District Sales Manager

Wanna Make Travel Awesome? (And Score Some Equity While You're At It?)

We're Journey, a travel startup and our first product is travel eSIMs. Forget fumbling with SIM cards at airports – we're all about seamless connectivity, so travellers can focus on exploring, not stressing about data at such affordable rates. We believe we have built one of the best eSIM tech out there and product performance is superior. 

Now, India is calling, and we need YOU to lead the charge!

This ain't an average corporate gig. We're looking for an entrepreneur, hustler, a networker, a deal-maker extraordinaire to blow up our presence in India. You'll be the face of Journey eSIM in India.T his is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our company in a dynamic and rapidly growing market. You will have the autonomy to build the business from the ground up, forge strategic partnerships, and establish our brand as a leader in the travel eSIM space.

Responsibilities:

Develop and execute a comprehensive business development strategy for India:

• Conduct thorough market research to identify key trends, opportunities, and challenges in the Indian travel industry.
• Define clear goals, objectives, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for business growth.
• Develop and implement tactical plans to achieve targets, including sales strategies, marketing initiatives, and partnership programs.

Identify and build strategic partnerships:

• Identify, target, and establish relationships with key players in the travel industry, including travel agents, online travel agencies (OTAs), tour operators, and travel technology providers.
• Negotiate and secure mutually beneficial partnership agreements that drive customer acquisition, revenue growth, and brand awareness.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with partners to ensure long-term collaboration and success.

Explore new business opportunities:

• Continuously explore new avenues for growth and partnerships within the travel industry and related verticals.
• Identify potential opportunities to expand our product offerings or target new customer segments.
• Analyze and evaluate the feasibility of new business ventures and make recommendations to the leadership team.

Represent the company at industry events:

• Attend relevant industry conferences, trade shows, and networking events to promote our brand and generate leads.
• Build relationships with industry professionals and stay abreast of the latest trends and developments.

Manage and track business performance:

• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress towards goals and identify areas for improvement.
• Prepare regular reports on business performance, including sales figures, partnership activities, and market insights.
• Analyze data to identify trends, opportunities, and challenges, and make recommendations for adjustments to the business strategy.

Build and manage a high-performing team (future responsibility):

• As the business grows, you will be responsible for building and managing a team of business development professionals.
• Recruit, train, and mentor team members to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to succeed.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance.

Qualifications:

• Proven track record of success in business development or sales, preferably in the travel industry.
• Strong understanding of the Indian travel market and its key players.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent negotiation and closing skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of outcomes.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Proficiency in English and Hindi (or other relevant regional languages).
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, or a related field.
• Tech-savvy and comfortable with digital tools and platforms.

Bonus Points:

Existing network of contacts in the Indian travel industry.

What You'll Do:

• First 15 Days: Immerse yourself in the Indian travel market, conduct extensive research, and map out key players and potential partners. Start building relationships with travel agents and OTAs.
• First 30 Days: Secure initial partnerships and pilot programs. Refine your business development strategy based on early learnings.
• First 45 Days: Achieve significant traction in customer acquisition and revenue generation. Begin exploring new business opportunities and expanding your network.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to earn equity in a high-growth startup.
• Be part of a dynamic and innovative team.
• Make a real impact on the company's success in India.
• Significant career growth potential as you will lead the India business.

Key skills expected:

• WordPress Plugin Development
• WordPress Custom Theme Development
• HTML + CSS
• Core PHP
• MySQL

Job description:

• Extensive knowledge and experience of custom WordPress development using JavaScript and PHP frameworks.
• Experience and ability to build WordPress plugins from detailed briefs and mock ups using best practices, clean reusable and expandable code.
• Experience in using cPanel and deployment
• Development and Maintenance of high-traffic WordPress and WooCommerce based websites
• Developing front-end websites and applications using HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, PHP
• Basic knowledge of JavaScript, JQuery, theme and color combination for websites.
• Good communication and interaction skills.

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following.

Understand requirements and create low-level design using UML

Develop embedded software as per defined software requirements

Software integration & testing

Background & Skills

Education:

B.E/B. Tech/M.Tech/Master (Electronics/Telecommunications/Computers Science)OR equivalent

Experience & Attributes:

2-8 years’ experience in Embedded system software design, development, and testing.

Excellent communication skills, spoken and written English

Must have specialized knowledge :

·  Embedded C

·  Electronics

·  RTOS

·  Knowledge of Microcontrollers (RISC, CISC)

·  CAN Communication & Protocols like UDS, KWP2000, CANopen and J1939

·  MISRA standard - 2000/MISRA 2012

·  SDLC, Agile Scrum

·  Static analysis & Tools like LDRA or QAC or Vector cast

·  Change Management & Tools like JIRA/VSTS

·  Version control & Tools like SVN/GIT/Clearcase

·  Traceability management & Tools like Reqtify or equivalent

·  Design methodologies - like UML

·  Software Test Life Cycle

Specialized knowledge – Will be Preferred

·  Functional Safety life-cycle & Management - Applies to software design & development

·  Safety standards like - IEC-61508, ISO-26262, ISO-25119, ISO-13849

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

·  Software requirement specification writing

·  Creating design for assigned modules

·  Implementing the code for assigned requirements

·  Perform unit testing

·  Perform peer reviews or inspection of software work products

·  Support testing team on defect analysis

·  Adhere to Quality processes

• Experience  4 - 8 years
• Key Skills for Software Developer C++, Linux :
• - Looking only for candidates who can join immediately or max 10 day
• - should be able to work independently with no handholding
• - the ability to work with C/C++ code on Windows/Linux platforms
• - Database knowledge of MSSQL, Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB, ideally other ones too: Saphana, Teradata, Postgres.
• - Ability to work on their own fixing defects
• - should be able to understand secure coding practices
• - should have the Ability to work independently and with the team across different time zones

We are looking for an iOS 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.

Requirements

-BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject

-1 to 4 years of work experience

-Proven working experience in software development

-Working experience in iOS development

-Have published one or more iOS apps in the app store

-A deep familiarity with Objective-C and Cocoa Touch

-Experience working with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, Core Graphics and Core Text

-Experience with third-party libraries and APIs

-Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies

-Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle

Responsibilities

-Design and build advanced applications for the iOS platform

-Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

-Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.

-Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.

-Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty and experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. A degree of creativity and latitude is required. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.

Designs, develops, and implements web-based Java applications to support business requirements. Follows approved life cycle methodologies, creates design documents, and performs program coding and testing. Resolves technical issues through debugging, research, and investigation.

Additional Job Details:

Strong in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST and developing MicroServices.

Knowledge or experience , Cassandra preferred

Knowledge or experience on Kafka

Good to have but not must

Good to know:

Reporting tools like Splunk/Grafana

Protobuf

Python/Ruby