Are you passionate about using technology to make people's lives better? Are you interested in becoming a part of one of the hottest trends in the world of start-ups today? Are you excited about joining the online ultra-fast grocery delivery service business pioneer and driving the trend forward? Then this may be the right opportunity for you.
Role and Responsibilities
- Lead over a product in the Technology department.
- Self-sufficiently lead the software development lifecycle: technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring.
- Work with cross-functional teams effectively to enable business growth.
- Recruit, train, retain, and simply make Blok a great yet challenging place to work for the people in your team.
- Mentor team, resulting in trickle-down happiness and efficiency.
Requirements
- You have at least 2 years of experience in a managerial position in a technology company.
- You’ve designed, built, scaled, and maintained production services, and know-how to compose a service-oriented architecture. You’ll lead by example by executing when necessary.
- Bias towards action. You believe that speed and quality aren't mutually exclusive. You've shown good judgment about shipping as fast as possible while still making sure that products are built in a sustainable, responsible way. You embrace the agile software development mindset.
- Hiring prowess. You're a strong leader who can attract talent around the world, raising the bar for excellence. You retained, mentored, and hired senior engineers and managers with a track record of building productive, world-class engineering teams.
- Mentorship. You know that the most important part of your job is setting the team up for success. Through motivating, mentoring, teaching, and reviewing, you help other specialists make sound architectural decisions, improve their code quality, and get out of their comfort zone.
- You have the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with others at all levels within the organization. You have experience with effectively creating alignments with multiple teams and operating well in ambiguity.
- Dedication. You care tremendously about keeping the experience consistent for users. You are your harshest critic and hold yourself personally accountable, jumping in and taking ownership of problems that might not even be in your team's scope.
- Experience within our tech-stack (Microservices, Node.js, Java, React, MongoDB, Kotlin, Swift, Redis, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, WebSockets, etc.)
Who You Are
- Passionate about technology and making an impact.
- A perpetual learner, who stretches their boundaries and enjoys new ideas.
- A doer who takes initiative regardless of boundaries empowers their teams and works well in a cross-functional set-up.
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SOFTWAY
Department: Product Development
Vision for the Product Development Team
The Product Development Team is dedicated to shaping the future by turning ideas into products that will significantly impact customer lives and propel the organization forward. With a vision to launch a variety of products poised to become major revenue drivers, we are committed to crafting solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. Every product we undertake is a step towards redefining what's possible, ensuring our journey is one of progress, impact, and success.
Overall Purpose of the Position:
As a RoR Developer, you'll hold a pivotal position, driving the development and expansion of the portfolio.You will have a strong background in Ruby on Rails development and a proven track record of delivering high-quality web applications. You will work closely with our team of developers, designers, and project managers to build and maintain scalable, robust, and user-friendly software solutions for our clients.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
- Software Development and Implementation: You will be deeply involved in coding and building product features. Following best practices in software development, you will write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, contributing to the product's core functionalities and user experience.
- Technical Architecture and Design: You will support the creation of technical architecture and design under the guidance of fellow engineers. Your role will include contributing to discussions on technical decisions, learning from the choices made, and understanding their impact on the product's scalability and performance.
- Quality Assurance and Testing: You will ensure that the work you produce meets quality standards and delivers outcomes. This entails writing clean, efficient code, conducting unit tests to validate individual components, and collaborating with fellow engineers to integrate and test new features. You should also actively participate in code reviews, identify/fix potential bugs or issues, and assist in debugging and troubleshooting to maintain product quality and reliability.
- Data Management and Analysis: You will support data management and analysis efforts by assisting in the integration of data collection mechanisms into our products. Learning how to analyze product usage data, you will contribute insights that can inform future product improvements and features.
- Security and Compliance: You will help ensure that our products meet the highest standards of security and compliance. This will involve participating in security reviews, implementing best practices in coding, and staying informed about relevant regulations affecting our products.
- Scalability and Performance Optimization: You will assist in efforts to ensure our product can scale and perform optimally. This will involve supporting performance testing and contributing to optimizations that enhance the user experience under varying loads.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: You will collaborate with teams across the organization, including marketing, sales, and customer support, providing technical assistance and ensuring that product development aligns with broader company objectives.
- Product Strategy Development: You will contribute to the development of product strategy by providing technical feedback on the feasibility of proposed features and innovations. Engaging in discussions about product strategy will ensure that technical considerations are incorporated into the product vision from the early stages.
- Innovation, Experimentation & Improvement: You'll have opportunities to contribute to innovation within your team by proposing new ideas or solutions to technical challenges. You'll participate in brainstorming sessions and hackathons, where you can explore creative approaches to problem-solving. You'll actively seek feedback from others to refine your ideas and learn from their experiences. Your curiosity and willingness to explore new technologies and methodologies will contribute to the culture of innovation within the team.
- Mentorship & Development: You'll benefit from mentorship provided by more experienced Engineers who will guide you in your professional development journey. You'll receive feedback on your Software Engineering work and your mentors will share their engineering knowledge and experiences with you, helping you navigate challenges and accelerate your growth as a Software Engineer. Your openness to feedback and willingness to learn from others will contribute to a successful mentorship experience.
- Culture & Strategic Initiatives: Within your team and the wider Softway organization, you'll support and foster Softway’s culture by living out Softway’s values, principles, and behaviors.
- Leveraging AI Tools: Embracing and leveraging AI tools stands as a pivotal expectation. You are anticipated to proficiently utilize these technologies to enhance productivity, streamline processes, and foster innovation within our projects.
Behavioral Expectations Based on the Six Pillars of Love:
Inclusion: Cultivate an inclusive environment across all geographic locations, valuing and integrating diverse ideas and perspectives, especially from the India team.
Empathy: Show understanding and consideration for the unique challenges and perspectives of the India team and consulting clients. Build empathetic relationships to support their needs.
Forgiveness: Promote a culture of learning from mistakes and understanding in cross-cultural contexts. Encourage open discussions about failures and lessons learned.
Trust: Build trust through consistent, honest interactions, and reliable leadership, especially when managing remote and international teams.
Empowerment: Empower team members in all locations by providing autonomy, resources, and support for innovative and context-specific solutions.
Vulnerability: Demonstrate vulnerability in leadership, especially in international contexts. Be open about challenges and encourage the team to share their experiences and ideas.
Growth Mindsets: Embrace and foster growth mindsets within the team. Encourage unlearning old ways and re-learning new approaches to work. Challenge and dismantle any belief systems that impede embracing new ways of working or delivering work.
Skills and Qualifications:
Skills:
- Technical Proficiency: Understanding of programming languages, software development methodologies, and coding best practices.
- Analytical Thinking: Ability to analyze problems, think critically, and propose technical solutions.
- Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy in coding, testing, and documenting software developments.
- Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams and documenting technical processes.
- Adaptability: Willingness and ability to learn new technologies and adapt to changing product requirements and technologies.
- Collaborative Spirit: Ability to work effectively in team settings, contributing positively to team dynamics and outcomes.
- Time Management: Proficiency in managing multiple tasks and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 3-5 years of professional experience in Ruby on Rails development
- Solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles and software design patterns
- Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and front-end frameworks such as React or Angular
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure is a plus
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Leading the engineering team and federated suites.
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Helping define Technical Roadmap and own the entire product delivery end to end.
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Working very closely with various business stakeholders to drive the execution of multiple business plans and technologies for the team.
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Improving, optimizing and identifying opportunities for efficient software development processes.
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Hiring, Developing and Retaining a strong team of engineers.
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7-9 years of experience with Java development, Spring Boot. Minimum 5+ years of managing high performance development team(s).
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Strong knowledge of REST and micro services based design.
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Experience across the product development SDLC with solving customer problem approaches.
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Prior product engineering leadership in Identity and Access Management solutions is a big plus.
What will you do?
• Developing new user-facing features using React & Redux
• Build modular layouts, reusable code and libraries for future use
• Refactor, optimize and improve the existing code base for maintenance and scale
• Use test-driven development and acceptance tests to ensure feature quality
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Work closely with back-end developers to make sure the user experience is implemented as it was conceived
Skills Required
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, object model, DOM manipulation and event handlers, data structures, algorithms, JSX, and Babel
• Complete understanding of ReactJS and its main fundamentals like JSX, Virtual DOM, component lifecycle, etc.
In-depth understanding of redux
• Understanding of RESTful APIs, HTML/CSS, ES6 (variables and scoping, array methods), code versioning tools like GIT, and NPM
• Good understanding of Promises, Async/ Await and Callbacks
• Should have good knowledge of Socket
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• In-depth knowledge of object-oriented programming
• Understanding of JavaScript Development on the server side using NodeJS and Express would be a plus
• Knowledge of ES6 would be a plus
• Should have good hands-on experience on MongoDB, designing optimized database structures using MongoDB and writing optimized queries for better performance
Position: Java fullstack Developer
Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad
Exp.Level: 5+ Yrs
Required Skills:
- Java, Spring
- Multithreading / Microservices
- Data structures and Algorithms
- Angular 2+
- Coding
A strong technologist at Hitwicket cares about code modularity, scalability and reusability and thrives in a complex and ambiguous environment.
1. Design and develop game features from prototype to full implementation
2. Have Strong Unity 3D programming skills on C#, JavaScript to craft cutting edge immersive
mobile gaming experience
3. Understand cross-platform development and client server applications to give Players a
seamless and fun mobile gaming experience
4. Implement game functionality by translating design ideas, concepts, and requirements into
functional and engaging features in the game
5. Get involved in all areas of game development including Graphics, Game Logic, and User
Interface
6. Take ownership of the game and work closely with the Product and Design teams
7. Help maintain code quality by writing robust code to be used by millions of users
8. Develop crazy new experiences for our players and think outside the box to deliver
something new
9. Be proactive, support and contribute new ideas to game design.
10. Work experience of 4 - 10 years is preferable
11. Experience of team management is a plus
12. A broad skill set is a strength! We are a small team, so cross discipline skills are highly valued.
What we offer you?
- Casual dress every single day
- 5 days a week
- Well stocked pantry
- Work with cool people and delight millions of gamers across the globe
- ESOPs and other incentives
About Us:
What is Hitwicket?
Hitwicket is a strategy-based cricket game played by over 3 million diverse groups of players across the world!! Our mission is to build the world’s best cricket game & be the first mobile Esports IP from India!!
We’re a Series A funded Technology startup based in Hyderabad and co-founded by VIT alumni. We are backed by Prime Venture Partners, one of India’s oldest and most successful venture funds - https://primevp.in/">https://primevp.in/
Hitwicket Superstars won the First prize in Prime Minister’s AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge, a nation-wide contest to identify the top homegrown startups who are building for the Global market; Made in India, for India & the World!
What is next?
With the phenomenal success of our Cricket Game, we are now entering into the world of Football, NFTs & Blockchain gaming! We are assembling a team to join us on our mission to make something as massive as PUBG or Clash of Clans from India. -
How are we unique?
- 1st Place (Gaming) - Prime Minister’s Atma Nirbhar App Challenge
- Selected among the 'Top Gaming Startups in Asia' for the inaugural batch of Google Games Accelerator program 2018 in Singapore
- Selected among the 'Global Top 10 Startups in Sports Innovation' by the HYPE, UK, competition was held at the University Olympic Games in Taiwan
- "Best App" Award presented by the IT Minister at HYSEA Annual Product Sumit
Our work culture is driven by speed, innovation and passion, not by hierarchy. Our work philosophy is centered around building a company like a 'Sports Team' where each member has an important role to play in the success of the company as a whole.
It doesn't matter if you are not a cricket fan, or a gamer, what matters to us are your Problem-solving skills and your Creativity.
Join us on this EPIC journey and make memories for a lifetime!
How to know more about us?
Download us https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cricketgames.hitwicket.strategy">Android: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/hitwicket-superstars-2020/id1498437026">iOS - Website: https://hitwicket.com/">Hitwicket
https://www.google.com/search?q=hitwicket&tbm=nws&source=univ&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTisPl95P7AhVVl-YKHQKPBqkQt8YBegQIPBAG&biw=1366&bih=657&dpr=1">Media Coverage - https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/hitwicket-raises-3-million-from-prime-venture-partners/article66091944.ece">The Hindu Business Line - https://www.deccanchronicle.com/business/companies/031122/hitwicket-launches-cricket-strategy-game-hitwicket-superstars.html">Deccan Chronicle - https://telanganatoday.com/hyderabad-hitwicket-raises-rs-24-crore-launches-hitwicket-superstars">Telangana Today - https://inc42.com/buzz/hitwicket-bags-funding-to-build-strategy-driven-cricket-gaming-studio/">INC42 - https://www.vccircle.com/leapfroglaunches-climate-investment-strategy-appoints-new-partner">VCCircle
Watch us:
https://youtu.be/Q3arlzDf2KY">Hitwicket Superstars Launch - IGDC 2022 - https://yourstory.com/2022/10/keerti-singh-kashyap-reddy--india-cricket-web3-hitwicket">YourStory - https://play.google.com/console/about/weareplay/">Hitwicket Story - https://youtu.be/K16vvQt6sAM">Ms Keerti Interview on NDTV
How to get connected with us?
https://discord.gg/aTnZswv9">Hitwicket Discord Global Community - https://youtube.com/channel/UCQ_0a_kBzap0nJySx668Ekg">Youtube - https://www.linkedin.com/company/metasports-media/">Linkedin - https://twitter.com/HitwicketGame">Twitter - https://instagram.com/hitwicketsuperstars">Instagram - https://m.facebook.com/HitwicketSuperstarsCricketGame">Facebook - https://www.reddit.com/r/hitwicketsuperstars?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share">Reddit - https://superstars-35181.medium.com/">Medium
Roles & Responsibilities
Must Have
- Ability to design and develop database architectures
- Expert working knowledge and experience of DBMS
- Ability to write complex T-SQL queries
- Expert knowledge of Azure Data Factory (ADF)
- Ability to create and manage SSIS packages while managing a full ETL lifecycle
- Proficiency in data cleansing and reconciliation
- Ability to assist others in topics related to data management
- Ability to quickly investigate and troubleshoot any data/database issues
- Expert knowledge in MS SQL Database Server administration, performance tuning and maintenance experience.
Should Have
- Ability to work with end-users and project teams to analyze, document and create workflow processes
- Knowledge of SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services)
- Attention to detail, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills and be a good team player.
- Azure SQL knowledge (SQL-as-a-service)
- Understanding of Agile Methodology.
- Working knowledge of Git.
Could Have
- DevOps knowledge (Infrastructure-as-a-code)
- Powershell scripting language
- Monitoring tools like Nagios, Azure tools.