Lead - Technology & Data Cell

We seek a highly skilled and experienced Tech APM / Technical Project Manager to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in IT and software project management. They should have hands-on experience working as a developer and as a technical lead before transitioning into project management roles, with a focus on web technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of technical projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and budget.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of developers, technical leads, and other project managers, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, including clients, ensuring clear communication and managing expectations effectively.
• Technical Oversight: Provide technical guidance and support to the team, leveraging your development and technical leadership background, specifically in web technologies.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
• Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve project management processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Reporting: Prepare and present project status reports, performance metrics, and other relevant documentation to stakeholders and senior management.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Electronics, and Telecommunication, or a related field.
• Experience:
• Proven experience working as a developer and technical lead.
• 4-12 years of project management experience, preferably in a technical environment.
• Demonstrated experience with web technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, web frameworks, etc.).

If you are a technically proficient and experienced project manager passionate about leading successful projects, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities: 

• Design and develop clean, high-performing, responsive and multilingual user experiences for our eCommerce sites using alpinejs and tailwind
• Working closely with project managers to address client requests 
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously, and be able to address their specific needs and requirements quickly
• Proactively identify and address engineering challenges to enhance the overall quality and performance of our web applications.

Skills:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to understand business requirements and effectively translate them into technical requirements.
• Ability to write algorithms in Javascript
• Strong knowledge of web technologies and concepts, including HTML, CSS, Tailwind CSS, components architecture, performance optimization techniques, and tools like Lighthouse.
• Proficiency in core JavaScript concepts and familiarity with jQuery.
• Knowledge of modern frameworks such as AlpineJS providing an added advantage.
• Familiarity with working with RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of B2C user experience metrics using industry-standard analytics tools.
• Knowledge of php and Magento would be an advantage.
• Understanding of web UIs, demonstrated through a portfolio

We are looking for a talented product engineer to facilitate the design and manufacturing of our next line of exciting products. As a product engineer, you will be working closely with the design team to create industry-relevant products that meet company specifications. You will also be required to design and oversee the product manufacturing process to ensure that our products meet state safety requirements.

To ensure success as a product engineer, you should have excellent analytical and design skills, good working knowledge of design software, and advanced troubleshooting skills. A top-notch product engineer should be able to transform ideas into high-end products that perfectly meet the needs of our customers.

• Meeting with the development team to discuss product ideas.
• Analyzing market and industry product trends.
• Determining product feasibility costs and return on investments.
• Developing design ideas based on customer interests, budgets, and market research.
• Creating rough product designs using sketches and computer software.
• Conducting theoretical testing on design models.
• Creating full product designs and specifications using computer software modeling techniques.
• Selecting product materials and designing the product manufacturing process.
• Overseeing production and ensuring that products conform to market specifications and safety regulations.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a similar field.
• Previous experience working as a product engineer.
• Advanced analytical and design skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of industry and market trends.
• Ability to visualize theoretical models and design ideas.
• Good project management skills.
• A keen eye for detail.

About us:

Strata is a commercial real estate investment platform that offers investors the opportunity to invest in pre-leased commercial assets such as offices, warehouses, and retail spaces across India.

We are one of the fastest-growing PropTech platforms in India and are backed by Elevation Capital, Mayfield, Kotak Investment Advisors, Gruhas (a venture by Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha) and DLF Family Office.

Our headquarter is in Bangalore, India.

We are a small yet close-knit team of 35+ people.

About you:

You have a knack for product and strongly equipped with engineering skills to make it a reality. You don’t jump into implementation unless you have clearly understood the problem/requirements and have a written design. You don’t hesitate asking questions and giving critical reviews while respecting others’ opinions. You are a fearless engineer, and not afraid to fail, not on production though ;) You have a strong sense of ownership. You have a startup experience. You don’t feel annoyed if required to work on off days in case of production incidents (no development).

Your responsibilities:

You will primarily work on the backend maintaining the existing platform and writing new enhancements and features. Apart from your own features, as a senior member of the team you will be expected to be actively involved in overall design discussions and peer code reviews. You will factor in extensibility, maintainability, scalability and security in designs and code. You will ensure that best engineering practices are followed. You will support your team members when they are facing challenges, and mentor them when appropriate. You will strive for overall engineering excellence.

Must-have Skills:

• 4-8 years of total experience
• 2+ years of experience in Django and DRF. You must be pro at it. The team will be looking up to you for making most out of DRF.
• Designing and building  scalable web applications
• Good understanding of REST principles
• SQL database design and queries
• Working knowledge of AWS

Good-To-Have Skills:

• Angular or any other JavaScript frontend framework
• Designing microservices
• DevOps experience

FAQ's.

1. Your technology ingredients?

Programming languages:
Our backend is written in Python using Django framework. And the frontend is in AngularJS. Currently there is no mobile app.

Infrastructure:
We are an AWS shop and use their services for most needs, Docker for containerization and ECS as orchestrator, RDS as database, S3 for storage and SQS as messaging backend.

Other tools:
BitBucket for Git and CI/CD pipeline, Trello for project management; and Google Meets and Slack for communication.

2. Your hiring plan?

Currently the engineering team comprises of 3 engineers, and we plan to grow it to 8 by the end of 2021.

3. Your Interview process?

We will try to finish the process within two weeks. In case we can’t go ahead with  your candidature, we will clearly and immediately let you know. But in case of competing applications, we may request you to wait for a week or two.

1. 15 minutes introductory call to discuss requirements and expectations
2. 30 minutes online coding assignment on a screen sharing session
3. 1 hour technical interview covering problem solving, code review and aptitude
4. 15 minutes call with co-founder for final discussion

In case of inability to come to a conclusion from either side, we may go for an additional round.

4. Your WFH and WFO policy?

Due to Covid-19 the team is working from home and will continue till March-2022. After that we will work from the Bangalore or Pune office (yet to be finalised). You should be open to relocate to any of the cities.

5. Your funding status?

In March 2020, Strata raised $1.5 million in seed funding; and $6 million in Series-A in July 2021.