Fullstack Developer

Job Description -

Profile: Senior ML Lead

Experience Required: 10+ Years

Work Mode: Remote

Key Responsibilities:

• Design end-to-end AI/ML architectures including data ingestion, model development, training, deployment, and monitoring
• Evaluate and select appropriate ML algorithms, frameworks, and cloud platforms (Azure, Snowflake)
• Guide teams in model operationalization (MLOps), versioning, and retraining pipelines
• Ensure AI/ML solutions align with business goals, performance, and compliance requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on data strategy, governance, and AI adoption roadmap

Required Skills:

• Strong expertise in ML algorithms, Linear Regression, and modeling fundamentals
• Proficiency in Python with ML libraries and frameworks
• MLOps: CI/CD/CT pipelines for ML deployment with Azure
• Experience with OpenAI/Generative AI solutions
• Cloud-native services: Azure ML, Snowflake
• 8+ years in data science with at least 2 years in solution architecture role
• Experience with large-scale model deployment and performance tuning

Good-to-Have:

• Strong background in Computer Science or Data Science
• Azure certifications
• Experience in data governance and compliance

About KAFQA

At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs & watchers performing arts. We are currently in stealth mode with a target public launch date in April. Our launch services consist of technology enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities and social media broadcasting & competitions.

Founder & Team

The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consist of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

Background

• At least 1+ years’ experience in back-end development in a fast-paced environment, working in Python & Django Framework
• Deep understanding of technologies used in web-deployed SaaS products, including Rest APIs
• Exposure to AWS, Azure or other cloud providers

Opportunity

We will share our workload as a team and we expect you to work on a broad range of tasks. Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

• Developing APIs and endpoints for deployments of our product
• Infrastructure Development such as building databases, creating and maintaining automated jobs
• Build out the back-end to deploy and scale our product
• Build POCs for client deployments
• Document your code, write test cases, etc.

Skills

• Hands-on experience with Python (1+ years)
• Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Deep familiarity with UNIX, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps
• Understanding of databases, and related tools, paradigms

• Design & build a highly scalable, robust backend architecture for our cloud services
• You will be part of a software development team for developing and enhancing SaaS applications.
• Take responsibility of entire module/feature set and develop, test, debug and maintain the application software throughout the product lifecycle
• Working with the Product Management Team to validate and plan new features
• Working with cross-functional teams to deliver stellar end user experience
• Research new technologies and tools that help in building the next generation of our services
• Test, debug and maintain the application software throughout the product lifecycle

• Must have experience with web development in Java 8+, Spring/J2EE or similar frameworks and technologies. (Mandatory)
• Must have worked on REST API (Mandatory)
• Should be an enthusiast for writing clean, reusable code, willing to learn new things as a self-starter person
• 2+ years of strong relevant experience in developing Object-oriented technologies.
• Strong working experience with any of the following DBs - Postgres / MySQL / Oracle or MSSQL
  

1. Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture
2. Assemble large, complex data sets that meet business requirements
3. Identifying, designing, and implementing internal process improvements including redesigning infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes
4. Work with Data, Analytics & Tech team to extract, arrange and analyze data
5. Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS technologies
6. Building analytical tools to utilize the data pipeline, providing actionable insight into key business performance metrics including operational efficiency and customer acquisition
7. Works closely with all business units and engineering teams to develop a strategy for long-term data platform architecture.
8. Working with stakeholders including data, design, product, and executive teams, and assisting them with data-related technical issues
9. Working with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data, and Design teams to support their data infrastructure needs while assisting with data-related technical issues.

1. SQL
2. Ruby or Python(Ruby preferred)
3. Apache-Hadoop based analytics
4. Data warehousing
5. Data architecture
6. Schema design
7. ML

1.  Prior experience of 2 to 5 years as a Data Engineer.
2. Ability in managing and communicating data warehouse plans to internal teams.
3. Experience designing, building, and maintaining data processing systems.
4. Ability to perform root cause analysis on external and internal processes and data to identify opportunities for improvement and answer questions.
5. Excellent analytic skills associated with working on unstructured datasets.
6. Ability to build processes that support data transformation, workload management, data structures, dependency, and metadata.

What you'll need...

• Highly experienced using AngularJS , NodeJS
• Good understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3, Javascript
• Strong understanding of CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS.
• A solid understanding of cross-browser/platform issues and code solutions
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GIT
• An excellent ability to convert PSD/Sketch mockups into interactive digital experiences

Bonus points for...

• eCommerce development experience Magento,
• Understanding of conversion rate optimization or data-driven product development (analytics, a/b testing, etc.)
• Experience developing with prototype frameworks (Bootstrap, Foundation, etc.)
• Experience integrating dynamic content solutions with AJAX or API Services

Experience in Cloud and Serverless

• Knowledge of version control systems (GitHub etc.)

As a senior software engineer, you will contribute to our end-to-end supply chain platform. You'll work with all key stakeholders to deliver scalable, maintainable backend code and work with frontend developers to deliver amazing user experiences. We are building a design and process-centric culture where you'll play a key role in the implementation of the foundation of all our systems. Up for a challenge?

You are:

• A self-starter with a sense of what it takes to be successful as a team
• An agile - welcome change, do as little as possible and embrace continuous delivery
• Conscious about how quality is carried through from the UI to all layers underneath
• Opinionated, but flexible to accommodate the big picture

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements, provide estimates and deliver code in an agile setup
• Stay on top of all owned work and raise red flags as early as possible
• Define the architecture, best practices, and coding standards
• Support continuous technical improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and present them for architectural review 
• Motivate team members, coach junior members, and extend goodwill to other employees