Data Scientist

Technology Vision

The B2B manufacturing industry has a lack of digitisation globally. NowPurchase is building layers of technology to help improve the productivity and profits of the manufacturer. For this we are building the OS (Operating System) that will seamlessly connect factory equipment such as furnaces and spectrometers to our software systems that provide real time optimisations.

The end-game is to use this interconnected system to do great production planning and autonomous procurement of their raw materials. The Heart of NowPurchase will be a marketplace consisting of these smart factories and raw material suppliers.

Here a video that explains our product journey:

https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21">https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21

This is fully a remote role, but the employer needs to fly down to the office in Kolkata for 5–6 days every month. Plane tickets and accommodation will be reimbursed by the company.

Role Description

NowPurchase is looking to add an immensely talented Senior Backend Engineer that will help us invent, design, refine and deliver products that will meet the above vision.

- Expect to build a lot of services and APIs in the cloud and stand-alone IoT devices to serve both the browser as well as native IoT enabled terminals that will be placed at the manufacturers' premises.
- Expect designing algorithms that model the metallurgy of the manufacturing processes as well as using tools such as linear programming, machine learning etc.
- You need to lead the backend team to make sure they are delivering high quality code and is constantly inspired to experiment with tools to push out MVPs.

What are the expectations from this role?

- Deliver high quality modular code deployed to serve web, mobile and native IoT enabled terminals that leverage REST-based services and real time sockets. This would include algorithms for real time optimizations that are critical for the manufacturing process.
- You are empowered to work directly with leadership and the product team to make decisions about your code and future of the product.
- Have a strong emphasis on shipping features quickly without sacrificing code quality. Be ready to build a lot of MVPs that will go through iteration or be completely scrapped depending on the outcome at the customer end.
- Own your Agile projects and lead the team from software design to implementation and deployment. Maintain sprints, delivery timelines and contribute to better managing the engineering team.
- Collaborate on the end to end design and implementation of the platform, including data modeling, systems architecture, data security, access controls, architecture, user experience, deployment, automation, and monitoring.
- Maintain a high level of data integrity, quality and security checks.
- Develop data pipelines and RESTful services that are distributed, robust and highly performant.
- Build a culture of simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code that other developers emulate and you ensure through thorough code reviews and processes.

Qualifications and Experience

- 4+ years of demonstrated software engineering experience in an agile environment designing, architecting and implementing robust scalable systems preferably for modern SaaS application
- 1+ years of technical leadership experience
- Experience with modern server-side programming languages such as Python, Scala, Go. Experience with web frameworks such as Django Rest Framework, Flask.
- Experience with architecting asynchronous services with design patters leveraging PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Celery for storage and multi-tenant servers over AWS Elastic BeanStalk.

Compensation & Benefits

- **Cash Compensation:** As per industry standards & pedigree of candidate
- **ESOPs:** 10% of NowPurchase is dedicated to current & future team members. Your package would entail some ESOPs so that you own a part of the company and grow along with it.
- **Medical Insurance:** Benefits of group insurance of 3 lakhs for family including parents, spouse, children
- **Generous leave structure and WFHs** including Marriage, Maternity & Paternity leaves
- **Complete Relocation Expenses:** We are building a unicorn out of the city of Joy (Kolkata). We will pay for everything you spend to relocate here.

**Possible Growth path**

Senior Backend End Engineer > Engineering Manager > VP of Engineering

**Tech Stack**

- React/Redux
- Python/Django/Celery
- Git, AWS, ELB (Elastic Beanstalk), Netlify
- PostgreSQL/Redis/S3

## **Hiring Process**

1. Screening of applicants & initial telephonic call with Manager -HR
2. F2F/Video Interview with Engineering Manager and Cofounder CTO
3. Take home written assessment
4. F2F/Video Interview with Cofounder CEO
5. Email communication on final feedback

The end to end process shall take less than 10 days. We pride ourselves on being transparent & moving fast.

*Candidates who accept an offer may join within 1 hour, 1 week or up to 45days of signing - though, we have a preference for as short a gap period between signing and joining since we're at the most exciting part of our journey - laying the foundation for the NowPurchase platform!*

NIRA is a new fintech venture, on a mission for financial inclusion. Our vision is a world where everyone can get access to credit in a manner that is fast, frictionless and fair. This statement of intent guides all our decisions and strategy. We are planning to launch in Q1 2018. Currently, only 10% of Indians can use banks when they need credit: banks typically require a high credit score or collateral, something most people don't have. Thus, the majority of Indians are forced to use informal channels, including money lenders, which can result in them incurring very high interest rates which may lead to financial and emotional distress. It need not be this way. Using a combination of traditional data and the vast amount of digital data available, it is now possible to score the unscored. We want to reimagine the way loans are underwritten and bring access to credit to millions of underbanked in India. We can economically empower them to have greater control of their lives and provide downside protection in difficult times. We are addressing head-on a big challenge. It's also a great opportunity from both a commercial and societal impact perspective. We can improve lives for millions. It is no exaggeration to say that our addressable market will be 400mm within 5 years. It's pretty exciting we think. If our mission resonates with you, and you are a talented and hardworking individual that wants to commit yourself to an incredible yet surmountable challenge, then we want to hear from you. You’ll work directly with the founders and share the responsibility to ensure the alignment of the technology strategy with the long term goals of the business. Within a small team of developers, you’ll facilitate the in house migration of product from software development partners, manage business continuity and enhance the back-end architecture during the expansionary phase. Your work will involve: - Build highly scalable Java based applications - In the 1st phase, understand the first product that has been built externally; iterate and optimise it based on customer feedback - In the next phase, work on introducing pivotal new features in the existing product - Contribute to instating the early internal security policies - Contribute in building the initial data infrastructure to process and consume the growing streams of data - In the final phase, build and launch new products that encompass the multiple financial services requirements of the end user on a single platform Skills & Qualifications: - Proficiency in Java; at least two years of professional experience (preferably in a consumer product startup) - 1-2 years of experience in software development on the AWS Lambda micro-services architecture and NoSQL databases is mandatory - Familiarity with multiple layers of infrastructure and application stack - UI, application layer, database - Comfortable dealing with operational aspects like reporting, and infrastructure sizing - Preferably have experience with interfacing with external systems like Aadhaar, CIBIL, Social network sites, payment gateways etc. - Need to be high energy and be able to work under pressure. This is going to be a demanding job. Our expectations are high. - Graduate from an upper tier university - Be excited about the power of technology to transform finance for the better! Tech stack: Java, No SQL databases (DynamoDB), Micro-services architecture

We are looking for a Backend Developer who has 4-6 years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing backend services using Python and Django.

- Responsibilities-

- Design highly scalable, testable code and follow Test Driven Development methodology 

 

- Able to write well-organized, modularised code with test cases.

- Contribute to the design and architecture of our backend APIs and deployment of microservices

- Ensure adherence to engineering best practices and maintain the overall quality of our codebase.

- Work with the product team to translate powerful ideas into everyday business value.

- Skills-

- Back-end programming language: Python

- Familiarity with Django or Flask framework

- Familiarity with AWS and Elastic Search

- Experience in SQL and NoSQL databases with an insight into various data modeling use cases

- Experience with system & unit testing

- Familiarity with containerized deployment

- Proficiency with Git

- Sound with data structures and algorithms and have a good understanding of design patterns, software architectures

We are looking for experienced (2-5 years) web developers who have

knowledge of MERN stack and would like to facilitate, design and drive

learning for Product Engineering Program at SOAL

 

 

About You

 

You're a programmer who's been in the industry a few years, and have built

great products, but are ready to change gears. Maybe it's for short term, but

the prospect of teaching -- leveraging your experience and expertise to help

people change their lives -- is exciting.

 

Alternatively, you’ve been working in education for a few years but are ready

to explore the world of technology. The prospect of learning programming

excites you and you would like to leverage your experience in teaching to help

students become better developers and learners of technology.

 

Responsibilities

 

The instructional team for each program is made up of Catalysts and Guides

lead by an Educator. Educator responsibilities include, but are not limited to

the following:

 

- Deliver engaging and effective lesson topics to students

- Design, define and facilitate evaluations and assessments of projects and

individual student progress

- Collect and analyze student achievement data in order to implement

changes to existing curriculum and learning methodologies

- Contribute to the development of internal software tools

- Participate in coaching and professional development to continue growing

your skills

- Work and teach at SOAL (T-Hub, Hyderabad) during the hours 10:00 am -

7:00 pm daily in addition to occasional special events outside of these hours

Ideal Candidate

 

- 3+ years of production level development experience

- Comfort with speaking to and fielding questions about technical topics

- Drive and motivation to deep-dive into unfamiliar topics

- Ability to break down and explain complex topics

- Familiarity with best practices in project management and workfl- Ability to collect and analyze data in order to iterate in short, rapid cycles

- Ability to ramp-up on processes and tools quickly

- A deep understanding of JavaScript/MERN stack

 

Experience with Express JS ( preferred 1+, less than a year also

works)

Experience with Sequelize

Experience with Typescript will be great

- Experience of new age platforms and products such as Slack, Trello, Github,

Docker, Heroku etc. is a plus

 

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

Ideal candidates will add some of the following:

- A curious interest in computer programming and its concepts

- Interested in understanding and researching on new age learning

methodologies and their applications

- Teaching experience (Schools, higher education, M.A.D, TeachForIndia etc.)

or experience mentoring other developers

- Track record of open-source contributions

- Blog posts, published tutorials, or screencasts explaining a concept

- Experience speaking or presenting at technical conferences

EXPERIENCE: 7 to 9 years in Java 2 Enterprise server side development. Must have applied knowledge of design patterns needed for building REST APIs and services for performance and scale.

SKILLS:

- Problem Solving and application of Object Oriented principles to development

- REST API development using Java, JAX-RPC,

- Server side development using Java, Spring Boot, Node.js

- Concurrent programming with Java

- Database programming in SQL with Oracle, MySQL or other RDBMs.

- Deployment to AWS and Kubernetes and building with Maven

- Affinity towards server side development

- Ability to understand existing code and re-engineer/re-factor/redesign.

- Written and spoken English communication and articulation.

NICE TO HAVE:

 - Working knowledge of GO Lang and Python scripting

- AWS Certifications

- Working knowledge of Elastic Search based persistence and search

- Secure coding practices

EDUCATION: Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Information Technology or related disciplines.

Job Responsibilities: · Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high-availability and performance. · Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle. · Write well designed, testable, efficient code. · Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications. · Prepare and produce releases of software components. · Build and deploy on to AWS · Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.

We are predominantly API driven with Aws services and backend technical data science development with app as UI is a very small part. We are looking for Machine Learning Java experts with decent AWS expertise as that’s what we need to assist the two ML programmers .