DevOps Engineering Manager

Director - Backend | Snapmint About Snapmint.

Experience: 12+ years, Location: Gurgaon.

Founded by serial Entrepreneurs from IIT Bombay, Snapmint is challenging the way banking is done by building the banking experience ground up. Our first product provides purchase financing at 0% interest rates to 300 Million banked consumers in India who do not have credit cards using instant credit scoring and advanced underwriting systems. We look at hundreds of variables, much beyond traditional credit models. With real time credit approval, seamless digital loan servicing and repayments technology we are revolutionizing the way banking is done for todays smartphone-wielding Indian. https://snapmint.com/

Job Overview: As Director Backend, you will lead a team of backend engineers, driving the development of scalable, reliable, and performant systems. You will work closely with product management, front-end engineers, and other cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions while ensuring alignment with the companys technical and business goals. You will play a key role in coaching and mentoring engineers, promoting best practices, and helping to grow the backend engineering capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of backend engineers, ensuring high-quality delivery and fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to define technical solutions and design scalable backend architectures.
• Own the development and maintenance of backend systems, APIs, and services.
• Drive technical initiatives, including infrastructure improvements, performance optimizations, and platform scalability.
• Guide the team in implementing industry best practices for code quality, security, and performance.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and maintaining high coding standards.
• Promote agile methodologies and ensure the team adheres to sprint timelines and goals.
• Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure team productivity and system reliability.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and improvement within the backend engineering team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of experience in backend development with a proven track record of leading engineering teams.
• Strong experience with backend language ie. Node.js
• Experience working with databases (SQL, NoSQL), caching systems, and RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Solid understanding of software development principles, version control, and CI/CD practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to architect complex systems.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable C++ applications.
•  Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following coding standards and best practices
• Strong proficiency in including STL, smart pointers, multithreading, and templates.
• Solid understanding of OOP concepts, design patterns, and software architecture.
• Experience with debugging tools (gdb, Valgrind, Address Sanitizer).
• Knowledge of network programming, sockets, and IPC mechanisms.
• Experience with version control systems (Git, SVN).
• Knowledge of Linux/UNIX environments and shell scripting.

Java Developer:

Total  work  Experience: 2 to 4 Years

Desired Skill Set:

Responsibilities:

·        Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems

·        Solid understanding of object-oriented programming

·        Familiar with various design and architectural patterns

·        Skill for writing reusable Java libraries

·        Knowledge of concurrency patterns in Java

·        Familiarity with concepts of MVC, JDBC, and RESTful

·        Experience with popular web application frameworks, such as Play and Spark

·        Familiarity with Java GUI frameworks such as Swing, SWT, and AWT depending on project requirements.

·        Knack for writing clean, readable Java code

·        Experience with both external and embedded databases

·        Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

·        Basic understanding of the class loading mechanism in Java

·        Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes

·        Basic understanding of JVM.

·        Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests

·        Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

·        Familiarity with build tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle

·        Familiarity with continuous integration

About Us:

Join our team at BSEtec, a leading blockchain solutions provider. We're looking for a skilled Blockchain Developer to help us build the future of decentralized applications and solutions.

Job Description:

As a Blockchain Developer at BSEtec, you'll work on exciting projects that harness blockchain's potential. Your role will include:

Responsibilities:

• Develop blockchain solutions, including smart contracts and dApps.
• Collaborate on cross-functional teams to meet project requirements.
• Stay updated on blockchain trends, protocols, and security.
• Troubleshoot and resolve blockchain tech issues.
• Integrate blockchain into existing systems.
• Ensure security and scalability.
• Document code and maintain project records.
• Help deploy and maintain blockchain networks.
• Contribute to coding standards.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Blockchain development experience.
• Proficiency in Ethereum, Solidity, Web3.js.
• Strong blockchain fundamentals knowledge.
• Smart contract experience.
• Familiarity with blockchain tools.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and teamwork.
• Blockchain certification is a plus.

• Develop and execute end to end projects and programs central to building a fast-paced high growth startup.
• You'll report to our founders and work closely with members of the leadership team.
• Should have exp. in working and collaborating with colleges/universities PAN Indian and Internationally
• If you are looking to build a career working with multiple teams and stakeholders by driving things centrally, then we should talk.
• We are hiring for multiple positions. An ideal candidate should have 3-6 years of experience. Preferred candidate should have experience in consulting + startup.

• Act as a central POC to design, drive and execute projects from the Founder's office.
• Take complete ownership of assigned projects - which have a direct impact and coordinate end to end.
• Maintain key internal and external stakeholder relationships. Own strategic relationship with external stakeholders including investors
• Identify gaps and roadblocks that functions/teams are struggling with and troubleshoot them.
• Build systems and processes to run a smooth engine across multiple functions/teams.
• Define the key metrics (KRAs and KPIs) of different functions and make sure they are being completed as per the set targets.
• Plan out an approach/analysis strategy (data + qualitative) to infer underlying trends/actions specific to a program.
• Build high-quality reports and deducing insights from the same.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and resolve escalations.
• Review all the student feedback received from various sources.
• Market research competitor analysis to identify threats and opportunities.
• Analyze consumer behavior and determine student personas.
• Identify opportunities to reach new market segments and expand market share.
• Monitor competition (acquisitions, pricing changes, and new products and features.
• Understanding the student behaviour and gathering insights to suggest improvements in the product/programs.

• 3-6 years in a business or executive management/consulting roles, organizing and directing multiple teams and departments.
• Must have worked in a fast-paced growing technology startup and consulting experience
• Should have exp. in working and collaborating with colleges /universities
• Ability to share and seek feedback across functions
• Well versant with people/talent challenges and ability to manage the same in a high growth- stage startup.
• Extraordinary communication skills - written and verbal
• Extremely versatile, dedicated to efficient productivity with experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives

• Planning, budgeting and forecasting
• Developing a framework and providing guidance on planning, budgeting and forecasting to various functions and businesses and ensuring adherence to corporate guidelines
• Performing financial reporting, ad-hoc business analyses and financial modelling
• Presenting recommendations to category leadership on strategic decisions and planned future initiatives
• Providing controllership to the business and building processes that augments transparency and improves controls
• Validating scenario analysis/simulations/ ‘what if’ analysis prepared by Functional Heads/ SBU Heads
• Historical trend analysis of capital and operating expenditures for budget creation and decision support
• Consolidating and monitoring annual budgets and forecasts received from various functions and SBU Heads
• Facilitating financial reviews with business group and working with category leader to ensure effective finance and cost management
• Managing financial planning and analysis, forecasting product lines using the key input levers to the business– pricing, selection and convenience
• Facilitating weekly/ monthly/ quarterly reviews (MBR, QBR) with data analysis and follow through with category leader on actionable items for improving business metrics over a period of time
• Providing commentary for budget vs. actual result variations

What you need to have:

• Qualified CA/ICWA with 3+ years of post-qualification experience
• In-depth knowledge of costing, reconciliation, planning, budgeting and forecasting
• Experience developing financial reports and metrics    

• 12 to 16 years of experience in enterprise level software architecture, design, development (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
• Experienced in Full Stack product development
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or a related field
• Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithm design and problem solving.
• Extensive knowledge and deep understanding of Java and related technologies
• Experience with modern software development methodologies: Agile/Kanban, CI/CD, DevOps, etc.
• Proficiency in Full Stack product development
• Proficiency with Java is essential.
• Proficiency with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML CSS is essential
• Proficient with REST APIs
• Proficient with product development experience on both front end and back end
• Experience with AWS and/or other public cloud technologies.
• Database Experience (query optimization, index generation, caching) or NoSQL DBs a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

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This is an individual contributor role in an employee-oriented, high performance environment that emphasizes on spreading the BYJU’s unique way of learning in your city. Your role will start with contacting potential customers (parents and students) to set up meetings, counsel the students on learning pedagogies and the BYJU’s personalised learning journey. You will be working 5 days a week with Mondays and Tuesdays being week-off. This hybrid model of sales will give you an exposure to the best of inside-sales and direct-sales. Please download the BYJU’s Learning App to understand the magic of the BYJU’s courses which has been widely accepted not just across thousands of towns in India but by millions of users across the globe. We look forward to having you on board Team BYJU’s. All the best!