Engineering Manager

We are looking for a passionate Solutions Architect with a diverse backend technology background to lead large engineering teams at Simform. You should have a good understanding of software architecture design, backend technologies, and cloud platforms and have experience leading a team of developers.

Role + Responsibilities:

• Designing, modifying, and testing technical architecture.
• Helping project teams with solutions architecture, troubleshooting, and technical implementation assistance. 
• Occasionally working as a Tech Lead if the situation demands
• Use your expertise in different tech-stack/languages, tech architecture, etc., to drive improvements in the accuracy, quality, the efficiency of projects. 
• Advocating for process improvements and helping develop solutions.
• Providing technical leadership to a team throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee project teams' work and provide assistance for any troubleshooting or technical implementation guidance. 
• Ensure standards and best practices are implemented and practiced by large cross-technical teams.
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Person Specification and Qualifications:

• Technical background with over 10 years dabbling into multiple technologies and grasping crux of them.
• Significant hands-on experience with Node/Python 
• Experience in building reliable, robust, secure, and high-performance in-production software systems with a large user base. 
• Strong understanding of Cloud (Preferably AWS) and conceptual understanding of CI/CD, and DevOps. 
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view
• Exposure and expertise in design patterns and software design patterns in general

Job Profile 

Designation – Delivery Manager

Location – Ahmedabad/Pune

Experience – 12 to 18 Years

We are looking candidate who can join us immediately or max in 30 days.

Responsibilities 

Delivery Manager is responsible for owning the delivery of strategic account and the projects within the account. It includes providing inputs on project planning and management for established initiatives. He/She will act as lead subject matter expert within the company regarding technology and domain concerns. Additionally, they will hire and train team member to support business need. They use their industry expertise to improve all aspects of project planning and resource management. 

Bachelor/master's degree in Project Management or Technology field is required with 15+ years of experience. Hands on or working experience with one of more technology like Java, Angular, Mobile Native Development, Cloud – AWS/GCP is must. Individuals who can work well in a collaborative environment and pay meticulous attention to detail, willing to get their hands dirty to solve the problem are the key expectations from the role.

Responsibilities for Delivery Manager

• Working with key project stakeholders to formulate and communicate the business vision, to envision initial requirements, and to scope the project.
• Working closely with key stakeholders to understand project scope and requirements in terms of features and capabilities, understand business processes required to ensure end-to-end delivery of intended project results.
• Identifying and tracking deliverables while gathering and documenting project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies and also own Release management
• Practices Agile methodologies like scrum/Kanban and demonstrate best practices to the team in not just execution, but to plan and present a high level plan for project.
• Own multiple projects either in or outside the same account
• Prioritize and updates task schedules. Identifies issues and resolve roadblocks.
• Creating and maintaining all project documentation and project plans.
• Tracking and reporting project progress to stakeholders on agreed cadence.
• Solid understanding of project management methodology and quality metrics is a MUST
• Ability to lead geographically distributed team with varied skills
• Strong people skills, should clearly define career growth plan, give constructive and critical feedback and promote collaborative team culture.
• Communicate the project-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, etc. between different teams.
• Coordinate the release schedule and resources required depending upon the third-party APIs / dependencies, defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates.
• Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release is not affected.
• Track the progress and find issues, if any. Always work to improve the process of release.
• Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release. Create plans for the implementation and deployment as per the release schedule.
• Provide an exhaustive view of the project status dashboard, plan and give weekly/daily executive status
• Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully.
• Team up with relevant development teams responsible for building the automation tools used to develop and deploy the software.
• Schedule the Release meetings to discuss the release schedules with the team and find roadblocks, if any.
• Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications lists, and dependencies.
• Make improvements in the methodologies used for configuration management and development of software that helps to find ways to use in configuration management.

Qualifications for Delivery Manager

• Strong leadership and organizational skills with excellent communication (written and verbal), time management, project planning, people and team building skills.
• Prior experience in managing either of mobile (iOS & Android), Java, or cloud (GCP/AWS) projects is must.
• Conflict resolution to understand various obstacles and apply negotiation skills to find optimal solutions.
• Minimum of 15 + years of career experience out of which minimum 5 years should as developer & 10+ years of experience in managing or performing IT development projects using an Agile approach
• Experience in developing and executing plans, meeting deadlines and operating under tight time constraints.
• Knowledge of development technical stack on mobile, Java, Git source code management, code review process, implementing best technical guidelines would 
  qualify as frontrunner for this role
• Growth mindset & collaboration are distinguishing factors required to succeed in this role
• Ability to bridge gaps with high-level stakeholders.
• Experience with JIRA and JIRA Agile.
• Experience working with distributed teams across different locations and time zones in a culturally diverse environment.
• Demonstrated experience of projects growth is must for this role
• Engineering Degree in Computer Science is must for this role
• Technical & Project Management certifications are desired.

About Us

Welthungerhilfe is an international aid agency headquartered in Germany with its vision for “Zero Hunger by 2030”, the second sustainable development goal set by the UN. It has thousands of programs fighting hunger in more than 30 countries. Welthungerhilfe (https://www.welthungerhilfe.org/">https://www.welthungerhilfe.org)  (https://www.childgrowthmonitor.org/">https://www.childgrowthmonitor.org).

Child Growth Monitor (CGM) is Welthungerhilfe’s digital innovation project leveraging AI to fight child malnutrition. Around 200 million children around the world are suffering from malnutrition. Malnutrition contributes to one-third of the deaths of children under the age of five. In the fight against malnutrition, detection is the first important step, but this is not an easy task: Measuring children with traditional methods is still a complex, slow, and expensive task, frequently resulting in poor data and wrong assessments of the child’s health. Early detection of malnutrition becomes the key to initiating treatment, minimizing the risk of complications, and saving lives by reducing the chances of death to a great extent.

Our solution to measure children replaces hardware (bulky measuring boards and physical scales) with off-the-shelf cell phones and AI. CGM uses augmented reality-enabled smartphones to record 3D scans of children. Artificial Intelligence is used to predict their height, weight, and middle upper-arm circumference needed to know the nutritional status of the children.

This role concerns a full-time assignment (Consultant role) working for Welthungerhilfe’s CGM project. This will convert to Full-time employment (payroll) in 1^st quarter of 2023 latest. We are in the process of setting up CGM as a registered social business in India and Germany.

What you would do to help us save millions of children's lives

You, as an Engineering Manager responsible for end-to-end software development and delivery including ownership of the components/features owned by the individual’s teams and required to be an individual contributor too. Responsible for managing and coordinating resources and processes in order to achieve quality & timely milestones of product development, this will result in transforming the lives of children, their families, community at large globally.

Your Responsibilities

• Be a highly technical, hands-on manager for a team of 8 -15 product development teams including QA to execute agile development sprints.
• Interfacing with the frontend/backend/ML/AI/DevOps team to develop end-to-end APIs, systems, and architectures.
• Building, communicating and executing robust development, documentation, and product engineering processes
• Define Strategy and Architecture for the new and existing suites of algorithms and their underlying systems.
• Work closely with data scientists, Data Engineers, Product managers, and analysts to develop analytics and ML-driven services that serve ML predictions, and generate data, Insights, and recommendations based on large amounts of data.
• Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for data analyses, model development, validation, and implementation
• Contribute to and promote good software engineering practices across the team
• Coach, lead, and manage a dynamic team of Software and AI/ML Engineers to meet organizational objectives and grow their professional skills and capabilities.
• Communicate clearly and effectively to technical and non-technical audiences equally well
• Actively contribute to and reuse community best practices.

Technical Skills Required:

• Must be a hands-on engineering leader as this role involves rearchitecting and reimplementing systems working alongside the engineers.
• Hands-on development experience using Python (Flask for backend), React, React Native, Nodejs, Vuejs, JavaScript, API Development, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Native Azure cloud development. (You may not need to demonstrate expertise in each of them but have some experience to manage related engineering divisions)
• Ability to coordinate across different products, engineering tasks, and implementing the modules along with scalability, security, and extensibility in mind.
• Well-versed in Flask-Python stack with backend tools such as Kubernetes etc.
• Should possess strong programming skills to write algorithms and understanding of agile development, CI/CD, sprints, code reviews

Eligibility:

• 10+ years of software development experience using an Agile development process with 3+ years of management experience.
• 2-3 years of experience working with a Growth Stage Start-up is desirable.
• Prior experience with creating and maintaining solution architecture
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
• Demonstrated track record in building and recruiting robust high performing teams

Personal Traits

• Smart, quick learner, proactive, comfortable working with unknowns and dynamically evolving requirements
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (interpersonal)
• Proven ability to hire, mentor, coach, and lead a team to success

What You'll Get

• Working with a globally distributed team and partners such as UN agencies, Microsoft, Scientific Research Institutions across the world, etc.
• Flexible work culture & tons of learning curve
• Competitive salary package based on expertise and relevant experience.
• Chance to shape a disruptive AI-driven project to achieve the 'Zero Hunger by 2030' UN goal.

Hiring Process

• You apply
• [30 min] Preliminary discussion with HR
• [60 min] In-depth interview: Domain/Technical round screen with Head of Product / The product team
• [Optional] Scenarios-based recommendation/Culture fit phase- Where you work with us virtually for two days and suggest what's good and improvement areas. Also currently, we gauge our cultural fit with you. [Note- It’s not paid work]
• [60 min] In-depth interview: Final round screen with the Leadership team
• The next day, we evaluate your interview performance, recommendations, and cultural fit.
• Over the next 2-3 days We check references/background and inform you about the hiring decision (Yes or No with feedback)

Diversity at Child Growth Monitor:

We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or caregiver status. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Diversity & Inclusion makes us better.

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Cogoport Story

Do you prefer to get speeding tickets or parking tickets?

Because at Cogoport we are speeding ahead to do something remarkable for the world. We are trying to solve the Trade Knowledge and Execution Gap, which is currently widening and preventing trade to the tune of $3.4 trillion annually. This Gap has enormous economic as well as human impact and disproportionately hits small and medium businesses globally.

The team at Cogoport is working on developing a new category, the Global Trade Platform, that helps companies discover and connect with appropriate trade partners, optimize shipping and logistics options and costs, and improve cash management and cash flow.

Cogoport is currently in hypergrowth mode. We are proud to have been named an Asia-Pacific High-Growth Company by the Financial Times and an Indian Growth Champion by the Economic Times. We are aiming to reach an annualized revenue of $1 billion (7700 Crores INR)  by this summer and are hiring over 500 additional employees. We are currently hiring in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Chennai and Bangalore.

Cogoport Culture: We have two core values at Cogoport—Intrapreneurship and Customer-centricity. If you share these values and are a hard worker who is willing to take risks (and occasionally get a speeding ticket), you can make a huge impact and propel your career in an endless number of directions with Cogoport.

Cogoport Leadership

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Life at Cogoport :It’s rare to be able to join a company that can give you the resources, support and technology you need to break new ground and see your ideas come to life. You’ll be surrounded by some of the smartest engineers and commercial specialists in India and the Asia Pacific Region.

With huge growth and the right entrepreneurial mindset, comes huge opportunities! So, wherever you join us, you’ll be able to dream, deliver better and brighter solutions, and speed ahead with the possibility to propel your career forward in endless directions as our company continues to grow and expand.

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Why Cogoport?

International Trade can be complicated at times and every day brings new challenges and opportunities to learn.  When we simplify international trade, it empowers and affects every human being on the face of this earth. Seven billion people - one common problem.

As a part of the Talent team at Cogoport, you will get an opportunity to be a part of an industry-wide revolution in the world of shipping and logistics by collaborating with other brilliant minds to resolve real world on-ground challenges. You will have a direct impact on the revenue and profitability growth for the organization.

Areas of Impact for you

• Ownership of product delivery, devops, cybersecurity, performance, impeccable software quality, and configuration.
• Hands-on management with deep-dive into the details of software design, implementation and debugging.
• Attract, hire, retain, motivate and mentor the team..
• Guide your teams in developing roadmaps and systems to drive product growth, then identify, plan, and execute projects to support that growth.
• Leadership role in the driving technical architecture, specifically leveraging micro-services.
• Manage multiple projects across a wide breadth of technologies, coordinate dependencies, and interactions with the internal teams and external partners.
• Collaborate with stakeholders from across functions to keep the development team in sync with all functions and overall business objectives.
• Set up, create and manage strong best practices/architecture to ensure reliable, secure, bug-free, and performant software is released on-time.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Bachelor or Masters in Computer Science with 8-10 years of total work experience in a software product company with at least 3-4 years of experience in managing projects and leading teams.
• Experience owning highly-available and scalable software systems
• Strong technical background with proven record of individual technical accomplishments
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to make quick decisions in high pressure environments.
• Demonstrated negotiation, influencing and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding of team dynamics, have the ability to inspire highly-talented engineers and develop team-level leaders
• Experience with Agile development.

Cogoport is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and respected at work.  

TECHNICAL Project Manager             

GormalOne LLP. Mumbai IN

GormalOne is on a mission to make dairy farming highly profitable, especially for the smallest farmers living in the most neglected geographies. We are a dairy-focused technology solution provider with a vision to resolve the pain points of everyone in the dairy ecosystem. We are building a comprehensive platform for cattle management where farmers to AITs (Artificial Insemination technicians), para vets, veterinarians, consultants, and corporates can collaborate and benefit each other using data. Nitara offers an easy-to-use artificial intelligence-enabled herd management system for farmers/veterinary/paraprofessionals/AITs.

We are looking for a Project manager who will be instrumental in the planning and management of both IT and IT-related projects. As a Technical Project Manager, you are required to have a high level of technical expertise as well as organization, leadership, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for project planning and delivery. Ensure scope for all the projects are delivered to meet the business need as per the agreed schedule, scope, quality, and cost. Lead project planning effort in the creation of project plans, tasks, and schedules
• Conduct high level scoping, impact and risk assessment, schedule, and resource requirements for the successful delivery of the projects to the agreed scope.
• Organize and facilitate regular project scrum to track project tasks and dependency.
• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels
• Work closely with various teams internally & the user side to ensure delivery of solutions and deployment as per requirement.
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, overcome obstacles, resolve conflicts, and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
• Responsible for the overall health of the projects by monitoring schedule, budget, milestones, and benefits attainment, project risk control, and project governance.
• Ensure that realistic project plans are prepared and maintained & all activities are tracked against the plan, providing regular and accurate reports to Management.
• Responsible for change control, gaining agreement for CRs to the projects from the product owner and other relevant stakeholders.
• Provide weekly / regular project updates to the Program Management Office.
• Work towards continual improvement by implementing corrective action plans based on performance analysis, lessons learned, project archives, etc.
• Hiring, training, and developing new employees to meet organizational needs
• Reviewing employee performance evaluations and providing feedback on areas for improvement.

Certifications Required

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Prince 2 foundation/practitioner.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Skills and Capabilities

Essentials

• Min 3-5 years of technical project management experience with overall 5-10 years of IT services experience.
• Excellent project management skills to develop a business case and deliver solutions to the user with oversight of technical solution implementation.
• Proven experience in managing projects using agile methodologies such as agile scrum. Good knowledge of tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Projects, Confluence, etc.
• Experience in managing projects in a variety of technologies (e.g. Java, .Net, etc.)
• A high degree of technical competency in software development practices, project management, and the ability to bridge the gap between technology and business needs.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills in order to gather insights from data to identify underlying issues
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, Scrum/Agile development environment with the ability to multi-task and respond flexibly to change
• Deal well with ambiguity and changing deadlines while keeping the focus on delivering results.
• Strong and effective project leader who can prioritize well and communicate effectively.
• Comfortable in getting hands dirty in day-to-day tasks to get things done
• Experienced self-starter with a problem-solving focus, an analytical mindset, and extreme attention to detail.
• Experience in handling different phases of the project's life cycle from requirement gathering until steady-state handover.
• Proficient in written and spoken English in a business setting.

Soft Skills required:

• Strong analytical skills
• Strong written documentation skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Good communication skills and able to communicate at all levels
• Ability to work well in a diverse environment and proven ability to influence others to achieve positive outcomes

Kindly note: Salary shall be commensurate with qualifications and experience

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• Bachelors / Masters in Computer Science or equivalent from a premier institute with at least 8+ years over all professional experience. At-least 2+ years experience in managing/leading software development teams.
• Create clear career paths for team members and help them grow with regular & deep mentoring. Perform regular performance evaluation and share and seek feedback.
• Able to drive sprints and OKRs.
• Exceptional team managing skills; experience in building large scale distributed systems
• Experience in Scalable Systems - transactional systems (B2C)
• Expertise in Java/J2EE and multithreading
• Deep understanding of transactional and NoSQL DBs
• Deep understanding of Messaging systems - kafka
• Good experience on cloud infrastructure - AWS preferably
• Good to have: Data pipelines, ES
• Ability to think and analyze both breadth-wise and depth-wise while designing and implementing services
• Excellent teamwork skills, flexibility, and ability to handle multiple tasks.