Market Research Analyst

• Relevant industry experience of 6-plus years.
• Proficient in Data Structure and Algorithms
• Proficient in Java, Kotlin and concepts like Kotlin coroutines, Jetpack components.
• Good understanding of various Android tools, Systrace and Perfetto for performance measuring,
memory management, battery, frame drops.
• Always on the lookout for new developments in the Android world and improving things.
• Familiarity with networking, databases, threading and memory concepts.
• Hands-on with code reusability, clean architecture, modularization, build time optimizations.
• Familiar with various third-party tools, libraries widely used and under the hood understanding.
• Understanding and hands-on with Material design principles and interface guidelines.
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
• Decent understanding of how things work at the backend, reporting and other systems.
• Good understanding of the various CI/CD tools.
• Should have experience in writing Unit and UI tests.
• Good at logical reasoning and data structure.

Lead QA Engineer - Automation:

 

We are looking for a candidate who will be an agent of change and who will drive and execute based on our Quality and Reliability Transformation Roadmap. He/She will be responsible for testing Education Service domains across platforms, automation of functional/regression and RFB (sanity) service test suites, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipeline and Shift Left methodologies. We will also expect the candidate to take ownership of a functional domain and play a hands-on role in the execution of testing for projects in this area.

The candidate should have extensive experience in testing, testing automation, testing leadership and software development. The candidate should be proficient in-service automation testing tools like Eclipse, IDNE, Jenkins, GIT hub and Chatbot testing like Botium. The candidate should have at least 7+ years of service testing or software development experience.

The candidate should be flexible, highly adaptable and an excellent team player. The candidate is expected to work with Agile teams that consist of test analysts, developers, automation engineers and other stake holders. The candidate should expect to work in a global virtual team, sometimes across multiple time zones. The candidate may be assigned to more than one role or project at a time.  

Lead QA Engineer - Automation Responsibilities:

• Create automation plan and delivery roadmaps
• Develop test automation solutions for applications across different platforms
• Adhere to existing standards; provide suggestion to improve and set new standards
• Participate in technical discussions with engineering teams to understand application architecture and API model
• Collaborate with QA Engineers and Software Developers to identify test automation scope and priorities
• Configure, maintain, and operate service test automation tools and frameworks
• Capture requirements and test cases, understand application features, analyse requirements and develop test automation solution with a view of the end-to-end application flow
• Design and create robust automated test scripts to address business and technical use cases
• Integrate test automation scripts with Continuous Integration and Delivery pipeline
• Communicate progress to the senior leadership on a regular basis
• Should have Education Service domain and application knowledge

 

Lead QA Engineer - Automation Requirements: 

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

• 7-11 years’ experience working as a Service Test Automation Engineer
• Experience in collaborating effectively across a variety of IT and business groups, across regions, roles, and able to interact effectively with all levels
• Proven record of execution of QA strategy and unification of QA processes across organization
• Must have hands-on experience with Selenium automation using Java
• Must have experience in Chatbot testing like Botium.
• Working knowledge of any Relational Database and DB Queries.
• Working knowledge of tool and technologies like Jenkins, GIT, JIRA and ALM
• Well versed with approaches like BDD, Keyword Driven, Data Driven and hybrid Driven test automation.
• Good to have understanding of model-based testing.
• Understanding of Agile/Waterfall development process and is comfortable diving into the technical architecture of complex and highly scalable solutions
• Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills. Experience in presenting to diverse audiences and conducting education and training.
• Have deep experience in defining and developing the service test automation framework.
• Development background is a major plus.
• knowledge of Rest, SOAP, MQ and microservices. (Nice to Have)

 

 

ABOUT KAFQA:
At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs, and watches performing arts. Our launch services consist of technology-enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities, and social media broadcasting and competitions.

FOUNDER AND 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 consisted of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Develop, test, deploy and release new user-facing features
● Set continuous delivery and continuous improvement in front-end development,
● Developing scalable, reusable components and front-end libraries,
● Translating UI designs and UX wireframes into high-quality codes
● Optimizing components for maximum performance,
● An advocate of general engineering best practices such as domain-driven code architecture, encapsulation, separation of concerns, single responsibility, clean code practices, etc.

REQUIREMENTS:
● 3-5 Years of experience in react native.
● A knack for writing clean, readable React-Native code
● Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
● Understanding and grasp of Agile development and Scrum practices
● Familiarity with version control Git (Github or Gitlab)
● Flexibility and deadline-driven.

**Technology Vision**

The B2B manufacturing industry has a lack of digitisation globally. NowPurchase is building layers of technology to help improve the productivity and profits of the manufacturer. For this we are building the OS (Operating System) that will seamlessly connect factory equipment such as furnaces and spectrometers to our software systems that provide real time optimisations.

The end-game is to use this interconnected system to do great production planning and autonomous procurement of their raw materials. The Heart of NowPurchase will be a marketplace consisting of these smart factories and raw material suppliers.

Here a video that explains our product journey:

[https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21](https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21)

 **Role Description**

NowPurchase is looking to add an immensely talented Backend Developer that will help us invent, design, refine and deliver products that will meet the above vision.

- Expect to build a lot of services and APIs in the cloud and stand-alone IoT devices to serve both the browser as well as native IoT enabled terminals that will be placed at the manufacturers' premises.
- Expect designing algorithms that model the metallurgy of the manufacturing processes as well as using tools such as linear programming, machine learning etc.

 **What are the expectations from this role?**

- Deliver high quality modular code deployed to serve web, mobile and native IoT enabled terminals that leverage REST-based services and real time sockets. This would include algorithms for real time optimizations that are critical for the manufacturing process.
- You are empowered to work directly with leadership and the product team to make decisions about your code and future of the product.
- Have a strong emphasis on shipping features quickly without sacrificing code quality. Be ready to build a lot of MVPs that will go through iteration or be completely scrapped depending on the outcome at the customer end.
- Own your Agile projects and responsible for software design to implementation and deployment. Maintain sprints, delivery timelines and contribute to better managing the engineering team.
- Collaborate on the end to end design and implementation of the platform, including data modeling, systems architecture, data security, access controls, architecture, user experience, deployment, automation, and monitoring.
- Maintain a high level of data integrity, quality and security checks.
- Develop data pipelines and RESTful services that are distributed, robust and highly performant.
- Build a culture of simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code that other developers emulate and you ensure through thorough code reviews and processes.

 **Qualifications and Experience**

- 1+ years of demonstrated software engineering experience in an agile environment designing, architecting and implementing robust scalable systems preferably for modern SaaS application
- Experience with modern server-side programming languages such as Python, Scala, Go. Experience with web frameworks such as Django Rest Framework, Flask.
- Experience with architecting asynchronous services with design patters leveraging PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Celery for storage and multi-tenant servers over AWS Elastic BeanStalk.

 **Compensation & Benefits**

- **Cash Compensation:** As per industry standards & pedigree of candidate
- **ESOPs:** 10% of NowPurchase is dedicated to current & future team members. Your package would entail some ESOPs so that you own a part of the company and grow along with it.
- **Medical Insurance:** Benefits of group insurance of 3 lakhs for family including parents, spouse, children
- **Generous leave structure and WFHs** including Marriage, Maternity & Paternity leaves
- **Complete Relocation Expenses:** We are building a unicorn out of the city of Joy (Kolkata). We will pay for everything you spend to relocate here.

 **Possible Growth path**

Backend Developer > Senior Backend End Engineer > Engineering Manager > VP of Engineering

## **Tech Stack**

- React/Redux
- Python/Django/Celery
- Git, AWS, ELB (Elastic Beanstalk), Netlify
- PostgreSQL/Redis/S3

 **Hiring Process**

1. Screening of applicants & initial telephonic call with Manager -HR
2. F2F/Video Interview with Engineering Manager and Cofounder CTO
3. Take home written assessment
4. F2F/Video Interview with Cofounder CEO
5. Email communication on final feedback

The end to end process shall take less than 10 days. We pride ourselves on being transparent & moving fast.

*Candidates who accept an offer may join within 1 hour, 1 week or up to 45days of signing - though, we have a preference for as short a gap period between signing and joining since we're at the most exciting part of our journey - laying the foundation for the NowPurchase platform!*

Job Description
We are looking for an React.js Developer to join our awesome team and deliver a streamlined user experience. We want a team member who strives to develop a first class codebase using react best practices. As an ReactJS Developer, you will implement a complete user interface in the form of a mobile and desktop web app.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Designing and developing user interfaces using React.js best practices.
• Adapting interface for modern internet applications using the latest front-end technologies.
• Writing tested and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Make design and technical decisions for ReactJS projects.
• Develop application code and unit test in the ReactJS, Rest Web Services and Java technologies for the Application Development Center.
• Ensuring high performance

Requirements and Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar.
• Previous work experience as an React.js Developer.
• Proficient in CSS, HTML, and writing cross-browser compatible code.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Proven experience implementing front-end and back-end JavaScript applications.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Critical thinker and good problem-solver.

The Company - Litmus World is looking to hire Module Leads to direct the organization through its next phase of rapid growth and development. Litmus is the platform of choice for businesses to communicate directly with their own and others’ customers in real-time, context-rich, touch point environment. Litmus leverages cutting-edge technology to make it easier for business to deliver these capabilities: • Digital interfaces deployed at the point of interaction enable businesses to have “structured conversations” with millions of customers in real-time. • Dashboards deployed across the business help managers and staff better understand and manage customer micro-experiences via manual and auto-triggered communication in real-time Customer data and analytics from across brands give companies insights and opportunities to hyper-target prospects and customers to increase revenues. Job Description Position: Module Lead Location: Bangalore Brief: Looking for Mean Stack Developers. Responsibilities • Define code architecture decisions to support a high-performance and scalable product with a minimal footprint • Address and improve any technical issues • Collaborate well with engineers, product, and designers to design and create advanced, elegant and efficient systems • Responsible for timely and high quality deliverables. • Task Management and Reporting Education & Experience • UG: B.Tech/B.E. - Any Specialization • PG:Any Postgraduate - Any Specialization • A total experience of 6 years’ in which a minimum of 3 years should be in Mean Stack and atleast 2 years should be in handling a team. Knowledge, Skills & Attributes • In depth knowledge of NodeJS and ExpressJS • Experience creating front end applications using HTML5, Angular • Experience with GruntJS and GITStrong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, AJAX and JSON. • Focused. • Good problem solving skills

Current project is to work on a backup & disaster recovery (BDR) product of a US based company which is deployed at eminent customers like NASA, International Space Station, Wal-Mart, US Air Force, US Navy, US Government Departments, etc

We are looking for an extremely talented UI Developer with proven experience to build the next generation UI Developers. A suitable candidate would spend his/her time over the weekends to train potential students at our institute in a highly practical way and make them excel in their career. We are looking for passionate people who can this opportunity and help us achieve our goal. Ideal Profile: 1) 5 - 10 Years of experience in building UI for web products 2) Strong knowledge and experience in Javascript, HTML/CSS, Angular JS, Bootstrap, React.js 3) Experience in training would be an advantage 4) Great communication skills 5) Patience