Product Development - Head

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing team focused on building scalable, secure, and intelligent enterprise software. The ideal candidate is a strong technologist who enjoys coding, mentoring, and driving high-quality software delivery in a fast-paced startup environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers across backend, frontend, and integration areas.
• Drive architectural design, technical reviews, and ensure scalability and reliability.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality releases on time.
• Establish best practices in agile development, testing automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Build reusable frameworks for low-code app development and AI-driven workflows.
• Hire, coach, and develop engineers to strengthen technical capabilities and team culture.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• B.Tech/B.E. in Computer Science from a Tier-1 Engineering College.
• 3+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with at least 1 year mentoring or managing engineers.
• Strong expertise in backend development (Java / Node.js / Go / Python) and familiarity with frontend frameworks (React / Angular / Vue).
• Solid understanding of microservices, APIs, and cloud architectures (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience building or scaling SaaS or platform-based products.
• Exposure to GenAI/LLM, data pipelines, or workflow automation tools.
• Prior experience in a startup or high-growth product environment.

.Net core-3years experience, OOA, Coding, Web API, Rest API, any cloud, any DB

• Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents software according to systems quality standards, policies and procedures.
• Analyzes business needs and creates software solutions.
• Responsible for preparing design documentation.
• Prepares test data for unit, string, and parallel testing.
• Evaluates and recommends software and hardware solutions to meet user needs. Resolves customer issues with software solutions and responds to suggestions for improvements and enhancements.
• Works with business and development teams to clarify requirements to ensure testability. Drafts revise and maintain test plans, test cases, and automated test scripts.
• Executes test procedures according to software requirements specifications
• Logs defects and makes recommendations to address defects.
• Retests software corrections to ensure problems are resolved.

Rapido is India’s largest bike taxi player focused on solving the first and last mile connectivity problem for India. The primary focus is mobility and changing all facets of mobility across India. We believe that 2 Wheeler are the right mode of transport for developing countries like India and have much more scope than 4 wheelers, which is also reflected in the fact that the number of 2 wheelers is significantly more than the number of 4-wheelers.We have operations in close to 100 cities and are the undisputed market leader in this space. Growing close to 500% year-on-year, we have ambitious targets set for ourselves in the future as well.

What you will do :   

We are looking for a Technical Architect to design the structure of our IT systems and oversee programs to ensure the proper architecture is implemented.

Should have experience in data modelling, distributed system design, Microservice architecture and communications protocol and is passionate about writing code and the art of management

In this role, you should be an excellent communicator who is able to translate complex requirements into functional architecture. We'd also like you to have hands-on experience on software development and be able to manage complex programs. Overseeing development and implementation of programs. Providing technical leadership and support to software development teams. Your goal will be to ensure our internal IT framework operates properly.

Responsibilities:

• Understand company needs to define system specifications
• Plan and design the structure of a technology solution
• Communicate system requirements to software development teams
• Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods
• Oversee assigned programs (e. g. conduct code review) and provide guidance to team members
• Assist with solving technical problems when they arise
• Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure
• Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions
• Monitor systems to ensure they meet both user needs and business goals

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect
• Hands-on experience with software development and system administration
• Understanding of strategic IT solutions
• Experience in project management and service-oriented architecture (SOA)
• Knowledge of selected coding languages (e. g. JavaScript, Java)
• Familiarity with various operating systems
• Experience in cloud technologies
• Excellent communication skills
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Organisational and leadership skills

Role Competencies:

• Proven work experience as a Back-end developer.
• Hands on experience with programming languages like Java/NodeJS/Golang, JavaScript, Familiarity with Git,
• Database (SQL/Mysql/NO SQL).Good to have Kafka/queuing/messaging system.
• Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS)
• Strong knowledge of design principles, user interfaces, web standards and usability.

Functional Behavioral:

• Excellent analytical and time and people management skills.
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude.

• 10+ years developing and designing software products, and demonstrated experience with full software development lifecycle, ideally in a regulated industry
• Strong computer science fundamentals in OOAD, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
• Fluency in a high-level object oriented programming language (e.g. Java, C#, Golang, C++)
• Strong understanding of professional software engineering best practices for the full SLDC including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience designing and developing scalable, highly available distributed systems / services
• Expertise with services and microservices solution design and delivery covering API design, containerization, and application integration / messaging.
• Expertise with design and delivery of cloud native solutions on any of the major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Expertise with algorithm development in one or more of the following areas: numerical & statistical analysis, signal processing, image processing, regression, and machine learning.
• Practical experience with SCRUM, SaFe or other applicable agile framework in regulated environments.
• Experience in design, engineering, and testing of software contained in medical devices developed under the FDAs regulations for 510(k) or PMA products is preferred. 
• Superior communications skills (oral & written)
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, and effective collaboration

Primary Job Function:

• Works in a lead role in one or more aspects of the overall software development process (such as software design, code development) under a disciplined product development process that meets FDA requirements.
• Works independently on identifying new technologies and creating systems designs for implementation into new product development and process improvements.
• Exercises independent judgment in identifying, recommending and implementing significant and/or complex new tools/process improvements to meet company objectives in areas of new product development, product testing, process improvement and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Readily adjusts priorities and works within team environment for timely completion of common objectives for multiple projects.
• Resolve significant and/or complex technical issues to meet company objectives.

Main Responsibilities:

• Technical leadership in cloud services / systems software development (such as software design, code development, design review, code review, and testing) including project scheduling activities.
• Reliably deliver high quality software within schedule constraints.
• Provides technical ownership of software products.
• Actively participates in product development teams for the development of new products and services.
• Interacts with QA engineers to ensure that software products are robust and of very high quality.
• Research technical issues and propose technical approaches that achieve product and quality requirements.
• Participate in the full life cycle of development, from specification and design through implementation, testing, and support.
• Work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
• Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related engineering or scientific field.

Minimum Experience:

• 10 years relevant experience and a Bachelors degree or 5 yrs with MS degree. Will receive additional 2 years experience credit for PhD.
• Good knowledge of software engineering principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential..
• Excellent troubleshooting skills are a must. Strong debugging techniques and experience on using debugger is required and/or use of testing tools to ensure high level of quality of software product.
• Strong working knowledge of the principles of quality software engineering as described by software lifecycle development processes that are consistent with ISO, IEEE, or other FDA recognized standards.
• Experience w/ distributed computing / services (preferably cloud native) software design and development is highly preferable. 

Technical Manager: We are looking for someone who can report to the firm’s chief technology officer, the technical lead is a full-time position that participates in all phases of the project lifecycle and consistently delivers business value to our clients. The technical lead is a leader within our client-facing project delivery team structure and sets best practices, approach and direction for the technical aspects of our practice. The ideal candidate has a passion for the web and higher education and is a champion for Laravel or similar frameworks.  And guide our passionate Software Developers to design, develop robust products. Candidates should be open minded to new solutions, forward thinking and strong ability to adapt. As a Lead, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience. Ultimately, you should be able to lead, develop and maintain functional and stable web applications to meet our company’s needs along with managing the team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participates in pre-project business development activities including writing proposals, developing price estimates, and delivering pitches for new work. 

• Participates in pre-project business development activities including writing proposals, developing price estimates, and delivering pitches for new work. 

• In partnership with the other technical lead, sets direction for all aspects of our technology practice. 

• Leads and advances our growing Laravel practice. 

• Responsible for various aspects of ongoing support and maintenance engagements. Partners with project managers and web developers to successfully manage these client relationships
  
  

•  Understand requirements & plan the architecture for frontend/backend of the application
• Plan out the contracts & APIs for communication of various components.
• Work on integration of any external libraries and tools as per required by the application needs
• Working with modern tools to make the application more robust, efficient and scalable

• Understands each client’s organizational goals and objectives. 

• Develops lasting relationships with client personnel that foster client ties. 

• Seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships. 

• Delivers training to client personnel of various skill levels and technical capabilities.

Communication Responsibilities:

•    Delivers engaging, informative and well-organized presentations.
•    Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion. 
•    Understands how to tactfully communicate difficult/sensitive information.
•    Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills. 
•    Elicits cooperation from a variety of sources including Froogal management and client  

   team  members.

•    Comfortable using teleconferencing and web-based technology to communicate with our 

   Clients.

Other Responsibilities: 

•   Helps team members progress toward their professional development goals.
•   Defines and disseminates technology best practices.
•   Ensures we are proactive in our pursuit of new solutions and innovation within our   

   technology practice. 

•   Advances the firm’s thought leadership, specifically around web technologies, via the    

              mStoner blog, social media outlets and industry events and conferences. 

• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming & its implementation in any programming language. Knowledge of PHP and/or JS is a plus
• Proven industry experience as a Tech Lead
• Experience/Knowledge of microservice architecture
• Fluency and Hands-on Experience on Laravel 5+ PHP Framework (specially working with Eloquent Models/Collections) and/or React/Redux is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL and/or NoSql based DB such as MongoDB.
• Experience in JavaScript. Vue JS/React JS is a plus

Position profile

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities and duties

Skill Set

Primary

• 4-7 years’ experience developing scalable Mobile, Web and Cloud based applications.
• 3-4 years’ experience with hybrid mobile applications using IonicJS.
• 3-4 years’ experience with backend frameworks: Node.js, Express.js, Mongoose.js.
• 3-4 years’ experience with JavaScript Frameworks such as Angular, CSS and HTML5.
• 1-2 years’ experience with Azure Cloud, Azure PaaS (Functions, Service Bus, etc.).
• 1-2 years’ experience with SQL Server and MongoDB database.
• Experience in developing applications involving data extraction, transformation, and visualization using tools like Power BI.
• Very strong experience with the orchestration of multiple asynchronous API calls via call backs, promises, and async/await.
• Hands-on experience with TDD, using libraries such as Mocha/Jasmine.
• Define and implement application & infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques to migrate workloads into Azure.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, Jenkins pipelines would be a plus.
• Knowledge of AWS Cloud would be a plus.
• Experience in developing native iOS and Android applications would be a plus.