP product end to end.

TAPPP is led by a very able leadership team drawn from Industry leaders from companies like ESPN, Amazon, Blackhawk, Kargocard, Visa, and

many others.

The organization is flat, processes are minimal, individual responsibility is big, and there is an emphasis on keeping non-productive influences out of the everyday technical decision-making process. Upholding these philosophies will be imperative as we execute our aggressive plan of global expansion over the next 2 years.

Position Description

As Senior Technical Product Manager on the TAPPP digital platform, you'll be responsible to:

1. Work with the US product and engineering leadership to manage SAFe agile projects, define user-stories, plan sprints, conduct standup meetings, and ensure software quality, automated testing
2. Work with the engineering leadership for resource planning, resource allocation, and project plans
3. Manage time-off and leave for the India team to ensure minimal impact to projects
4. Work with the US product and engineering leaders to conduct user-acceptance testing of the product before it goes to production
5. Work with product, engineering and support leadership in the US to implement TechOps and support strategy and ensure 24x7 coverage for the platform
6. Ensure timely delivery of high-quality products that meet customer needs and align with organization short- and long-term strategy.

You'll work across various domains and with a talented group of associates spanning multiple ego-locations.

What You'll Bring

• Strong experience in software project management, resource planning, and team management
• Some experience in Television, particularly sports. Some prior experience on sports betting would be ideal but not required.
• A creator and a doer - you identify a problem, envision a solution, and take a hands-on approach towards building it; you index high on grit and "can-do" moxie.
• A clear communicator - you break down complex concepts and make them easy to understand.
• A generous collaborator - you are excited by the opportunity to work with cross-functional teammates to create successful products.
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Equal Opportunity Employer

TAPPP is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related area
• 10 years' experience in technical product management
• 6 years in Agile project management, sprint-planning, review test-plans building teams to deliver the projects
• Strong familiarity and 3 years experience managing cloud-native software development
• Strong familiarity with source code managing, branching, and DevOps to guide the team in automated DevOps pipeline.
• 3 years experience with cloud-native projects on AWS platform for 100 Million plus user-base.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or related area and 8 years' experience as a technical product manager, or project manager, ideally working on consumer-facing, large-scale, highly complex B2B/C products

Primary Location

Pune, India

Role - Principle Engg | Reactjs

Skill Set - Programming

• React js with Redux,
• HTML5/CSS3
• Javascript
• Mobx (optional)
• Storybook (optional)

Unit Test Cases: Jest & Enzyme

Code Quality:

• SonarQube Knowledge
• Strong hold on unit-testing frameworks and writing effective unit tests

Other Important Skills:

• Engineering & Design Skills
• Good analytical & problem solving skills
• Ability to ship features end to end without much guidance
• Experienced with Agile methodologies

Soft Skills

• Good communication skills
• Zeal to learn new technologies & Methodologies

• Expert knowledge of IBM DB2 V11.5 installations, configurations & administration in Linux systems.
• Expert level knowledge in Database restores including redirected restore & backup concepts.
• Excellent understanding of database performance monitoring techniques, fine-tuning, and able to perform performance checks & query optimization
• Good knowledge of utilities like import, load & export under high volume conditions.
• Ability to tune SQLs using db2advisor & db2explain.
• Ability to troubleshoot database issues using db2diag, db2pd, db2dart, db2top tec.
• Administration of database objects.
• Capability to review & assess features or upgrades to existing components.
• Experience in validating security aspects on a confidential database.
• Hands-on experience in SSL communication setup, strong access control, and database hardening.
• Experience in performing productive DB recovery and validating crash recovery.
• Experience in handling incidents & opening DB2 support tickets.
• Experience in deploying a special build DB2 version from DB2 support.
• Worked in environments such as 12x5 supports of production database services.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills.
• Validate security aspects on a confidential database
• SSL communication setup, strong access control; database hardening
• Validate Crash recovery
• perform productive DB recovery
• On incidents open db2 support tickets
• Deploy a special build DB2 version from db2 support

Good to have:

• Experience in handling application servers (WebSphere, WebLogic, Jboss, etc.) in highly available Production environments.
• Experience in maintenance, patching, and installing updates on WebSphere Servers in the Production environment.
• Able to handle installation/deployment of the product (JAR/EAR/WAR) independently.
• Knowledge of ITIL concepts (Service operation & transition)

Soft skills:

• Ability to work with the global team (co-located staffing).
• Carries learning attitude, should be an individual contributor and must have excellent communication skills.
• Support: 12/5 support is required (on a rotational basis).

Level 3 Contractor-to-Fulltime-Programmer Role:

Must have 1-2 years (ideally 12 to 30 months) of post-collegiate professional programming experience at a top SaaS company in React, Typescript, Javascript working within Visual Studio Code and Yarn, leveraging superior techniques with Routing, Components, State, and Props to deliver elegant consumer applications based on dynamic data.

Ability to translate user story completely into exceptional functionality that consistently meets acceptance criteria and delights users.  Ability to convert complex workflows into elegant experiences highly prized.

Experience with Firebase, Firestore, MongoDB, Heroku and other Cloud-based technologies to deliver scalable, performant data-driven applications, with deployments on Kubernetes.  Ideally experienced working with colleagues over Discord.

Ability to exhibit judgment to independently author test suite and testing scripts to evaluate code additions, ensuring no regressions in functionality or user experience.

Proficiency in translating complex mathematical concepts into effective data structures and programming practices.  Personal pleasure in solving mathematical puzzles elegantly is a huge plus.

Bonus for those possessing keen interest in better investing, wealth creation, and FinTech/WealthTech experience.

Collaborate effectively through coding tools such as GitHub, Jira, and Slack.

Enthusiastic, collaborative, driven, curious, professional, fast-paced, detail-oriented.  Clear communicator, flexible work hours to be part of experienced Silicon Valley product team. Able to make constructive contributions to improved team development practices
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Anticipated first year will be entirely working from home given COVID as Level 3 Contractor, and upon completion of first anniversary will be eligible for sign-on bonus as full time employee. Required to have own effective laptop/development set up and sufficient bandwidth to be exceedingly productive.

We are excited to consider applicants from outside top IITs and top technical cities, so you don’t have to be a graduate of IIT Madras or IIT Bombay, nor living in Bangalore, Pune, or Hyderabad – we are more interested in exceptional and fluent programming talent and passion than just these degrees.  And all that being said, we confess we do have a founding team with degrees and DNA from Stanford, Harvard, and INSEAD.

There will be a technical task/test, a fit/communication interview, and a technical interview.

• 3-5 Years of experience in Backend Development.
• Must have experience in Python (FLASK framework).
• Have a Deep understanding of how RESTful APIs work.
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns that can work at scale.
• Sound knowledge of NoSQL/SQL Databases (Mongo DB preferred).
• Strong experience with at-Cloud technology, preferably AWS or GCP, or Azure.
• Core experience in developing complex backend systems.
• Communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Passionate about application scalability, availability, reliability, and security.

Proven skills in producing and editing technical content within a complex business environment. The writer professional will be experienced in leading storyboarding sessions, participating in key review meetings / final document review, content sign off, and document production. The experience of coordinating and updating a knowledge base system is beneficial. Analyze RFPs, perform QC checks of compliance matrix, proposal outlines, and identify questions that may be submitted to the customer. Core

Responsibilities:

 Excellent written communication skills

 Support Bid Processing managers / Lead throughout the proposal process, including assist in developing the technical documents, monitor the progress of effort against the schedule, follow up on action items, control document preparation, and version control, and coordinating the final packaging and delivery

 Proficient in documentation development tools such as Microsoft Office

 Ability to meet tight deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality

 Competent in defining, planning and managing proposal deliverable

 Familiarity with software development services and business terminology.

Additional Information

Preferred Education BE degree with strong technical communication.