Data Scientist

Role Overview:

Challenge convention and work on cutting edge technology that is transforming the way our customers manage their physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. Virtual Instruments seeks highly talented people to join our growing team, where your contributions will impact the development and delivery of our product roadmap. Our award-winning Virtana Platform provides the only real-time, system-wide, enterprise scale solution for providing visibility into performance, health and utilization metrics, translating into improved performance and availability while lowering the total cost of the infrastructure supporting mission-critical applications.

We are seeking an individual with knowledge in Systems Management and/or Systems Monitoring Software and/or Performance Management Software and Solutions with insight into integrated infrastructure platforms like Cisco UCS, infrastructure providers like Nutanix, VMware, EMC & NetApp and public cloud platforms like Google Cloud and AWS to expand the depth and breadth of Virtana Products.

Work Location: Pune/ Chennai

Job Type: Hybrid

Role Responsibilities:

• The engineer will be primarily responsible for design and development of software solutions for the Virtana Platform
• Partner and work closely with team leads, architects and engineering managers to design and implement new integrations and solutions for the Virtana Platform.
• Communicate effectively with people having differing levels of technical knowledge.
• Work closely with Quality Assurance and DevOps teams assisting with functional and system testing design and deployment
• Provide customers with complex application support, problem diagnosis and problem resolution

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4+ years of experience in a Web Application centric Client Server Application development environment focused on Systems Management, Systems Monitoring and Performance Management Software.
• Able to understand and comprehend integrated infrastructure platforms and experience working with one or more data collection technologies like SNMP, REST, OTEL, WMI, WBEM.
• Minimum of 4 years of development experience with one of these high level languages like Python, Java, GO is required.
• Bachelor's (B.E, B.Tech) or Master's degree (M.E, M.Tech. MCA) in computer science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
•  2 years of development experience in public cloud environment using Kubernetes etc (Google Cloud and/or AWS)

Desired Qualifications:

• Prior experience with other virtualization platforms like OpenShift is a plus
• Prior experience as a contributor to engineering and integration efforts with strong attention to detail and exposure to Open-Source software is a plus
• Demonstrated ability as a strong technical engineer who can design and code with strong communication skills
• Firsthand development experience with the development of Systems, Network and performance Management Software and/or Solutions is a plus
• Ability to use a variety of debugging tools, simulators and test harnesses is a plus

About Virtana:

Virtana delivers the industry's only broadest and deepest Observability Platform that allows organizations to monitor infrastructure, de-risk cloud migrations, and reduce cloud costs by 25% or more.

Over 200 Global 2000 enterprise customers, such as AstraZeneca, Dell, Salesforce, Geico, Costco, Nasdaq, and Boeing, have valued Virtana's software solutions for over a decade.

Our modular platform for hybrid IT digital operations includes Infrastructure Performance Monitoring and Management (IPM), Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps), Cloud Cost Management (Fin Ops), and Workload Placement Readiness Solutions. Virtana is simplifying the complexity of hybrid IT environments with a single cloud-agnostic platform across all the categories listed above. The $30BIT Operations Management (ITOM) Software market is ripe for disruption, and Virtana is uniquely positioned for success.

We are looking for a Board Game Designer with a strong interest in STEM-based learning, hands-on play, and physical game design. This role is ideal for someone who has worked or interned with STEM toy brands (like Smartivity) or has experience designing board games, puzzles, and construction-based learning products.

You will be responsible for creating engaging, age-appropriate board games that combine fun gameplay with clear learning outcomes, taking ideas from concept to playable prototypes and production-ready designs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize and design board games and tabletop games focused on STEM learning
• Develop game mechanics, rules, win conditions, and balancing systems
• Translate STEM concepts (logic, math, engineering, problem-solving) into engaging gameplay
• Design physical components such as boards, cards, tiles, tokens, dice, manuals, and inserts
• Build low- and mid-fidelity physical prototypes using paper, cardboard, MDF, or similar materials
• Conduct playtesting sessions with children and families; iterate based on feedback
• Work closely with product designers, engineers, illustrators, and educators
• Ensure games are age-appropriate, intuitive, safe, and manufacturable
• Prepare rulebooks, gameplay instructions, and product documentation
• Support production with component specs, BOM inputs, and assembly logic

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Game Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, UX, or related field
• 1–4 years of experience in board games, tabletop games, STEM toys, or educational products

(Internship experience at STEM toy brands is highly valued)

• Strong understanding of game mechanics, player psychology, and learning-based design
• Experience with physical prototyping and iterative testing
• Ability to simplify complex ideas into playful, understandable systems
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Passion for learning through play

Tools & Skills (Preferred):

• Prototyping: Paper prototyping, cardboard/MDF models
• Design tools: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Figma
• Familiarity with manufacturing constraints and materials
• Experience writing clear rulebooks and instructions

Good to Have:

• Prior experience with STEM toy companies (e.g., Smartivity-like products)
• Background in engineering toys, puzzles, construction kits, or logic games
• Understanding of child development and age-based learning outcomes
• Exposure to toy safety standards and durability testing

Key Responsibilities:

Design and develop ETL processes for claims, enrollment, provider, and member data

Handle EDI transactions (837, 835, 834) and health plan system integrations

Build data feeds for regulatory reporting (HEDIS, Stars, Risk Adjustment)

Troubleshoot data quality issues and implement data validation frameworks

Required Experience & Skills:

5+ years of ETL development experience

Minimum 3 years in Healthcare / Health Plan / Payer environment

Strong expertise in SQL and ETL tools (Informatica, SSIS, Talend)

Deep understanding of health plan operations (claims, eligibility, provider networks)

Experience with healthcare data standards (X12 EDI, HL7)

Strong knowledge of HIPAA compliance and PHI handling

Responsibilities

·        Create Photo and Video content for Hidesign, The Promenade & Le Dupleix hotels, Storytellers’ Bar, Le Pondichery and Casablanca.

·        Creating content will require

-         Research and planning for the shoots

-         Shoot Videos and Photos on the planned date, in coordination with the different teams within the company and sourcing products & models if required.

-         Edit and colour grade the Videos and photos using phone apps as well as softwares such as Premiere, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Lightroom.

·        This content will be used for Social media posts & reels, instore videos, website banners etc

·        The Content creator will understand reel & post engagement, and continuously improve on various content buckets like – trending reels / educational / entertainment / asmr etc.

·        Work with a time bound structure for all projects and cater to the requirements of external stakeholders.

Requirements

·        Premiere, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Lightroom, Word, Excel, Power point.

·        Technical knowledge of editing & colour grading videos and photos.

·        Attitude: Assertive, efficient, good organization and people skills and result-oriented.

We're Searching for a hard core sales person who is itching to move to marketing function.

Preferably alumnus of MICA, SIMC or a having a great communications background. Must have good sense of humour.

PS: This is complete EQUITY based role. People looking for salary do not apply.

What You Will Be Doing:

You are responsible for budgeting, planning and supervising all Marketing and CRM activities

Part of your duties will include more than assembling, leading and motivating your staff. Your dedication as their mentor is key.

Your well-thought-out strategy ensures an efficient customer experience during onboarding and conversion

Responsibility and strategic orientation for all CRM actions, aiming for a lasting increase in customer value

What You Bring To The Job:

After successfully graduating in Business Administration, Marketing or Business Informatics, resp. obtaining a comparable degree in a relevant field, you have logged at least 3-6 years of management experience in Marketing, preferably in a startup or eCommerce company

Online marketing is something you- re quite familiar with, but your focus is in offline-marketing

You wield an excellent record in developing marketing communication and advertisement media

Through your experience with classic B2B-sales, you know Call Centers/telemarketing like the back of your hand

Thanks to your outstanding analytic skills, you- re used to organize the marketing goals by using clearly measurable KPI. Your know-how about web-tracking and managing tags is a big plus for this field

You have experience in leading larger teams and come an open personality, a strong sense of responsibility, entrepreneurial thinking and negotiation power

Extraordinary conceptional skills, a creative mindset and a hands-on mentality are your strongest suits

Your readiness of mind, an independent and structured working method and a great sense of humor complete your profile

READ AGAIN: This is complete EQUITY based role. People looking for salary do not apply.

Position - User Researcher

Location - Mumbai/Bangalore

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

The Design & Research teams are part of the larger Product teams and are responsible for gathering learner, community & expert insights and translating those into a seamless & empowering experience across the platform. These teams are broken down into four branches, Growth & Discovery, Learner Experience, Careers, and Alumni & Breakout experiences which consist of talents from across product, engineering, learner experience, and business to make sure we have no latency in user experience meeting the user expectation.

 You’re an experienced researcher with a strong, working understanding of how to integrate qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. You know exactly when to engage with teams across Design, Product, Engineering, and Marketing, what questions to ask, where to probe, and how to implement the most effective research strategies. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy setting your own research goals, managing load, and expectations, and delivering actionable research findings and recommendations. You’re passionate about Education and believe great experiences are always inspired by a deep understanding of the user

Roles & Responsibilities

• Partner with Designers, Product Managers, and Data folks to drive all stages of research from early product direction through summative validation in an Agile work environment.
• Help to develop and track quantitative measures of user experience (goals, metrics)
• Influence a diverse set of stakeholders through excellent relationship building, and crisply providing insight and deep domain expertise in research practices and product development.
• Put the needs of our varied set of users front and center and driving, through influence and well-constructed presentations of insights, the user experience strategy of our many products.
• As a voice of the user, effectively challenge and elevate the customer experience in a data-driven environment Design, recruit and moderate research studies regularly (both in-person and remote).
• Use a variety of research methods and tools to best reach the goals of each project in order to provide rich, actionable insights.
• Communicate research findings and prioritized recommendations to internal stakeholders in a clear and compelling way.
• Work closely with product teams to identify research questions.
• Design and execute studies that address both user behavior and attitudes, using the right methods for the right questions.
• Generate insights that influence how product teams think about medium and long-term product strategy. Directly influence product strategy and design by communicating clearly and in a compelling way.
• Conduct research using a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, including in-depth interviews, ethnographies, focus groups, and diary studies
• Interpret and analyze research results through the lens of UX and social science.
• Collaborate closely with other user experience researchers, and understand when to bring in quantitative experts for support.
• Devise and execute creative methods in getting non-design partners to internalize and act upon research, particularly engineers, analysts, and other technical experts.

Skills Required

• You have deep knowledge of qualitative research methods and tools across the Indian diaspora, as well as knowledge in quantitative methods
• BA/BS, human behavior related field HCI, Psychology, Social Science, Information Science, etc.)
• 2+  years of experience in applied product research Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research method

Qualification – BA/BS, human behavior related field HCI, Psychology, Social Science, Information Science, etc.)

 Years of Exp –  2+ Years