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
A highly motivated individual who has expe rience in architecting end to end web based ecommerce/online/SaaS products and systems; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Able to understand expected business results and map architecture to drive business forward. Passionate about building world class solutions.
Role and Responsibilities
- Work with Product Managers and Business to understand business/product requirements and vision.
- Provide a clear architectural vision in line with business and product vision.
- Lead a team of architects, developers, and data engineers to provide platform services to other engineering teams.
- Provide architectural oversight to engineering teams across the organization.
- Hands on design and development of platform services and features owned by self - this is a hands-on coding role.
- Define guidelines for best practices covering design, unit testing, secure coding etc.
- Ensure quality by reviewing design, code, test plans, load test plans etc. as appropriate.
- Work closely with the QA and Support teams to track quality and proactively identify improvement opportunities.
- Work closely with DevOps and IT to ensure highly secure and cost optimized operations in the cloud.
- Grow technical skills in the team - identify skill gaps with plans to address them, participate in hiring, mentor other architects and engineers.
- Support other engineers in resolving complex technical issues as a go-to person.
Skills/Experience
- 12+ years of experience in design and development of ecommerce scale systems and highly scalable SaaS or enterprise products.
- Extensive experience in developing extensible and scalable web applications with
- Java, Spring Boot, Go
- Web Services - REST, OAuth, OData
- Database/Caching - MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Memcached/Redis
- Queue/Broker services - RabbitMQ/Kafka
- Microservices architecture via Docker on AWS or Azure.
- Experience with web front end technologies - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as jQuery, AngularJS, React, Vue.js, Bootstrap etc.
- Extensive experience with cloud based architectures and how to optimize design for cost.
- Expert level understanding of secure application design practices and a working understanding of cloud infrastructure security.
- Experience with CI/CD processes and design for testability.
- Experience working with big data technologies such as Spark/Storm/Hadoop/Data Lake Architectures is a big plus.
- Action and result-oriented problem-solver who works well both independently and as part of a team; able to foster and develop others' ideas as well as his/her own.
- Ability to organize, prioritize and schedule a high workload and multiple parallel projects efficiently.
- Excellent verbal and written communication with stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
- Long term experience with at least one product from inception to completion and evolution of the product over multiple years.
B.Tech/MCA (IT/Computer Science) from a premier institution (IIT/NIT/BITS) and/or a US Master's degree in Computer Science.
Shubham Vishwakarma
Full Stack Developer - Averlon
About upGrad
About
upGrad is an online higher education platform. Founded by Ronnie Screwvala, Mayank Kumar, Ravijot Chugh and Phalgun Kompalli in March’ 2015, upGrad provides rigorous industry-relevant programs designed and delivered in collaboration with world-class faculty and industry. Merging the latest technology, pedagogy, and services, upGrad is creating an immersive learning experience – anytime and anywhere.
Through exclusive partnerships with some of the most prominent universities like IIIT-Bangalore, MICA, BITS Pilani, ISB, Cambridge Judge Business School- our aim to impart university education, online.
Learning online can be tough, especially when you have to do it all by yourself. Reasons why you should upskill with UpGrad:
- We provide an engaging experience via our suite of learning applications right from the university applications till you get a job and transition
- We provide structured online courses in collaboration with some of the prominent universities and industry experts
- We co-create a rigorous curriculum in collaboration with these universities to provide the learners with a holistic learning experience
- All our courses are comprehensive, structured and rigorous - delivered online, providing you the flexibility and opportunity of continuous learning
- We conduct regular live lectures with the industry experts and the professors
- Each of our learners is allocated with a dedicated student mentor who helps them chart a career path and motivates them to push themselves
- We provide in-depth feedback on all the assignments, case studies, and projects
- We have delivered 400+ successful career transitions and we’re committed to building careers of tomorrow
- You get access to an alumni network of 3,000+ students across the globe
- We also conduct periodic offline events like Hackathons, Bootcamps, Alumni Nights and connect you not only to the professors and industry experts but the peers in your batch too
- Last but not the last, we provide career assistance and help all the learners with interview preparations, mentorship calls, and job placements even after the completion of the program
Company video
Connect with the team
Company social profiles
Similar jobs
About Company:
Our client is a Delhi NCR, India headquartered 7+-year-old social/development sector-focused advisory and consulting firm. With a robust team of 100+ ICT4D professionals,they develop IT applications for NGOs, Government functionaries, CSRs, International Funding Organizations, etc. to manage theirprojects and programs in India and abroad. We are a team of young dynamic, development-conscious tech -enablers and problem solvers consisting of a diverse mix of development professionals, technology enthusiasts, software
engineers, and analysts. Our solutions enable organizations to monitor and evaluate their programs for maximum impact and operate seamlessly across everyday operations.
Job Overview:
Dhwani Rural information systems Pvt. Ltd. is looking to hire a Chief Technical Officer, to provide sound technical leadership in all aspects of the business. The CTO would be responsible for all technology systems, processes, software design and development within the company. Our ideal candidate needs to have more than 15 years of
experience building technology solutions to improve business process, increase productivity and efficiency and reduce cost for its customers, vendors, and internal employees. The candidate should have experience in social sector consulting/IT consulting/Government advisory and working with CSRs, Philanthropies or Large NGOs. The CTO must have in depth knowledge of and experience in driving technological innovation and leading product development
projects.
Responsibilities
The CTO will work with a team in the following activities -
• Lead the strategy for technology platforms, partnerships and external relationships
• Formulate a vision for how technology will be utilized within the company
• Streamline the IT Project requirements through a technological approach
• Outline company goals and timelines for research and development
• Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy for alignment with its business goals
• Help departments use technology profitably and act as a mentor to middle management of the company
• Make executive decisions on behalf of the company’s technological requirements.
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in the technology landscape
• Work closely with Dhwani’s senior leadership to define and deliver new products and enhancements
Essential Tech Requirements:
• Broad knowledge of software engineering: languages, frameworks, techniques, and industry trends.
• Experience in designing and managing an effective IT governance framework across the spectrum of IT
service delivery.
• Good understanding of agile methodologies
• In-depth knowledge of web systems architecture, design and development
• Knowledge of software development life cycle. Preferable from CS/IT
• Basic understanding of how a software works (Frontend, Backend, API, Database Schema etc)
• Exposure to different off the shelf solutions (ZOHO, QuickBooks, Greythr, Google Suite, Microsoft Suite,
Zapier, Survey Monkey, IVR, SMS)
• Requirement gathering for software
• Get involved in the entire SDLC (Design, Develop, UAT, Rollout)
Essential Non-Tech Requirements:
• Accountable and ownership taking attitude
• Strong sense of purpose to work in this space (Tech4Good, ICT4D, Social Impact)
• Exceptional team management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to multi-task and juggle various deadlines and domians
• Extensive industry knowledge with an eye towards the future.
• Prior experience of handling multiple projects in different domains at the same time
• Prior experience of managing large tech teams (50-200 engineers) including developers, designers, QAs, Das
and other teams
Qualification
Bachelor’s degree in software, computer science, engineering or any related STEM field. Have worked as a senior
engineering head or CTO in NGOs, Social Impact Consulting Firms CSR, Think Tanks, Research Organizations.
Solution Architect
10+ years of experience in leading solution architecture & technical development. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable field from an accredited institution.
Key Responsibilities
-
Enable customer to realize their stated IT vision and strategy
-
Lead development of solution architecture and design across a set of applications or an application/product family within an enterprise
-
Provide guidance/consultancy for the execution and delivery of project from a solutioning and technology perspective
-
Provide a strategic solutioning perspective to a project/engagement
-
Demonstrate strong leadership skills and astuteness
-
Design and Architect end to end solutions content that characterizes what products or services are being proposed and how these services will be delivered
-
Estimate for Project or Program Management and or technical effort to drive scope and produce deliverables
Required Knowledge and Skills
-
Deep understanding of the Software development, mobile development, application support, cloud, mobility and infra services.
-
Should be proficient with the languages, tools, and frameworks core to software development, mobility iOS or Android development
-
Demonstrate very strong skills in documenting architecture and preparing technical papers to explain architectural motivations/strategy or rationale
-
Create technology focused roadmap for a set of projects within a program
-
Must have an understanding of various Architectures and frameworks
-
Produce estimates for the whole program using estimation methodologies and customizations appropriate to the program
-
Work closely with project/program manager and advise on execution methodology/strategy, timelines, resources and project commercials
-
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
-
Experience in agile methodologies and best practices
- 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
- Leading a team of one of the finest developers and constantly hiring more people to enrich this team further as per requirement
- Achieving seemingly unrealistic timelines for feature development and product releases
- Innovating and exploring the latest technologies to evaluate if they can push the Company's product vision further by a few years.
- Building a strong team of young developers and nurturing them to become better versions of themselves
- Building REST APIs and integrating Third-Party APIs; building Deployment Systems
What you need to have:
- Looking for experience between 7 to 10 years only
- Strong in Backend technology
- Exp in Rest APIs, Third-Party APIs, Dev Ops
- Team Handling exp
- Built scalable tech products from scratch
- Hands-on experience with Node.JS, MongoDB, GCP, AWS, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Vue.JS, React JS, Angular, Flutter;
- A basic idea of Machine learning and NLP (bonus)
- A huge risk-taking appetite but also a strong connection with the cause.
Every parent wants the best for their child.
And we at LYFBUK are committed to helping parents to create the gift of a lifetime for their child, while also covering all their parenting needs.
We are looking for a Tech Lead (React Native/ReactJS & Node.Js) in Chennai, who can lead the development of all the front-end and back-end applications.
We are an early-stage company building our founding team, and we're looking for passionate members to work towards the vision of the company with their own ideas and approaches.
If you're ready to make it big Join Us.
Follow CutshortShubham Vishwakarma
Full Stack Developer - Averlon