Sr. Business Analyst

**Job Title**: Backend Developer (Python & Django)

**Company**: FatakPay FinTech

**Location**: Mumbai, India

**Salary Range**: INR 8 - 15 Lakhs per annum

**Job Overview**:

At FatakPay, a burgeoning name in the fintech sector, we are on the lookout for a proficient Backend Developer with expertise in Python and the Django framework. This role is an excellent opportunity for individuals who thrive in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment and are eager to contribute to innovative financial solutions.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Design and implement efficient backend services using Python and Django.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.

- Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.

- Implement security and data protection measures.

- Design and implement data storage solutions.

- Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.

- Maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.

- Stay informed of emerging technologies/industry trends and apply them into operations and activities.

- AWS/GCP experience: Deploy and manage applications in cloud environments, ensuring high availability and scalability.

**Qualifications**:

- Minimum qualification: B.Tech or Engineering degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

- 2-4 years of experience as a Backend Developer with a focus on Python and Django.

- Strong understanding of the Django framework, ORM, templating, forms, and RESTful APIs.

- Experience in cloud platforms like AWS or GCP is a significant advantage.

- Familiarity with front-end technologies (like JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3) is desirable.

- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

- Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.

- Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

- Ability to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests.

**Application Process**:

• At FatakPay, we are excited to welcome a new member to our team who shares our passion for innovation and excellence in the fintech sector. We look forward to exploring how your skills and ideas can help shape the future of financial technology!

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a talented Engineering Team of 8+ members. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members and assist them in their career progression.

Set OKRs, progress checks and do performance evaluations. Manage the development pipeline to deliver features on schedule while maintaining high bar for quality.

Closely Interact with other functions such as PM, Design, UI/UX, Art, QA, and deliver planned features.

Perform Design reviews, Code reviews Create a solid Tech backlog that involves modernizing tech stack, set goals for performance improvements.

Establish Best Process and Development Practices and drive the centre of excellence for the teams. Updates with new technology trends and constantly evolve Facilitate and create problem-solving culture in the team.

Be obsessed about players and giving the best experience to our players.

Requirements

Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent.

Should have 8+ years of professional experience in mobile, development using C++, C#, PYTHON, GO Lang, Javascript.

Should have 2+ years of experience in managing teams, including hiring, mentoring and building strong teams.

Shown ability to motivate teams and operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.

Exposure to using Agile and Scrum methodologies. Good communication skills, interpersonal skills with experience in building strong internal relationships.

Good Analytical, Problem-solving and Debugging skills.

Hands-on experience in Designing, Coding and release management. Desired Skills and Experience NET,C++,Golang,Java,JavaScript,Python,Quality Assurance,C#

Position Overview: 

The Engineering Manager will work closely with the management and customers and partners globally. He/She will report to the VP - Engineering. He/She will be responsible for shaping the product and strategizing its delivery around when and how it will be done so. 

The ideal candidate should have prior experience as Engineering Manager in a start-up or Product company, developing an Enterprise SAAS product.

Responsibilities: 

●Lead Product Development, QA and Documentation for multiple client Products 

●Deliver Engineering Product Releases and Patches 

●Provide work break-down and be responsible for all Engineering Team deliverables 

●Interact with team members and ensure timely and successful delivery of each sprint iteration 

●Provide technical guidance, coaching and mentoring to the Engineering Team 

●Be responsible for tools and processes for all Engineering activities 

●Work with Product Management and help shape the product roadmap 

●Work with Services Organization and set the right expectations regarding the product roadmap, delivery of enhancements and patches 

●Define and manage quarterly goals for Engineering Team 

●Manage engineering budget, incentive programs and team-building activities 

●Hire and manage Product Development, QA and Documentation Team members 

The Ideal Candidate: 

●Should have completed a 4-year Engineering degree in Computer Science (preferably) or an advanced degree in a similar stream 

●Should have 10-12 years of experience with at least 2-3 years as an Engineering Manager 

●Must have experience with Containerization, Docker, Kubernetes 

●Should have designed and delivered: 

• Open Source based Enterprise Software 

• Software based on Java, Angular JS, ReactJS, Python, no-SQL databases etc

• Solutions in the Cloud (AWS or Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)) 

●Delivered multiple releases of products using Agile Development 

●Delivered Artifacts like Design/Test-Plan/Documentation-Plan documents 

●Possess Team Management skills: 

• Led Product Development Teams involving UI, Middle-Tier and Database developers, QA and Documentation Teams 

• Delivered performance reviews, and improvement plans to team members 

Desired Skills: 

●Experience having worked at a startup or product development company is an advantage 

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering field
• 10+ years relevant work experience, including technical program management or equivalent management experience in a mid- to large-sized Financial Technology firms or Payment’s technology divisions running complex software development programs with multiple stakeholders for at least 5 years.
• 3+ years of experience as a People Manager, managing a team of 40 to 50 members, inclusive of building and growing the team.
• Broad experience, across functional and technical areas, designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining large scale projects in BFSI Domain.
• Looking for professionals who have started their career into Development and Coding; have grown into Tech Lead roles followed by further transition into Project Management roles under BFSI domain.
• Should have entirely owned the product development from start to end, i.e., inception to implementation. Someone who has worked on end-to-end implementation/development will be apt for this role.
• Should be an expert in stake holder management, negotiating the requirement with the product team and understanding the timeline, team size, and the budget of the project.
• Must also analyze requirements Vs the timeline.
• Should be able to help interact with the architects meaningfully and gain knowledge of what infrastructure, the technology, APIs to use, front-end dependencies, solutions, and integration across the organization, the candidate should understand the business requirement and how to implement it technically. Accordingly, they will be able to plan and deliver.
• Working expertise in Agile, Jira, and Cloud is mandatory. Agile Safe is essential.
• Exposure to running agile ceremonies, change or release management. ServiceNow and similar change management tools are highly considerable.
• Working experience with microservices, API servers, Mobile and Web Application Development is a must.
• Prior experience with CI/CD software development process

Business knowledge

• The person must have knowledge in at least one domain, i.e., Credit Cards, Lending, Investment, and Insurance.
• Such domain knowledge and experience should be from the recent one and not from the earlier stages of the career.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager, who adopts a hands-on approach and loves to build scalable, distributed and large web / mobile products. You would be responsible for designing the architecture, reviewing the code, building the technology and deploying web/mobile applications.

• Own the product development from
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant
• Contribute to discussion on software architecture while mentoring a team of
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, SCRUM ceremonies, and troubleshooting to ensure uptime for live systems
• Lead teams in the development of new products, solutions, processes, and implementation of cost management
• Communicates technical information to stakeholders, including investors and potential customers.

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field from a premier
• Prior 7+ years of relevant experience in a start-up or a dynamic work
• Proven supervisory and technical
• Good exposure in writing and optimizing SQL for high-performance
• Understanding of asyncio and eventloop/ uvloop concepts. Knowledge of frameworks such as Quart/ Fastapi/ Starlette is
• Past use of Agile/Scrum or similar collaborative
• Knowledge of AWS; Caching technologies like Redis, Memcache; ELK; mySQL Databases, etc.
• Strong understanding of System Design, Microservice Architecture, Kafka, Pub/Sub, Message queues, and in-memory data stores
• Customer oriented, responsive to changes, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

• Master’s degree in engineering or MBA a plus

Cogoport Story

Do you prefer to get speeding tickets or parking tickets?

Because at Cogoport we are speeding ahead to do something remarkable for the world. We are trying to solve the Trade Knowledge and Execution Gap, which is currently widening and preventing trade to the tune of $3.4 trillion annually. This Gap has enormous economic as well as human impact and disproportionately hits small and medium businesses globally.

The team at Cogoport is working on developing a new category, the Global Trade Platform, that helps companies discover and connect with appropriate trade partners, optimize shipping and logistics options and costs, and improve cash management and cash flow.

Cogoport is currently in hypergrowth mode. We are proud to have been named an Asia-Pacific High-Growth Company by the Financial Times and an Indian Growth Champion by the Economic Times. We are aiming to reach an annualized revenue of $1 billion (7700 Crores INR)  by this summer and are hiring over 500 additional employees. We are currently hiring in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Chennai and Bangalore.

Cogoport Culture: We have two core values at Cogoport—Intrapreneurship and Customer-centricity. If you share these values and are a hard worker who is willing to take risks (and occasionally get a speeding ticket), you can make a huge impact and propel your career in an endless number of directions with Cogoport.

Cogoport Leadership

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Life at Cogoport :It’s rare to be able to join a company that can give you the resources, support and technology you need to break new ground and see your ideas come to life. You’ll be surrounded by some of the smartest engineers and commercial specialists in India and the Asia Pacific Region.

With huge growth and the right entrepreneurial mindset, comes huge opportunities! So, wherever you join us, you’ll be able to dream, deliver better and brighter solutions, and speed ahead with the possibility to propel your career forward in endless directions as our company continues to grow and expand.

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Why Cogoport?

International Trade can be complicated at times and every day brings new challenges and opportunities to learn.  When we simplify international trade, it empowers and affects every human being on the face of this earth. Seven billion people - one common problem.

As a part of the Talent team at Cogoport, you will get an opportunity to be a part of an industry-wide revolution in the world of shipping and logistics by collaborating with other brilliant minds to resolve real world on-ground challenges. You will have a direct impact on the revenue and profitability growth for the organization.

Areas of Impact for you

• Ownership of product delivery, devops, cybersecurity, performance, impeccable software quality, and configuration.
• Hands-on management with deep-dive into the details of software design, implementation and debugging.
• Attract, hire, retain, motivate and mentor the team..
• Guide your teams in developing roadmaps and systems to drive product growth, then identify, plan, and execute projects to support that growth.
• Leadership role in the driving technical architecture, specifically leveraging micro-services.
• Manage multiple projects across a wide breadth of technologies, coordinate dependencies, and interactions with the internal teams and external partners.
• Collaborate with stakeholders from across functions to keep the development team in sync with all functions and overall business objectives.
• Set up, create and manage strong best practices/architecture to ensure reliable, secure, bug-free, and performant software is released on-time.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Bachelor or Masters in Computer Science with 8-10 years of total work experience in a software product company with at least 3-4 years of experience in managing projects and leading teams.
• Experience owning highly-available and scalable software systems
• Strong technical background with proven record of individual technical accomplishments
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to make quick decisions in high pressure environments.
• Demonstrated negotiation, influencing and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding of team dynamics, have the ability to inspire highly-talented engineers and develop team-level leaders
• Experience with Agile development.

Cogoport is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and respected at work.  

Responsibilities

• Managing small to medium teams with a focus on performance and talent retention
• Participate in creation and execution of product and technology roadmap with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with product managers and other leads/architects for building and delivering projects
• Ownership of front-end and back-end development work carried out with reusability, scalability, and testability of the projects
• Hire and mentor junior team members and coordinate their training
• Coordinate with external stakeholders for new integrations and tools
• Review and update policies relevant to internal systems and equipment and stay compliant with security regulations
• Monitor reliability and performance of all customer-facing and internal projects
• Manage software development projects by setting requirements, goals, and timelines

Requirements

• Work experience as an engineering manager or in a similar senior-level position at an engineering department
• Experience in the Fintech space
• Extensive experience with cloud technologies (AWS preferred) and server-side technologies (Java preferred)
• Hands-on experience in back-end and front-end development
• Good understanding of SDLC using agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban / SAFe)
• Leadership abilities with a strategic mind
• Excellent project management skills
• BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field

Key Responsibilities

• Primarily responsible for the design, development and testing of LTE features for small cell system being developed by Mavenir
• Software development (code & test) of their modules with no supervision. Ability to do high level design and review low-level design/code.
• Accurate estimation of their work.
• Participate in architecture discussions.
• Adherence to development process and quality metrics.

Job Requirements

• Good understanding of 5G,  LTE and/or UMTS standards.
• Knowledge of 3GPP NR, EUTRAN procedures.
• Knowledge on any of the protocols like RRC, MAC, RLC, LTE/NR L3/L2 protocol stacks.
• Knowledge of RRM, Tr069 interface, NETCONF, YANG.
• Experience of developing UNIX/Linux applications.
• Excellent knowledge of C, data structures and operating systems.
• Knowledge of Network virtualisation concepts will be a plus.
• Experience of any of the following would also be an advantage: IP Networks and Protocols, SCTP, MTP3, M3UA, SS7, SCCP, HNBAP, RUA, RANAP, S1AP, GTP
• Good knowledge of any of version control system like SVN, MKS, clearcase.
• Good team player with knowledge of Agile methodology will be a plus