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A BIT ABOUT US

Appknox is one of the top Mobile Application security companies recognized by Gartner and G2. A profitable B2B SaaS startup headquartered in Singapore & working from Bengaluru.

The primary goal of Appknox is to help businesses and mobile developers secure their mobile applications with a focus on delivery speed and high-quality security audits.

Appknox has helped secure mobile apps at Fortune 500 companies with Major brands spread across regions like India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, US, and expanding rapidly. We have secured 300+ Enterprises globally.

We are a 30+ incredibly passionate team working to make an impact and helping some of the biggest companies globally. We work in a highly collaborative, very fast-paced work environment. If you have what it takes to be part of the team, we are excited and let’s speak further.

The Opportunity

To join the security team engaging with multiple clients, helping them with end to end security audits, also research about new topics and vulnerabilities to be added to the scanner, present it in conferences.

What An Ideal Candidate Would Look Like: 

• Skills - Application Penetration Testing (Web, iOS and Android), experience with IoT testing, source code audits.
• Technology Stack: AWS, GCP, Objective C, Java, Python
• Responsibilities: Engage with clients for scoping call, perform security audits, remediation call with clients to patch the issues, research on new technologies/vulnerabilities

Minimum Requirements

• Should have 1-2 years of full-time experience in security or show something that proves experience doesn’t matter
• Strong Analytical Skills
• Strong grasp of fundamentals of information security
• Self-taught learner willing to read and keep up-to-date on technological changes and how they could be used
• Can accurately define an issue and create detailed Proof-of-concept and write-up of the findings.
• Provide appropriate remediation and mitigations of the identified vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Security assessment of web/mobile/cloud application on various platforms
• Focusing on Mobile Application Security
• Static and Dynamic Code Analysis
• Develop and interpret security standards and guides
• Automation of security test cases
• Understand and explain the results with impact on business and compliance status
• Continuously learning and training on latest tools and technique

Work Expectations

Within 2 months

Training on processes, security workflow

Within 3 months

Pentesting web, mobile, API endpoints

Within 1 year

Research and publish whitepapers, contribute to the Appknox Scanner

Personality traits we really admire:-

• A confident and dynamic working persona, which can bring fun to the team, and a sense of humour, is an added advantage.
• Great attitude to ask questions, learn and suggest process improvements.
• Has attention to details and helps identify edge cases.
• Highly motivated and coming up with fresh ideas and perspectives to help us move towards our goals faster.
• Follow timelines and absolute commitment to deadlines.

Interview Process -

• Round 1 Interview - Profile Evaluation; HR
• Round 2 - Technical Interview with security team members
• Round 3 - Technical Interview with the CTO and Team Lead
• Round 4 - HR Round

Compensation

• As per Industry Standards

Why Join Us:-

• Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who enjoys challenging work & pushing your boundaries, then this is the right place for you. We appreciate new ideas & ownership as well as flexibility with working hours.
• Great Salary & Equity: We keep up with the market standards & provide pay packages considering updated standards. Also as Appknox continues to grow, you’ll have a great opportunity to earn more & grow with us. Moreover, we also provide equity options for our top performers.
• Holistic Growth: We foster a culture of continuous learning and take a much more holistic approach to train and develop our assets: the employees. We shall also support you all on that journey of yours.
• Transparency: Being a part of a start-up is an amazing experience, one of the reasons being open communication & transparency at multiple levels. Working with Appknox will give you the opportunity to experience it all first-hand.

Must have :

• Strong Experience in Python development
• Familiarity with Data Structures and Algorithms
• Experience in developing Enterprise scale applications
• Exposure to NLP
• Exposure / awareness of AI, ML
• Exposure to Windows Azure is an added advantage
• God understanding of project architecture and software development processes such as Agile and Scrum

Responsibilities :

• Partner with Business Stakeholders to translate business objectives into clearly defined analytical Projects
• Own the end-end process, from recognizing the problem to implementing the solution
• Understand customer’s requirements and design the optimum solution using Icertis’ AI applications
• Configure, Extend, and optimize Icertis AI app through Python scripts, NLP NER Analysis and other mechanisms
• Take full ownership of project / product features to implement, provide bug fixes and write tests and tooling for those features to ensure they work well at cloud scale.
• Plan and identify solutions and risks in assigned work
• You are expected to be hands on and write code on day to day basis and also mentor other team members

This Role Will Need To Develop A Healthy Knowledge Of The Business Offerings, Services, And Products. Responsibilities Of Candidates Include:

• Meeting With Customers Digitally Or In-Person During Sales Visits

• Develop A Business Strategy To Ensure Area Sales Growth

• Demonstrating And Presenting Products

• Establishing New Business

• Arrange Business Meetings With Prospective Clients

• Generating The Leads

• Maintaining Accurate Records

• Achieve Agreed Upon Sales Targets And Outcomes Within The Schedule

• Look For New Business Opportunities

• Cold Calling Prospects

• Handle Inbound Queries

• May Need To Represent The Company At Events

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation
• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• Experience developing desktop and mobile applications
• Familiarity with common stacks
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX design
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• An analytical mind
• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics or relevant field

• Identifies business opportunities by identifying prospects and evaluating their position in the industry; researching and analysing sales options.
• Sells products by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects; recommending solutions.
• Creating his own network by recruiting candidates and make them understand business plan.
• observe the issues related to stockpoint and customer & trying to provide the solutions to it.

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Prepares reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information.

We are looking for a digital marketing intern eager to learn the ins and outs of marketing online, from strategy to execution. Interns will work with the digital and field marketing team to learn how marketing works across spaces and assist in the day to day digital marketing activities of INKPROG applications.

Responsibilities include: 

1. Create SEO strategies, techniques and tactics to improve the website's organic reach on all major search engines.
2. Modify website architecture, content, linking and other factors to improve SEO positions for target keywords.
3. Learn and execute SEM strategies and Internet marketing methods like pay per click advertising and paid directories.
4. Monitor and mitigate website's performance with the help of analytics tools and digital measurement methods.
5. Learn and implement social media campaigns (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) and digital campaigns using Google AdWords.
6. Work with graphics and content team for ads, creative and artwork for PPC campaigns.
7. Generate and share content daily that builds meaningful connections.
8. Setting up and optimizing company pages within each social media platform
9. Continuously improve by capturing and analyzing the appropriate social data/ metrics, insights and best practices, and then acting on the information.
10. Analyze Past Content to Improve Posts
11. Optimize Visual Content
12. Target Website Visitors with Social Ads
13. Create a Social Media Channel Plan