
Who are we?
Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) has been set up by IIT Madras to provide thought leadership and intellectual impact to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. CREST has embarked on an ambitious mission of becoming one of the top global research centres in the area of start-ups and innovation. The core of CREST is the development of an AI-driven Intelligent
Information Platform that would enable cutting edge research as well as influence policy and practice like never before
With the recent exponential growth in the start-up and innovation ecosystem, new data-driven approaches would play a critical part in sustaining the current growth curve. The objective of CREST would be to become the gold standard of information and intelligence on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Equity investments in India
The Opening
We are currently looking for our next passionate, skilled and motivated Python developer, who can join us immediately. The candidate should
● Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
● Have a can-do attitude and ready for challenges
● Value working with a greatteam - confident, creative and thoughtful people who come together to achieve great things
● Be eager to experiment, learn and bring new things, improving the platform
● Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup-like culture - small team, fast-paced work environment If this is you, we're excited to interact!
As the Data Science Engineer in CREST, you will
● Write reusable code and build libraries for future use
● Establish solid data-pipelines and automate routine tasks
● Develop & deploy custom Machine Learning (ML) models using the latest
research in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Build performant applications following best practices, maximizing speed and scalability
● Improve upon the existing codebase mitigating technical debt
● Take ownership of all aspects of the application - architecture, quality and efficiency
Requirements
● Proficient understanding of Python language
● Expertise with data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
● Familiar with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes and hands-on experience with packages like Pandas, Numpy etc
● Experience with data visualisation tools and libraries like Plotly, Seaborn etc
● Good understanding of advanced Statistical and ML techniques on
regression, classification, forecasting etc
● Skilled in NLP and specifically ML applications in NLP like information
extraction, feature engineering, classification, building language models etc
● Should provide direction and mentorship to junior team members
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from premier educational institutions
● Minimum 2 years of experience (research or professional) in the
above-mentioned areas
Good to have
● Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
● Experience and knowledge in version control systems like git, svn, etc
● Knowledge in developing & deploying web apps & web APIs with an overall understanding of client-server interactions
● Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Job type
● Full time, on-site
● Immediate joiner
● Initial appointment for 1 year, it would be renewed subsequently based on performance
Work location
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India - 600036
Why work with us?
● Get to interact with the best of the minds. IIT Madras has been ranked as the
top university in India for 5 years in a row
● Be at the forefront of the Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
● Enormous opportunities for learning

About IIT Madras
About
Photos
Connect with the team
Similar jobs (10)
About NonStop io Technologies
NonStop io Technologies is a value-driven company with a strong focus on process-oriented software engineering. We specialize in Product Development and have a decade's worth of experience in building web and mobile applications across various domains. NonStop io Technologies follows core principles that guide its operations and believes in staying invested in a product's vision for the long term. We are a small but proud group of individuals who believe in the 'givers gain' philosophy and strive to provide value in order to seek value. We are committed to and specialize in building cutting-edge technology products and serving as trusted technology partners for startups and enterprises. We pride ourselves on fostering innovation, learning, and community engagement. Join us to work on impactful projects in a collaborative and vibrant environment.
Brief Description:
We're seeking an AI/ML Engineer to join our team. As AI/ML Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions to solve real-world business problems. You will work closely with engineering teams, including software engineers, domain experts, and product managers, to deploy and integrate Applied AI/ML solutions into the products that are being built at NonStop io. Your role will involve researching cutting-edge algorithms and data processing techniques, and implementing scalable solutions to drive innovation and improve the overall user experience.
Responsibilities
● Applied AI/ML engineering; Building engineering solutions on top of the AI/ML tooling available in the industry today. Eg: Engineering APIs around OpenAI
● AI/ML Model Development: Design, develop, and implement machine learning models and algorithms that address specific business challenges, such as natural language processing, computer vision, recommendation systems, anomaly detection, etc.
● Data Preprocessing and Feature Engineering: Cleanse, preprocess, and transform raw data into suitable formats for training and testing AI/ML models. Perform feature engineering to extract relevant features from the data
● Model Training and Evaluation: Train and validate AI/ML models using diverse datasets to achieve optimal performance. Employ appropriate evaluation metrics to assess model accuracy, precision, recall, and other relevant metrics
● Data Visualization: Create clear and insightful data visualizations to aid in understanding data patterns, model behaviour, and performance metrics
● Deployment and Integration: Collaborate with software engineers and DevOps teams to deploy AI/ML models into production environments and integrate them into various applications and systems
● Data Security and Privacy: Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and implement security measures to protect sensitive information used in AI/ML processes
● Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI/ML research, tools, and technologies, and apply them to improve existing models and develop novel solutions
● Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of the AI/ML development process, including code, models, algorithms, and methodologies for easy understanding and future reference.
Qualifications & Skills
● Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications in AI/ML are a plus
● Proven experience as an AI/ML Engineer, Data Scientist, or related role, ideally with a strong portfolio of AI/ML projects
● Proficiency in programming languages commonly used for AI/ML. Preferably Python
● Familiarity with popular AI/ML libraries and frameworks, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, etc.
● Familiarity with popular AI/ML Models such as GPT3, GPT4, Llama2, BERT etc.
● Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, statistics, and data structures
● Experience with data preprocessing, data wrangling, and feature engineering
● Knowledge of deep learning architectures, neural networks, and transfer learning
● Familiarity with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for scalable AI/ML deployment
● Solid understanding of software engineering principles and best practices for writing maintainable and scalable code
● Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and propose innovative solutions
● Effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and present complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
The requirements are as follows:
1) Familiar with the the Django REST API Framework.
2) Experience with the FAST API framework will be a plus
3) Strong grasp of basic python programming concepts ( We do ask a lot of questions on this on our interviews :) )
4) Experience with databases like MongoDB , Postgres , Elasticsearch , REDIS will be a plus
5) Experience with any ML library will be a plus.
6) Familiarity with using git , writing unit test cases for all code written and CI/CD concepts will be a plus as well.
7) Familiar with basic code patterns like MVC.
8) Grasp on basic data structures.
You can contact me on nine three one six one two zero one three two
What You'll Do
You will be part of our data platform & data engineering team. As part of this agile team, you will work in our cloud native environment and perform following activities to support core product development and client specific projects:
- You will develop the core engineering frameworks for an advanced self-service data analytics product.
- You will work with multiple types of data storage technologies such as relational, blobs, key-value stores, document databases and streaming data sources.
- You will work with latest technologies for data federation with MPP (Massive Parallel Processing) capabilities
- Your work will entail backend architecture to enable data modeling, data queries and API development for both back-end and front-end data interfaces.
- You will support client specific data processing needs using SQL and Python/Pyspark
- You will integrate our product with other data products through Django APIs
- You will partner with other team members in understanding the functional / non-functional business requirements, and translate them into software development tasks
- You will follow the software development best practices in ensuring that the code architecture and quality of code written by you is of high standard, as expected from an enterprise software
- You will be a proactive contributor to team and project discussions
Who you are
- Strong education track record - Bachelors or an advanced degree in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline from Indian Institute of Technology or equivalent premium institute.
- 2-3 years of experience in data queries, data processing and data modeling
- Excellent ANSI SQL skills to handle complex queries
- Excellent Python and Django programming skills.
- Strong knowledge and experience in modern and distributed data stack components such as the Spark, Hive, Airflow, Kubernetes, Docker etc.
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure) and native cloud technologies for data storage and data processing
- Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres, Blobs, MongoDB etc.
- Familiarity with ML models is highly preferred
- Experience with Big Data processing and performance optimization
- Should know how to write modular, optimized and documented code.
- Should have good knowledge around error handling.
- Experience in version control systems such as GIT
- Strong problem solving and communication skills.
- Self-starter, continuous learner.
Good to have some exposure to
- Start-up experience is highly preferred
- Exposure to any Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Tableau, Dundas, Power BI etc.
- Agile software development methodologies.
- Working in multi-functional, multi-location teams
What You'll Love About Us – Do ask us about these!
- Be an integral part of the founding team. You will work directly with the founder
- Work Life Balance. You can't do a good job if your job is all you do!
- Prepare for the Future. Academy – we are all learners; we are all teachers!
- Diversity & Inclusion. HeForShe!
- Internal Mobility. Grow with us!
- Business knowledge of multiple sectors
| Python |
| FastAPI / Django Framework |
| Database concept, API & SQL's |
| SSO, Oauth2, JWT, Microservices |
| MVC, ORM |
| 1) Write effective, scalable code |
| 2) Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance Integrate user-facing elements into applications. |
| 3) Test and debug programs. |
| 4) Improve functionality of existing systems. |
| 5) Implement security and data protection solutions. |
| 6) Assess and prioritize feature requests. |
| 7) Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions |
| 8) Debugging programs and integrating applications with third-party web services. |
A quick overview of our stack:
Python, MySQL, NoSQL, Memcache, Bigquery, Microservices.
Responsibilities
As a backend developer, you would be responsible for building, scaling, and maintaining the multiple modules, encompassing - external integration, API management, building business and operation processes, designing and defining microservices, designing multi-input/output state machines
You will be given complete ownership of modules and processes. You will work with business, product, and UI teams to work on new features and products. You are expected to drive the services/modules to maximize its business impact and customer delight.
- Acumen for good, secure API design
- Write clear and effective API documentation
- Write/review test cases for code and process coverage
- Stickler for good, clear, secure coding, both oneself and team members by code review
- Reviewing designs, code, and processes from a system security standpoint
- Defining and building micro-services
- Building systems with positive business impact Tracking module health, usage, behavior tracking, measure and improve code and processes
Requirement
You will be working on multiple projects/modules. You are expected to write code to integrate - external providers, internal business and process tools, customer-facing applications, and partner-facing applications.
- At least 1-3 years of working experience in web services, preferably in Python
- Should have built and released APIs in production
- Experience working with RDBMS and NoSQL databases
- Designing thoughtful, extensible data models
- Knowledge of identifying, defining and building micro-services
- Working knowledge of GCS, AWS, Azure or any other cloud provider
- Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills - written and spoken
Good to have
- Focus on constant improvement of developer experience
- Building or Working knowledge of CI/CD
- Basic know-how of front-end technologies like AngularJS/React
- Have worked on additional languages like Javascript/Ruby
Job Location - Bangalore
Frameworks - Springboot, Hibernate, Junit
REST / SOAP Web Services Implementation
Micro-services and Data Structures experience
SQL and exposure to Oracle or MySql or SQL Server or any standard RDBMS
Scrum or SAFe or other Agile delivery ways
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), good interpersonal skills, ability to
understand/expand requirements & technical specs
As Back end developer, we expect you to be motivated in solving real-life complex problems and create compelling experiences for our Resellers. Being a small company we have a culture of creative problem solving, intellectual design, fast-paced development, and passionate product delivery. Enhance or build Restful web services for our mobile app.
Responsibilities:
- Develop server-side components, REST APIs
- Assume ownership for existing and new modules including design, development, and unit testing for enhancements of existing modules and development of new modules.
- Analyse problems logically and exercise sound judgment in defining, evaluating, and solving difficult technical and operational problems where solutions may be of a precedent-establishing nature.
- Lead the design and architectural improvements
- Participate and collaborate with team members in design discussions, determines areas of complexity, potential risks to successful implementation, suggest enhancements to architecture, implement POCs, and enhance application.
- Reduce technical debt with quality coding
Requirements:
- A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BS or MS in CS or related field) from IITs and Premier Engineering College.
- Excellent Object Orientation, coupled with excellent problem solving and debugging skills.
- Highly skilled at Java and related technologies, including Java Frameworks like Spring-boot or Drop wizard, RESTful web services, JSON, Servlet, JSP, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka, AWS Solr.
- Must have hands-on experience in building scalable and secure back end systems.
- Have hands-on experience with systems that are asynchronous, RESTful and demand concurrency
- Good to have knowledge of best software engineering practices for all stages of the software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, testing, deployment.
Mentor To Go is an android and web based platform to help students improve their work readiness through self-learning sessions, personalised mentorship provided by mentor professionals from a range of careers, and work experience opportunities.
The technology platform implements functionalities such as: screening surveys of mentors and mentees, training content for mentors, matching through an algorithm, and mentorship through the delivery of structured activities.
The application technology architecture comprises of the following:
o a Python Django web application with NGinx and Gunicorn
o PostgreSQL database
o A React Android and Web app
o Rest APIs which interact between the Android app and the Django webserver
Our vision at Mentor To Go is to provide career mentorship to young people anywhere, anytime across the length and breadth of India.
We are looking for a backend software developer who is passionate about using web technologies to solve social problems and creating experiences that are elegant and effective. You will own the back end development of features of the Mentor To Go platform from conceptualisation through design and testing, working closely with other developers, the technical project manager, and the program operations team. You are user-centric, continuously demonstrate strategic & analytical abilities, and are laser focused on executing at speed. You must have the ability to succeed in a fast paced environment, where success is dependent on your ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members in a positive, productive, and transparent way.
Minimum requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferably CS or related discipline
- 3+ years experience working in Unix/Linux environments building web and mobile applications
- Proficiency in developing and deploying cloud based Python/Postgresql applications preferably using frameworks such as Django
- Experience with design and development of moderately complex software projects
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Familiarity with version control software such as Git
Desired requirements
- 5+ years of overall relevant work experience
- Experience building apps using React/React-Native
- Basic understanding of AWS cloud
- Ability to participate in technical discussions and help make technical trade-offs
About Mentor Together
https://mentortogether.org/">Mentor Together is India’s first and largest youth mentoring non-profit organization with a mission to facilitate empowering mentoring relationships and networks that help young people break the inequalities of opportunity and actualise their potential.
http://bit.ly/mentortogo">Mentor To Go is the world’s first mobile mentoring platform created by Mentor Together with the support of Cisco India, LinkedIn Social Impact, British Telecom and Sterlite Technologies.
We are looking for an experienced engineer with superb technical skills. You will primarily be responsible for architecting and building large scale data pipelines that delivers AI and Analytical solutions to our customers. The right candidate will enthusiastically take ownership in developing and managing a continuously improving, robust, scalable software solutions. The successful candidate will be curious, creative, ambitious, self motivated, flexible, and have a bias towards taking action. As part of the early engineering team, you will have a chance to make a measurable impact in future of Thinkdeeply as well as having a significant amount of responsibility.
Although your primary responsibilities will be around back-end work, we prize individuals who are willing to step in and contribute to other areas including automation, tooling, and management applications. Experience with or desire to learn Machine Learning a plus.
Experience
12+ Years
Location
Hyderabad
Skills
Bachelors/Masters/Phd in CS or equivalent industry experience
10+ years of industry experience in java related frameworks such as Spring and/or Typesafe
Experience with scripting languages. Python experience highly desirable. 5+ Industry experience in python
Experience with popular modern web frameworks such as Spring boot, Play framework, or Django
Demonstrated expertise of building and shipping cloud native applications
Experience in administering (including setting up, managing, monitoring) data processing pipelines (both streaming and batch) using frameworks such as Kafka, ELK Stack, Fluentd
Experience in API development using Swagger
Strong expertise with containerization technologies including kubernetes, docker-compose
Experience with cloud platform services such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Familiarity with continuous integration, Jenkins
Responsibilities
Architect, Design and Implement Large scale data processing pipelines
Design and Implement APIs
Assist in dev ops operations
Identify performance bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
Help maintain code quality, organization, and documentation
Communicate with stakeholders regarding various aspects of solution.
Mentor team members on best practices
The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a senior developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills.
Responsibilities:
- Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
- Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
- Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
- Support test and deployment of new products and features
- Participate in code reviews
Requirements:
- B.Tech from Tier 1 College.
- 3+ yrs of experience, at least 2 yrs of experience with Python and Django.
- Expertise in Object Oriented Design, Database Design, and XML Schema
- Experience with Agile or Scrum software development methodologies
- Ability to multi-task, organise, and prioritise work









