Data Engineer

Key Responsibilities & Activities

1. Requirement Gathering & Analysis

○ Engage with clients to understand their business processes and objectives.

○ Conduct in-depth analysis of client requirements to identify specific needs.

○ Provide process consulting by mapping ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ processes to ensure maximum utilization of standard Odoo features.

2. Odoo Setup & Configuration

○ Set up Odoo environments based on the customer’s hosting preferences.

○ Configure Odoo applications to align with client-specific business workflows.

○ Set up companies, users, and access rights based on organizational structure and security needs.

3. Functional Architecting (for Customization Requirements)

○ Conduct GAP analysis to identify business requirements that necessitate custom development.

○ Define functional workflows for business processes requiring customization.

○ Draft user stories or detailed functional specifications to guide the technical team.

4. Data Migration

○ Plan and execute data migration strategies from legacy systems to Odoo.

○ Perform data imports (via templates or scripts) and validate data accuracy post-migration.

○ Troubleshoot and resolve any data-related discrepancies.

5. Training

○ Conduct end-user training sessions on both standard and customized Odoo features.

○ Develop training materials and user documentation for effective onboarding.

○ Provide ongoing support and address user queries during the training phase.

6. Testing

○ Perform functional testing to ensure quality before delivering features to the client.

○ Support clients during User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and follow up to ensure completion.

○ Define success criteria for user stories involving development or customization.

7. Go-live

○ Plan and execute cutover activities for go-live.

○ Ensure smooth transition and provide immediate support during the go-live period.

○ Maintain high availability and responsiveness during this critical phase.

8. Support

○ Provide ongoing support to end-users after implementation.

○ Resolve functional issues and respond to support requests promptly.

○ Ensure service levels are maintained in accordance with agreed SLAs.

9. Documentation

○ Create and maintain Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) and Functional Specifications (FSDs/User Stories).

○ Prepare user guides and manuals for custom-developed features. ○ Ensure documentation remains up-to-date with ongoing changes and improvements.

10. Stakeholder Communication

○ Maintain proactive and transparent communication with clients regarding project progress.

○ Conduct regular project review meetings to ensure alignment with client expectations.

11. Project Management

○ Manage project timelines, milestones, and deliverables to ensure successful implementation.

○ Utilize Aktiv's project management system for tracking tasks and logging timesheets.

12. Team Collaboration

○ Work closely with developers, technical leads, and other consultants to deliver integrated solutions.

○ Participate in regular internal meetings to align project activities.

○ Support the sales team during pre-sales by providing expert consultation.

13. Strategic Involvement

○ Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives for internal processes & systems and project delivery standards.

○ Assist in the creation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

○ Mentor junior consultants or business analysts and support their development through structured training plans.

• Creating cost effective, scalable, agile processes that can cater to increased production requirements
• Creating and executing the production plan
• Collaborating closely with the Business Analyst(s) and the Merchandiser(s) for the same
• Ensuring that the manufactured apparels (both inhouse and at vendor site) meet the quality benchmarks
• Bringing in more robust quality measures to the entire production process
• Motivating and upskilling his teams and ensuring smooth communication and collaboration at all times
• Ensuring complete and timely handoffs amongst teams to ensure the manufacturing is as per plan
• Ensuring that the vendors are able to fulfill the manufacturing requirements on time and that there are no delays on their front because of capacity issues
• Creating stringent processes related to vendor allocation and follow ups to ensure timely delivery
• Partnering with internal teams such as Merchandisers, Technology, Finance, HR, Legal etc
• Ensuring that the processes and their interface with technology stays updated with changing times
• Submitting production cost estimates and ensuring the Purchasing Orders are issued on time
• Ensuring cost optimization and ensuring strong fiscal controls are in place across the production process
• Driving a strong execution culture within his team so as to ensure that delivery is as per the production planned/ launch plan
• Communicating terms and conditions applicable to all external partners related to Production and ensuring adherence to the same
• Introducing best practices to the organization

Desired Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of relevant experience (preferable)
• Planning skills
• Strong excel skills
• Understanding of block prints and supplier/vendor networks- Should also come with his/her own network in place
• Cost cutting abilities
• Strong process orientation and inclination for documentation
• Customer FIRST Mindset
• Good communication Skills (Fluency in English is not a mandate)
• Strong Interpersonal Skills
• Stakeholder management and people management skills
• Vendor Management
• Strong prioritization and organising skills
• Ability to get work done through others
• Ability to multitask
• Prior experience as an Operations/ Production Manager for a manufacturing concern preferably in an ecommerce set up
• Experience in handling large internal teams as well as a large vendor network

1. Degree in Design, Fine Arts or related field
2. You have prior experience as a Graphic Designer as well as a strong portfolio of related projects
3. You possess a good knowledge of design tools such as Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop
4. You pay strong attention to detail and have a keen eye for aesthetics
5. You have excellent communication skills and can clearly articulate your ideas, designs, and suggestions
6. You are a strong team player who can collaborate effectively with different stakeholders

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Taking design briefs to understand requirements

2. Conceptualizing and developing design concepts, graphics, and layouts

3. Designing and producing collateral in accordance with brand guidelines

4. Presenting ideas, concepts, and design solutions to various stakeholders and incorporating their feedback into the final design

5. Liaising with suppliers and service providers to ensure proofs are of good quality and in line with production specifications.
   
   

Purpose of the Role

To design and implement the Peak AI System - a new system of intelligence that allows companies to quickly harness the power of AI.

The Opportunity 

Peak is a Decision Intelligence company - we are on a mission to help organisations use AI to make great commercial decisions, all the time. Just as importantly, we are also focused on building an amazing company - one where we truly value our people & culture, and strive to make an amazing and diverse place to work. Our recent Best Companies award & 3 star accreditation for being one of the top companies to work for is a testament to this.

We have ambitious plans over the coming years; to launch and lead a new category of technology (Decision Intelligence), expand our operations and create the best working culture possible. This is a great time to join Peak and the Engineering team, as we start the next stage of our global growth.

The Role

Based in Jaipur or Pune, you will be working in a collaborative team on cutting edge technologies in a supportive and dynamic environment. Ultimately you are responsible for building the CODI and on-boarding new clients - this involves:

• Developing a good understanding of the solutions which Peak delivers, and how these link to Peak’s overall strategy.
• Making suggestions towards shaping the strategy for a feature and engineering design.
• Managing own workload and usually delivering unsupervised. Accountable for their own workstream or the work of a small team.  
• Understanding Engineering priorities and is able to focus on these, helping others to remain focussed too
• Acting as the Lead Engineer on a project. Helps ensure others follow Peak processes, such as release and version control.
• An active member of the team, through useful contributions to projects and in team meetings.
• Supervising others. Deputising for a Lead and/or support them with tasks. Mentoring new joiners/interns and Masters students. Sharing knowledge and learnings with the team.

Required Skills and Experience

We are building a team of world class engineers in Jaipur / Pune, essentially we are looking for bright, talented engineers looking to work at the cutting edge of practical AI.

• Acquired strong proven professional programming experience.
• Strong command of Algorithms, Data structures, Design patterns, and Product Architectural Design.
• Good understanding of DevOps, Cloud technologies, CI/CD, Serverless and Docker, preferable AWS 
• Proven track record and expert in one of the field - DevOps/Frontend/Backend
• Excellent coding and debugging skills in any language with command on any one programming paradigm, preferred Javascript/Python/Go
• Experience with at least one of the Database systems - RDBMS and NoSQL
• Ability to document requirements and specifications.
• A naturally inquisitive and problem-solving mindset.
• Strong experience in using AGILE or SCRUM techniques to build quality software.
• Advantage: experience in React js, AWS, Nodejs, Golang, Apache Spark, ETL tool, data integration system, certification in AWS, worked in a Product company and involved in making it from scratch, Good communication skills, open-source contributions, proven competitive coding pro

As well as doing great work we have created an award-winning, fun and exciting workplace that people love to be, we are looking for people to join us who share our values and are:

• Open - Always up for new ideas and able to take and give feedback in a positive way.
• Driven - sets high goals, doesn’t give up, and make sacrifices to ensure that their job gets done on time and meets/exceeds expectations.
• Curious - Aware of new technologies and uses them to make new improvements in the Engineering ecosystem.
• Smart - Innovative and thinks out of the box, in difficult situations finds a way to succeed no matter what 
• Responsible - takes ownership of tasks given and has a strong work ethic.

About Peak

In an age when becoming AI and data-driven is one of the most important things businesses must do, it can also be one of the most challenging. That’s where Peak comes in; our CODI system sits at the heart of our client’s businesses, enabling the rapid unification, modelling and - most importantly - use of data - helping decision makers make great commercial decisions, powered by AI. All supported by our world-class data science team.

Founded in 2014, Peak has grown rapidly, in line with the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies, winning numerous awards and attracted significant funding to support the company’s ongoing investment in machine learning and AI technologies. All to further our mission to become the world’s leading AI System business.

Headquartered in Manchester, Peak also has offices in London, Edinburgh, Jaipur and Brisbane. Our clients include some of the world's leading retailers, manufacturers and well-known brands alongside highly innovative and tech-savvy businesses. Peak is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner, and holds Machine Learning Competency and Retail Competency status.

This position is for a tester with strong coding skills who likes challenges - someone who is constantly striving for excellence in software test automation.
Responsibilities include:

• Develop automated test cases on a day-to-day basis
• Gather and prioritize user requirements, feed these requirements into overall Automation Framework requirements and test plans
• Train team members on tool use and test automation tools, practices, techniques and best practices
• Communicate cross-functionally throughout the engineering organization
• Continuously monitor and boost test coverage across the product

Minimum Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or better in CS or related field, with 5+ years experience in software test.
• Exposure to best practices in SQA  including code reviews, debugging, troubleshooting and CI processes
• Experience in front-end (UI/Web) automation using Java ,Appium or any other app automation testing tool  or Experience in backend Testing using Java, API-Testing,Rest assured ,and Performance testing using Jmeter
• Excellent communications and technical presentation skills
• Initiative to research and build solutions to tough problems in domains like Flash, OpenGL, WebGL where off-the-shelf automation tools might not be available
• Some experience/comfort with working in a Linux/Unix environment
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting skills.

Preferred (Bonus) Qualifications:

• Knowledge of current build and test automation tools and processes, such as JUnit/TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, Mockito, JBehave, Git, etc
• Experience with whitebox testing, code reviews, SDK testing
• Experience with performance testing, stress testing, and advanced aspects of system testing automation.
• Knowledge of at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, Ruby or comparable).

Who we are

ixigo is an AI-based travel app that helps millions of users plan and book their trips every day. Launched in 2007, ixigo is proud to have built numerous industry-first AI-innovations over the last decade. With pre-emptive help from ixigo at every touch-point of their journey, 150 million Indians are now making smarter travel decisions every year. ixigo uses Artificial Intelligence for deal discovery, personalized recommendations, dynamic marketing, airfare predictions, train delay information, PNR confirmation status, infrastructure cost optimization, business intelligence and providing fully-automated customer service over chat and voice. This makes ixigo a lean, tech-intensive and capital-efficient travel business, serving millions of travelers with a team size of under 200. Founded in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai & Rajnish Kumar, ixigo’s investors include Sequoia Capital India, Fosun RZ Capital, SAIF Partners, MakeMyTrip & Micromax.

Role & Responsibility

As a Backend Developer, You will be involved in all aspects of development playing a critical role in the design, planning, development, and deployment and help develop best practices for future development. You will be working closely with Tech, Design and Quality team to build and launch the product.

• Code, develop, design and architect features related to the existing application. We expect you to own modules end to end and take pride in the work products you ship
• Design, implement and maintain highly scalable, multi-tier, distributed server software applications
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
• Working directly with developers and product managers to conceptualize, build, test and release products
• Take responsibility for performance and stability for all server functions
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Skills & Qualifications:

• At least an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, preferably from IITs/Top RECs
• 2-5 years of experience at cutting edge organizations or startups
• Extensive experience in a Java server-side software design and development
• Proficiency in the implementation of algorithms and the use of advanced data structures to solve problems in computing.
• Experience with e-business/e-commerce applications and business environment is a must
• Any experience with internet companies or the travel industry will be a plus

Must have

• Good understanding of Java/J2EE and design patterns
• Strong knowledge of data structures and designing for performance, scalability and availability Knowledge in MongoDB and Web services
• Extensive use of Instruments and Shark to detect memory leaks and for performance optimization
• Good grasp of algorithms, memory management, and multithreaded programming
• Good to have - Python, NodeJS, Mysql, Redis, ElasticSearchGreat people skills!
• Able to fit in well within an informal startup environment and to provide hands-on management
• The high energy level and untiring commitment to drive oneself & the team towards goals

Compensation: Commensurate to skills & experience; comparable to the best in the industry.

Culture: ixigo is proud to have built an entrepreneurial culture that has become a folk-lore in the startup ecosystem. One in every four ixigems has gone on to build successful startups and companies. Our cultural values of integrity, empathy, ingenuity, awesomeness, and resilience have stood the tests of time and we’ve built a fun, flexible and creative work environment that is driven by people with a high degree of ownership. You will get to work with some of the smartest folks in the Indian startup ecosystem, and solve some of the toughest problems for the next billion users by using bleeding-edge technologies. Oh, and we have an awesome “play” area, great chai/coffee, free lunches (yes, they exist!) and a workspace you will fall in love with.