Engineering Lead

Your Day-to-Day

1. Derive Insights and drive major strategic projects to improve Business Metrics and take responsibility for cost efficiency and Revenue management across the country
2. Perform Market research, Post Mortem analyses on competitor expansion and Market Penetration patterns. 
3. Provide in-depth business analysis and data insights for internal stakeholders to help improve business. Derive and launch projects in order to reduce the gaps between targeted and projected business metrics
4. Responsible for optimizing Carsome’s C2B and B2C customer acquisition and Dealer retention funnel. Work closely with Marketing and Tech teams to create, produce and implement creative digital marketing campaigns and drive CRM initiatives and strategies 
5. Analyse the Revenue flows and processes large datasets to gather process insights and propose process improvement ideas for Carsome across SE-Asia
6. Lead commercial projects & process mapping, from conceptualization to completion, to build or re-engineer business models, tools and processes.
7. Having experience in analyses and insights in dealing on Unit Economics, COGs and P&L will be preferred ,but not mandatory
8. Use Business Intelligence and Data Science tools to answer the appropriate business problems using SQL, Tableau or Python.
9. Coordinate with HQ Data Insights Team and manage internal stakeholders across departments to ensure the smooth delivery of strategic projects
10. Work across different departments/functions (BI,DE, tech, pricing, finance, operations, marketing, CS,CX) and also on high impact projects and support business expansion initiatives

Your Know-Know

• At least a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance/Business or the equivalent. 
• 3-5  years of experience in strategy / consulting / analytical / project management roles; experience in e-commerce, Start-ups or Unicorns(CARS24,OLA,SWIGGY,FLIPKART,OYO) or entrepreneur experience preferred + At Least 2 years of experience leading a team
• Top-notch academics from a Tier 1 college (IIM / IIT/ NIT)
• Must have SQL/PostgreSQL/Tableau Experience. 
• Excellent Market Research, reporting and analytical skills, including carrying out weekly and monthly reporting
• Holds experience in working with Data/Business Intelligence Team
• Analytical mindset with ability to present data in a structured and informative way
• Enjoy a fast-paced environment and can align business objectives with product priorities
• Good to have : Financial modelling, Developing financial forecasts , development of Financial - strategic plan/framework

Key Responsibilities:

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required:

1. At least 3 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
2. Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
3. Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
4. Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
5. Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
6. Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
7. Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
8. Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
9. Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
10. Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
11. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
12. Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
13. Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
14. Experience building a large-scale social or location-based app.

Job Description:

• Monitor entire field and DC network, ensure smooth operations for various NMS systems
• Ensure timely alerts in case of any events or parameters crossing threshold
• Ensure timely publishing of relevant reports and statistics
• Keep NMS database updated as per network evolution
• Plan and upgrade HW capacity, SW version, redundancy, connectivity with network elements and other applications as required
• Test and deploy bug fixes, new features/products related to NMS applications
• Quickly troubleshoot any issues with NMS systems and provide RCA, implement AIs
• Analyse and assist business and tech teams with new data analytics
• Vendor relationship management for issues, upgrade, new product evaluation etc.
• Manage connectivity, capacity and redundancy for all applications & network
• Prepare and Maintain SOPs of critical Process; perform Process Correction on requirement basis.

Requirements:

1. Should have years of work experience in Telco / ISP background
2. Must have hands on experience in network monitoring and managing corresponding systems/tools
3. Must have in depth understanding of SNMP and various parameters to be monitored for smooth network operations and troubleshooting
4. Should have good understanding of TCP/IP, networking, switching and routing
5. Should have good understanding of MSSQL, MySQL DB, Windows server, basic OS & virtualization concepts
6. Should be good in at least one scripting language like Python
7. Should have work experience on Solarwinds or similar leading NMS system
8. Should have experience in planning and operations of distributed L3 network
9. Should be available 24*7 for emergency situations
10. Should be able to work in very late night for planned activities
11. CCNA/CCNP Certification is Preferred.
12. Understanding of FTTH, GPON & Wifi concepts is an advantage
13. Must have done BE/B.Tech or equivalent in Computer Engineering/Electronics & Communication Engineering/Electronics & Electrical Engineering

POSITION SUMMARY

Essential Skills & Key Responsibilities

• Expertise in P2P domain which includes Procurement and Account Payables and Fusion
• P2P functional implementation experience including Interfaces & RICE objects with other legacy applications.
• Leading the business analysis capability in the procurement space, building excellent business connect, influencing and negotiating between tech and business.
• Capture & clarification of business requirements through a range of analysis techniques for the Business (data flow diagrams, case tool analysis, gap analysis and work & process flow diagrams)
• Function as a techno-functional resource and assist in designing solutions for business
• Understand the business data in depth, analyse key performance indicators and use the same to analyse the requirements further
• Obtaining agreement on business analysis deliverables and ensuring that they meet all the requirements of the business
• Proactively working with business to identify, define, and clarify the scope / issues in terms of complex business/systems requirements.
• Identify options for potential solutions and assessing them for both technical and business suitability/feasibility
• Working with business to capture & clarify business requirements & support business & technology teams in data analysis, in UAT phase etc.
• Acting as a proxy customer with the development teams, facilitating open communication between the customer & development team
• Driving user acceptance criteria with the customer
• Aware of the AGILE terminologies and should have knowledge of AGILE tools like JIRA, Confluence etc.
• Basic knowledge of PL/SQL for data querying & analysis will be an added advantage.
• Exposure to MS Office products like Visio and Excel