Senior Academic Counsellor

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a team of talented engineers. You will play a crucial role in shaping the technical direction, driving project execution, and fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. This role requires a strong technical background, excellent leadership skills, and a passion for building innovative products.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and coach a team of engineers, fostering their professional growth and development. Conduct performance reviews, provide constructive feedback, and identify training opportunities.
• Technical Guidance: Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team, ensuring adherence to best practices and architectural principles. Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions.
• Project Management: Plan, execute, and deliver projects on time and within budget. Define project scope, manage timelines, allocate resources, and track progress. Proactively identify and mitigate risks.
• Strategic Planning: Contribute to the overall technical strategy and roadmap for the team and the organization. Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to define product requirements and prioritize projects.
• Collaboration & Communication: Foster a collaborative and communicative team environment. Effectively communicate project updates, technical decisions, and team accomplishments to stakeholders.
• Hiring & Onboarding: Participate in the hiring process, including interviewing candidates and making hiring recommendations. Onboard new team members and provide them with the necessary resources and support to succeed.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes and implement best practices. Champion continuous improvement and innovation within the team.
• Hands-on Contribution (as needed): While primarily a leadership role, a willingness to occasionally contribute hands-on to development tasks (e.g., coding, debugging) is a plus, especially in a growing team.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10-15 years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of building and delivering high-quality software products.
• Strong proficiency in Python and API development.
• Solid understanding of front-end technologies, particularly ReactJS and Redux.
• Experience with big data technologies, such as PySpark.
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and applications is highly desirable.
• Proven leadership experience, with the ability to motivate and mentor a team of engineers.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with DevOps practices.
• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Datacultr is a global Digital Operating System for Risk Management and Credit Recovery, we drive Collection Efficiencies, Reduces Delinquencies and Non-Performing Loans (NPL’s). Datacultr is a Digital-Only provider of Consumer Engagement, Recovery and Collection Solutions, helping Consumer Lending, Retail, Telecom and Fintech Organizations to expand and grow their business in the under-penetrated New to Credit and Thin File Segments. Datacultr’s platforms, make the underserved and unbanked segment viable, for providers of Consumer Durable Loans, Buy Now Pay Later, Micro- Loans, Nano-Loans and other Unsecured Loans.

We are helping millions of new to credit consumers, across emerging markets, access formal credit and begin their journey towards financial health. We have clients across India, South Asia, South East Asia, Africa and LATAM.

Datacultr is headquartered in Dubai, with offices in Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Nairobi, and Mexico City; with our Development Center based out of Gurugram, India.

Key Responsibilities :

1.   Develop high-quality, engaging content for various platforms, including blog posts, white papers, case studies, and social media.

2.   Research and stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in collections and smart device ecosystems.

3.   Craft persuasive copy for marketing materials, product descriptions, and sales collateral.

4.   Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to ensure technical accuracy and relevance of content.

5.   Adapt writing style and tone to suit different target personas and communication channels.

6.   Create content that aligns with SEO best practices to improve organic search visibility.

7.   Develop and maintain a consistent brand voice across all content.

8.   Edit and proofread content to ensure error-free, polished final products.

9.   Manage multiple writing projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines and quality standards.

10. Analyse content performance metrics and use insights to optimize future content strategies.

11. Manage the content strategy and editorial planning.

Key Requirements :

1  Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field.

2.  3+ years of experience in content writing, preferably in the B2B technology, finance, or telecommunications sectors.

3. Exceptional writing and editing skills with a strong command of English grammar and style.

4. Ability to explain complex technical concepts in clear, accessible language.

5.Familiarity with SEO best practices and content optimization techniques. 

6.Strong research skills and ability to quickly grasp and communicate technical subject matter.

7. Excellent time management and organizational skills.

8.Proficiency in using content management systems and collaborative writing tools.

General Description:

Owns all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications.

Participates in the design and development of systems & application programs.

Functions as Senior member of an agile team and helps drive consistent development practices – tools, common components, and documentation.

Required Skills:

In depth experience configuring and administering EKS clusters in AWS.

In depth experience in configuring **DataDog** in AWS environments especially in **EKS**

In depth understanding of OpenTelemetry and configuration of **OpenTelemetry Collectors**

In depth knowledge of observability concepts and strong troubleshooting experience.

Experience in implementing comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions in AWS using **CloudWatch**.

Experience in **Terraform** and Infrastructure as code.

Experience in **Helm**

Strong scripting skills in Shell and/or python.

Experience with large-scale distributed systems and architecture knowledge (Linux/UNIX and Windows operating systems, networking, storage) in a cloud computing or traditional IT infrastructure environment.

Must have a good understanding of cloud concepts (Storage /compute/network).

Experience in Collaborating with several cross functional teams to architect observability pipelines for various GCP services like GKE, cloud run Big Query etc.

Experience with Git and GitHub.

Proficient in developing and maintaining technical documentation, ADRs, and runbooks.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development of new highly-responsive, web-based user interface
• Develop a flexible and well-structured front-end architecture, along with the APIs to support it 3.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wire frames into high quality code
• Construct visualisations that are able to depict vast amounts of data
• Work with product team and graphic designers
• Learn and understand user interactions

Requirements:

• Deep knowledge of web standards
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript concepts and fundamentals
• Strong understanding of ReactJs. development, and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Experience of working with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Familiar with HTML, CSS and SCSS development
• Knowledge of bundlers such as Gulp/Web pack, ES6, Node etc..
• B.Tech from Tier 1 college.
• 3+ yrs of experience with front end technologies HTML and JavaScript
• 1+ yrs of Project experience with react