Engineering Manager Gaming

About Astra:

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 9300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview

As a Technical Program Manager you will be responsible for coordinating and driving to completion tech initiatives that span multiple teams (dashboard, web-app scanner, new scanners etc.). This role required a strong Business analytics background and a solid understanding of Golang/Python and Typescript to lead the engineering team on such initiatives

This is a high visibility & high impact role, where you will be working with the founders directly. During the first 6 months of your role, you will be closely orchestrating and leading the 0->1 journey of two of our upcoming products in our platform along with the respective Tech Lead/Principal SDEs.

Love solving hard problems? Want to build high impact products rooted in first principles? Is coding your poetry? Join us in shaping the future of cyber security.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Technical Expertise:

• Specialize as the go-to person for one or more technologies and take initiative to learn new ones.
• Design and implement medium to large-sized features while reducing the system’s tech debt.
• Lead architectural discussions and ensure seamless product integration.
• Be hands-on with writing code, contributing a good amount of time with development tasks as required.
• Be like Yoda - the wise and learned mentor who guides others through challenges. If the engineering team is stuck, you should be able to step in, and show them how it's done.

Project Management:

• Lead and manage the full project lifecycle along with the Tech leads & engineers in ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, monitor progress, and report on project status to stakeholders.
• Own and improve SDLC best practices across the organization.

Communication and Collaboration:

• Effectively communicate project goals, timelines, and expectations to cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with development teams, product managers, leadership and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful project outcomes.
• Coordinate team members providing effective feedback and moderating discussions.

Risk Management:

• Identify potential risks and proactively implement mitigation strategies.
• Handle unexpected challenges with resilience and adaptability.

Ownership and Operations:

• Own the production operation, ensuring timely delivery of technical projects and monitoring system performance.
• Evolve the architecture to support future requirements and define its SLAs.

Leadership and Management:

• Act as an Engineering Manager when required, providing leadership and guidance to the team.
• Manage the team members’ career, expectations, performance, and level of happiness.
• Define the right processes for the team’s maturity level, balancing agility and discipline.

Impact and Evolution:

• Make an impact on the whole tech organization/product engineer teams.
• Lead the 0->1 journey of upcoming products in the platform along with respective Tech Lead/Principal SDEs.

Quarterly Co-working:

• You would be expected to work for 1-2 weeks out of Bengaluru once every quarter depending on the requirements. Rest of the time will be fully remote.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• 5+ years experience in Program Management
• Strong product & program management background preferably in dev-tools or infra product is highly desirable
• Strong organizational skill with the ability to prioritize and execute tasks across multiple projects with tight deadlines, aggressive goals, and ambiguity.
• Knowledge of application & infrastructure security is preferred - helps you stand out 😉
• Knowledge of Golang, Python, TypeScript are preferred
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc.
• Proven experience in leading and managing technical teams, including mentoring and coaching team members.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns. Experience leading change in large-scale systems.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional remote teams.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule.
• Certification in Project Management (e.g., PMP) is a plus.

What We offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company.
• Remote & agile working environment
• A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you get to build things from scratch, improve and influence product design decisions.
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business.
• Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally.
• Experience with security side of things.
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (last one was Chikmangaluru).
• Open and supportive culture.
• Health insurance & other benefits.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a technically adept Principal Software Engineer who specializes in Node.js, and MySQL and any experience in Angular/react is good to have. The candidate will be instrumental in developing high-performance web applications and leading the technical direction of our software development team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and develop robust, scalable web applications using Angular / React, Node.js, and MySQL.
• Lead backend development efforts, ensuring efficient database design, optimal server-side scripting with Node.js, and API integration.
• Spearhead front-end development with Angular, focusing on responsive design and user experience optimization.
• Implement advanced MySQL database management and optimization techniques.
• Establish and enforce code quality and software engineering best practices, including unit testing, code reviews, and CI/CD processes.
• Analyze system requirements and delegate tasks to team members, ensuring adherence to technical specifications and timelines.
• Troubleshoot complex application issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement strategic solutions.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating and adopting new technologies as appropriate.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on defining technical roadmaps, aligning software development strategies with business goals.
• Lead technical discussions and provide mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in software development with a focus on Node. js, along with MySQL / PostgreSQL, and any experience working with front-end technologies like Angular / React, and MongoDB for databases is good to have.
• Expertise in developing high-load, scalable, and distributed web applications.
• Deep understanding of RESTful API design and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in database design, optimization, and management in MySQL.
• Strong grasp of front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and AJAX.
• Experience with modern development tools (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and DevOps practices.

We are looking for a Director of Engineering to lead one of our key product engineering teams. This role will report directly to the VP of Engineering and will be responsible for successful execution of the company's business mission through development of cutting-edge software products and solutions.

• As an owner of the product you will be required to plan and execute the product road map and provide technical leadership to the engineering team.
• You will have to collaborate with Product Management and Implementation teams and build a commercially successful product.
• You will be responsible to recruit & lead a team of highly skilled software engineers and provide strong hands on engineering leadership.
• Requirement deep technical knowledge in Software Product Engineering using Amazon Web Services,Java 8 Java/J2EE, Node.js, React.js, fullstack, NosqlDB, mongodb, cassandra, neo4j, elastic search, kibana, elk, kafka, redis, docker, kubernetes, Amazon Web Services ,Architecture Concepts,Design PatternsData Structures & Algorithms,Distributed Computing,Multi-threading,AWS,Docker,Kubernetes, apache, solr, activemq, rabbitmq, spark, scala, sqoop, hbase, hive, websocket, webcrawler, springboot, etc. is a must.

• 16+ years of experience in Software Engineering with at least 5+ years as an engineering leader in a software product company.
• Hands-on technical leadership with proven ability to recruit high performance talent
• High technical credibility - ability to audit technical decisions and push for the best solution to a problem.
• Experience building E2E Application right from backend database to persistent layer.
• Experience UI technologies Angular, react.js, Node.js or fullstack environment will be preferred.
• Experience with NoSQL technologies (MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4j, Dynamodb, etc.)
• Elastic Search, Kibana, ELK, Logstash.
• Experience in developing Enterprise Software using Agile Methodology.
• Good understanding of Kafka, Redis, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Solr etc.
• SaaS cloud-based platform exposure.
• Experience on Docker, Kubernetes etc.
• Ownership E2E design development and also quality enterprise product/application deliverable exposure
• A track record of setting and achieving high standards
• Strong understanding of modern technology architecture
• Key Programming Skills: Java, J2EE with cutting edge technologies
• Excellent team building, mentoring and coaching skills are a must-have

Amagi is a SaaS platform that lets every content owner deliver their content to consumers anytime, anywhere, to any device. Amagi helps bring entertainment to hundreds of millions of consumers leading the transformation in media consumption. We believe in a connected ecosystem bringing content owners, distribution platforms, consumers and advertisers together to create great experiences.

Amagi grew by 136% last year and is on its way to double itself again this year. The market leader in FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming TV), it delivers more than 500 media brands to 1500+ end points and is growing exponentially.

At Amagi, our Billing Platform is key to our continued growth. The success of our products is dependent on the success of our billing platform and its ability to provide scalable, reliable and intuitive experiences to our customers, partners and internal stakeholders.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to help us lead the efforts of building our billing platform and related process automation solutions. The ideal candidate would be responsible for the successful delivery of a scalable and flexible billing platform and workflows related to accounts receivable and accounts payable.

Role reporting into: Engineering Director - Enterprise Platforms

Individuals reporting into this role: Senior Architect, Staff Software Engineer, Software Tech Lead, Senior Software Engineer

Location: Bangalore, India

Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Lead the core Engineering activities in an Agile model
• Participate in the overall design and development discussions
• Work closely with the Product Management team to establish product and engineering roadmaps.
• Provide architectural and technical guidance to the team and ensure they follow sound engineering practices
• Demonstrate accountability towards intended business outcomes, by working with product management and other functional teams.
• Lead the billing, account receivables and account payables automation and workflows implementation.

Person Specification:

• 10+ years of overall SDLC experience with 6+ years of experience managing cloud application/platform engineering teams.
• Hands-on with at least of one cloud of the platforms, AWS or GCP
• Experience developing the usage/subscription based billing for SaaS products.
• Exposure to design and development of microservices optimized for scalability and speed
• Experience developing the horizontally scalable distributed systems, streaming data pipelines
• Hands-on experience of implementation of highly available, low latency and robust cloud services.
• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL technologies
• Knowledge of finance processes
• Strong in CS fundamentals (object oriented analysis, data structures, algorithms)
• Salesforce sales and revenue cloud knowledge
• NetSuite, Salesforce, Freshdesk integration experience
• Working experience with any of the enterprise cloud platforms or applications.

• upGrad was awarded the Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19.
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India.
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech.
• upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program.
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

A highly motivated and passionate individual who has experience in executing end to end web based products and applications; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Passionate about building flexible and scalable solutions with an eye for detail and can weigh pros and cons to find best possible solutions.

Role and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to plan, implement and deliver tasks and modules on a timely basis with best practices and adherence to SOPs.
• Understand the product requirements, ask questions, and gather information and feedback to design and deliver scalable and flexible systems.
• Deliver end to end applications from front end web development, back end development, middleware integration and persisting data in no SQL or RDBMS databases.
• Play the role of an unblocker in a tight scrum environment. Should be able to help other developers with challenges, problem solving, and help achieve milestones as per plan.
• Build a highly skilled and efficient team by hiring, keeping the team motivated, and managing performance.
• Build a culture of agile development, continuous improvement, and a strong sense of product ownership.
• Drive a culture of high quality at all stages by leveraging CI/CD and automation.
• Identify architectural issues and plans to resolve them.
• Proactively identify risks and define mitigations plans.
• Prioritize to manage ad-hoc requests in parallel with ongoing projects.
• Hands on with programming with 25%+ of bandwidth going into coding activities owned.

Skills/Experience

• A highly talented developer with 8+ years of hands-on experience in building secure and scalable web based applications using Java in backend and JS based frontend frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience managing teams of 5-10 or more engineers in product or online teams.
• Strong knowledge of Java 8+, databases (SQL and NoSQL) , MySql, Mongo. Willing to learn new technologies (Golang).
• Experience working with Cassandra, Spring Boot, Kafka, RabbitMQ is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of any one or more of AngularJS/ReactJS/VueJS and CSS3, HTML5.
• Strong experience in data modelling for data storage tools in SQL; experience with noSQL is highly desirable.
• Experience building scalable solutions for 2x, 5x and 10x growth with high quality and flexibility.
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and knowledge of CI/CD processes for automated integration and deployment. Basic knowledge of AWS preferred.
• Strong experience in Microservices (SRP) paradigm.

Qualification

B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA(IT/Computer Science)

Key Responsibilities:

Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform

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

- Work with outside data sources and APIs

- 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

- Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code

- Understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

- Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Java code

- Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application

- Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs

- Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

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

- Unit test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability using JUnit, Mocikto or Espresso.

- Lead and Mentor Android developers

 Required Skills and Experience :

 - 6+ year of proven software development experience and Android applications development

    in Android Kotlin and react native based Hybrid app development

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

- Experienced in Android Kotlin and react native based Hybrid app development

- Experience with Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes

- Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON

- Experienced in Client server programming (RESTful APIs) to connect Android applications to backend services

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

- Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.

- Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices

- Experience in Android Studio IDE and tools like Android Device Monitor, Logcat

- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning

- Knowledge of the open-source Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks

- Proficient in using code versioning tools, such as Git, SVN

- Strong CS fundamentals and a good working knowledge of algorithms and data structures.

- Strong on OOPS and Java concepts

- Proficient in integration of third party libraries OkHttp, Retrofit, ButterKnife, Image caching libraries

- Working knowledge of RxJava, RxAndroid

- Expert in debugging, troubleshooting, memory optimization, performance and scalability of mobile app.

- Apk size and battery optimization

- Strong design/development experience working on at least 4 Mobile application apps from Scartch

- Has worked on MVP, MVVM design patterns for android applications

- Has experience on working with web views in Android and customizing them for different features

- Follows coding guidelines, Reviews code for peers and juniors.

- Understands and implement security guidelines

- Experience in localization

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Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and deployed cloud-native applications (we use AWS)
• Working on or leading enterprise tech products and worked with enterprise customers
• Mentor & grow / Hire Engineering Managers to lead up these individual units.
• Work closely with Product Management, Business Development and Operations team and enable them by providing scalable and high quality technology solutions at a rapid pace.
• Set up the organisation & processes to enable timely delivery of projects with high quality.
• Set up best practices for development and champion their adoption.
• Well versed in Software Architecture and Design - You should be able to spot flaws in the existing architecture and design. You would help us refactor and re-architecture the code for easier and faster development.
• Oversee Architecture & design of technically robust, flexible and scalable solutions.
• Perform well in uncertainties and collaborate and work with unclear interfaces to other teams in our rapidly evolving organisations.
• Create clear career paths for team members and help them grow with regular & deep mentoring.
• Identify, define, and coordinate the training needs of the team.
• Perform regular performance evaluation and share and seek feedback on a regular basis
• Building and maintaining data capabilities at KredX while taking care of scaling, privacy and processing aspects.
• Ability to work with external partners and vendors to integrate with KredX product
• Write blogs and other technical papers to share the lessons with community both inside and outside the company and or participates in technical events to get new knowledge to the organisation while improving brand of engineering team at KredX
• Appropriately escalate any issues/concerns that require immediate attention from other affected parties
• Always be thinking about the engineering systems and business from different angles - fraud, downtimes, scale, business direction and more

Requirements:

• Experience in working with large scale unstructured data, and data science
• Deep Understanding of enterprise grade technologies.
• Deep understanding & expertise with highly transactional, large relational and complex systems.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Possess superb troubleshooting and problem analysis skills.
• Knowledgeable about new engineering paradigms and developments in software engineering