Functional Consultant

• Position: Appian Tech Lead
• Job Description:      
• Extensive experience in Appian BPM application development
• Knowledge of Appian architecture and its objects best practices
• Participate in analysis, design, and new development of Appian based applications
• Mandatory Team leadership and provide technical leadership to Scrum teams Certification Mandatory- L1, L2 or L3
• Must be able to multi-task, work in a fast-paced environment and ability to resolve problems faced by team
• Build applications: interfaces, process flows, expressions, data types, sites, integrations,
• Proficient with SQL queries and with accessing data present in DB tables and views
• Experience in Analysis, Designing process models, Records, Reports, SAIL, forms, gateways, smart services, integration services and web services
• Experience working with different Appian Object types, query rules, constant rules and expression rules

Qualifucations

• At least 6 years of experience in Implementing BPM solutions using Appian 19.x or higher
• Over 8 years in Implementing IT solutions using BPM or integration technologies
• Experience in Scrum/Agile methodologies with Enterprise level application development projects
• Good understanding of database concepts and strong working knowledge any one of the major databases e g Oracle SQL Server MySQL

• Appian BPM application development on version 19.x or higher
• Experience of integrations using web services e g XML REST WSDL SOAP API JDBC JMS
• Good leadership skills and the ability to lead a team of software engineers technically
• Experience working in Agile Scrum teams
• Good Communication skills

Key Responsibilities: 

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required: 

• At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.

Job description

The ideal candidate will oversee the online marketing strategy for the organization by planning and executing digital marketing campaigns. This candidate will launch advertisements and create content to increase brand awareness. This candidate will have previous marketing experience and be able to monitor the company's social media presence.

Key Skills

• Keyword research
• On-page keyword targeting
• Knowledge of WordPress
• SEMrush, keyword tool.io, ahref’s
• Google analytics
• Google webmaster
• Generating Sitemap of website
• Indexing the website on various search engines
• Microsoft Excel
• Yoast SEO
• Advanced Link building skills required ( Guest Blogging, Skyscraper Technique, relationship-based Link Building, Broken Link Building.)
• Good in writing and editing contents

Roles & Responsibilities

• On-page SEO optimization
• Off-page SEO (Link Building Backlinks)
• Social media marketing
• Checking & removing Duplicate content
• Formatting of content for better ranking
• Email marketing
• Running Facebook ads
• Running Google PPC, Display & remarking campaigns

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of digital marketing concepts
• Experience with business to customer social media and content generation
• Strong creative and analytical skills

About First Principles

We are a Tech Holding Company and our portfolio companies generate millions in revenue. What is unique about FirstPrinciples is that most of our companies remain controlled and majority owned by First Principles and its team members rather than by external investors. We are proud that our design team builds world class products from India. https://firstprinciples.io/">https://firstprinciples.io/

About this Role
We are looking for an experienced UI designer to design functional and appealing web and mobile app designs, focus on user-centric products and experiences. The ideal candidate will have experience working in agile teams, with developers, UX designers, and copywriters.
You will be able to make deliberate design decisions and to translate any given user-experience journey into a smooth and intuitive interaction.

You will be responsible for:

• Creating User Interface Design, components, wireframes, prototypes, and effectively communicate your interaction ideas in all design contexts.
• Continually keeping yourself and your design team updated with the latest changes in industry’s standards.
• Following material design and design system principles.
• Focussing on design contexts, consistency, usability, brand personality, and conversational design.
• Following standard of quality design, communicate with stackholders, manage time and tasks, create original and own design.

• 3 years of experience in user interface and graphic design
• Hands-on experience creating wireframes, prototypes, logo and branding design, user interface design, visual illustrations, infographics, flyers/newsletters, and components design.
• Knowledge of gif animation, UI style guidelines, branding design
  Good understanding of design visualization i.e. color theory, visual weight, typography, iconography, patterns, grid system, responsive design etc.
  Experience using tools such as Figma, Photoshop, Sketch, Illustrator, InVision, Aftereffects.
• Knowledge of responsive grid systems.
• Creative ideas with a problem-solving mindset and are open to receiving objective criticism and improving upon it.
• Excellent communication with internal & external stakeholders

• Write a significant amount of code for new and existing databases and related systems
• Scale and own these backend systems and databases
• Ship high-quality code and architecture
• Mentor engineers on the team, developing their skills and helping advance their careers
• Work with the founders to flesh out the future of the product
• Help shape the future of our engineering organization

Requirements

• A passion for working on deeply technical projects and wanting to work on distributed systems, concurrency & parallelism, replication protocols, file systems & correctness
• You have been building applications for 5+ years with C/C++ or Rust and have significant backend, database, or systems-level programming experience
• You have a BS/MS/Ph.D. in a scientific field or equivalent experience
• You want to work in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customers
• You are comfortable working with a 100% distributed engineering team, collaborating on GitHub, Slack, Zoom, etc. in the open and as a self-starter

Bonus points:

• Experience working on databases or other storage systems internals
• Experience with Apache Arrow, Apache Parquet
• Know how columnar databases work
• Know how to convert an algorithm to use SIMD instructions
• Good knowledge of Linux internals
• You’ve contributed to open-source libraries and actively participate in the development community (blogging, giving talks, meetups, tweeting, etc.)

• Architect, Design, implement, and deploy solutions that are reliable and perform at scale in multi-tenant environment.
• Collaborate with UX design group and convert the design to actual UI components and pages to delight users of our cloud platform
• Evaluate technology and make choice based on performance, scalability, security and future expansion.
• Work with different stakeholders within and outside the team in a highly collaborative environment.
• Working with rapid and innovative development methodologies like: Kanban, Continuous Integration and Daily deployments
• Engage with Product Management and Business to create Product roadmap, own technical backlog and roadmap for technology supremacy.
• Continually learn about new technologies, generate new ideas and improve the use of technology in the product.
• Driving various organization wide activities like Hackathon, Ideathon, brown bag sessions and technical blogs

• Strong experience in Information Architecture and UI Design experience in delivering concepts, wire frames, prototypes, and compelling visual experiences.
• Possess the knowledge of the Graphic Design, Usability and ability to apply strategic thinking to deliver exceptional end to end user experience
• Expert understanding of strong Standards Based HTML Development as also strong JavaScript and JS libraries / UI Frameworks like Prototype.js, DHTMLX, ExtJS, JQuery (one Framework at the least is a must)
• Strong experience in Vue.JS/Backbone.JS or similar.
• Strong in CSS and AJAX / XML / XSLT / DOM / JSON
• Should have fundamental understanding of JavaScript - OOPs
• Understand Cross Browser issues and client side cookie
• Would expect the successful candidate to be highly proficient in Web Standards including W3C and WCAG
• Possess strong and relevant exposure to Web Accessibility/ Usability
• Would require to be intimately familiar with defining UI Specifications / Guidelines
• Would be essential to possess knowledge of web-based technologies and their impact on the feasibility of design solutions, including the capabilities and limitations of Web Technologies
• Experience in the Retail Domain or working on building Analytical Tools would be a plus
• Very good written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with Agile development environments

We are looking to hire a Full-time, Remote (India) Backend engineer with a flair for writing full stack code to help create a SAAS product from the ground up in a niche industry.
This will be the v2.0 of an existing legacy platform with paying customers. This position is within the first few hires in the founding team of the revamped company.
We are on a mission to build a truly world class product and deliver at high speeds with high quality.

Read on and apply for the job if you are a doer, likes no BS, think you're competent enough to get things done, wants some quiet time every day, wants to make a difference, values work life balance and enjoy life outside work.

Experience -

At least 3 to 4 years building scalable SAAS applications in the cloud. It would be great to showcase anything progressive. Education from premier institutions, git contributions, tech blogs, volunteering, pet projects, etc.

Responsibilities -
- Architect, write, deploy and own the (SAAS) product from a technical standpoint working closely with other devs on the team
- Create and deliver the product end-to-end all the way to the user
- Write highly performant code and continuously measure performance and make the application better based on benchmarks
- Debug production issues and keep the application quality high always
- Assist with hiring more people when the team grows
- Pick up any appropriate work as in any early-stage company

General Skills Needed -

- Should be able to build and deploy multi-tenant SAAS applications end to end
- Need to have a technology-agnostic mindset. Should be able to easily pick up any new technology based on the use case.
- Should be an expert software craftsman/craftswoman. Must own the code and be proud of what you build.
- Write well thought out, well-tested code with extensive unit tests and integration tests so that the addition of future features is easy.
- Must know cloud deployment concepts and be comfortable creating and maintaining cost-effective cloud deployment strategies. AWS experience highly preferred.
- Must be able to design and architect simple, market-tested yet highly scalable solutions
- Must be able to quickly iterate and produce working software at a high speed. Must not be shy to scrap and rebuild when there is a need
- Must be appreciative of documentation and write well-documented code and technical documentation alongside

Technical Skills Needed -
- Expert level knowledge in Python and Django. We are a Python/Django/Javascript/ReactJs/AWS shop.
- Must have good knowledge/experience in creating cost-efficient and scalable cloud deployments (AWS preferred)
- Must have good knowledge of industry-standard design patterns and tools
- Must have a good understanding of various frameworks on authentication and authorization, billing and metrics
- Some experience in data analytics and reporting - creating reports based on the data collected and deliver to the frontend
- Expertise with Frameworks

1. Django, or similar backend frameworks
2. PostgreSQL, MySQL, any NoSQL or other database technology

Perks -

- Opportunity to build a SAAS product from the ground up. Lots of challenges to tackle on
- Work remotely from anywhere within India
- Emphasis on work-life balance and professional development
- Flexible work hours and a lot of autonomy
- Work with a very informal team collaborating over slack. No meaningless meetings. Focus on getting things done and not hours put in
- Opportunity to grow the team with the company
- Market salary and a yearly bonus outside the salary based on company + individual performance
- Generous PTO plan