Sr Java Developer

Who We Are 

Studio Management (studiomgmt.co) is a uniquely positioned organization combining venture capital, hedge fund investments, and startup incubation. Our portfolio includes successful ventures like Sentieo (acquired by AlphaSense for $185 million), as well as innovative products such as Emailzap (emailzap.co) and Mindful Minutes for Toddlers. We’re expanding our team to continue launching products at the forefront of technology, and we’re looking for an Engineering Lead who shares our passion for building the “next big thing.”

The Role 

We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Lead to guide our product development efforts across multiple high-impact ventures. You will own the overall technical vision, mentor a remote team of engineers, and spearhead the creation of new-age products in a fast-paced startup environment. This is a strategic, influential role that requires a blend of technical prowess, leadership, and a keen interest in building products from zero to one.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Define and drive the architectural roadmap for new and existing products, ensuring high-quality code, scalability, and reliability.
• Mentorship & Team Building: Hire, lead, and develop a team of engineers. Foster a culture of continuous learning, ownership, and collaboration.
• Product Innovation: Work closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to conceptualize, build, and iterate on cutting-edge, user-centric solutions.
• Hands-On Development: Write efficient, maintainable code and perform thorough code reviews, setting the standard for engineering excellence.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with different functions (product, design, marketing) to ensure alignment on requirements, timelines, and deliverables.
• Process Optimization: Establish best practices and processes that improve development speed, code quality, and overall team productivity.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion performance optimizations, new technologies, and modern frameworks to keep the tech stack fresh and competitive.

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ Years of Engineering Experience: A proven track record of designing and delivering high-impact software products.
• Technical Mastery: Expertise in a full-stack environment—HTML, CSS, JavaScript (React/React Native), Python (Django), and AWS. Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures and system design.
• Leadership & Communication: Demonstrated ability to mentor team members, influence technical decisions, and articulate complex concepts clearly.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Passion for building new-age products, thriving in ambiguity, and rapidly iterating to find product-market fit.
• Problem Solver: Adept at breaking down complex challenges into scalable, efficient solutions.
• Ownership Mentality: Self-driven individual who takes full responsibility for project outcomes and team success.
• Adaptability: Comfort working in an environment where priorities can shift quickly, and opportunities for innovation abound.

Why Join Us

• High-Impact Work: Drive the technical direction of multiple ventures, shaping the future of new products from day one.
• Innovation Culture: Operate in a remote-first, collaborative environment that encourages bold thinking and rapid experimentation.
• Growth & Autonomy: Enjoy opportunities for both leadership advancement and deepening your technical skillset.
• Global Team: Work alongside a diverse group of talented professionals who share a passion for pushing boundaries.
• Competitive Benefits: Receive market-leading compensation and benefits in a role that rewards both individual and team success.

OpenGov is home to an exceptional team - passionate about our mission to power more effective and accountable government. By bringing the OpenGov Cloud to our nation's state and local government, we’re transforming communities so they can thrive! 

Imagine yourself being able to help small business owners open their doors faster, ensuring our tax dollars are accounted for, creating safer infrastructure, modernizing the permitting process, and assisting with disaster recovery. The work you do here every day has a meaningful impact on people's lives!

🌟 OpenGov is a 2023 Top Workplaces USA award winner and a Forbes America's Best Startup Employer 🌟

Join our smart, fun, and humble team to experience the most rewarding career of your life!

Job Summary:

As a  Software Engineer II  at OpenGov, you'll build best-in-class SaaS solutions that enable efficiency, transparency, and accountability within government agencies. You'll be a key member of our engineering team, delivering new features and improvements in a fast-paced, agile environment using modern technologies, including ReactJS, Javascript, GraphQL, and NodeJS.

A typical day in this role would provide opportunities to design, implement and optimize complex applications for speed and scalability, and resolve various unique technical challenges. Strong collaboration skills with the product, UX, and platform engineers coupled with the ability to execute quickly will enable your success.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and deploy high-quality software with minimum supervision
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and operational excellence 
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation within the team
• Contribute to OpenGov’s Engineering culture of innovation, leading-edge technology adoption and quality

Requirements and Preferred Experience:

• BA/BS in a computer-science-related discipline or equivalent experience required
• 3+ years of professional experience in developing cloud native applications.
• Proficiency in Java or C++ or C# or equivalent program language is required.
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, ReactJS, and NodeJS is required 
• Proficiency in data structures, database concepts, algorithms and observability is required
• Working knowledge of event-driven architecture and Kafka preferred
• Working knowledge of ElasticSearch/OpenSearch preferred

What makes OpenGov unique

» Leadership: CEO Zac Bookman (MPA from Harvard and JD from Yale) is truly a mission-driven CEO. He was named one of the 100 most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, a Tech Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and SF and Silicon Valley Business Times' 40 under 40 class of 2018!

» Growth: Record breaking growth with 1,800+ governments (and counting) using our products. Click here for read more.

» Culture: Winner of 2023 Top Workplaces USA award, Awarded Top 25 Cloud Companies to Work For, Winner of Forbes 2022 Best Startup Employers, 50 Best Workplaces award. Check out our Careers Video!

» Product: Named to the GovTech 100 (seven consecutive years), we are the leader in cloud software for our nation's cities, counties, and state agencies.

» Mission Driven: We are a technology company with a passion for the mission. We're powering more effective and accountable government.

Come join us and make a positive social impact!

OpenGov is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

We are looking for a Full Stack Developer, to be a core member of our Engineering Team, who is a great problem solver, can learn quickly, and communicate clearly. You like to work in a fast-paced environment, want to own the work, get recognized for it and therefore startup environment excites you.

Responsibilities

• Work on end to end website development including frontend, backend and deployment. Build useful and handy tools in field of Admissions and consultancy
• Work on the core platform for Higher Education Aspirants with respect to admissions, resume building, interview experiences and application for B-Schools
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules and components
• REST API development for integration with frontend web components which would be easy to manage and scale
• Accurately understand and translate business and user needs into functional backend or frontend code to build robust features
• Participate in a culture of code reviews, writing tech specs, and collaborating closely with other people
• Writing standalone services with business logic to support automation workflows and integrations
• Support Marketing and Operations team with small tools, scripts or automations across multiple tools

Criteria

Hunger for learning and getting out of comfort zone to build amazing web applications & websites would be enough. Otherwise

• Basic understanding of backend, database and Server technologies
• Knowledge of Frontend technologies (HTML, CSS, JS, ReactJS, VueJS)
• Knowledge of atleast one Backend technologies (NodeJS, Python, ROR, GoLang etc)
• Understanding and knowledge of Database technologies (MySQL, MongoDB)
• Clear understanding of RESTful API development standards.
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes. Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.

About Company

MBA & Beyond is a global admission consulting startup for applicants who dare to question their purpose with a global MBA. We help purpose-driven applicants make it to the top business schools.

We are looking to hire a Full-stack web developer who will be responsible for the creation and enhancement of web applications according to the company's specifications. As the role takes into consideration user experience and function, a certain level of both functional domain experience and computer programming is necessary.

To be successful in this position, you will be required to demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the industry's best practices in software development, development expertise in back-end technologies, and must have a professional track record of effective technical management, information analysis, and experience in latest web technologies.

You should have in-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming, an understanding of MVC designs, and working knowledge of front-end technologies including HTML 5, JavaScript, and CSS3.

Responsibilities

13.Guide team members for design and implementation of tasks
14. Coordinate end-to-end implementation.

Requirements-

• 1 to 3 years of professional experience working with PHP, web frameworks including Laravel, CodeIgniter- Preferred.
• 1 to 3 years of professional software development experience-Preferred
• Meaningful experience working on large, complex system integrations
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to manage projects.
• Good problem-solving skills
• Ability to take extreme ownership over your and teams work

About Us

upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc. upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the careers of tomorrow.

• upGrad was awarded the Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India 
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech
• upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program 
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 

About the Role

If you love to learn, are a quick learner and would love to create top-notch online courses on emerging technologies like Blockchain, Software Development or Data science then we are looking for you!

The Senior Content Strategist role is unique in the sense that it provides an opportunity to learn new topics quickly, work on case studies, interact and build network with top industry professionals and faculty members in the respective domains, and do work that directly impacts the lives and careers of our learners.upGrad is looking for people passionate about education to help design learning programs for working professionals in order to help build the careers of tomorrow. 

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop world-class content for online courses on different stacks in Full-Stack Web Development (Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Angular, React.js, Node.js & Express.js, C#, .NET), Blockchain Development & Architecture, software development/mean-stack development / Data science/Machine Learning. This job will equip the candidate with highly sought after skills and will be a great starting point for a career
• Understand the industry requirements and develop courses to help students meet high standards
• Plan and execute student competency assessment and engagement to ensure extraordinary learning experience
• Quickly learn complex concepts and ensure quality of content, instructional design and overall course experience
• Collaborate with business development team to meet content production deliverables
• Define & structure content development process; work with educational content across all levels
• Structure, grow and lead content development team including research assistants, video producers, scriptwriters etc.
• Work closely with senior faculty, freelancers and global industry leaders

Skills Required

• BE/B.tech Computer science background (Bachelor’s/Master’s degree, BCA/ MCA,
• Online/ self taught/MOOC) OR a degree in Maths/Statistics.
• 4+ years of experience in e-Learning and/or creating customised higher education programs
• Experience in software development (backend/full-stack web development) , Data science is valuable.
• Excellence in problem solving and structuring of complex processes in new terrains
• Master in Higher Education/ Technology, Education & Innovation is preferred
• Experience in (digital) pedagogic content production; preferably higher education is preferred