Project Manager - Tech

Engineering Manager – Backend

Opportunity in this role / Why should you join us?

Series D funded supply chain startup.

Requirements

• Software engineering experience of greater than or equal to 7 years
• Experience managing a technical team of at least 3 people
• Exposure to consumer facing products
• Strong technical background and ability to contribute to design and review
• Familiarity with our tech stack or an analogous tech stack

Technologies Used

• Web application frameworks : Ktor, Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Java Play, AWS Lambda
• Languages : Kotlin, Java, Ruby, Javascript, Python
• Datastores : PostgreSQL, Aerospike, Redis, DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift
• Communication : HTTP, Amazon SQS, Sidekiq, Amazon SNS
• Server management : Amazon ECS, Docker
• Design frameworks : Domain Driven Design, Clean Architecture, Layered Architecture

Roles and Responsibilities

This role requires a person to drive the engineering of a set of products by aligning with business and product

stakeholders and building and upskilling a team to aid in this. The responsibilities include:

Business and product alignment and planning

• Work closely with business and product stakeholders to understand and align with product initiatives and iterations.
• Help shape the engineering requirement by aligning with the product manager and fleshing out concepts and user flows.
• Formalize business requirements into roadmaps and sprints.

1. Product and system development

• Drive high level modeling and design for projects, also focusing on non-functional aspects, including but not limited to database design, communication protocols, deployment systems, etc.
• Drive adoption of design frameworks like domain driven design, clean architecture, etc., resulting in a robust layered architecture.
• Drive good code review practices, using the review process as a mentoring tool to upskill people.
• Ensure test coverage of systems, partly through unit and integration testing, and partly through blackbox testing by collaborating with the Quality Assurance team, via good testing practices.

1. Project Management

• Drive the execution of the project by delegating tasks effectively.
• Resolve blockers through technical expertise, negotiation and delegation.
• Estimate timelines and ensure adherence to them through effective sync-ups and course corrections.

1. Maintenance

• Formulate SLAs and oversee their adherence for the various systems, effectively tracking issues and performance inefficiencies.
• Performance monitoring and optimization for systems.
• Drive technical re-design, remodeling and refactoring of systems for robustness and sustainability.

1. Team Management

• Typically manage a team of 3 - 6 members and a portfolio of 3 - 6 products.
• Do periodic assessment of reportees, chart their career growth paths and train them.
• Recruit members into the team by collaborating effectively with the recruitment team.

Product Overview

You will be contributing to products concerning both customers and partner drivers. Product sectors

include:

• Growth : You’ll build tools to help boost user growth on the platform including our industry bestdriver on-boarding, training and certification system, referral system, and lead managementmmodels.
• Lifecycle Management : Build tools to help users engage with the platform better, which includes rewards and recognition module, subscription service, account management tools, partner and customer wallets and payout modules, and churn detection systems among others.
• Transaction Experience : You’ll help deliver the most delightful booking experience to our customers and drivers. As part of this team, you’ll be responsible for our core booking system, pricing and payment systems, location tracking and filtering services, fraud prevention systems, and in-app ticketing and support among others.
• Fulfilment : As part of the fulfilment team, you’ll work on systems which ensure high degree of ride fulfilment on the platform. Tools including allocation methodologies and system, dynamic pricing, dynamic partner routing, and partner re-activation tools among others.
• Enterprise Solutions : You’ll help Porter’s enterprise customers achieve delivery excellence. You’ll build tools for contract management, fleet management, fleet and route optimisation tools, alerting and monitoring tools, and analytics suite among others.

Radisys Corporation, a global leader in open telecom solutions, enables service providers to drive disruption with new open architecture business models. Our innovative technology solutions leverage open reference architectures and standards, combined with open software and hardware, to power business transformation for the telecom industry. Our services organization delivers systems integration expertise necessary to solve complex deployment challenges for communications and content providers.

Job Overview :

We are looking for a Lead Engineer - Java with a strong background in Java development and hands-on experience with J2EE, Springboot, Kubernetes, Microservices, NoSQL, and SQL. As a Lead Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing high-quality software solutions and ensuring the successful delivery of projects. role with 7 to 10 years of experience, based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. This position is a full-time role with excellent growth opportunities.

Qualifications and Skills :

- Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or a related field

- Strong knowledge of Core Java, J2EE, and Springboot frameworks

- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and microservices architecture

- Experience with NoSQL and SQL databases

- Proficient in troubleshooting and debugging complex system issues

- Experience in Enterprise Applications

- Excellent communication and leadership skills

- Ability to work in a fast-paced and collaborative environment

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Roles and Responsibilities :

- Work closely with product management and cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliverables

- Design scalable and high-performance applications using Java, J2EE, and Springboot

- Develop and maintain microservices using Kubernetes and containerization

- Design and implement data models using NoSQL and SQL databases

- Ensure the quality and performance of software through code reviews and testing

- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and resolve technical issues

- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies

• Act as a key point of contact to the Business Transformation Services, Business Analysis, and Functional Architecture and Solution Architecture groups throughout the implementation
• Interface with business stakeholders to determine key design/process decisions, and contribute to overall delivery plan.
• Deliver assigned tasks complete and on time as designated by the Programme Office to ensure smooth progress of the implementation.
• Contribute and take ownership for various project related tasks / planning activities as the programme evolves

• Knowledge and Practical experience of Project Management methodologies – ability to configure delivery work stream frameworks to progress timelines and delivery milestones
• Demonstrate ability in planning consulting/functional work & ownership of project outcomes

• Proven experience in any high-level programming languages like Java (Preferably)
• Strong knowledge of data structure, algorithms and coding
• Experience with any Messaging technologies like Kafka or Rab-bitMQ, etc.
• Proven experience in database technologies like NoSQL
• Hands-on experience with Spring, Spring Security, Spring boot, and Hibernate framework.
• Working knowledge of developing Restful Micro services.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills.
• Attend team meetings to discuss projects, brainstorm ideas, and put forward solutions to any issues.
• Ability to understand the Platform/domain of the business in detail & Ability to multi-task.
• Good communication and organizational skill

Midas is a fintech company that specializes in building state-of-the-art technological solutions for algorithmic trading, investments, and analytics for global financial markets. Headquartered in Mumbai, Midas aims to establish a strong presence in GIFT City (Gandhinagar), London, New York, and Singapore in the near future.

Our team consists of highly motivated and skilled individuals who serve sophisticated clients across various segments, including affluent individuals, high-net-worth individuals, ultra-high net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutions. We offer an excellent platform for personal and professional development within a highly committed and collaborative team in a mission-driven and results-oriented environment.

1. The ideal candidate should possess expert-level knowledge in technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Node JS, MongoDB, Redis, Linux servers, and networking protocols (TCP and UDP). This includes understanding how to use these technologies to develop and deploy backend systems, as well as troubleshooting and optimizing them.
2. Proficient in automation technology, the candidate should be able to optimize existing infrastructure, identify and implement design patterns, and understand data structures and algorithms. This includes an ability to evaluate and recommend new technologies that can improve the performance and scalability of the system.
3. The candidate should be familiar with version control and project management tools such as GIT, JIRA, etc. and be able to use them effectively to manage and collaborate on code development.
4. Strong understanding of multithreading and multiprocessing concepts, and the ability to make tweaks and optimizations in similar domains for the purpose of improving performance and scalability.
5. Understanding of clustering and load balancing, including the ability to design and implement solutions that can improve the availability and scalability of the system.
6. Understanding of cyber security protocols and their application in the development and deployment of backend systems. This includes knowledge of best practices for securing systems, as well as the ability to identify and mitigate potential security threats.
7. Ability to implement CI/CD pipelines when needed. This includes an understanding of the various steps involved in creating, testing, and deploying code, as well as knowledge of the tools and technologies used to automate these processes.
8. Familiarity with tools such as NGINX or HAProxy and understanding how they can be used to improve the performance and scalability of the system.
9. Eagerness to learn and upgrade skills as per the demands of the product. This includes an ability to stay current with new technologies and best practices in the field, as well as a willingness to continuously improve one's own skills.
10. Proven experience in the industry and ability to work in a fast-paced environment. The candidate should have a solid understanding of the financial markets and the technology used to support them.
11. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team. The candidate should be able to identify and solve complex problems and work effectively with others to achieve common goals.
12. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. The candidate should be able to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and work well in a team environment.

About Us :

We are the largest and most active online platform for international education!

Yocket was established in 2015 with a mission to connect people to the world's best learning opportunities.

Today, Yocket is the largest community-driven online platform for international education. We help study abroad aspirants by connecting them to the best universities over the world. Till date, we have helped more than 10,00,000 students across countries pursue their higher education.

Every day thousands of students use our products to explore universities and connect with peers and alumni from renowned universities. Recently we were chosen as one of the Top 100 Indian Startups by Google and MeitY’s Appscale Academy Initiative !! We’re also ranked #18 on AppStore Top Charts - Education!

At Yocket, we strive to help our employees find passion and purpose. Join us in changing the way students make their decisions about education. If you wish to create an impact and help students get the best education by taking our vision ahead, we would love to have you on our team!

Job Description:

-The employee will be involved in direct sales.

- Will be responsible to build rapport with students and their parents.

- Needs to have an understanding of the student profile.

- Good to have CRM Knowledge

- Good target records

- Open to making from different sources

- Open to traveling

- Open to attending Virtual events and Physical events/seminars/Webinars

Requirements:

0- 1 year of experience in Sales

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Highly organized with excellent attention to detail.

- Prior experience in sales/knowledge of sales tools

Benefits :

* Medical Insurance

* 6 days a week and Flexible work timings

* No boss kinda culture (We have mentors, not bosses, bring your own idea to the table without any hesitation)

* Access to your personal psychological counselor (We take care of your mental well-being)

*Please note that the selected candidate will have to work from our Mumbai Office for 6 days*

Our product is already used by thousands of people today. We are looking for the person who can drive that hundred of thousands and ultimately millions. You will drive growth loops, build flywheels, ensure great adoption and seamless sales systems to drive our growth. You will be in the driving seat of ensuring effective marketing strategies and plans to communicate the features and benefits of our product to customers.

You will handle market research on current trending products, drive product innovation, influence pricing and packaging, guide sales teams, develop messaging and market positioning around products and take part in presentations and events.

Responsibilities:

• Generate new product ideas based on first principles, the state-of-the-art, and macro trends
• Discover and define business cases for new market opportunities
• Participate in market and user research to identify new product features, trends and opportunities that will drive our business growth and transformation
• Own performance of & drive our conversion funnel from registration and onboarding to early retention, payment and growth loops like referrals
• Ideate and implement high-leverage user growth experiments focused around building growth loops and driving our flywheel
• Monitor cohort performance from channels and campaigns, conduct research and use it to understand user needs, identify key improvement areas, product & process iterations for driving sales & user growth
• Improve sales systems & processes & drive sales teams, ensuring complete alignment
• Work closely with sales and support team to build & optimize go-to-market strategy on lead conversion, upsells, reactivation and referrals & drive its operations
• Grow, optimise, and monetise consumer products, delivering growth-focused KPIs through unpaid acquisition strategies 

Qualifications:

You are right for this role if you can think of a 100 ways to take a product to market & but also prioritise 3 & roll up your shelves to drive them.

Further, if you have real history driving growth loops, strong user adoption and great sales. If you don’t, you could yet be right if you can drive sales teams, understand growth flywheels, are itching to build one and think your current role in marketing is really restrictive. 

You should love data, be both analytical & creative at the same time and should enjoy high-leverage experiments & rolling up your sleeves to get things done.

• At least 2+ years of experience in high-performance product or growth marketing roles
• If not, then cross-functional experience across performance marketing, SEO & sales is a must with additional experience/exposure in product & program management
• Experience driving growth strategy, sales operations and owning a product that immediately drives the company's business objectives, growth and P/L
• Strong experience with optimizing conversion funnels and organic growth loops and working closely with design, marketing and engineering to implement high-leverage experiments
• Strong track record of hitting weekly and monthly targets.
• Good judgment and strong thought partner for the head of product and founders
• Strong understanding of growth models, strategies and tactics, including acquisition, activation, retention (engagement and stickiness) and virality
• Experience conducting user research and developing strong user understanding via many methods
  
  

  Why Work With Us:

  Being an education organisation, we take your growth seriously. Working with us could be your best decision if you're looking for learning, wide exposure & looking to be in the driving seat of what you do. You will be given real responsibilities, freedom to make decisions and come up with ideas and work closely with the founder and the core team, all in a flexible, casual and young (everyone under 28) work environment.

  Work from home (even without Covid), flexible work, free snacks, etc are just a regular part of our work life.

• At least 2+ years of Handson in developing solutions on Microsoft Azure Platform
• 5+ years of industry experience designing and developing enterprise scale services & platforms 
• 5+ years of experience in C# with solid analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• At least 1.5 year of hands-on experience with React JS/ Typescript /Bootstrap/Angular related frameworks
• At least 3+ Year Hands on in Relational Database SqlServer/ Azure SQL.