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About Company

Our client is a Communities Foundation that works in the area of skilling and livelihoods for underserved youth. This is a pioneering program with a strong PPP model, an agency-led approach to livelihoods and a vision of socio-economic transformation.

Roles and Responsibilities

● Independently lead centers for enabling at least 20% of youth from the nearby

communities to be formal jobs/self-employed

● Develop and maintain a conducive environment at the center that enables learning and a feeling of safe space for youth

● Implement the foundation program such that the youth builds ‘agency’ and over time does not need to depend on the Lighthouse Source

● Manage a team of 3-5 and handhold them for timely deliverables and high-quality

outcomes for all of the stages of the program - Community Outreach to Alumni

● Interfacing with ward–level networks

● Government (Corporators, Ward Officers, PMC personnel) – for mobilization and other

support

● NGOs – for mobilization and other support

● Corporates and Establishments – for volunteering, placements and donor/potential

donor visits

● Citizens – for volunteering

● Manage brand-building activities e.g., Events, which are specific to the center and help with advocacy with the local economy for youth placements.

Requirements

● MSW or Post Graduation in any field, with 8+ years of experience preferably in both social

and corporate sectors.

● Self-driven, excellent time management and multitasking skills

● Strong people management, project management, and data analytics skill

● Strong orientation towards relationship-building and problem-solving

● Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and the local language

● Proven ability to plan and manage the operational process for maximum efficiency and

productivity

Job Role - Shopify Developer

Responsibilities

Create an engaging and knowledgeable online Shopify store to increase sales and revenue

Create bespoke Shopify themes and change pre-existing templates per pre-defined brand

guidelines

Be an expert in all aspects of the ECommerce platform

Work with the UX and UI Design Teams to create unique, strong, and inventive front-end user

experiences

Ensure a smooth connection with Marketing Tools, Platform APIs, and Shopify Apps to optimise

the shop for overall efficiency and functionality

Test and debug websites regularly to improve performance

Based on their findings, they provide technical support and coordination, protecting enterprises

against failure

Increase conversion rates by optimising website

Requirements & Skills

A bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or a related discipline

Broad shop construction, launch, and maintenance expertise, as well as a general understanding

of the admin system

Proven skills in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, as well as a thorough grasp of the DOM

Previous experience working with a custom theme and/or the Storefront API

Working knowledge of Shopify's theming system and Liquid templating

Previous experience implementing/debugging third-party Shopify apps, as well as building

unique solutions if needed

In-depth knowledge and expertise with vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, ES2015/ES6, and current

JavaScript frameworks

Working knowledge of Shopify's object/properties, AJAX API, and Meta fields

Extensive testing and debugging abilities using the browser console and other tools

Prior experience developing responsive layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices

Working knowledge of third-party services and APIs, as well as Shopify plugins

Capability to communicate effectively and provide proactive feedback

Role: Software Development - Other

Industry Type: Advertising & Marketing

Department: Engineering - Software & QA

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: Software Development

Education

UG: Any Graduate

Key Skills

Skills highlighted with ‘‘ are preferred keyskills

Html/Css

Performance OptimizationApp DevelopmentDebuggingJavascriptE-commerceliquid tempelating languageVersion ControlTroubleshootingResponsive DesignSEO best practices

‍Expected to manage the product plan, engineering, and delivery of Plum Integration activities. Plum is a rewarding and incentive infrastructure for businesses. It's a unified integrated suite of products to handle various rewarding use cases for consumers, sales, channel partners, and employees. 31% of the total tech team is aligned towards this product and comprises 32 members within Plum Tech, Quality, Design, and Product management. The annual FY 2019-20 revenue for Plum was $ 40MN and is showing high growth potential this year as well. The product has a good mix of both domestic and international clientele and is expanding. The role will be based out of our head office in Bangalore, Karnataka however we are open to discuss the option of remote working with 25 - 50% travel.‍

• Scope and lead technology with the right product and business metrics.
• Directly contribute to product development by writing code if required.
• Architect systems for scale and stability.
• Serve as a role model for our high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and processes you will encounter.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across disciplines like sales, customers, product, design, and customer success.
• Code reviews and feedback.
• Build simple solutions and designs over complex ones and have a good intuition for what is lasting and scalable.
• Define a process for maintaining a healthy engineering culture (Cadence for one-on-ones, meeting structures, HLDs, Best Practices In development, etc.).

• Manage a senior tech team of more than 5 direct and 10 indirect developers.
• Should have experience in handling e-commerce applications at scale.
• Should have experience working with applications like HubSpot salesforce and other CRM.
• Should have experience in B2B integrations.
• Should have at least 10+ years of experience in software development, agile processes for international e-commerce businesses.
• Should be extremely hands-on, with an Automate as much as possible mind set full-stack developer.
• Should exhibit skills to build a good engineering team and culture.
• Should be able to handle the chaos with product planning, prioritizing, customer-first approach.
• Technical proficiency
• Frameworks like React, React Native, Node.js, GraphQL
• Databases technologies like Elasticsearch, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka
• Dev ops to manage and architect infra - AWS, CI/CD (Jenkins)
• System Architecture w.r.t Microservices, Cloud Development, DB Administration, Data Modeling
• Understanding of security principles and possible attacks and mitigate them.

‍You will lead the Plum Integration Engineering team and work in close conjunction with the Tech leads of Plum with some cross-functional stake with other products. Your will report to the CTO directly.

• Writing well-designed, testable and efficient code.
• Gathering and evaluating user feedback.
• Working as a part of a dynamic team to deliver winning products.
• Providing code documentation and other inputs to technical documents.
• Supporting continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and new technologies and presenting these for architectural review.
• Troubleshooting and debugging to optimise performance.

• You possess a Degree/Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• You have at least 1-3 year experience, ideally within a Software Engineer role with some inhand experience with Flutter or dart.
• You pay strong attention to detail and deliver work that is of a high standard.
• You are adaptable and thrive in changing environments.
• You are highly goal driven and work well in fast paced environments.

As the only truly unified cloud communications platform that integrates both UCaaS and CCaaS (contact center), Dialpad is on a mission to prove that employees don’t need to be in the office, stuck at a desk, or wearing pants to be 110% effective at their job. Our patented Voice Intelligence technology is embedded in every call to transcribe conversations, capture action items, provide coaching, analyze sentiment, and more—in real time.

Who we are

At Dialpad, work isn’t a place you go, it's a thing you do. And we don’t just build products for everywhere workers—we are everywhere workers. With offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Raleigh, Vancouver, Waterloo, Tokyo, London, Sydney, and Bangalore, along with remote workers around the world, we are dedicated to building a diverse workforce, where each individual is welcomed and valued for their personhood and contribution.

With a $1.2 billion valuation and over $250 million in funding from Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, OMERS Growth Equity, ICONIQ Capital, Felicis Ventures, Work-Bench, Scale Ventures, and other top VCs, Dialpad attracts top talent from leading tech companies, and every member of our team plays an essential role in creating dynamic products that enable workers to collaborate and be productive from anywhere.

The team

The Telephony platform team maintains a complex set of APIs and microservices that provide the backbone for real-time communication in our products.  Our systems are evolving and we need quality experts to inject confidence and stability into that evolution.   

We are looking for a highly skilled developer who is adept at building scalable test frameworks. A passionate quality leader with excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of guiding a team to the automation paradise.  If this is your type of paradise then you could be engineering automation systems that the development team will rely on daily.  

Who you are

• Experienced in developing flexible test frameworks and tools that substantially increase developer confidence.
• You work with cloud technologies, including the testing of REST services.
• You implement automatic reporting that will contribute to rapid resolution of failures.
• Capable of bringing together system testing with independently working components.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies.
• You like mentoring other engineers about engineering, automation and testing best practices.

• You independently analyze and troubleshoot advanced Python code and microservices.
• You communicate and work cross-functionally and across management levels.
• You advocate for doing the right thing even if it’s difficult.
  
  

What you will achieve

In your first 3 months: Fluency

• You will develop a deep understanding of the technology stack, network traffic concepts and terminology.
• You will have developed a strong understanding and strategy for the independent nature of our testing needs.
• You will apply that strategy to design and start building an initial framework with reporting.
• You will commit multiple high-value automated tests and start the process of addressing CI failures.

In your first 6 months: Mastery

• You will contribute to design discussions and participate in code reviews. 
• You will continuously learn and expand the automation testing framework. 
• You will contribute to improving functional API documentation. 
• You will take ownership of test failures to ensure our CI system stays reliable.
• You will mentor and coordinate work with other SDETs
• You will start to explore performance and other testing areas of testing needs.

Bonus if you have:

• Knowledge of IP traffic concepts and terminology
• Experience with VoIP, Telecommunication Systems, and Communication technologies
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Docker or Kubernetes 
• Build automation that developers can use locally. 
• Hands-on expertise on various VoIP & TDM based testing tools like SIPp, Navtel, Spectra2 
• Experience in load testing complex real-time communication platforms

Benefits

Culture

We’ve been named a Top Workplace seven times because we truly live and breathe our culture. In alignment with one of our core values, “Skill & Will,” we strive to bring on only the most passionate and talented people to our team. Collectively, Dialers work together to solve problems that help the everyday worker. We foster a collaborative environment where people are elevated, wins are celebrated, and development is encouraged. 

Compensation and Equity

Teamwork makes the dream work. Recognizing that our talented and committed team members drive our success, Dialpad offers competitive salaries in addition to stock options because each Dialer participates in our success.

Healthcare and Wellness

Stay healthy and happy! All employees will be covered with medical insurance along with up to five dependent members of the family. We even offer a monthly stipend to help cover your gym membership costs and offer a variety of wellness events to attend. Who wants to join a fitness class, a zen session, or a cooking class? That and more are available to all Dialpad employees!

Equity, Balance, and Belonging

At Dialpad, we value the humanity that makes each of us unique. We strive to ensure everyone is supported equitably, and Dialers are free to bring their full selves to work each day, and celebrate others doing the same. We champion the intersectionality that exists between gender identity, ethnicity, age, disability status, and the many other aspects of our greater humanity.

Flexible Work Accommodations 

These days, it’s business as unusual. That’s why we offer a monthly stipend to help cover your cell phone and home internet. We also cover costs for home office equipment and encourage employees to take advantage of our generous time off and vacation policy. 

Education

We believe in your future as much as you do! That's why we offer a yearly stipend for continued learning and education expenses.

Meals & Transportation

Use a prepaid card to pay for the commute to the office and enjoy meals, snacks, and drinks on us. 

Dialpad is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment.