Executive Assistant to COO

Role & Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer at Locus, you will play a critical role in defining and driving our backend architecture as we scale globally. You’ll own key systems that handle high volumes of data and transactions, ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability across distributed environments.

Key Responsibilities-

• Own one or more core applications end-to-end, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Lead the design, architecture, and development of complex, distributed systems, frameworks, and libraries aligned with Locus’s technical strategy.
• Drive engineering operational excellence by defining robust roadmaps for system reliability, observability, and performance improvements.
• Analyze and optimize existing systems for latency, throughput, and efficiency, ensuring they perform at scale.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Establish and uphold coding standards, conduct design and code reviews, and promote best practices across teams.
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies, frameworks, and patterns to strengthen Locus’s technology foundation.
• Contribute to hiring by identifying and attracting top-tier engineering talent.

Ideal Candidate

• Strong staff engineer profile
• Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 9+ years in backend engineering with Java, Spring/Spring Boot, and microservices building large and schalable systems
• Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have been SDE-3 / Tech Lead / Lead SE for at least 2.5 years
• Mandatory (Tech skills 1): Strong in DSA, system design, design patterns, and problem-solving
• Mandatory (Tech skills 2): Proven experience building scalable, reliable, high-performance distributed systems
• Mandatory (Tech skills 3): Hands-on with SQL/NoSQL databases, REST/gRPC APIs, concurrency & async processing
• Mandatory (Tech skills 4): Experience in AWS/GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and observability/monitoring
• Mandatory (Communication): Excellent ability to explain complex technical concepts to varied stakeholders
• Mandatory (Company): Product companies (B2B SAAS preferred)
• Mandatory (Stability): Must have stayed for at least 2 years with each of the previous companies
• Mandatory (Education): B.Tech in computer science from Tier 1, Tier 2 colleges

We are seeking a mature, proactive, and highly capable Senior Java Full Stack Engineer with 4 – 6+ years of mid/senior profile in Java, Full Stack, React, Cloud Services. The ideal candidate can handle multiple challenges independently, think smartly, and build scalable end-to-end applications while also owning architecture and deployment. Passionate about innovation, problem-solving and optimizing system performance.

Must Have Skills

• Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, REST API, Gradle, Redis
• React JS, Node JS, Vue JS, or TypeScript
• Cloud Services (AWS, VM, Storage, Auth and Auth, Functions, and Deployments) 
• Microservices, Serverless Architecture
• Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Docker, Container orchestration (Kubernetes)
• API Development & Integration
• Bitbucket or Git-based version control
• Agile/Kanban working model

Good to Have Skills

• Familiarity with AI-powered coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI, or Lovable AI.
• Basic understanding of Generative AI concepts and prompt engineering.
• Python (Fast API, Django REST Framework, Flask), PY Spark, Pandas
• API Testing Tools (Postman)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Advanced Cloud Networking & Security
• Automation Testing (Playwright, Selenium) 
• Generative AI (LLMs, RAG Framework, Vector DB, AI Chatbots, Agentic AI)

Preferred Personal Attributes

• Highly proactive and self-driven
• Smart problem solver with strong analytical ability
• Ability to work independently in ambiguous and complex scenarios
• Strong communication & stakeholder management skills
• Ownership mindset and willingness to handle multiple challenges at once

Key Responsibilities

Full Stack Development

• Build and maintain production-grade applications using Java, Microservices, Python, and React/Next.js.
• Develop reusable frontend components and optimized backend services/microservices.
• Ensure clean architecture, maintainability, and code quality.
• Own development across the lifecycle—design, build, testing, deployment.
• Build AI chatbots, automation agents, and intelligent Assistants.
• Apply prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and model evaluation best practices.
• Deploy, manage, and monitor cloud workloads on AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Design and implement serverless architectures, microservices, and event-driven flows.
• Use Docker, CI/CD, and best DevOps practices.
• Ensure scalability, security, cost optimization, and reliability.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Comfortably handle ambiguity, break down problems, and deliver with ownership.
• Lead technical initiatives and mentor junior team members.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams in Agile/Kanban environments.

Responsibilities:

.Approaching potential leads and closing them within a stipulated time frame.

.Create exclusive distributors, exclusive super stockists and business associates for the company towards business growth.

.Guide, coordinate and make strategic marketing plans for the sales team working under his jurisdiction.

.Finding and developing new markets and improving sales.

.Keep abreast with stock reports, inventory, product orders, re-order etc.

.Training personnel and helping team members in developing their skills.

Requirements:

.Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or a related field.

.Experience in sales, marketing or related field.

.Strong communication skills .

.Excellent organizational skills.

.Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint.

• Good knowledge of Facebook (App install & Lead Generation campaigns), Google Ads (Display, SEM & YouTube) and Email campaigns.
• Should be data driven & able to ideate copies, creatives and conceptualize campaigns.
• Experience to handle decent sized Digital budgets would be an added advantage.
• Proficiency in Keywords research and keywords competition Analysis
• Proficiency in creating reports using Google Sheets/Excel.
• The Digital Specialist will be tasked with analyzing user experience data, initiating digital projects, reporting on planned and current strategies, leading effective digital marketing strategies, and ensuring that projects are executed within budget.
• You will play a pivotal role in growing our business, customer base, and improving user experience.
• Brainstorm new and creative growth strategies
• Research on latest digital tools and interactive trends for effective digital marketing.

Ideal Candidate

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in managing digital marketing campaigns.
• Knowledge of Analytic tools like Google Analytics, etc.
• Proficient in Google sheets/Excel
• Familiarity with social media trends
• Excellent communication skills
• Creativity and commercial awareness
• Proven Experience of handling a team

NOTE: Immediate joiner