QA -Automation Engineer

About us

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 8300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview

As an SDE 2 Back-end Engineer at Astra, you will play a crucial role in the development of a new vulnerability scanner from scratch. You will be architecting & engineering a scalable technical solution from the ground-up.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals, collaborating to deliver innovative solutions and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in vulnerability scanning. The role requires deep collaboration with the founders, product, engineering & security teams.

Join our team and contribute to the development of a cutting-edge SaaS security platform, where high-quality engineering and continuous learning are at the core of everything we do.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• You will be joining our Vulnerability Scanner team which builds a security engine to identify vulnerabilities in technical infrastructure.
• You will be the technical product owner of the scanner, which would involve managing a lean team of backend engineers to ensure smooth implementation of the technical product roadmap.
• Research about security vulnerabilities, CVEs, and zero-days affecting cloud/web/API infrastructure.
• Work in an agile environment of engineers to architect, design, develop and build our microservice infrastructure.
• You will research, design, code, troubleshoot and support (on-call). What you create is also what you own.
• Writing secure, high quality, modular, testable & well documented code for features outlined in every sprint.
• Design and implement APIs in support of other services with a highly scalable, flexible, and secure backend using GoLang
• Hands-on experience with creating production-ready code & optimizing it by identifying and correcting bottlenecks.
• Driving strict code review standards among the team.
• Ensuring timely delivery of the features/products
• Working with product managers to ensure product delivery status is transparent & the end product always looks like how it was imagined
• Work closely with Security & Product teams in writing vulnerability detection rules, APIs etc.

Required Qualifications & Skills: 

• Strong 2-4 years relevant development experience in GoLang
• Experience in building a technical product from idea to production.
• Design and build highly scalable and maintainable systems in Golang
• Expertise in Goroutines and Channels to write efficient code utilizing multi-core CPU optimally
• Must have hands-on experience with managing AWS/Google Cloud infrastructure
• Hands on experience in creating low latency high throughput REST APIs
• Write test suites and maintain code coverage above 80%
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
• Good to have experience in Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
• Good understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms and Operating Systems.
• Understanding of cloud/web security concepts would be an added advantage

What We Offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company
• Fully remote & agile working environment
• A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you get to build things from scratch, improve and influence product design decisions
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business
• Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally
• Experience with security side of things
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (last one was Chikmangaluru)
• Open and supportive culture 

• Must have atotal experience of minimum 5 years of which 2 years should be into E-commerce.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Develop requirements specifications such as Business Requirements Document, use cases, wire-frames UI side, process flows according to standard templates, using natural language
• Must be able to develop and gauge user priorities and values on new feature requests while keeping development resource velocity in mind
• Working with the development team to ensure requirements are clear and rational, making trade-offs as needed, and delivering a finished product that achieves its goals, on schedule
• Proactively identifying and resolving strategic issues and risks that may impact the teams ability to meet goals
• Defining and scoping projects by working closely with business customers to understand their needs and priorities along with internal and competitive information into clear, prioritized requirements.
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROILead the planning product release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals Research and analyze the market, the users, and the roadmap for the product.
• Work with end-users, product management, and development resources to gather and document user requirements, translating them into user stories.

Key Responsibilities:

Coordinating Production:

•  Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and efficient production processes.
• Monitor production schedules, material availability, and resource allocation to meet
• production targets.
• Identify areas for process improvement and implement solutions to enhance productivity.

Managing Dispatch:

• Oversee the coordination of product deliveries and shipments to ensure accurate and timely dispatch.
• Liaise with logistics partners and carriers to optimize delivery routes and minimize delays.
• Address any issues related to dispatch and provide effective solutions.

Managing Customer Support (Logistics and Orders):

• Handle customer inquiries and concerns related to logistics, orders, and deliveries.
• Work closely with customer support teams to resolve issues promptly and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Provide customers with accurate information about order status, tracking, and delivery times.

Managing Vendors:

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with vendors and suppliers.
• Collaborate with procurement teams to ensure timely and cost-effective sourcing of
• materials and services.
• Negotiate terms and contracts with vendors to achieve favorable terms for the company.

Managing Inventory:

• Monitor inventory levels and coordinate with relevant teams to ensure adequate stock availability.
• Implement inventory control measures to minimize stockouts and excess inventory.
• Analyze inventory data to make informed decisions about reorder points, stock replenishment, and inventory optimization.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive training in operations management practices.
• Opportunity to learn from experienced professionals in the field.
• Fast-track career growth within the organization.
• Exposure to diverse projects and responsibilities.

ABOUT US

Established in 2009, Ashnik is a leading open source solutions and consulting company in South East Asia and India, headquartered in Singapore. We enable digital transformation for large enterprises through our design, architecting, and solution skills. Over 100 large enterprises in the region have acknowledged our expertise in delivering solutions using key open source technologies. Our offerings form critical part of Digital transformation, Big Data platform, Cloud and Web acceleration and IT modernization. We represent EDB, Pentaho, Docker, Couchbase, MongoDB, Elastic, NGINX, Sysdig, Redis Labs, Confluent, and HashiCorp as their key partners in the region. Our team members bring decades of experience in delivering confidence to enterprises in adopting open source software and are known for their thought leadership.

THE POSITION

Ashnik is looking for talented and passionate people to be part of technical support team. You will be responsible for solving technical problems to ensure uptime. You will assist customers with their technical issues and questions around specific technology, including configuration and tuning and performance. Successful candidate should understand the importance of ownership of the problem and way to get it solved by leveraging the team in given time.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be the First point of contact for support queries
• Be responsible for solving customer queries and tickets in timely manner.
• Communicate with customer and internal team regarding problems reported and solved status in timely and effective manner.
• Log monitoring, event monitoring and resolving tickets in defined SLA.
• Apply updates and patches to keep the software up-to-date in line with organizational policies
• Provide support for installation and configuration.
• Monitor and identify areas of performance improvement
• Identify and write scripts for automating support tasks.
• Communicate effectively internally and with product support team to reproduce, resolve support cases and document them.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Hands-On experience and skills in Linux operating system
• Knowledge of ELK stack or relevant technologies such as SolaR, Splunk etc.
• Good understanding of Indices Mapping , Index management such as archiving, reindexing, sharding etc.
• Good understanding of Analytical data structure and experience in deployment of same in the form of Reports and Dashboards
• Experience in NoSQL or RDBMS technology is desirable
• Python/Node.js or relevant data processing programming experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of Designing and Developing data pipeline using ETL tool such as Elastic Stack.
• Knowledge of real-time data collection with various data sources.
• Experience in deploying scalable Elastic cluster is desirable

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

• 2 -4 years of experience in technical support role.
• At least 2+ years experience working across multi-cultural and geographically distributed teams
• Experience in trouble shooting, maintaining and supporting production setup
• Engineering or equivalent degree
• Ability to interact effectively with customers for problem resolution.
• Sense of urgency and ownership to get problems solved in timely manner
• Attention to details.
• Ability to work on multiple tickets/ support cases effectively and to be able to manage the time critical tasks.

LOCATION: Bangalore

Experience: Minimum 2 yrs

Package: upto 8 LPA

In today’s marketing-dependent consumer world, businesses demand innovative brand solutions and our client is engaged in providing brand solutions across businesses. They import renowned global brands & distribute the same. They have a dedicated eCommerce practice to build digital retail footprints for their brands in India. They focus on major categories under FMCG such as F&B, Personal care, etc. and also Home & Fabric Care.

Founded in 2003, our client has over 250 Pan-India Distributors and more than 300 SKUs. They deal with 25+ brands and some of the brands are Mogu Mogu, SAN REMO, Simpkins, Moccona, OMINO BIANCO, etc.

As a Assistant Manager Content, you will be responsible for creating impactful content across all digital platforms.

• Translating complex communication to Intuitive, engaging and effective form
• Writing marketable content on all digital domains
• Being responsible to audit and edit content
• Regularly producing content as per need and requirement
• Thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and prioritizing and pivoting accordingly to the current work demand
• Generating fresh story concepts, narrative arcs, and creative themes
• Creating content that motivates, inspires, educates, informs, sells, and simply, provides information, across a wide variety of digital platforms
• Working closely with brands globally
• Actively engaging in social media to promote our brands & content

Desired Candidate Profile

• Ability to think beyond operational hurdles
• Ability to manage simultaneous projects and meet deadlines with agreed timelines & parameters
• Prior experience working in an early-stage start-up
• Proficiency in MS Excel and/or Google spreadsheets