Tech Lead (Akka Based MicroServices Development)

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Trainer and Upskilling Lead to drive the design, development, and execution of both training and upskilling

programs across the organization. This executive role is responsible for conceptualizing training solutions, creating upskilling frameworks, mentoring trainers, and ensuring continuous development and alignment of these initiatives with organizational goals. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in managing training and upskilling programs while collaborating with various teams to address technical needs.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Training and Upskilling Program Development and Planning

• Conceptualize and design both technical training and upskilling programs tailored to organizational objectives and individual employee growth
• Create frameworks that cater to both freshers and experienced professionals, ensuring knowledge transfer and skill enhancement across different technical domains
• Continuously update training and upskilling frameworks based on project needs, feedback from stakeholders, and evolving industry trends

2. Execution of Training and Upskilling Programs:

•  Oversee the execution of hands-on training sessions and upskilling initiatives, ensuring active engagement and effective learning
•  Lead or co-facilitate high-level training sessions and workshops to ensure quality and relevance
•  Implement customized upskilling paths for employees based on their current roles, growth trajectories, and future organizational needs

3. Trainer Development and Mentorship:

•  Mentor and guide a team of trainers, helping them to develop advanced skills in both training delivery and upskilling facilitation
•  Ensure junior trainers and lower-level facilitators are continuously developed and capable of executing training sessions effectively
•  Promote the continuous improvement of trainers by encouraging participation in professional development and certification programs

4. Performance Monitoring and Continuous Improvement:

•  Evaluate the success of both training and upskilling programs using participant feedback, post-training assessments, and predefined KPIs
•  Track the progress of participants in both training and upskilling initiatives, ensuring learning objectives are met and that employees are positioned for career growth
•  Regularly report on training and upskilling outcomes, including metrics related to trainer performance and employee development, providing  insights and improvement suggestions to senior management

5. Collaboration and Stakeholder Management:

•  Collaborate with department heads and project teams to identify training and upskilling needs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals   and project requirements
•  Engage stakeholders across the organization to align expectations for both training outcomes and upskilling pathways
•  Promote cross-departmental collaboration to create integrated training and upskilling solutions that benefit multiple areas of the organization

6. Innovation and Technology Integration:

•  Introduce innovative training and upskilling methodologies, such as e-learning, blended learning, gamification, and personalized learning paths
•  Stay updated with emerging technologies in education and training, ensuring the adoption of the latest tools and techniques to enhance both  training and upskilling programs

Requirements

• Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Mechanical Engineering
• A minimum of 3 years of teaching experience (preferred but not mandatory)
• Professors in colleges, trainers in private training institutions can apply
• People with good experience in programming and a passion for teaching can apply
• Good command on various teaching methods (preferred but not mandatory)
• Excellent in communication
• Good in planning, scheduling and execution of various training courses.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of computer graphics, computer aided design (CAD) 
• Knowledge of Computational Technologies
• Good understanding of mathematics and geometry

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a dynamic and innovative IT organization
• Collaborative and supportive work environment​
• Professional growth and development opportunities

You will be responsible for achieving Monthly, Quarterly & Annual targets of Sales Qualified leads and Revenue:

Plan

• Assisting in creating, planning and implementing business development strategy and lead generation initiatives
• Research on global tech market dynamics, competition, and clients
• Identify potential prospects by analyzing markets/domains and track potential prospective clients

Outreach

• Reach out via multiple channels (Cold calling, LinkedIn, email)
• Set up meetings with key decision makers and ensure their shows on the appointment

Discovery

• Understand the needs of the lead to uncover how Thence can aid them
• Showcase Thence’s capabilities in an unobtrusive and consultative manner
• Qualify all leads as per criteria in a professional and creative manner

Prospect

• Ensure that the communications to clients are as per schedule and follow ups are on time
• Develop strong relationships with key prospects during and after the sales lifecycle
• Reconnect with cold leads and continuously build the pipeline

Measure & Improve

• Track, update, analyse and present sales reports to the Management
• Support the Business Development Head in running the BD function efficiently and effectively
• Meet the performance goals defined periodically

Skills Required

• Good storyteller - strong, verbal, and written communication skills
• Highly organized - finding a method to the madness 
• Critical thinking - takes quick and insightful decisions
• Knowledge hungry - an always-on learning mindset
• Team player-  managing multiple stakeholders

Qualifications

• Proven track record in lead generation predominantly via telecalling
• Good working knowledge of lead generation tools
• Prior stints at a B2B /IT/Product business with good understanding of B2B KPIs 
• Experience in the US Sales

What you need to have:

Responsibilities

• Work with Sales Engineering, Solution Architect and Services teams to ideate software solutions
• Work closely with product management to extend existing software to fit geo & domain specific needs
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation
• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

Requirements

Proven experience of 4 to 7 years as a Software Engineer

Experience developing cloud SaaS solutions

Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g., HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)

Strong knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g., C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g., Angular, React, Node.js)

Development in Core Java, J2EE, Struts, spring, Client-Side scripting, Hibernate, Database

Strong experience with Spring Boot stack (spring cloud, spring-data)

Extensive experience in developing and consuming REST APIs

Experience in Kafka distributed messaging is preferred

Hands-on experience in Redis, Apache Ignite, Hazelcast

Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX design

Experience working in an Agile methodology

Strong communication skills

Experience in speech technologies is a plus

Experience in building real time solutions is a plus

Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or similar field

• Key Result Areas

1. End to end ownership in the consumer facing B2C tech team and deliver solutions to solve business problems.

1. Advanced Javascript, CSS, HTML 5, D/XHTML, XML, JSON, DOM Concepts

1. Must have worked on a SPA framework: ReactJS, Node JS, AngularJS or InfernoJS

1. Own the development methodology. Align with the executive team to improve the development process, prioritize projects and manage multiple work streams

1. Extensive Work with open-source technologies and built services architecture as this will prove to be an invaluable asset in building solutions.

1. Lead a team of Software Developers, Server Engineers and QA Engineers, establishing development practices and standards

1. Extensive skill on React JS, Node JS

1. Experience on various PHP frameworks like Cakephp, Laravel, CI etc would be plus

1. Work with scrum teams and product managers using agile methodologies to deliver high quality solutions on time
2. Jumping on a call with clients to understand the requirement and profile them the right solution, helping formulate an effective solution and turning it into a working application
3. Conducting website performance and unit tests
4. Heavy involvement in the requirements gathering, development and operational stages of new projects
5. Troubleshoot and debug related application defects with existing and new applications
6. Work collaboratively with the frontend team and other team members, train other members and get trained if required

• You will be having an impact on our 1.7M users every day.
• You will be rolling out experiments and working closely with our product managers and design team to validate and build new features.
• Monitoring apps and fixing bugs for improving performance.
• Refactoring/Rewriting obsolete code to align with the new architecture.
• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Kotlin code.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency Experience: 1- 5 yrs in android development

Expertise:

• Kotlin
• Live Data and other Android Jetpack components
• DI (Dagger/Hilt)
• Design patterns MVVM, MVI
• Multithreading (Coroutines)
• Offline Storage
• Remote data interaction via REST and JSON

Hands-on experience:

• Git
• CI/CD
• Third-party analytics like Amplitude, Clevertap, etc..
• Common third-party libraries and APIs like (Glide, retrofit...)
• Firebase products (FireStore/ RealTimeDB/ FCM..)
• Writing custom views
• Text-based UIs like notes, reader, etc..
• Publishing/Updating apps on Google Play and other stores (Huawei/Xiaomi...)

Good to have:

• Basic understanding of clean architecture.
• Simple data structure and algorithm understanding.
• Basic understanding of AWS services and products
• Strong design intuition and user empathy.
• Should be aware of future technologies in the Android ecosystem.
• You should be quick in understanding the hypothesis, and build the experiment and make it available to a user
• We prefer people who are highly experimental and willing to take risks.
• Experience in training or mentoring team members.

Do not apply if you are not:

• Ownership driven
• Curious in general
• Self-motivated
• Use to work in a chaotic environment
• Highly proactive
• Hate drinking and smoking will have a hard time here