Engineering Manager

F5 is looking for a Principal Software Engineer with experience in building FIPS-ready cryptography-based security solutions at scale. You will participate in the design and implementation of F5’s Edge Computing platform that is used to deploy global, scalable and secure applications. Your work includes, but not limited to, design, implementation, deployment, operational management, and debugging of security services of F5’s platform.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with architects and business leaders to understand the requirements for providing FIPS-ready cryptography-based security services for F5’s platform, design solutions, and implement them
• You will develop software for identity related security foundations of Volterra platform - Identity Management, Key Management, Secure Bootstrapping, Authentication, Authorization, Secrets Management, etc.
• You will perform necessary compliance tasks – including building and executing the test suites – required for making systems and libraries ready for FIPS
• You will vet various open source and closed source technologies, components, libraries, tools etc. and help build a highly available, highly scalable and easily manageable system
• Demonstrate technical leadership in multiple domain areas, providing mentorship to other team member
• Demonstrate leadership by taking responsibility and ownership of software components and deliver a complete product satisfying functional, scale, performance and manageability requirements
• Hands-on coding in multiple languages while considering performance, scalability, maintainability, and flexibility

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 12+ years of software engineering and development experience
• Hands on experience with multiple computer programming languages such as Golang (must), C++, Python, Java
• Hands-on experience with FIPS 140-2 and CMVP
• Ability to implement all phases of a development cycle for a software product from understanding requirements, going through design, development and deploy phases
• Good understanding of complexities and security challenges in large-scale distributed systems
• Good understanding of security concepts like IPSec/TLS, PKI, SAML/OAuth, Key management, etc.
• Experience with Cloud Computing platforms (e.g. Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute etc.) is a plus
• Working knowledge of Virtualization technologies like KVM, Docker etc.
• Working knowledge of Cloud orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, Openstack etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal, team building, and mentoring skills

• Own the product development from scratch
• Architect scalable, distributed and large-scale web and mobile solutions from scratch
• Code for fresh development and to troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Manage a team of   Developers and Interns
• Boost productivity of team by guiding junior employees and setting the right path for the team

• Excellent analytical skills and understanding of computing fundamentals
• At least 5 years of work experience as a Software Developer
• Strong knowledge either of NodeJS or Python
• Experience working with AWS Serverless Technologies(Lambda, ApiGateway, Cognito, DynamoDB)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with CI/CD and automation methodologies
• .Experience and knowledge of open source tools & frameworks, broader cutting-edge technologies around server-side development

As a Director Engineering, your role & responsibility will include the following.  

• Define the product roadmap and delivery planning. 
• Provides technical leadership in design, delivery, and support of product software and platforms. 
• Participate in driving technical architectural decisions for the product.  
• Prioritization of the features and deliverable artifacts 
• Augmentation of the product development staff.  
• Mentor managers to implement best practices to motivate and organize their  teams. 
• Prepare schedules, report status as well as make hiring decisions. 
• Ensure to provide proven ability to evaluate and improve software development  best practices. 
• Provide DevOps and other processes to assure consistency, quality and  timeliness. 
• Participate in interviewing as well as hiring final decisions. 
• Guide and provide input to all strategic as well as technical planning for entire  products. 
• Monitor and provide input for evaluation and prioritize change requests.
• Create and monitor the set of policies that establish standard development  languages, tools, and methodology; documentation practices; and examination  procedures for developed systems to ensure alignment with overall architecture.' 
• Participate in project scope, schedule, and cost reviews. 
• Understand and socialize product capabilities and limitations. 
• Identify and implement ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrate  accuracy and thoroughness. 
• Establish working relationships with external technology vendors. 
• Integrate customer requirements through the engineering effort for championing  next generation products. 
• Quickly gain an understanding of the company's technology and markets,  establish yourself as a credible leader. 
• Release scheduling. 
• Keeps abreast of new technologies and has demonstrated knowledge and  experience in various technologies. 
• Manage 3rd party consulting partners/vendors implementing products. 
• Prepare and submit weekly project status reports; prepare monthly reports  outlining team assignments and/or changes, project status changes, and  forecasts project timelines.
• Provide leadership to individuals or team(s) through coaching, feedback,  development goals, and performance management. 

• Prioritize employee career development to grow the internal pipeline of leadership  talent. 
• Prioritize, assign, and manage department activities and projects in accordance  with the department's goals and objectives. Adjust hours of work, priorities, and  staff assignments to ensure efficient operation, based on workload. 

Qualification & Experience  

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Information  Systems or related field or equivalent work experience required. 
• Relevant certifications also preferred among other indications of someone who  values continuing education. 
• 15+ years’ experience "living" with various operating systems, development tools  and development methodologies including Java, data structures, Scala, Python,  NodeJS 
• 8+ years of individual contributor software development experience.
• 6+ years management experience in a fast-growing product software  environment with proven ability to lead and engage development, QA and  implementation teams working on multiple projects. 
• Idea generation and creativity in this position are a must, as are the ability to  work with deadlines, manage and complete projects on time and within budget. 
• Proven ability to establish and drive processes and procedures with quantifiable  metrics to measure the success and effectiveness of the development  organization. 
• Proven history of delivering on deadlines/releases without compromising quality. 
• Mastery of engineering concepts and core technologies: development models,  programming languages, databases, testing, and documentation. 
• Development experience with compilers, web Services, database engines and  related technologies. 
• Experience with Agile software development and SCRUM methodologies. 
• Proven track record of delivering high quality software products. 
• A solid engineering foundation indicated by a demonstrated understanding of  
• product design, life cycle, software development practices, and support services.  Understanding of standard engineering processes and software development  methodologies. 
• Experience coordinating the work and competences of software staff within  functional project groups. 
• Ability to work cross functionally and as a team with other executive committee  members. 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. 
• Communicate effectively with different business units about technology and  processes using lay terms and descriptions.  
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• Experience Preferred: 
• Experience building horizontally scalable solutions leveraging containers,  microservices, Big Data technologies among other related technologies. 
• Experience working with graphical user experience and user interface design. 
• Experience working with object-oriented software development, web services,  web development or other similar technical products. 
• Experience with database engines, languages, and compilers  
• Experience with user acceptance testing, regression testing and integration  testing. 
• Experience working on open-source software projects for Apache and other great  open-source software organizations. 
• Demonstrable experience training and leading teams as a great people leader.
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‍You will be responsible for architecting and developing features on the application end to end. You will be responsible for the functional/technical track of the project. Serve as a role model for our high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and processes.

• Design and develop SaaS-based applications based on microservices architecture.
• Work on the core backend and ensure it meets the performance benchmarks.
• Work on the front-end with ReactJS.
• Designing and developing APIs for the front-end to consume.
• Constantly improve the architecture of the application by clearing the technical backlog.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages).

‍An enthusiastic individual with the following skills. Please do not hesitate to apply if you do not match all of it. We are open to promising candidates who are passionate about their work and are team players.

• Education - B.Tech/MCA or equivalent.
• Overall 10 to 12 years of experience.
• Agnostic/Polyglot with multiple tech stacks.
• Worked on open source technologies – NodeJS, ReactJS,  MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Columnar DBs
• Good experience with Front-end technologies like JavaScript frameworks, React, AngularJS.
• Backend exposure – good knowledge of building API using Node or Lambda or python.
• Good understanding of ELK, Kafka, Redis and CDN .
• Worked on serverless technologies  and good understanding of CMS.
• Efficient in building microservices in combining server & front-end.
• Good understanding of AWS and its technologies.
• Should be innovative and communicative in approach and should be hands on coding guru
• Will be responsible for the functional/technical track of a product.
• Experience with Scaling SAAS products and ability to design from scratch.
• Ability to manage a small team of 5 -10 Developers/QA Engineers and guide them on the design and coding best practices.

‍You will work with a top-notch tech team, working closely with the architect and engineering head.

‍A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment that will enable you to juggle between concepts, yet maintain the quality of content, interact and share your ideas and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at Xoxoday.

A fast-growing SaaS commerce company based in Bangalore with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, SF, Dubai, Singapore, and Dublin. We have three products in our portfolio: Plum, Empuls, and Compass. Xoxoday works with over 1000 global clients. We help our clients engage and motivate their employees, sales teams, channel partners, or consumers for better business results.

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. However, we assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.

• 6+ years of relevant engineering work experience and 2+ hands-on management experience.
• Experience with architectural patterns of large, high-scale applications.
• Experience building and leading platforms is a must. Experience with SOA/Microservices with Node.js and Golang is a plus
• Retained, mentored and hired senior engineers and leaders with a track record of building productive engineering teams.
• Been actively involved in setting product strategy.
• Entrepreneurial drive and have hands-on experience in creating products which solve user’s problems

Exp: 7 - 12 years

Min 5+ years in team management

Solid experience building teams from scratch in Startups

Preferred: Talents from Tier 1 Tech Schools / IT Product Startups

Key Skills: Java, Python, Distributed Systems, Data Structures, Algorithms, AWS, Design Patterns, HLD, LLD, Data Analytics, MongoDB, Node Js

Responsibilities:

• Vision: Building a vibrant technology culture via a shared strategic architecture vision, as the Chief Architect of the company.

• Mission: Driving the platform and product vision to life.

• Goals: Leading and delivering on the long-term road map for engineering and infrastructure efficiency.

• Execution: Building and sustaining core reusable technology that would ensure scalability, reliability, availability and resiliency for all the products running on the platform and power the enterprise's quest to remain technologically competitive as it extends its customer base and enhances customer experiences continuously.

• Assets: Owning all relevant platform technology and infrastructure, both internal (like Dev and staging environments, DevOps stacks, etc.) and client-facing (like production and HA / DR environments)

• Tools and frameworks: Leading a team of engineers and architects across DevOps, Site-Reliability, Product TechOps / NOC, Frameworks and Cloud Infrastructure teams.

• Thought leadership and industry presence: Representing technology branding and evangelism, as the face and voice of enterprise technology; sharing and evangelizing the technology strategy with internal and external entities, including employees, customers, partners, analysts, technical networks and investors.

• Team leadership: Helping build the technical talent brand of the company and in managing their portfolio of IP (intellectual property), via multiple media like blogs, conference presentations and tech media coverage.

Candidate persona mapping:

This role would be part of the Senior Leadership Team of the company, Our typical candidate for this role would be a person who:

• Is a Senior Technical Architect/Manager with 8+ years experience in Product First Tech First companies operating on a global scale

a) Preferably, with rich experience working in Silicon Valley, USA / IT Product Startups

b) Rich experience in helping build platforms that have supported products built from scratch and which have scaled over time

c) Rich experience in helping deploy products on the SaaS model

• Has rich and diverse experience in platform technology areas like design and architecture, APIs and Microservices, cloud infrastructure (private, public, hybrid or multiple), security, scale, tooling and multiple frameworks

• Has an executive presence and strong communication skills

• Demonstrates technology thought leadership

• Demonstrates a record of leading a team of Architects, managing, mentoring and appraising them

• Is, preferably, a programming polyglot

• Should have built diverse teams from scratch