Sales Account Executive (US Market)

We let you manage feature flags and remote config across web, mobile and server-side applications. Deliver true Continuous Integration. Get builds out faster. Control who has access to new features

We are looking to grow! We are a remote-first team, looking to scale our Open Source Feature Flagging, Remote Config and A/B Testing product. With both SaaS and on-premises customers, we are investing in making our platform more accessible to large organizations

We are looking for a Python / Full Stack Engineer, with experience working on large-scale web platforms, who can help build out our existing APIs and web dashboard. 

Must haves

● Python, JavaScript

● REST API design and development

● Django / Django Rest Framework (or similar web framework, e.g. Flask, FastAPI)

● PostgreSQL

Nice to haves

● ReactJS

● OracleDB, MySQL DB

● Mobile Technologies (Flutter, Kotlin for Android, Swift)

We also have SDKs written in most modern programming languages so the more polyglot, the better! We are an Open Source company first and foremost, so working with our community on GitHub to build features, fix bugs and cultivate pull requests is also on the job spec.

About Us:

At OpenGrowth, we are on a mission to empower entrepreneurs and transform their dreams into reality. We understand the challenges and aspirations that come with starting and growing a business, and our goal is to provide the necessary support and resources to help entrepreneurs thrive.

With a deep passion for fostering innovation and collaboration, OpenGrowth serves as a vibrant community where entrepreneurs can connect, learn, and grow together. Our platform offers a comprehensive suite of services, including expert guidance, educational resources, startup services, and a virtual collaboration platform called OpenGrowth Hub.

We believe in the power of entrepreneurship to drive positive change and create financial independence. Through our tailored solutions, we aim to equip entrepreneurs with the knowledge, skills, and connections they need to succeed. Whether you're just starting out or looking to scale your business, OpenGrowth is here to support you every step of the way.

Join us on this exciting journey and be part of a dynamic community of entrepreneurs. Together, we can unleash your full potential and shape a future of innovation, growth, and success. Welcome to OpenGrowth, where entrepreneurial dreams become a reality.

Key Responsibilities:

Market Research and Analysis:

Conduct thorough market research to identify potential clients and business opportunities.

Analyze market trends, competitors, and customer needs.

Lead Generation and Outreach:

Identify and qualify leads through various channels, including cold calling, LinkedIn Outreach

Build and maintain a robust pipeline of prospective clients.

Client Relationship Management:

Establish and nurture relationships with potential clients to understand their needs and present appropriate solutions.

Schedule meetings, presentations, and demonstrations(when needed)

Sales Support:

Assist in the development of proposals, presentations, and contracts. (Basic knowledge of MS Suite)

Collaborate with the sales team to develop strategies and achieve sales targets.

Reporting and Documentation:

Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all business development activities, database and client interactions.

Prepare weekly reports on sales activities, pipeline status, and market feedback.

Knowledge of CRM tools is appreciated

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

·       Working with technical architects, able to convert the architecture into design and code in Java (Spring Boot), AngularJS, and NodeJS.

·       Able to generate LLD documents.

·       Ability to write Quality code with minimum defects.

·       Unit Test and following the coding standards.

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PREFERRED QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS:

·       5+ years strong programming and logical skills in Java (Spring Boot), AngularJS, Object Oriented Java script, NodeJS and HTML5

·       Hands on Experience on Java (Spring Boot), and MySQL is mandatory. Must have completed at least 2 full projects using Spring boot and AngularJS.

·       Excellent knowledge and experience in Spring JPA, RESTful webservices implementation.

·       NodeJS experience is value add

·       Should have participated in, and be familiar with, Agile (Scrum) project methodology and practices.

·       Must be able to mentor and guide junior technical resources.

·       One who is proactive and come forward with technology related initiatives. Motivated self-starter. 

·       Good Communication skills. English - Oral and Written.

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

About the position

F5 is looking for a Software Engineer with expertise in designing Web UI automation solutions to test high-scale distributed systems. You will collaborate with architects and application development teams to vet and validate test automation for an edge computing platform that is used to deploy global, scalable and secure applications.

Responsibilities:

• Understand the product architecture and come up with a frontend testing strategy such that quality is driven into the heart of the development process

• Perform integration tests on web services & APIs using SauceLabs, Postman, Swagger and other testing tools

• Design test and automation infra to test functionality, scale, performance, and reliability to ensure predictable delivery of quality releases

• Design and implement different test strategies - black box, grey box, and white box - to ensure the product is finished, secure, and effective

• Research, recommend and implement tools as needed to ensure quality

• Build test frameworks working within CI/CD pipeline processes, and provide automation expertise to development teams

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in designing automation software from the ground up, choosing the right infrastructure components, evaluating both open source and closed source software

• Hands-on experience with JavaScript (TypeScript will be a plus)

• Strong working knowledge of test automation frameworks and tools: Selenium, WebDriver, SauceLabs, Protractor, Gitlab CI, Jenkins, Jasmine, Karma

• Practical experience with CI/ CD methodologies & tools

• Good understanding of Testing fundamentals, Bug life cycle, SDLC, STLC, Smoke testing, Sanity testing, Regression testing

• Prior working experience in Web-based projects with a strong understanding of UI, cross-browser compatibility, general web functions, and standards is a must.

• Good written and verbal communication skills and flexibility to work with teams in different time zones

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 6-10 years of experience in software development and/or test automation

Desirable:

• Experience with load balancer products such as F5, Envoy, Nginx, HA proxy

• Experience with Kubernetes container technology, Terraform, AWS

• Good understanding of networking protocols, HTTP/HTTPS, Proxies TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, SSL, DNS, FTP, origin pools, etc

About the company

F5 provides a distributed cloud platform to deploy, connect, secure and operate applications and data across multi-cloud and edge sites. Line-of-business leaders can drive business transformation and automation by distributing workloads closer to business activity. DevOps teams can manage fleets of applications and infrastructure with less complexity. Network teams can simplify application connectivity and security across clouds.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. 

Job Responsibilities

Primary:

• Responsible for security road map for EPDM application
• Train the CI-CD team on the required technologies security adoptation
• Lead the upskill program within the team
• Support Application architect with right inputs on security processes and tools
• Help setup DevSecOps for EPDM.
• Find Security vulnerability in development process and sealed secretes
• Support in defining the Three-tier architecture.

Secondary:

• Coordination with different IT stakeholders as and when needed
• Suggestion and Implementation of further tool chains towards DevOps and GitOps
• Responsible to train the peer colleagues

Skills:

Mandatory skill:

• Expert knowledge of container solutions. Must have >3 years of experience working with networking & debugging within Docker and Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes workload deployments using Kustomize & Helm.
• Good understanding of Bitnami, Hashicorp and other secrete management tools
• SAST/DAST integration in CI/CD pipeline - design, implementation Expert knowledge of Source Control Systems, build & integration tools (e.g., GIT, Jenkins & Maven).
• Hands-on experience with designing the CI/CD architecture & building pipelines (on On-prem, Cloud & Hybrid infrastructure services).
• Experience with Security log management tools (e.g. Splunk ELK/EFK stack, Azure monitor or similar).
• Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus-Grafana & Dynatrace.
• Experience with Infrastructure as a Service / Cloud computing (preferably Azure).
• Expert in writing automation scripts in Yaml, Unix shell, linux shell.
• Pulumi would be added advantage.

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Gather and address technical and design requirements
• Provide training and support to internal teams
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Liaise with developers, designers to identify new features
• Follow emerging technologies

• Spent at least 1 yr in a solid back end role
• Experience taking a problem to a product solution (module/product)
• Prior experience working with startups and understanding the fast-paced, dynamic nature of work

• Javascript, NodeJS
• Client-server architecture
• OOP concepts, including design patterns
• Understanding of RDBMS (MySQL, Postgresql)
• Understanding of REST API
• Familiarity with frameworks such as ExpressJs

• Knowledge of TDD frameworks mocha, chai, jest, etc
• Knowledge of AWS (Lambda, RDS, EC2, SQS, S3, ECS, etc)
• Basic knowledge of Typescript, NextJs
• Prior experience in fin-tech

• Good understanding of UI technologies like PHP JQuery JavaScript HTML 5 CSS Pearl Curl
• Good understanding of backend technologies like Java EE Servlets JSP Tag libraries and JSTL skills combined with a good understanding of Enterprise Java frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate
• Preferred Knowledge in Day CQ foundational concepts including the CRX repository the CQ platform the use of core frameworks such as Apache Sling and Apache Felix a solid understanding of all Day CQ building blocks including templates components dialogs widgets etc and the CQ development and deployment process
• Maintain and build solutions on top of the AEM Scene 7 DAM and SoCo modules
• Create and integrate content-driven applications on top of the CQ core platform and integrate with other systems