Data Scientist (Banking Domain Mandatory)

Review Criteria

• Strong Design / Tech / Marketing Project Manager Profiles (Design is preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in project management, handled design / Tech / marketing projects (Design Project is preferred, If Tech Projects, look for some design aspects in the project)
• 3+ YOE in Client Management role dealing with founders, CMOs, VCs and Government
• Must have expertise in taking project briefs, scope/proposal creation and execution
• Must have experience in drafting project scope, budgets and timelines
• Must have experience in Team Management, managing timeline and work allocation
• Mandatory (Company) - Design studio, Design agencies, Web Development Agencies, Marketing studio or agencies, Advertising agencies or studios
• Design Project is preferred. If Tech Projects, look for some design aspects in the project.

Job Specific Criteria

• CV Attachment is mandatory
• Portfolio is mandatory
• How many member team have you lead?
• Have you worked with designers?
• How many years of client handling experience you have in last 2 years?

Role & Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope. They will also effectively monitor and present project updates to relevant stakeholders, clients, or project team members.

JOB DESCRIPTION-

Your job will entail the following broad deliverables:

• Project management
• Business Development
• Support services

You will work under and report directly to the Business Manager at Company

Project Management-

• Schedule and manage the project with the client team regularly.
• Gather creative briefs from the client and supervise as well as oversee their execution by the design team.
• Deliver project through strategy and design team assigned to the project.
• Managing project planning to completion and client communication for a wide variety of projects - both simple and complex and large and small - independently or as part of a team.
• Participate and assist the team in creating presentations
• Coordinate between all teams to work seamlessly
• Bring a fresh point of view to our client’s challenges and ensure the brand image is always ahead of the curve in terms of knowledge, expertise and insight
• Participate and contribute towards Strategy and concept directions and creativity to meet the end goal of a successful project delivered in time at high Company standards.
• Create weekly reports with your Business manager to the CEO of Company.
• Gather project status, develop mitigation strategy and hold weekly meetings with the team with the Business manager.
• With high client satisfaction and good relationship management, increase scope and billing or acquire additional projects.
• Ensure billing and payment cycles are maintained as per schedule. Work closely with the Accounts Department to deliver the same.

Business Development-

• Marketing: A large part of Business Development at Company happens through marketing. This function will require you to strategize on how to market Company Design to get the maximum impact. Besides overall strategy, the task will involve making a quarter-wise calendar programme, breaking it down into how each vertical at Company gets promoted to designing the communication and delivering it across various channels.
• Solicitation of new businesses: with the business manager. Being a key driver behind the process of winning new work, creating opportunities and organising and making pitch meetings. This would broadly involve handling new business communication, creating opportunities, designing and creating strategy of approach, planning bespoke proposal and process making, and sales initiatives for different verticals of Company.
• Client acquisition: This will involve interacting with a client prospect, understanding the brief or requirement, business development with strategy pitches, creating a scope of work and timesheet and creating a detailed proposal. Interact with client prospects and bag the project.
• Newsletter: The task will also involve strategizing the newsletter structure, and planning and delivering the same on a monthly basis.
• Company Design website: Coordinate and manage content
• Awards: Shortlist relevant national and international awards Company Design should participate in, prepare budgets, design, and deliver the entries.
• Anthony Brand: Promote Anthony as a brand ambassador and principal of Company. Create a strategy and plan in fructifying the same. This will include, Jury members, Talks, Lectures, workshops, etc.
• For the work above, you will work along with the Business Manager. Also, report to her for planning, progress reporting and delivery. You will also work with the Company strategy, content and design team to deliver various aspects required. You will assist the Business Manager in creating formal weekly reports to the CEO of Company.

Support Services-

• Support HR: As part of your involvement with teams and clients, you will be called upon to conduct interviews and coordinate on induction-related support and manage programmes around it.
• Support Administration as and when required in context to projects, facilitating teams, organising transport/tickets, and meeting clients.
• Company from time to time organises FORUM and mini-conferences at the studio or online. You will need to organise and manage such events along with the Business Manager with support from the rest of the team.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong human relations skills
• Strong business acumen in project planning and management
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience + post-graduation/master's degree is a plus
• Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills
• Minimum 6-8 years of Project management experience in similar organizations/similar fields
• Should have managed 4-5 designers directly under them, reporting to them.
• Client-facing experience for design and creative projects is essential, with the ability to take creative briefs from clients and manage delivery with designers.
• Should have worked in design studios or agencies managing design projects.

Company: IDFC First Bank

About the company:

IDFC FIRST Bank stands out as the new-age bank in India, driven by principles of ethical banking, technological innovation, and societal welfare. With a strong commitment to serving customers ethically, the ‘Near and Dear’ Test, assures that our products meet the standards we'd want for our loved ones. We reject unethical income and simplify our offerings, eliminating fees on various services such as Savings Accounts, Debit Cards and transactions, making us the FIRST and only bank in India to do so. Our approach is customer-centric, with transparent and user-friendly products, levelling up the industry standards.

Job Description

Job Title: Information Designer

Location: Chennai

Compensation: negotiable (Commensurate with experience)

Experience: 4-7 Years

Qualification: B.E/B.Tech

Key Responsibilities: 

1. Specializing in tech presentations
2. Create visually appealing and informative slides
3. Break down complicated concepts into simpler terms and use visuals to illustrate points.
4. Use storytelling techniques to keep the audience interested and involved.
5. Adjust the level of detail of the presentation to suit different audiences

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain high-quality, efficient, and scalable backend applications.
• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code adhering to best practices.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex technical problems.
• Identify and implement performance optimizations.
• Participate in code reviews
• Hands-on experience with Springboot, Java 8 and above.
• 2-5 years of experience developing Java applications.
• Knowledge about at least one messaging system like Kafka, RabbitMQ etc.
• Required React developer requirements, qualifications & skills:
• Proficiency in React.js and its core principles
• Strong JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 skills
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Redux)
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles.
• Experience with design patterns and best practices for Java development.
• Proficient in unit testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit).
• Experience with build automation tools (e.g., Maven, Gradle).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Experience with one of these databases – Postgres, MongoDb, Cassandra
• Knowledge on Retail or OMS is a plus.
• Experienced in containerized deployments using Docker, Kubernetes and DevOps mindset
• Ability to reverse engineer existing/legacy and document findings on confluence.
• Create automated tests for unit, integration, regression, performance, and functional testing, to meet established expectations and acceptance criteria.

React.JS JD:

We are looking for a skilled react.js developer to join our front-end development team. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and implementing user interface components using React.js concepts and workflows such as Redux, Flux, and Webpack. You will also be responsible for profiling and improving front-end performance and documenting our front-end codebase.

To ensure success as a react.js developer, you should have in-depth knowledge of JavaScript and React concepts, excellent front-end coding skills, and a good understanding of progressive web applications. Ultimately, a top-class react.js developer should be able to design and build modern user interface components to enhance application performance.

React.js Developer Responsibilities:

Meeting with the development team to discuss user interface ideas and applications.

Reviewing application requirements and interface designs.

Identifying web-based user interactions.

Developing and implementing highly responsive user interface components using react concepts.

Writing application interface codes using JavaScript following react.js workflows.

Troubleshooting interface software and debugging application codes.

Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.

Monitoring and improving front-end performance.

Documenting application changes and developing updates.

React.js Developer Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a similar field.

Previous experience working as a react.js developer.

In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages.

Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux.

Experience with user interface design.

Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest.

Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software.

Excellent troubleshooting skills.

Good project management skills.

Who are we?  

Whatfix is the #1 Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) for Enterprises. We are disrupting the way Learning, Training and Application Support content is consumed. We provide large enterprises with a SaaS platform that helps accelerate product adoption and reduce support & training efforts by providing contextual and step by step guidance inside any web application at the exact time a task is being performed. The product has redefined the way companies onboard, train, and provide support to users. 

What sets us apart from the rest?

With over 100 of the Fortune 500 companies already onboard as customers, Whatfix has been named among the top 20 B2B tech companies alongside the likes of Adobe, PayPal, and Cisco.

With a YoY growth of 300%, we have also been recognized among the top 50 fastest growing SaaS companies worldwide in the SaaS 1000 list and as a Market Leader by Gartner in the Digital Adoption space. 

We are pleased to have an Employee rating of 4.6 on Glassdoor and our Customer obsession can be seen in our reviews on platforms like G2 Crowd & Gartner Peer Insights.

The employees are happy, the customers are happy, but what about the investors? Take a look for yourself - Sequoia Capital || Stellaris || Cisco || Eight Roads || Helion Ventures

“Hustle Mode ON” is something we live by.

Our Team:

The Engineering team at Whatfix provides end to end engineering throughput that forms part of core platforms and services that drive Whatfix business.

Our team is responsible for creating the Customer Platform and everything around it be it Analytics, Infrastructure or Core Algorithms. The team owns and is responsible for all pieces that we design, build and support end to end for Whatfix product/ business.

 Your Opportunity:

As part of the Core Engineering Team @Whatfix, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by being a part of the development team that builds future forward products. At Whatfix it’s all about scale. One of the key attributes of this job is that you are required to continuously innovate and apply technology to provide business 360 views of Whatfix customers.

 Your Responsibility:

1. Define architecture blueprints & take complete technical ownership of high-level design, tech stack, non-functional attributes of one or more components of various platforms
2. Design, build, test and deploy cutting edge solutions at scale, impacting millions of customers worldwide
3. Work closely with other architects in the team and ensure architectural consistency and technical excellence of the products and platforms
4. Work with engineering teams in building high-quality and highly resilient scalable products and platforms at Whatfix
5. Work with cross-functional teams to address all technical dependencies
6. Drive some of the company-wide tech initiatives striving towards continuous technical excellence of our platforms
7. Actively participate in technical innovations, external presentations, technical publications etc.
8. Identify right open source tools to deliver product features by performing research, POC/Pilot and/or interacting with various open-source forums
9. Deploy and monitor products on Cloud platforms

 Our Ideal Candidate:

You have a deep interest and passion for technology. You love writing and owning code and enjoy working with people who will keep challenging you at every stage. You have strong problem solving, analytic, decision-making and excellent communication with interpersonal skills. You are self-driven and motivated with the desire to work in a fast-paced, results-driven agile environment with varied responsibilities.

 Your Qualifications:

1. 11+ years of experience as an Engineer
2. Ability to work with teams in a collaborative and productive manner
3. Strong computer science fundamentals in data structures and algorithms
4. A self-motivated learner and builder with strong customer focus and obsession with quality

 Must-Have:

1. Strong Expertise in Backend Technologies- Java, Spring Boot, etc 
2. Expertise in working with AWS or other cloud infrastructures like Azure or Google Cloud, and using Infrastructure-as-Code tools
3. Analyze Functional & Non-Functional requirements with effort estimation and deployment strategies
4. Hands-on in Architecting and developing large scale applications
5. Hands-on debugging skills
6. Design for performance, scalability, fault tolerance and high availability

 Good to have:

1. Experience in Client-side technologies such as jQuery
2. Experience in Front End Technologies is good to have (Javascript, React)
3. Experience with Storage systems - NoSQL (Cassandra/MongoDB)
4. Leveraging cutting edge technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, etc. to design and build new infrastructure features

  Behavioural traits: 

1. Excellent communication and technical leadership skills
2. Can-do attitude to take BIG problems by their horns and solve them
3. Ability to inspire others & be a role model and mentor for upcoming engineers in the organization
4. Entrepreneurial spirit to conceive ideas, turn challenges into opportunities and build products

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status