Position – Principal Architect
Location – Bangalore/Mumbai/Remote
About Us
upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc.
upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the careers of tomorrow.
- upGrad was awarded the https://iamaiida.in/index.php">Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19
- upGrad was also ranked as one of the https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2018-25-most-sought-after-india-linkedin/">LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India
- upGrad was earlier selected as one of the https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2017/sectors/india">top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
- We were also https://www.ft.com/content/9150579a-f24c-11e6-95ee-f14e55513608">covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech
- upGrad is the https://yourstory.com/2017/01/startup-india-learning-program-offers-free-online-entrepreneurship-course/">official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program
- Our program with IIIT B has been ranked https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/top-10-courses-and-training-programs-on-artificial-intelligence-in-india-ranking-2018/">#1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
About the Role
A highly motivated individual who has experience in architecting end to end web based ecommerce/online/SaaS products and systems; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Able to understand expected business results and map architecture to drive business forward. Passionate about building world class solutions.
Role and Responsibilities
- Work with Product Managers and Business to understand business/product requirements and vision.
- Provide a clear architectural vision in line with business and product vision.
- Lead a team of architects, developers, and data engineers to provide platform services to other engineering teams.
- Provide architectural oversight to engineering teams across the organization.
- Hands on design and development of platform services and features owned by self - this is a hands-on coding role.
- Define guidelines for best practices covering design, unit testing, secure coding etc.
- Ensure quality by reviewing design, code, test plans, load test plans etc. as appropriate.
- Work closely with the QA and Support teams to track quality and proactively identify improvement opportunities.
- Work closely with DevOps and IT to ensure highly secure and cost optimized operations in the cloud.
- Grow technical skills in the team - identify skill gaps with plans to address them, participate in hiring, mentor other architects and engineers.
- Support other engineers in resolving complex technical issues as a go-to person.
Skills/Experience
- 12+ years of experience in design and development of ecommerce scale systems and highly scalable SaaS or enterprise products.
- Extensive experience in developing extensible and scalable web applications with
- Java, Spring Boot, Go
- Web Services - REST, OAuth, OData
- Database/Caching - MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Memcached/Redis
- Queue/Broker services - RabbitMQ/Kafka
- Microservices architecture via Docker on AWS or Azure.
- Experience with web front end technologies - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as jQuery, AngularJS, React, Vue.js, Bootstrap etc.
- Extensive experience with cloud based architectures and how to optimize design for cost.
- Expert level understanding of secure application design practices and a working understanding of cloud infrastructure security.
- Experience with CI/CD processes and design for testability.
- Experience working with big data technologies such as Spark/Storm/Hadoop/Data Lake Architectures is a big plus.
- Action and result-oriented problem-solver who works well both independently and as part of a team; able to foster and develop others' ideas as well as his/her own.
- Ability to organize, prioritize and schedule a high workload and multiple parallel projects efficiently.
- Excellent verbal and written communication with stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
- Long term experience with at least one product from inception to completion and evolution of the product over multiple years.
Qualification
B.Tech/MCA (IT/Computer Science) from a premier institution (IIT/NIT/BITS) and/or a US Master's degree in Computer Science.
Years of Exp – 14+

About upGrad
About
upGrad is an online higher education platform. Founded by Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, Ravijot Chugh and Phalgun Kompalli in March’ 2015, upGrad provides rigorous industry-relevant programs designed and delivered in collaboration with world-class faculty and industry. Merging the latest technology, pedagogy, and services, upGrad is creating an immersive learning experience – anytime and anywhere.
Through exclusive partnerships with some of the most prominent universities like IIIT-Bangalore, MICA, BITS Pilani, ISB, Cambridge Judge Business School- our aim to impart university education, online.
Learning online can be tough, especially when you have to do it all by yourself. Reasons why you should upskill with UpGrad:
- We provide an engaging experience via our suite of learning applications right from the university applications till you get a job and transition
- We provide structured online courses in collaboration with some of the prominent universities and industry experts
- We co-create a rigorous curriculum in collaboration with these universities to provide the learners with a holistic learning experience
- All our courses are comprehensive, structured and rigorous - delivered online, providing you the flexibility and opportunity of continuous learning
- We conduct regular live lectures with the industry experts and the professors
- Each of our learners is allocated with a dedicated student mentor who helps them chart a career path and motivates them to push themselves
- We provide in-depth feedback on all the assignments, case studies, and projects
- We have delivered 400+ successful career transitions and we’re committed to building careers of tomorrow
- You get access to an alumni network of 3,000+ students across the globe
- We also conduct periodic offline events like Hackathons, Bootcamps, Alumni Nights and connect you not only to the professors and industry experts but the peers in your batch too
- Last but not the last, we provide career assistance and help all the learners with interview preparations, mentorship calls, and job placements even after the completion of the program
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As a Full Stack Developer (Automated Testing Platform), you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a platform for automated testing using Python/JavaScript programming language. You will work with a team of developers, collaborating on projects to create efficient and effective software solutions that meet the needs of clients or end-users in the testing domain. You will need to have a strong understanding of Python or JavaScript programming language and experience with test automation frameworks and tools.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain an automated testing platform using Python/JavaScript programming language.
- Design and implement software solutions that automate the testing process.
- Collaborate with other developers and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Participate in code reviews, debugging, and troubleshooting to improve software quality.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in Python and JavaScript programming language and related testing frameworks and tools.
- Ensure software is delivered on-time and meets or exceeds customer expectations.
- Develop and maintain documentation related to software development processes and projects.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role in automated testing domain.
- Strong understanding of Python or JavaScript programming language and its ecosystem (libraries, frameworks, tools, etc.).
- Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Pytest, Selenium, Robot Framework, etc.
- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g. Git, SVN).
- Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) processes.
- Experience with testing cloud-based applications and microservices.
- Familiarity with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure.
CTC:
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Job Responsibilities
· Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to, the following.
· Development experience 3-6 years
· Experience working with Azure cloud-hosted web applications and technologies.
· Design and develop back-end microservices and REST APIs for connected devices, web applications, and mobile applications.
· Stay up to date on relevant technologies, plug into user groups, and understand trends and opportunities that ensure we are using the best techniques and tools.
- Meeting with the software development team to define the scope and scale of software projects.
- Designing software system architecture.
- Completing data structures and design patterns.
- Designing and implementing scalable web services, applications, and APIs.
- Developing and maintaining internal software tools.
- Writing low-level and high-level code.
- Troubleshooting and bug fixing.
- Identifying bottlenecks and improving software efficiency.
- Collaborating with the design team on developing micro-services.
- Writing technical documents.
- Be an active professional in continuous learning resulting in enhancement in organizational objectives.
- Provide technical support to all internal teams and customers as it relates to the product.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or computer science.
- Previous experience as a full stack engineer and IoT Products.
- Advanced knowledge of front-end languages including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, React.
- Proficient in back-end languages including Nodejs and basic knowledge of Java, C#.
- Experience with cloud computing APIs and Cloud Providers such as Azure or AWS.
· Working knowledge of database systems (Cassandra, CosmosDB, Redis, PostgreSQL)
· Messaging systems (RabbitMQ, MQTT, Kafka)
· Cloud-based distributed application scaling & data processing in the cloud
· Agile / Scrum methodology
- Advanced troubleshooting skills.
- Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks.
- Good communication skills.
High-level project management skills.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Design, architect, and build high-quality scalable systems
- Review system design and architecture, code, and test plans
- Handle technical questions and escalations from clients
- Own projects end-to-end, including gathering requirements, solutioning and designing architecture, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining systems
- Interact and collaborate with our high-quality technical team across India and the US
The Candidate
The ideal SSE is passionate about working with and guiding high-tech software development teams working on hard problems in computer science in areas such as distributed systems, machine learning, NLP, computer vision, programming languages, computer security, networking, cloud computing, analytics and big data.
Key Requirements and Qualifications:
- 3 – 5 years of work experience
- Significant programming expertise and/or have been programming a long time as a serious interest
- B.E. / B.Tech from a top university in India in one of the following departments (i) Computer Science, (ii) Information Sciences, (iii) Electrical Engineering, (iv) Electronics – or equivalent.
- Previous coursework or relevant experience in the following areas: software design, object-oriented programming, databases, Algorithms
Prior experience building enterprise products
Experience in building web applications as a Backend Engineer or equivalent role
3+ years experience building RESTful/GraphQL applications
Strong experience with Node.
Strong experience working within an AWS environment
Experience with both OOP and functional programming principles
Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases
Experience working with MVC and ORMs such as Django or Express
Experience designing microservices applications over serverless technologies
Understanding of ElasticSearch or similar technologies
Understanding of containerization and CI/CD
Highly motivated with excellent problem solving skills
Knowledge of agile development methodology
Job Responsibilities :
Work within an Agile team to design and develop REST/GraphQL APIs
Solving problems by crafting software solutions using maintainable, scalable, and modular code
Optimizing performance critical applications speed and scalability
Design and implementation of data storage solutions
Implementation of security and data-oriented practices within applications
Breakdown complex features into manageable deliverables
Be an advocate for consistent, quality, and decoupled code by writing unit tests,
performing code reviews and participate in the overall application lifecycle
Be a key stakeholder in technical direction of features and projects
Troubleshoot and debug applications
Participate in technical documentation for new or existing features
Mentor, motivate, collaborate, and challenge team member to grow individually and as a team
We are looking for a driven, curious, and sincere full-stack software engineer having 1-4 years of professional experience. They will be assigned to a 0 to 1 project which presents a great opportunity to learn and grow.
Roles & Resposibilities:
- You will be involved in full-stack development
- Working on relational as well as non-relational databases.
- Writing and maintaining high-quality code.
- Learning the code base and improving your coding skills.
Desired skills and qualities:
- Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or related field.
- At least 6 months of full-time or internship experience in Javascript.
- Data structures and algorithms.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming.
- Ability to communicate ideas clearly(verbal/written).
- HTML and CSS.
As a Senior Technical lead you will be a member of a software development team building innovative new features for the application. Lead the team as Senior Full Stack developer
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Inherit a well-architected, clean, and robust codebase built with .NET Core 5.x, and JavaScript and Angular
- Evaluate and implement new libraries and components
- Ensure best practices are followed in the design and development of the application Contribute to and help manage our open-source libraries
- Strong knowledge of C# and .NET Core, JavaScript, Angular
- NoSQL databases (MongoDB)Real-time web applications (Web Sockets / SignalR)
- Containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) Swagger /OpenAPI Initiative
- Strong knowledge of design patterns and practices
- Experience in non-Microsoft tech stacks as Node, Python, Angular and others are also crucial components of Source Control - GitHub Unit / Performance / Load Testing
- Experience with Continuous Integration - Jenkins/Travis/Circle/etc.
- Experience working in Agile Environments - JIRA/Slack
- Working knowledge of SAAS Architecture and Deployments - AWS/Google Cloud/etc.
If you are highly passionate about creating prosperity, problem-solving, working with a purpose, and building a large brand, then this is the opportunity to make it the next big thing.
About Company
Good Good Piggy is a young start-up. In the first six months not only we reached Shark Tank, but also were pegged as Next Leader 2021 by Start up Review. The start-up is popularly aligned with BFSI network as well as the Education sphere, with a potential to expand in both industries.
‘Good Good Piggy’ is an Ed-FinTech start-up that encourages the new generation to
develop the life-skill of managing the entire money management equation digitally,
because the future of money is digital. We recognize the importance of reinforcing
good behaviour, habits and skills from a young age.
Backed by Favcy, Openbook VC, 1st Cheque, AWAKE, Women in Tech India, Power Angels Network, Mohali Angels, North Campus Angels
What's in it for you?
We understand that you can only crack a successful minimum viable product - by arriving at a minimum viable brand positioning and minimum viable growth. Yes in 1 year, we have all three checked and are now planning for our launch! We have customers waiting for the product as well as industry aligned to make it work! All we need is you to come in and close the gaps!
As a team member in Good Good Piggy, you will obsess to make sure we are up speed in technology. Joining the team means you will be responsible to create an ecosystem of talented folks who make the founding and/or extended teams. You should be at ease switching between the big-picture architecture mode and the get-hands-dirty detail-orientated mundane work mode to service our innovative customer proposition.
Job Description
We are looking for a Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of
data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development
of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and
ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You
will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-
workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end
technologies is necessary as well.
Total Experience: 3 to 7 Years
Notice Period: 30-45 Days
Preferred Location: Delhi NCR
Role: Full Stack Developer
Industry Type: Ed-FinTech
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Role Category: Software Development
Responsibilities
Expertise in designing back-end applications with Node.js
Experience in design and development of Full Stack applications using one or
more JS frameworks like ReactJS.
Setup/configure CI/CD pipeline leveraging AWS native services or traditional
tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, SonarQube, etc)
Deploy applications on AWS platform leveraging AWS platform services like
EC2, EBS, S3, Code Artifact etc
Strong coding, data structures and algorithms skills
Maintain and configure MongoDB instances
Implementation of security and data protection
Skills And Qualifications
Must have worked in NodeJS
Good knowledge of JavaScript, CSS and HTML is a must.
Should have worked on ReactJS class-based and functional concepts
Knowledge of framework like NextJS, NestJs is an added advantage
Should be good at understanding project requirement and communication
skills
Experience developing desktop and mobile applications.
Understanding accessibility and security compliance
User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
Working with Agile framework especially is necessary
Organizational and leadership abilities
Excellent communication skills
Problem-solving aptitude
Education
B.Tech/B.E./MCA or Equivalent
Person Fitment
A people person
Excellent attention to detail
Passionate about technology, with a general thirst for digital knowledge
Bright, motivated and driven
Positive thinker, with a can-do attitude
Reliable, flexible and cooperative
Honest and trustworthy
Candidate fit enhances when you show: Good understanding of/experience in building Neo-Banking/Education/Parenting Platforms.
Renumeration range: The compensation will also include a monthly salary based on discussion.
Benefits: When you join us, you get to share the vibe of working yet exploring off-beat India in the "Work from Anywhere" model as Founding Team Members. Secondly, we encourage Learning & Training with credits that can be utilised monthly. Not just that, we shall push you to have International mentorship so you are always upbeat in the market. What else? Feel free to suggest!












