Head of Engineering

About the Company:

Gruve is an innovative Software Services startup dedicated to empowering Enterprise Customers in managing their Data Life Cycle. We specialize in Cyber Security, Customer Experience, Infrastructure, and advanced technologies such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Our mission is to assist our customers in their business strategies utilizing their data to make more intelligent decisions. As a well-funded early-stage startup, Gruve offers a dynamic environment with strong customer and partner networks.

Why Gruve:

At Gruve, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute their best work. If you’re passionate about technology and eager to make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Gruve is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and thank all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Position summary:

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Technical Lead with a strong background in Java, SaaS architectures, firewalls and cybersecurity products, including SIEM and SOAR platforms. The ideal candidate will lead technical initiatives, design and implement scalable systems, and drive best practices across the engineering team. This role requires deep technical expertise, leadership abilities, and a passion for building secure and high-performing security solutions.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of scalable and secure software solutions using Java.
• Architect and build SaaS-based cybersecurity applications, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to the development team.
• Ensure best practices in secure coding, threat modeling, and compliance with industry standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Management, Security, and DevOps to deliver high-quality security solutions.
• Design and implement security analytics, automation workflows and ITSM integrations.
•  Drive continuous improvements in engineering processes, tools, and technologies.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and lead incident response for critical production systems.

Basic Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering or a related field
• 8-10 years of software development experience, with expertise in Java.
• Strong background in building SaaS applications with cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• In-depth understanding of microservices architecture, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cybersecurity solutions, including SIEM (e.g., Splunk, ELK, IBM QRadar) and SOAR (e.g., Palo Alto XSOAR, Swimlane).
• Knowledge of zero-trust security models and secure API development.
• Hands-on experience with machine learning or AI-driven security analytics.

Job Title: Developer

Location: [Company Location or Remote]

Job Type: [Full-time/Part-time/Contract]

Experience Level: [Entry-level/Junior/Mid-level/Senior]

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled Developer to design, develop, and maintain high-quality software solutions. The ideal candidate should have strong problem-solving abilities, proficiency in programming languages, and a passion for technology. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop scalable and efficient applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and deploy software applications.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other developers.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications to optimize performance.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Integrate third-party APIs and databases as needed.
• Ensure software security, scalability, and maintainability.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proficiency in [mention relevant programming languages, e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, C++].
• Experience with [mention frameworks, e.g., React, Angular, Django, Flask, Spring Boot].
• Knowledge of databases such as [MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB].
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git and GitHub.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to work in an agile development environment.

Preferred Qualifications (if applicable):

• Experience in cloud technologies like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of AI/ML concepts (for AI-related roles).

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Flexible work hours and remote work options.
• Health insurance and wellness programs.
• Career development and learning opportunities.
• Friendly and collaborative work culture.

• Conducting analysis of website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

• Be part of the customer success team and own a process in user onboarding journey

• Own the Revenue Operations end-to-end for our Customers; helping out Customers from post-sales to program onboarding.

• Ensure good customer experience and execute a feedback loop to improve the related processes

• Understand Crio’s product offerings and customer acquisition process

• Organize and manage work and report progress with CRM/Spreadsheets

• Good communication skills in English and Hindi (optional)

• 1+ years exp of customer handling roles preferred

• Motivation and drive to learn and grow in career

• Problem solving skills to handle work scenarios, take decisions and manage the work in a time effective manner
  
  
  

• 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

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers.
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules.
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges.
• Integration of data storage solutions may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.
• Add other responsibilities here that are relevant.

Talent Requirements

• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks such as Laravel, Yii, Code igniter, etc depending on your technology stack.
• Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP.
• Understanding of MVC design patterns.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance.
• Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions.
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with the limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds.
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, up to date.
• Diploma, BCA, BE, B-Tech or equivalent.

• Create and manage nurture streams across email, digital, and direct mail that will progress the leads through various sales stages of the buyer's life cycle from awareness to selection
• Run campaigns for lead management, lead nurturing, lead scoring, and lead routing
• Look at holistic data on leads and customers to evaluate successful strategies and areas for improvement/growth.
• Iterate and optimize campaigns to drive the best possible results
• Work with the Product Marketing team to create and develop content-rich nurturing programs using consumer insights data and marketing automation tools 
• Partner with marketing to improve strategy and execution of demand generation efforts
• Collaborate with sales operations on improving and troubleshooting issues with the lead management process
• Develop and maintain nurture reporting methodology, reports and dashboards, including performance metrics for nurture tracks and KPIs for overall program performance

• 5-6 years in Marketing or Sales Operations role
• At least 3+ years of experience managing email campaigns and program implementation
• Strong experience using marketing automation tools is essential
• Deep understanding of lead-to-revenue demand funnels, their characteristics and what causes Leads to move across stages
• Experience in B2B software / SaaS space will be a big advantage
• MBA from a reputed college, preferably in Sales and/or Marketing. 
• Excellent English presentation, written, and verbal communication skills, with an eye for quality and relevance
• Strength in collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Product Marketing, Sales and Marketing
• Self-directed, organized team player who is capable of hands-on- execution as well as long term business planning
• Implement email marketing strategies to cultivate leads into new customers (and demonstrate with data).
• Set up and document lead nurturing processes
• Plan and implement trigger-based nurturing programs that target all stages of prospect development