Principal Architect

Upto 50% Equity and Co Founder position available for the prospective CTO candidate.

Requirement-

CTO + CoFounder wanted for our Tech startup where we're trying to build Connected Mobility in parallel to a "short videos app" meant for dashcam videos getting recorded straight from the user's smartphone. So you can say we're a TikTok of dashcam videos at the front.

Expecting the individual is capable & willing to work on these below languages-

Our backend codes are in CakePHP,
Admin Panel in Laravel,
Android is in Java.
No iOS app yet but we plan to roll it out soon.

Hence, we're expecting the CTO to be having fair idea/expertise about these languages. Also, we don't have an iOS app at this point, but it would be benefecial if there's a fair knowledge about iOS apps as well. Also, since the server being used is AWS we are hoping the person knows how to efficiently utilize various features of the same while linking the things.

Proposed Salary may be available only after angel investor, VCs come on board.

Role Description

Location - Bangalore / Remote/WFH

 

This is an equity-only role.

 

We are looking for a young but mature mindset with highly skilled Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to provide sound technical leadership in all aspects of the business. This person will be added as a Co-founder in the Team.

CTO should be able to take technical decision and having a Strategic thinking mindset with strong business acumen. We expect you to be well-versed in current technological trends and familiar with a variety of business concepts.

You will work directly with the CEO and will act as both a technology and business expert, making decisions that will impact the current and future operations of the company. If you are self-motivated, emotionally strong, enjoy challenges and have a never give-up approach, we’d like to meet you.

 

CTO / Co- Founder Responsibilities

 

Lead the technology division with new-age technologies and processes

Build on the vision for the organization by technology

Identify new opportunities and develop products and processes in line with cutting edge technologies

Deploy, develop and implement solutions in a cost-efficient manner

Experience in building scalable products, platforms, and modern technologies

Experienced on the internet/ e-commerce industry, B2B platforms, start-up setups is a plus

Hands-on experience in digital initiatives, big data, mobile apps, AI & ML, analytics, and business intelligence solutions

Ability to convert data into usable modern technology-driven solutions

Experience or knowledge on AWS server side is required

 

 

Requirements

 

B.E / B.tech / Masters Degree in computer science or related field.

6+ years of working in a technological role is preferable but not mandatory

Experience working in an early-stage tech start-up will be a plus

A strong product sense and can build engaging tech for customers

Ability to conduct technological analyses and research

Deep knowledge of full-stack modern development practices (node.js, angular, java javascript, AWS, DS, react, etc.) Can work / learn and work on AI/ML

Have a proven understanding of best engineering practices for the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including coding standards, code review, source control, build, test, deploy, and operations

Experience in project management to ensure timely deliverables

Strong communication skills with the ability to present the technology vision confidently in a way that motivates others both internally and externally

Job Overview The Solution Architect will be responsible for o Design solutions for the project that enable customer to meet their process/business goals o Leading the requirement session with client. o Development of solution architecture and design across a set of applications or application/product family within an enterprise. Duties and Responsibilities o Development of solution architecture and design across a set of applications or application/product family within an enterprise. o Enable customer to fulfil the stated project objectives o Lead solution of the product implementation o Support execution of project from solution perspective and technology perspective o Prepare and Review estimations o Support pre-sales o Support QC Skills / Attributes Required: Essential: o Strong P&C Insurance domain knowledge in North American. o Experience in UML based analysis and design using tools e.g. Rational Rose & Together J o Experience in setting up business rules and workflow engines o Design & Development experience with object oriented programming in JAVA technology stack o Experience in both high level as well as low level design o Should have conducted requirements sessions understanding customer’s business processes o Understand and use frameworks to design and review solutions for functional and non-functional requirements o Leading a team of software specialists / engineers for the creation / implementation of solution architecture for a product/application o Experience in any database with clear understanding of RDBMS concepts Desirable: o Experience in performance tuning of product/application o Exposure to design frameworks o Exposure to automation tools Functional Skills: o Understand the principles of accounting or commerce or finance Other skills: o Managing a team of 10-12 resources o Good communication as there would be a need to work closely with the customers o Ready to travel onsite for 2-3 months duration o Experience in Estimation methodologies

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 Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19,
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India.
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech.
• upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program.
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

About the Role

A highly motivated individual who has expe rience 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.

What’s it like in Equal Experts: Currently, we are working to create a platform on mobile for a giant enterprise to help them roll out their new offering. The company is now amongst the world’s biggest startups and fastest growing IT companies that are creating groundbreaking innovations. This platform will help them build capabilities to scale up to 1 million installations a week. In addition, it will let them on-board and empower over a million people in the workforce. The platform will then scale to create disruptions in the retail and e-commerce space, solving real-world problems. Scalability, extensibility, and reusability are key attributes of this platform. As a Platform Architect, you'll be involved in: Defining the technology strategy for the platform, including ensuring operability, performance, and security. Providing technical leadership and consulting on all aspects of the program. Coordinating and facilitating technical decisions across the multiple deliver streams on the platform. Providing technical and delivery mentoring to client technology department.

Company Description :

Traveloka is a technology company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Founded in 2012 by ex-Silicon Valley engineers and aims to revolutionize human mobility with technology. Today Traveloka is expanding its reach by operating in 6 countries and experimenting with new endeavors that will create large impact in the markets and industries we touch.

Job Description :

- Be a steward for engineering quality, reliability, scalability habits and mindset in the organization under your purview

- Responsible for scalability, performance, availability of products and services across the stack in the organization under your purview

- Driving high standard code reviews, design reviews, architecture discussions

- Mentoring more junior engineers to instill engineering best practices and good habits

- Actively participate in development along with team members - creating modules & systems that can then be treated as a working reflection of the best practices.

- Set the vision of the domain architecture and technology stack for technology in your organization

- Drive implementation of long term investment, migration, refactoring in your organization

- Be an evangelist for technology - drive a culture of curiosity and active debate around technology in your organization

- Experiment with new & relevant technologies and tools, and drive adoption while measuring yourself on the impact you are able to create

Qualifications :

- 8+ years of relevant industry experience ideally in fast moving B2C environment

- Technical breadth - exposure to a wide variety of problem spaces, technologies

- Very strong system design and object-oriented skills with a nifty ability to craft clean interfaces and operate at the right levels of abstraction

- Solid coding skills with ability to drive teams through massive refactoring exercise & improve coding standards across large code bases.

- Deep knowledge, understanding & experience of working with a large variety of multi-tier architectures. Awareness of pitfalls & use cases for a large variety of solutions.

- Deep understanding & experience of high performance web scale & real-time response systems, and large scale persistent systems

- Exposure to complete product development cycles - from inception to production to scaling up, supporting new requirements, re-architectures

- Demonstrated expertise in problem solving and technical innovation

Tripoto :Tripoto is a full stack platform for leisure travel. We are solving pain points of the entire consumer lifecycle by bringing content(UGC & PGC), community, and commerce together on a single platform. Our focus as a company is Product, Tech, Design; acquiring high-quality user-generated content and super-fast growth of our community around the world. Currently, we are working on building a holiday marketplace. User-generated content, Community & Social, messaging, search, Ai and personalization products.As a VP Engineering, you will lead a team of 40 engineers while working with leaders to create and implement the platform and product vision for Tripoto. You will work with our engineers on the ground along with product teams on creating roadmaps, with an emphasis on execution, as well as attracting and mentoring talent. You will stay technical, leading engineers across the stack to bring an end-to-end solution to life - digging into the complex but rewarding world of solving real problems.Leadership, Management, And Relationship Building Skills :- Strong business judgment, analytical acumen, communication and presentation skills necessary for relationship building with business leaders and teams across all levels of the organization to quickly create productive collaborations.- Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills - servant leader with the ability to collaborate, leading through influence across a complex, global organization to drive direction. Strong facilitation and negotiation skills.- Ability to explain complex technical issues in a way that non-technical people may understand Superior organizational skills and an affinity for detail. Able to simultaneously manage multiple, mission-critical projects and the flexibility to adapt to changing priorities. Strong team builder and leader.- Coaching skills the ability to develop one's direct reports. Proven ability to recruit, motivate and develop a superior team and establish a clear definition of functional excellence.Technical / Professional Competencies :- Minimum 8+ years of senior level, cross-functional leadership roles in Product based technology companies including business strategy, product management, engineering, and operations.- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. MS or MBA preferred.- Experience with high-performance websites catering to millions of daily traffic is a plus.- Experience with web technologies and microservices architecture, Java/ Python/PHP, Linux, Apache, MySQL, Redis, javascript, ajax, etc.- Experience and understanding of a wide range of client-side technologies including JavaScript, Angular, ReactS, etc. is an advantage- Act as a thought leader for technology-enabled business opportunities, in addition to partnering in strategic planning, leading enterprise transformation through technology and evolving enterprise architectures.- Develop and maintain an appropriate organizational structure that supports the needs of the business.- Establish functional goals, objectives, and operating procedures.- Demonstrate - Organizational Agility- by balancing the role of a strategist with urgency while simultaneously managing the delivering results in a growing and fast-paced environment.At Tripoto, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Imagine what you could do here.Please apply here.

IMPORTANT: Must be ready to work in a start up including taking a smaller pay till initial round is funded. Ideal for candidate currently in a freelance role or is in between jobs. This job is NOT for someone looking to go from one corporate to another 7-9 years of experience Experience in Predictive and Machine Learning (ideally targeted to Indian customers). Some experience in Financial Services (e.g.: investment management, investment banking, mortgage banking) Deep expertise in data engineering Exposure to Real Time & Big Data Analytics (in any industry segment). Work experience with open source big data technologies including Hadoop, Streams Computing, and Spark. Engineering or Physics or Math or Stats undergraduate degree. Masters or Phd a plus.

Want the thrill of working for an exciting tech start-up while being paid a market-rate salary in addition to receiving equity? Want to help bring real invention, having ownership of the entire technical development team creating a complex product? Want to work on problems at the national level concerning infrastructure issues? Read on!

ToRoots is an early stage angel funded startup. We are a team of people who believe in experiential learning. If you are looking for something where you can implement your learning and learn while experimenting, ToRoots is a place to be. You will be among the people who will set a company culture, and we intend to (and will) be listed among the best places to work in the world. We are a young company looking to change how people book travel experiences. We have outsourced technology part to a tech partner company and now we are looking for somebody who can lead the technology part completely with them. In travel industry, technology has been used for almost a decade now, but unlike hotels/buses/flights booking travelers don't yet book travel experiences without manual intervention. While playing in a niche of unique travel experiences, we intend to make it convenient for travelers to book them without manual intervention. We started as a marketplace and our evolution path would be a community-driven platform and an intelligent platform eventually. We are looking for somebody who has deep understanding of open source development and have a knack for solving problems pertaining to human behaviour with technology. Somebody who can understand the evolution path and make it happen.