Director of Engineering

Position Overview:

We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Lead with a strong background in cloud-native application development, microservices architecture, and team leadership. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of delivering complex enterprise-grade applications and will

be capable of leading a large team to build scalable, secure, and high-

performance systems. This person will not only be a technical expert but also an effective people manager, fostering growth and collaboration within their team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead by example, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to team knowledge-sharing efforts.
• Provide guidance on best practices, architecture, and development processes.
• Drive the design and implementation of cloud-native enterprise applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Champion the adoption of microservices principles and design patterns across the engineering team.
• Maintain a hands-on approach in software development, contributing directly to code while balancing leadership responsibilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, UI/UX, DevOps,
• QA, Security) to ensure successful delivery of features and enhancements.
• Continuously evaluate and improve the development process, from CI/CD pipelines to code quality and testing.
• Ensure application security best practices are followed, addressing vulnerabilities and potential threats in a proactive manner.
• Help define technical roadmaps and provide input on architectural decisions that meet both current and future customer needs.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation within the engineering team.

Required Skills & Experience:

Technical Skills:

Core Technologies: Strong expertise in Node.js and Javascript,

with the ability to pick up new languages and technologies as required.

Cloud Expertise: Hands-on experience with cloud technologies,

particularly AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Microservices Architecture: Proven experience in building and

maintaining cloud-native, microservices-based applications.

Security Awareness: Deep understanding of security principles,

especially in the context of developing enterprise applications.

Development Tools: Proficiency in version control systems (Git),

CI/CD tools, containerization (Docker), and orchestration platforms

(Kubernetes).

Scalability & Performance: Strong knowledge of designing

systems for scalability and performance, with experience managing

large-scale systems.

Communication Skills:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex business concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong presentation skills to effectively convey technical information and business value to clients.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and clients across different time zones and cultural backgrounds.

Experience:

• At least 5-10 years of experience in software engineering with at least 2-3 years in a leadership role managing a team of developers.
• Proven track-record for delivering performant and scalable applications.
• Experience working in client-facing roles, providing technical consulting, and managing client expectations.

Leadership Skills:

• Proven ability to manage, mentor, and motivate a team of engineers.
• Strong communication skills, capable of explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

LIFE AT FOUNTANE:

• Fountane offers an environment where all members are supported, challenged, recognized & given opportunities to grow to their fullest potential.
• Competitive pay
• Health insurance
• Individual/team bonuses
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Fun/challenging variety of projects/industries
• Flexible workplace policy - remote/physical
• Flat organization - no micromanagement
• Individual contribution - set your deadlines
• Above all - culture that helps you grow exponentially.

Qualifications - No bachelor's degree required. Good communication skills are a must!

ABOUT US:

Established in 2017, Fountane Inc is a Ventures Lab incubating and investing in new competitive technology businesses from scratch. Thus far, we’ve created half a dozen multi-million valuation companies in the US and a handful of sister ventures for large corporations, including Target, US Ventures, and Imprint Engine.

We’re a team of 80 strong from around the world that are radically open-minded and believes in excellence, respecting one another, and pushing our boundaries to the furthest it's ever been.

Designation Offered: Engineer CL 2 – I  & II  (Software Engineer / Lead Engineer)

Job Responsibilities:

·         Design & Develop web portals which are optimized, user friendly and as per client requirement

·         Develop scalable and robust applications using rich interfaces, graphical views and robust user controls

·         Development & testing, understanding of client requirements and mapping the features to requirements

·         Maintenance of artifacts for the projects as per CMMI Level 3

Experience:

·         A minimum of   2 years and maximum of 4 years of relevant experience in a similar role

Qualification:

·         Bachelor of Engineering (BTECH / BE) or Masters (MTECH / MS / MCA ) in Computer Science / Electronics / Information Science / Instrumentation from reputed institutions

Skills Required:

Mandatory

·         Strong skills (hands on development) expected in:

o    C# (.NET framework 4.5.2+) web programming, Stored Procedures

o    MVC, ASP.Net, SQL Server 2008, Web API, Ajax, JQUERY, Java-script

o    Windows Service creation, IIS 7/8 Deployment, TCP (sockets), REST API’s

o    C# rich interfaces, graphical views and user controls & CSS

·         Knowledge on

o    CSS3, JSON, OOPS

o    Design Architectures

o    HTML5, Multi-Threading

·         Good experience in SQL Tuning / Profiler, Application performance monitoring

·         Hands-on experience of stored procedure creation & query optimization

Optional

·         Exposure to other programming languages Entity framework, Java, Ajax, Adobe Flex, WPF / C# Winforms

·         Exposure to Google Map API interfaces

·         Exposure to serial port communication with hardware

·         Exposure of Versioning / Configuration & Defect Tracking tools are added advantage

·         Agile methodology and development

• Own the development, testing, and maintenance of native SDKs and Unity on different mobile platforms, their respective OS versions, and devices.
• Partner with [redacted] to design and test new features and products.
• You have the desire to learn new things, try new technology, and seek opportunities to grow and mentor.
• Provide thought leadership in mobile engineering and bring your passion for technology to motivate and inspire on a day to day basis.
• Provide detailed estimates of work and ensure timely delivery of features.
• Produce and ensure delivery of quality, readable, and well-tested code.
• Rely on judgment and experience to plan and accomplish goals in a timely manner.
• Own the elements required to deliver features and results to internal stakeholders.

Job Purpose

We work in the latest technology, and our foundations are data structures, algorithms, solid logical reasoning, and mathematics. We are looking for very strong engineers who love coding, optimizing, and ensuring their code is the most efficient.

You will be involved with hardcore development. If you are an assembler of code or packages from different places to build something, you may not find our team to be the right fit.

You must be someone who can build anything from the ground up. Programming language should not be any barrier for you, as you should be able to pick up any programming language or underlying technology within a week.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Core development. Ready to participate in the designing, brainstorming, and development process. You must give sleepless nights to meet deadlines whenever required.

Desired Candidate Profile

Essential Skills 

• Reliable, Accountable, and Trustworthy
• Ability to understand software requirements based on a wireframe/program specification
• Familiarity with GoLang / PHP / Python / Java / C / C++ / Linux Shell and Scripting / HTML / CSS / JS / Node.js is a plus
• Effective communication skills to ensure smooth coordination of tasks with the Team Leader.
• Knowledge of MongoDB, MySQL, and PL/SQL is a plus
• Familiarity with ML, TensorFlow, and Keras is a plus
• Knowledge of web servers such as Apache, NGNIX, and the HTTP protocol is a plus.
• Knowledge of multi-process, threads, memory, and filesystem on Linux is desirable.
• Must Solve The Following

To consider you for the current opening, please make sure to understand the following question and solve it. A simple program in any programing language would do. If you cannot solve this, please do not apply.

Write a function foo(x) where foo(foo(x)) = -x (assume x to be an integer, and foo(x) has to be always real), any programming language would do. Before submitting the answers, please verify that the output of foo(foo(10)) should be -10 and foo(foo(-10)) should be 10.

Android Developer Description

We’re looking for Android Mobile Application Developer who has solid knowledge of Android application’s life cycle, specially in modern mobile application. We need someone to build the native applications for Android using Java & Kotlin on Android Studio. You’ll need to create applications from scratch or configure the existing applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design and implement applications from initial concept, app architecture, and user interface to finished deliverable.
Implement new features, enhancements, and content of existing applications.
Good knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen.
Create and update re-usable code libraries to streamline app development cycle.
Contribute to all phases of the product development: design, develop, test, maintain and improvise.
BASIC SKILLS:

Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Strong knowledge of current Android development languages (Java & Kotlin).
Ability to manage multiple projects at a time.
Flexibility and eagerness to identify, learn, and use new and changing technologies.
Self confident and enthusiastic.
Job Types: Full-time, Regular / Permanent, Contractual / Temporary, Internship

Salary: ₹11,000.00 - ₹18,000.00 per month

Schedule: Day shift


Industry: Software Development


COVID-19 Precaution(s):

Temperature screenings
Social distancing guidelines in place
Sanitising, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place

Job responsibilities

• Participate in developing e-commerce websites on BigCommerce platform
• Collaborate with project managers and clients to understand requirements and participate in planning the development roadmap
• Be responsible for delivering optimized, fast loading, responsive, and highly functional website
• Migrate websites from other e-commerce platforms to BigCommerce and install and customize new BigCommerce themes
• Extending BigCommerce functionalities to the next level using storefront APIs, liquid programming, meta fields, etc.
• Implementing SEO/CRO best practices in BigCommerce sites

• Having working experience in Service based company
• Having Engineering as bachelor degree is must
• Experience working ecommerce platform
• Soft spoken and good listener
• Good with Quant and reasoning
• Understanding of agile and scrum
• Good with commitment
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions
• Strong proficiency with JavaScript
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors
• 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

We are looking for an Android Developer who possesses a passion for pushing mobile technologies to the limits and will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation of our mobile applications.

Responsibilities:

• Own the entire development lifecycle as you prototype, create, optimize, test, launch, and refine Android apps.
• Build features that will reach millions of users.
• Work with fellow designers and developers in an iterative environment with short and impactful development cycles.
• Develop cutting edge functional modules that will be integrated across all our Android apps.
• Brainstorm, contribute new ideas, conceive innovative strategies, and implement solutions to difficult problems.
• Exploit the most advanced Android APIs and platform features to build innovative applications in food and dining space.
• Work closely with our backend team to interface with RESTful API services and contribute to the backend code when needed.
• Work with real-time feedback from our users to make the product better.
• Discover, design, develop, deploy, debug.
• Focus on Material Design principles and pixel-perfect implementation of the design into code.

Requirements:

• Engineers with 3+ years of experience in shipping consumer-facing Android apps with the large user base, ideally currently available on the Google Play Store (Please be sure to include links to all such apps with your resume).
• Top-notch programming skills in Java, Kotlin and Android.
• Command of memory management, view hierarchy, battery optimization and in-depth experience with multithreaded and networked applications.
• Worked with RESTful APIs, third-party SDK Integrations and common technologies like HTTPS, JSON, OAuth, and SQL.
• Thorough working knowledge of Android Studio with the Gradle build system.
• Understanding the quirks of the fragmented ecosystem of Android OS versions and devices.
• Solid experience with Git.
• Care for quality with an obsession for performance and willingness to spend time testing the team's work as well as yours.