Technical Architect/CTO

Job Description 

The future is infinitely wide and begging to be reimagined and we are looking for people who have the courage to make their dent in what has always been. If you have an optimism that says there is no limit to what we can achieve in a time inviting those with vision to shake things up, then we should talk. Our work is fueled by connected thinking, challenging boundaries, and the power of digital redefining a connected world. Our people thrive because of the belief that it’s both our privilege and responsibility to usher our clients and the world into what is next. We’re seeking those who question the status quo and want to reimagine the way the world works while realizing a smarter way for business to help – all in service of improving the daily lives of people, the world, your career. Next_reimagined. 

Your Impact: 

• Drive the design, planning, and implementation of multifaceted applications, giving you breadth and depth of knowledge across the entire project lifecycle. 
• Combine your technical expertise and problem-solving passion to work closely with clients, turning complex ideas into end-to-end solutions that transform our clients’ business. 
• Constantly innovate and evaluate emerging technologies and methods to provide scalable and elegant solutions that help clients achieve their business goals. 

Qualifications 

• Strong hand on experience of Components, Templates, Taxonomy, metadata management, Forward and Reverse Replication, Workflows, Content Publishing and unpublishing, Tagging, Deployment(Maven) and Content migration/ planning. 

• Strong Physical Architecture concepts (Infrastructure) including but not limited to Load Balancers(ELB), Apache set up, CDN, Disaster Recovery, recommending capacity of AEM publish and author instances. 
• Taking a lead in recommending the solution considering quality properties of the system like Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Accessibility (A, AA, AAA), Monitoring (Squid, Nagios, Zabbix, Ganglia, App Dynamics, New Relic etc.), Scalability, Security, Performance and Responsive architecture 
• Has implemented Quality Processes for projects like Continuous Integration (Bamboo/Jenkins/Git/BitBucket/Cloud Manager), SonarQube, Code reviews (Manual and Automated), code Formatters, Automation testing etc. 
• Good to have Mobile App development and technologies, Digital Asset Management products, Adobe Scene 7(Adobe Dynamic Media), integration with eCommerce products like Hybris, Magento, ElasticPath and micro-services based architecture experience. 
• Strong knowledge of Cloud native approaches and platforms including AWS, Azure or GCP.  

• Experience with SaaS based implementation of AEM as Cloud Service and AEM SDK (preferred).  
• Good knowledge with Adobe I/O Runtime and Adobe I/O Events.  
• Good experience with frontend technologies like Bootstrap, Backbone.js, ReactJS, Handlebars, Grunt, Angular, CSS3, HTML 5 and jQuery. 
• Knowledge of templating with JSP, HTL, and integration with MVC FE frameworks. 
• Mastery of all relevant “core Java technologies” with Java 8/11 that are used in most Java-centric CMS/WCM platforms, including but not limited to XML, XSL, XSLT, XSD, server-side programming models, and other related presentation, middle-tier & persistence frameworks 

Set Yourself Apart With: 

• Develop Digital Consumer experiences based on Adobe marketing cloud products including AEM. 
• Define solution architecture for global customer engagement and global web content management platforms, integrating a full collage of supporting technologies including AEM, Search, Adobe Social, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Communities, Adobe Target, Adobe Campaign Standard, Adobe Launch and others 
• Develop powerful features such as multi-site and multi-channel delivery, personalization/targeting, content aggregation & syndication, multi-lingual support, automated workflow management, social media etc. 
• Diagnose and solve technical problems related to AEM implementation. 

• Interact with clients to create end-to-end specifications and solution architecture for content & collaboration solutions. 
• Provide inputs and direction to senior developers on the team for design and implementation. 
• Define implementation processes, quality gates and standards for design and development. 
• Define best practices to manage performance, security and scalability of the Digital Platforms 
• Lead teams of 20+ people through all phases of Development. Agile development methodology is a plus 

• Lead and Involve in Planning and estimations of Adobe projects, Lead all tracks of the project from Frontend, backend, QA and Project Management 

Additional Information 

• Gender-Neutral Policy 
• 18 paid holidays throughout the year for NCR/BLR (22 For Mumbai) 
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program 

• Flexible work arrangements 
• Employee Assistance Programs to help you in wellness and well being   

We are looking for a hands-on technical expert who has worked with multiple technology stacks and has experience architecting and building scalable cloud solutions with web and mobile frontends. 

 What will you work on?

•  Interface with clients
• Recommend tech stacks
• Define end-to-end logical and cloud-native architectures
•  Define APIs
• Integrate with 3rd party systems
• Create architectural solution prototypes
• Hands-on coding, team lead, code reviews, and problem-solving

What Makes You A Great Fit?

• 5+ years of software experience 
• Experience with architecture of technology systems having hands-on expertise in backend, and web or mobile frontend
• Solid expertise and hands-on experience in Python with Flask or Django
• Expertise on one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google App Engine)
• Expertise with SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL, Mongo, ElasticSearch, Redis)
• Knowledge of DevOps practices
• Chatbot, Machine Learning, Data Science/Big Data experience will be a plus
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

The job is for a full-time position at our https://goo.gl/maps/o67FWr1aedo">Pune (Viman Nagar) office. 

(Note: We are working remotely at the moment. However, once the COVID situation improves, the candidate will be expected to work from our office.)

Hello

CTO / Head of Engineering

About our Client

Our client is a B2B2C tech firm backed by India’s largest retailer and tech venture capitalist founded by founders - IITB Graduates who are experienced in retail, ecommerce and fintech

 

It aims to become one app to manage all your brands loyalty points, cashback and coupons. It will have additional content and discovery layer for customers and brands for further engagement and commerce.

 

The company currently powers closed-loop loyalty programs for all different brands under its parent retail group. Currently, it has 20Mn+ registered customers and 3Mn MAU across 8 brands. Its vision is to be at the center of D2C Brands and the consumer consumption ecosystem

Role description:
We are looking for a competent CTO (Chief Technology Officer) who will be our first technology go-to expert and play an integral role in setting the company’s strategic direction, development and future growth. In this position, you will oversee our overall technology development and technology utilization plan to manage all information technology resources of our company.

Key Responsibilities

•  CTO will be leading, building, and operating exciting products with a passionate team.
•  We are looking for someone who has developed and deployed software with a strong focus on end-user experience. We are seeking someone with a proven track record of shipping web scalable products.
•  The ideal candidate will have a track record of building and delivering cloud solutions with delightful consumer experiences, combined with ease of implementation/reliability.
•  Experience with massively scalable distributed compute product architectures.
•  Experience with micro services-oriented architectures, Experience with scaling Big Data infrastructure.
•  Experience delivering platform technology and creating an ecosystem of applications and services across multiple verticals and solution offerings
•  Experience successfully scaling technology infrastructure to support rapid customer /data growth.
•  Experience with fast-paced, rapidly-iterating, design-forward, product-focused companies.
•  "Roll-up-your-sleeves" entrepreneurial, start-up attitude, team player with record of leading and mentoring employees

Candidate Experience: Desired skills

•  He/she should have prior work experience of 7-12 years on large-scale mobile app products and can rapidly familiarize yourself with complex products
•  Have inclination to learn and build new age products with blockchain and web3 tech
•  Strong track record of being able to develop and set release plans, track deadlines, deliverables, resource allocations, issues/risks and create mitigation strategies as needed to deliver a quality product on time
•  Strong technical and architecture skills in wide areas of platform engineering with proven ability to dive deep in any area as needed.
•  Extensive experience with eCommerce platforms, cloud systems, payment solutions, digital marketing technology, automation, and multi-device development is required; AWS experience is a strong plus
•  Experience managing Small teams and remote teams is a strong plus
•  Competent in driving a culture of continuous learning to improve technology and remove roadblocks that hold the team back.

Why is this a great opportunity for the right candidate :

•  Experienced founding team
•  Backed by Future Group which gives an edge over working with different D2C and traditional brands ecosystem which is necessary to win in this market
•  Existing app customer base of 20Mn registered and 4-5 Mn MAU + which gives us a head start and starting customer base of FuturePay necessary for pivoting the product to Carrot as described earlier
•  Right to win - The founding team knows the business & its secrets inside out. We are starting with a significant head start and a precise plan of action
•  Barriers to entry - This is a specialized play with natural barriers to entry, allowing for significant value creation for all equity holders
•  Exposure to all aspects of company building - exposure to investors, fund-raising, decision making, building the team & culture
•  All of the above perks of joining a high potential company very early, along with a competitive market salary.

 

Regards
Team Merito

• Advanced knowledge of software and solution architecture
• High-level project management skills
• Ability to solve complex software system issues
• Well experienced with software design and web development
• Proficiency with JAVA, and strong front-end knowledge of HTML5, JSF, Angular, React
• Familiar or working experience with Apache Kafka working, Containers, Docker, Kubernetes
• Professional, precise communication skills
• Deep understanding of 'under the hood' knowledge of frameworks worked on
• Work experience in implementing Unit Tests
• Work experience in applying the best practices of Design, Architecture and Application
• development
• Extensive experience with HTML5, CSS3, XML and JSON
• Thorough understanding of Reactive Programming, RxJS framework, Databases, API,
• Implementing of Caching and RESTful services
• Troubleshooting design and performance flaws and system bottlenecks
• Conducting system performance tests
• Working experience in an Agile team, especially with SCRUM
• Good understanding of DevOps, CI/CD principles and practices to improve Software
  
  Quality & Efficiency
• Following Skills will be an added advantage
• Work experience with Cloud Services like AWS and Azure
• Familiar with common microservices patterns
• Service / API test – to test endpoints as thoroughly as possible
• End to End integration test systemFeb.2021 - Technical Manager Requirement

Behavioral Skill

• Should be a quick learner with a problem-solving mindset
• Attention to detail and follow-through to achieve good quality
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skill

 

The Role:

• Develop and execute engineering strategy (including technology architecture, development stack, scalability, security etc.) of all our SaaS solutions while keeping in mind needs of business as usual and evolving product feature requirements
• Lead the engineering team and ensure good delivery management to deliver the product roadmap with high speed and quality
• Innovation – explore available technologies that may be useful to our context and run experiments and POCs to evaluate before adoption
• Bring automation and best practices to code management, testing and build & deployment processes
• Solve the most complex issues/initiatives through hands-on development
• Help the team members in resolving difficult technical issues
• Be a champion of engineering excellence: establish team metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence. Implement a consistent, regular process for assessment and improvement
• Provide thought-leadership to fellow team members by working as a guide and mentor to the rest of the team members

The Benefits:

• Best in Industry Remuneration
• Attractive ESOP opportunity with huge potential upside
• Cutting edge technologies with always something new happening
• Start-up culture with full ownership and freedom
• Fully flexible hours and work from anywhere
• Super-fun work environment and colleague

Key Skills Needed:

• Microservices, Spring Boot, Core Java, Struts 2.0, JPA & Hibernate
• Hands-On experience in relational databases (MySQL Preferred)
• Experience in Data warehousing & Analytics
• Hands-on exposure in mobile application developmen

Qualifications

• B.E. / B.Tech from Tier 1 Institute

The opportunity:

1. Opportunity to join a very ambitious project starting in the Smart Automation field.

2. Initial team of two senior entrepreneurs already working in this area with strong skills in strategy, consulting, and business development.

3. Startup positioning, business plan, tactical and strategic activities plans minimizing funding needs already well defined.

4. More information will be communicated during the first interviews.


Must have:

1. Demonstrated experience through all phases of the technology life cycle, including project planning, requirements definition, architecture design, build/configuration, testing and operational transition, operating model, governance.

2. Masters' degree in Computer Science or related field.

3. Advanced technological skillset and a demonstrated history with technology.

4. Must have experience with PHP Codeigniter 3 and 4 AND HTML5, CSS3, Javascript (ES6 2020), JQuery, Codeigniter 4, PHP, MySQL, Nginx / Apache, AWS.

Optional: React.js , Node.js

5. Exceptional team management skills with excellent verbal and written communication.

6. Ability to delegate efficiently & decision making

7. Extensive industry knowledge with an eye towards the future & Passionate for achieving goals.


Specific duties include:

1. Creating technology standards and practices and ensuring adherence

2. Leading the strategy for technology platforms, partnerships and external relationships

3. Closely working with senior CTO and Building and managing the technology team

4. Overseeing research and development as well as special projects

5. Making recommendations to senior management through presentations and advocacy

6. Managing data systems implementation and monitoring their effectiveness in meeting business goals

7. Supervising software testing, and information systems security and maintenance

8. Managing staff in functional areas such as LAN/WAN architecture, systems operations, and hardware and software support

9 Anticipating and reacting to major technology changes

10 Developing technology contingency plans to keep projects on track

11 Supervising Web application and software development

Apart from all the formalities mentioned above, dedication & Passion is something that cannot be measured by any parameter, would love someone with the same passion as us and join with our journey.


Salary/Offer:

Only equity (based on candidate experiences) will be offered as of now. Salary will be there once the company is stable.

 

What you need to have:

Looking for web and mobile app developer
own the tech platform
build business with the founder
exp in cloud and ecommerce domain
hands on ecommerce development and rollout scaling business.
ready to be long term player
scale the tech team

Job Purpose: The role of Engineering Manager is focused on driving Customer solutions and delivering technical excellence through close engagement with Customers, Suppliers and cross-functional teams within Accedo. As a senior technical authority you will be responsible for leading tier-1 Customer engagements in Asia, with a strong focus on the domestic OTT market in India. You will also be responsible for leading Accedo Engineering Teams and collaborating closely with other global Engineering Directors to define and shape engineering practices/tools used across the business. Key Responsibilities: - Senior technical authority on key customer projects; responsible for architecting and leading the implementation of complex technical solutions through direct customer/supplier engagement and close collaboration with Accedo delivery teams. - Technology focus will be largely centered on Accedo Solutions for Web, Smart TV, Mobile, Games Consoles and other Connected Devices; with exposure to both front and back end technologies. Some crossover between platforms and solution areas can be expected - Customer focus will be largely centered on Professional Services engagements in India; however it’s anticipated there will also be opportunities to lead/contribute to projects in other Accedo regions - Direct management of local engineering teams; providing technical leadership and direction at project level and professional development/mentorship in a line management capacity - Responsible for driving Technical Assurance activities on Customer engagements; ensuring Accedo developers adhere to engineering best practices and the application of approved technologies/toolsets - Working closely with Accedo Engineering Directors at a global level to standardise and continuously improve engineering practices and tools used by Accedo delivery teams. - Supporting Regional Sales Opportunities, participating in Customer/Supplier workshops, providing solution design insights, technical risk/dependency management, estimations etc. Role Requirements: - Solid engineering background with at least 7+ years hands-on experience architecting and building scalable OTT solutions for mobile and web - Proven expertise in some or all of the following technologies: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, JSON, MySQL, Java, Objective-C - Excellent working knowledge of Android/iOS SDK, Eclipse/Xcode and modern Developer Tools, with experience integrating open source or 3rd party API’s and libraries - Experience designing and building complex middleware solutions using PHP, Java or Node.js - Good understanding of Global Content Delivery Networks, Video Encoding, DRM Technologies, Ad-Integration, Analytics Solutions etc. - Practical experience working in Agile environments with exposure to Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development - Strong quality focus from a UI, Functional and Performance perspective with proven experience building and testing scalable solutions - Excellent technical solution design and documentation skills with a good understanding of UML and related tools - Exemplary English communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to lead Customer/Partner meetings and workshops at an international level - Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or related discipline - Moderate travel (20-30%) throughout India/Asia can be expected.

Desired​ ​ Skills​ ​ and​ ​ Experience ● B.S.​ ​ or​ ​ Masters​ ​ in​ ​ computer​ ​ engineering​ ​ or​ ​ related​ ​ discipline,​ ​ from​ reputed​​ ​ university ● Must​ ​ have​ ​ been​ ​ involved​ ​ with​ ​ startups​ ​ (some​ ​ successful​ ​ and​ ​ others​ a ​ ​ learning ​ ​ experience) ● Must​ ​ be​ ​ a ​ ​ hands-on entrepreneurial​ ​ CTO,​ ​ who​ ​ has​ ​ worked​ ​ at​ ​ least​ one​​ ​ high​​ ​ profile​​ ​ startup ● Strong​​ ​ network​​ ​ to​​ ​ recruit​​ ​ from​​ ​ within​​ ​ (India​​ ​ and/or​​ ​ overseas) ● Must have experience and ability to hire quality team, with first hires being​ ​ from​ ​ personal​ ​ networks ● Experience​ ​ in​ ​ leading​ ​ the​ ​ full​ ​ cycle​ ​ of​ ​ web​ ​ and​ ​ mobile​ ​ application​ development processes,​ ​ from​ ​ design​ ​ to​ ​ implementation, deployment​ ​ and​ ​ ​ operation. ● Experience​​ ​ with​​ ​ Python​​ ​ development​​ ​ and​​ ​ object-oriented​​ ​ design ● Extensive​ ​ experience​ ​ with​ ​ MCV​ ​ frameworks​​ ​ (Django​​ ​ is​​ ​ a ​ ​ plus) ● Experience​ ​ managing​ ​ multi-discipline​ ​ teams​ ​ of​ ​ developers​ ​ is​ ​ a ​ ​ plus ● Extensive​ ​ knowledge​ ​ of​ ​ and​ ​ experience​ ​ with​ ​ SMS,​ ​ USSD​ ​ or​ ​ other​ protocols​​ ​ for​​ ​ mobile ​ ​ communication​​ ​ standards,​​ ​ particularly​​ ​ GSM ● Exceptional​ ​ project​ ​ management​ ​ and​ ​ organization​ ​ skills Responsibilities: ● Collaborate​ ​ with​ ​ the​ ​ Founder​ ​ to​ ​ build​ ​ a ​ ​ comprehensive technology​ vision​​ ​ and​​ ​ product​​ ​ roadmap ● Build​​ ​ out​​ ​ the​​ ​ architecture,​​ ​ team,​​ ​ technology​​ ​ stack​​ ​ and​​ ​ platform ● Set​ ​ the​ ​ tone,​ ​ best​ ​ practices,​ ​ and​ ​ overall​ ​ strategy​ ​ for​ ​ technical​ operations​ ​ – ​ ​ from​ ​ coding, project​ ​ management,​ ​ documentation,​ architecture,​ ​ and​ ​ scaling​ ​ ​ – ​ ​ and​ ​ rigidly​ ​ adhere​ ​ to their​ implementation,​​ ​ adjusting​​ ​ as​​ ​ needed ● Own​ ​ & ​ ​ report​ ​ on​ ​ technology​ ​ related​ ​ metrics​ , ​ ​ always​ ​ looking​ ​ for​ ​ a ​ way​​ ​ to​​ ​ improve​​ ​ ​ ​ users’ ​ ​ experiences ​ ​ via​ ​ technology ● Identify​ ​ and​ ​ incorporate​ ​ growing​ ​ trends​ ​ and​ ​ best​ ​ practices​ ​ in​ technology,​ ​ evaluate​ ​ and identify​ ​ appropriate​ ​ technology​ platforms ● Lead​ ​ strategic​ ​ planning​ ​ to​ ​ achieve​ ​ goals​ ​ within​ ​ timelines​ ​ by​ identifying​ ​ and​ ​ prioritizing development​ ​ initiatives​ ​ and​ ​ setting​ timeframes​​ ​ for​​ ​ development​​ ​ and​​ ​ deployment ● Recruit,​ ​ hire​ ​ and​ ​ lead​ ​ a ​ ​ high​ ​ quality​ ​ technology​ ​ team​ , ​ ​ with​ ​ close​ collaboration​ ​ and communication​ ​ with​ ​ a ​ ​ top​ ​ notch​ ​ data​ ​ science​ team ● Recommend​ ​ technologies​ ​ that​ ​ support​ ​ company​ ​ organizational​ needs​​ ​ internally ● Maintain​ ​ a ​ ​ governance​ ​ process​ ​ ​ that​ ​ meets​ ​ government,​ ​ partner,​ and​​ ​ company ​ ​ expectations​​ ​ for​​ ​ information​​ ​ privacy ● Communicate​ ​ the​ ​ company’s​ ​ technology​ ​ strategy​ ​ to​ ​ investors,​ management,​​ ​ staff, ​ ​ partners,​​ ​ customers,​​ ​ and​​ ​ stakeholders ● Develop​ ​ and​ ​ manage​ ​ a ​ ​ multi-year​ ​ technology​ ​ roadmap​ , ​ ​ ensuring​ the​ ​ deployment​ ​ of architectural​ ​ solutions​ ​ that​ ​ are​ ​ secure,​ ​ scalable,​ comprehensive​​ ​ and​​ ​ maintainable ● Assist​ ​ the​ ​ CEO​ ​ with​ ​ fundraising​ ​ and​ ​ strategy,​ ​ Product​ ​ & ​ ​ Operations​ Leads​​ ​ with​​ ​ feature ​ ​ road-mapping Key​ ​ Personal​ ​ Attributes ● A​ ​ natural​ ​ leader ● Loves the intensity, chaos and passion of start-ups, and wants to work with a fun-loving team who truly enjoy working together to realize​ ​ a ​ ​ shared​ ​ dream ● Team player who is takes ownership of work, is detail and deadline oriented,​ ​ with​ ​ a ​ ​ strong​ ​ ​ work​ ​ ethic