Entrepreneur in Residence

Required Skills :

Proven experience working with: Azure Fabric SQL Server Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake Cosmos DB 

Strong hands-on expertise in: Complex SQL queries SQL query efficiency and optimization 

Database design and data modeling 

Data migration techniques and performance tuning 

Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure and data integration patterns in Azure. 

Experience working in agile environments with CI/CD practices.

Nice to have :

Microsoft Azure certifications related to Data Engineering or Azure Solutions 

Role & Responsibilities

Vendor Management & Negotiation: Manage vendor relationships, negotiate local rates to meet cost-per-unit targets, and ensure timely delivery of products.

Inventory Monitoring: Track stock levels, share daily reports on low inventory, and ensure minimum order quantities (MOQ) are met.

Purchase Order Coordination: Map/unmap products, raise POs with desired vendors, and monitor negative margins at product level.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Meet regularly with the Business Operations and Growth teams to align on stock availability, sales plans, and product launches.

Payment & Delivery Follow-up: Coordinate with Finance on vendor payments to avoid delays, and ensure smooth vehicle offloading at Distribution Centers (DC).

Vendor Sourcing: Identify and onboard alternate vendors to maintain product availability and address supply gaps.

Stock Management: Monitor put-away status of inventory, manage slow-moving stock, and support sales strategies for excess inventory.

Reporting & Analysis: Provide regular performance updates, including benchmarking new products, sales plans, and launch strategies.

Job Description

Image laptops remotely with and without Intune. Troubleshoot basic issues and faults. Deploy OS and applications on Microsoft and MAC environments.

Good knowledge of:

1. Active Directory (AD)
2. Domains
3. Attaching and removing assets from a Domain

Proficient with:

1. Remote desktop troubleshooting and support
2. Certificates
3. Encryption Keys
4. O365 Admin Console management

Very good English communication skills (written and verbal) are a must. Candidates should be proactive and aggressive.

As an IT Technical Lead, you will play a crucial role in managing and leading a team of IT professionals. You will be responsible for providing technical guidance, overseeing project execution, and ensuring the successful delivery of IT solutions. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation, implementing best practices, and maintaining a high level of technical excellence within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership: Lead a team of IT professionals, including developers, engineers, and support staff. Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to ensure team members' growth and success. Foster a collaborative and positive work environment.

Technical Strategy and Planning: Develop and implement a strategic technical roadmap aligned with the organization's goals and objectives. Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends, and assess their applicability to the organization's IT infrastructure. Make recommendations for technology adoption or enhancements.

Project Management: Oversee the execution of IT projects, including resource allocation, task assignments, and timelines. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define project scope, and ensure successful project delivery. Monitor project progress, identify and mitigate risks, and resolve issues as they arise.

Technical Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in various IT domains, such as software development, infrastructure management, cybersecurity, and data management. Stay informed about industry best practices and provide guidance on technical standards, frameworks, and methodologies. Conduct research and evaluation of new technologies to support business objectives.

Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, product managers, and other IT teams. Effectively communicate technical concepts and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Foster strong relationships with external vendors and partners.

Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: Assist in troubleshooting complex technical issues and provide guidance to team members in resolving them. Identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and develop preventive measures to avoid similar issues in the future. Ensure the timely resolution of critical incidents.

Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the IT department by identifying areas for optimization, streamlining processes, and implementing automation where applicable. Promote a culture of innovation, learning, and knowledge sharing within the team.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Proven experience in a technical leadership role, managing and leading a team of IT professionals.

Strong technical background in one or more IT domains, such as software development, infrastructure management, cybersecurity, or data management.

In-depth knowledge of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and trends.

Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, implement process improvements, and foster a culture of continuous learning.

• Expert-level knowledge of developing Android based applications.
• Deep understanding of the internals of Android Frameworks.
• Good knowledge of OOPS concepts and JAVA.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
• Experienced in building mobile applications that utilize web services.
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs.
• Good knowledge of SQLlite database.
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

About Us

We have grown over 1400% in revenues in the last year.

Interface.ai provides an Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA) to FIs to automate calls and customer inquiries across multiple channels and engage their customers with financial insights and upsell/cross-sell.

Our IVA is transforming financial institutions’ call centers from a cost to a revenue center.

Our core technology is built 100% in-house with several breakthroughs in Natural Language Understanding. Our parser is built based on zero-shot learning that helps us to launch industry-specific IVA that can achieve over 90% accuracy on Day-1. 

We are 45 people strong with employees spread across India and US locations. Many of them come from ML teams at Apple, Microsoft, and Salesforce in the US along with enterprise architects with over 20+ years of experience building large-scale systems. Our India team consists of people from ISB, IIMs, and many who have been previously part of early-stage startups. 

We are a fully remote team.

Founders come from Banking and Enterprise Technology backgrounds with previous experience scaling companies from scratch to $50M+ in revenues.

As a SDE III, you will be :

1. Designing and implementing FullStack applications of interface.ai’s conversational AI platform and playing a significant role in evolving them.
2. Working with a team of driven and passionate engineers working on cutting edge technology, who take pride in solving complex problems.
3. Engaging in cross-functional team discussions on Product, design, QA, deployment and maintenance,  in a fast-moving collaborative set up.
4. Building reusable code and libraries for future use
5. Analyzing high level requirements, breaking it down into workable/demoable tasks, estimating them and delivering with high quality.
6. Contributing to improve our engineering processes, tooling, and standards.

1. Are extremely self motivated
2. Have ability to learn quickly
3. Have a growth Mindset (read this if you don't know what it means - https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322" target="_blank">link)
4. Have Emotional Maturity (read this if you don't know what it means - https://medium.com/@krisgage/15-signs-of-emotional-maturity-38b1a2ab9766" target="_blank">link)
5. Are Passionate about the possibilities at the intersection of AI + Banking
6. Have worked in a startup of 5 to 30 employees
7. Have outstanding problem-solving abilities
8. Have proactive outlook for ways to make the solution better
9. Have 5+ years of experience in delivering scalable complex technical products
10. Have Good knowledge of distributed technologies, low latency, and highly scalable systems. 
11. Have Expertise in JavaScript and Node.js
12. Have Hands-on experience in Node.JS / Express.JS / Hapi.js / Koa.js (or any other Web Framework), and Relational Databases (preferably PostgreSQL)
13. Have Expertise with unit testing & Test Driven Development (TDD)
14. Have Hands-on experience in Mocha or other Javascript testing frameworks
15. Have experience working with react, python (Nice to have)
16. Have hands-on experience in developing applications using microservices, container technologies, container management systems such as Kubernetes
17. Have a strong understanding of systems using real-time interactions (web sockets, long-polling, server-sent events)
18. Have hands-on experience in the Implementation of security and data protection
19. Are eager to learn new technologies
20. Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write detailed technical documents.
21. Are passionate about helping teams grow by inspiring and mentoring engineers

We’re looking for the best Motion Graphics Designers to help us create custom graphics for our projects. You are a self-motivated person, with an eye for quality and aesthetics. Specifically, you should be able to:

• Conceptualize, visualize and design special effects, animation, or other visual images for our projects (explainer, promo and interview style)
• Produce animated graphics.

• Collaborate with clients and team members

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Graduate from a well known institution.
• 2+ years of experience in multimedia design, motion graphics, video editing and animation
• Must have a reel or portfolio of work to demonstrate skills and abilities
• Strong foundational knowledge of layout, color, grids, icons, typography, proportion, photography, and motion/rich media
• Expert knowledge of After Effects, Cinema 4D, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop

• Able to work with After Effects templates and create custom graphics
• Must have experience working on content that appeals to wide audiences
• Ability to manage multiple projects of varying complexities, meet deadlines, and work well under pressure

Contract length: 12 months