Database Administrator Lead-Manager

Vice President (Product Management) - Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform

About Merito :-

- We are working with the mission to change the way hiring is done.

- The company is founded by a team consisting of alumni from IIM Ahmedabad, McKinsey with more than 2 decades of experience in recruitment, training, and coaching.

About Our Client :

- Our client is headquartered in California and Y Combinator backed Shopify-like platform for creators & knowledge professionals (coaches, instructors, experts, artists etc.) to launch, manage and grow their business online.

- Founded by IIT/ IIM/ BITS/ Yale/ BCG Alumni and 3X Entrepreneurs, they are well funded and backed by top Indian VC firms along with start-up veterans like Kunal Shah (CRED). The company is founded by alumni from top IITs, IIMs, BITS, Yale including ex-entrepreneurs and from firms such as BCG, Hike, Dunzo and P&G.

- Since the launch of its first version in December 2020 they have grown 25X. Creators have earned more than $1 Million since launch through the platform.

- We have just closed our series A (yet to announce) and are looking to build out our leadership team across functions.

Job Description :-

Here we're shaping the future of the creator economy to realize our dream of creating a world with no boring jobs.

We are looking for an experienced Vice President, Product Management to lead and own our Product strategy and execution to drive our business goals. As our VP, Product, you will lead the product management team to determine priorities across PODs, develop the product roadmap, and lead its execution, in partnership with our Product Development, Engineering, Sales and Marketing teams.

Our work environment is fast-paced, with a collaborative atmosphere. We are passionate about delivering innovations that empower Creators to become Entrepreneurs and realize their full potential. We are looking for a Product leader to bring in and instill a philosophy for how we work and deliver world-class products.

Our Product Management team's core mission is to delight customers resulting in Product Led Growth. We obsessively seek to understand customers' perspectives, have a bias toward data-driven action, and can break down complex problems into steps that drive product roadmaps. Product managers also serve as product owners, leading product teams and driving cross-functional collaboration on a day-to-day basis.

We value the following traits in our product management leaders:

- Stewards: We put the needs of our customers and our business ahead of our own egos

- Leaders: We lead by example, inspiring and motivating those around us

- Hi-Lo: We are both strategic and hands-on, detail-oriented when necessary.

- Generalists: We are equally comfortable working on all parts of the product stack

- Evidence-driven: We base our ideas on data and measure the results of those ideas.

- Resource-aware: We are resource-efficient in everything we do.

Responsibilities :-

- Lead and evangelize as we execute on our product vision and product strategy across the company

- Set up processes that ensure smooth coordination between the Product team with other teams

- Drive growth product initiatives to existing services

- Review business and product results regularly with leadership, suggesting changes to the business or product plans.

- Manage, motivate, coach, and develop a team of product managers.

- Coordinate roadmaps across teams

- Manage requirement and design reviews

- Collaborate with cross-functional peers to solve complex problems.

Requirements :-

- Passion and alignment with our core vision of A world with no boring jobs

- 3+ years product management experience, ideally with previous VP-level responsibilities

- Work history in both core product development (e.g. product/market fit) and growth product initiatives (e.g. SEO, funnel optimization)

- Consumer SaaS product experience as well as experience in one of the following areas: E- Commerce and E-Learning, digital content and community.

- Experience with SEO, growth product execution, content strategy development

• Good knowledge of ASP.NET, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and C#/VB.NET.
• Design, code and test new Windows and web software applications
• Enhance existing systems by analyzing business objectives, preparing an action
• Plan and identifying areas for modification and improvement
• Maintain existing software systems by identifying and correcting software defects
• Investigate and develop skills in new technologies
• Create technical specifications and test
• Tech/BS in computer science or a related field.

Job Brief

QwikSkills is seeking an extremely knowledgeable Azure Cloud Engineer with a passion for problem-solving. You will make recommendations and help to create and maintain cloud services for developers that use this infrastructure for their software. You will need great collaboration and communication skills as you will spend a large part of your role interacting with developers and non-technical stakeholders.

Who We Are

QwikSkills is a one-stop platform to learn & practice hands-on cloud skills, cloud certification preparation and practice needs. We offer affordable world-class online certification practice tests and hands-on cloud labs for individuals as well as teams for AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, VMware etc.

As an Azure Cloud Engineer, your responsibilities include:-

• Developing and deploying Cloud solutions in collaboration with the cloud team.
• Managing and maintaining Cloud Labs portfolio.
• Creating, debugging, testing, and documenting Cloud Labs. 
• Identifying, analysing, and resolving Cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
• Regularly reviewing existing systems and making recommendations for improvements.
• Generating curriculum for technical training.
• Working with the internal team to design, own, and deliver advanced training courses.
• Handling a group of 50-100 mentees/students and constantly guiding them through the course curriculum.

What We Are Looking for, in a Candidate

• Energy and enthusiasm to work in a fast-paced start-up culture
• Valuable degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline or equivalent
• Good understanding of the various Azure services and how they work together
• Superior programming knowledge, Python needed
• Good creativity and ideas for creating new Lab content that is engaging, relevant, and useful for the learners
• Good understanding of finding quality content for Labs Doc Creation
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills and logical thinking techniques, and have excellent attention to detail
• Excellent teamwork/collaboration skills
• Effective time management skills
• Proven work experience in a similar role

Fringe Benefits of Working with Us

• Assured winsome compensation
• An inclusive team of like-minded professionals
• An energetic and positive working space
• Collateral creative freedom
• Personal and professional development
• A major scope for career progression

Job Description

We are looking for a Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

What we are asking

• A fast-paced environment is something you feel really comfortable in
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Professional working experience in Node.js
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions with MongoDB, file stores like AWS S3 or Heroku/AWS.
• Creating API for consumption using ExpressJS.
• Good Knowledge of ExpressJS middle-wares.
• Working experience with CI/CD, test- and deployment automation, and containers

Skills And Qualifications

• Strong proficiency with JavaScript.
• Strong knowledge of Node.js and ExpressJS and other related tech/middle-wares/options.
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance.
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Good to have deployment experience of NodeJS app on Heroku / AWS / Azure etc.