Technical Project Manager

We’re building a powerful, AI-driven communication platform — a next-generation alternative to RingCentral or 8x8 — powered by OpenAI, LangChain, and SIP/WebRTC. We're looking for a Full-Stack Software Developer who’s passionate about building real-time, AI-enabled voice infrastructure and who’s excited to work in a fast-moving, founder-led environment.

This is an opportunity to build from scratch, take ownership of core systems, and innovate on the edge of VoIP + AI.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build AI-driven voice and messaging features (e.g. smart IVRs, call transcription, virtual agents)
• Develop backend services using Python, Node.js, or Golang
• Integrate OpenAI, Whisper, and LangChain with real-time VoIP systems like Twilio, SIP, or WebRTC
• Create scalable APIs, handle call logic, and build AI pipelines
• Collaborate with the founder and early team on product strategy and infrastructure
• Participate in occasional in-person strategy meetings (Delhi, Bangalore, or nearby)

Must-Have Skills

• Strong programming experience in Python, Node.js, or Go
• Hands-on experience with VoIP/SIP, WebRTC, or tools like Twilio, Asterisk, Plivo
• Experience integrating with LLM APIs, OpenAI, or speech-to-text models
• Solid understanding of backend design, Docker, Redis, PostgreSQL
• Ability to work independently and deliver production-grade code

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with LangChain or agent-based AI systems
• Knowledge of call routing logic, STUN/TURN, or media servers (e.g. FreeSWITCH)
• Interest in building scalable cloud-first SaaS products

Work Setup

• 🏠 Remote work (India-based, must be reachable for meetings)
• 🕐 Full-time role
• 💼 Direct collaboration with founder (technical)
• 🧘‍♂️ Flexible hours, strong ownership culture

About the Company:-

Our Client is a leading mid‐market investment bank with strong practices around M&A, PE, Capital Markets, Institutional Equities, Wealth Management, Insurance Broking, and Portfolio Management Services.

Job description:-

• General Insurance Domain Knowledge

• Increase reach and market share by adding new clients in the desired segment to the Organization’s Portfolio

• Achieve financial targets articulated in the strategic plans of the Organization in terms of the brokerage earned through

✓ Conversion of new clients

✓ Retention of existing clients

✓ Support of specialist vertical budgets

• Create potential databases from insurers and other sources

• Insurance Data Management

• GAP Analysis / Tender Bidding

• Client Management & Visits on a periodical basis

• Market Research on Large Accounts and Strategy Planning

• Updating self on Product Knowledge to ensure the right offerings to the Client

Location:- Mumbai

Qualification:-

• Graduation / MBA / Post-Graduation

• Insurance-related qualifications would be added advantage

Prior Experience: 6 - 10 years of experience in Corporate Sales

Technical Skills:

• Ability to handle diverse types of Clients / Large Corporates within India

Level of skills and experience:

5 years of hands-on experience in using Python, Spark,Sql.

Experienced in AWS Cloud usage and management.

Experience with Databricks (Lakehouse, ML, Unity Catalog, MLflow).

Experience using various ML models and frameworks such as XGBoost, Lightgbm, Torch.

Experience with orchestrators such as Airflow and Kubeflow.

Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

Fundamental understanding of Parquet, Delta Lake and other data file formats.

Proficiency on an IaC tool such as Terraform, CDK or CloudFormation.

Strong written and verbal English communication skill and proficient in communication with non-technical stakeholderst

Location:- Andheri East (Marol Maroshi Road, Mumbai)

Employment Type:- Full Time (Starts at 12 noon daily)

Company size: 35 employees + several third parties for various functions

Type: Privately Held

USA: 32 Mallard Cove, Barrington, RI 02806, USA

Mumbai: 3th Floor, 369, Sarla Park, Above Bank of Baroda, Marol Maroshi Road, Opp Seven Hill Hospital, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400059

Office is 10 mins from Marol Metro Station

Note: Please only apply if you have mobile app development experience.

Must have skills:

iOS

• Good Knowledge of Apache Cordova.
• Strong OO design and programming skills in Objective-C.
• Familiar with iOS SDK (UIKit, Cocoa Touch, Core Data, Core Location, etc).
• Familiar with xcode.

Android

• Strong OO design and programming skills in Java (J2EE J2ME).
• Familiar with the Android SDK.
• Knowledge of SQLite, MySQL or similar database management system.
• Familiar with Developer IDE Android Studio.

Common

• Understanding of other compiled languages
• Experience on web service integration (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML)
• Experience of development using web technologies
• Good understanding of OO programming and design patterns
• Good understanding of HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax and PHP
• Experience building web and native apps
• Experience using social media APIs
• Ads integration using a 3rd party ad server (DART)
• Using version control (e.g. SVN)
• Excellent debugging and optimisation skills

Good to have skills:

• LAMP development experience
• PHP frameworks (e.g. Zend)
• PHP template engines (e.g. Smarty)
• Creative design skills
• Working with a content management system
• Working in a media publishing environment

Role: Project Manager

Department: Marketing - Software

Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Role Category: Software Development

Expert in Machine Learning (ML) & Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Expert in Python, Pytorch and Data Structures.

Experience in ML model life cycle (Data preparation, Model training and Testing and ML Ops).

Strong experience in NLP, NLU and NLU using transformers & deep learning.

Experience in federated learning is a plus

Experience with knowledge graphs and ontology.

Responsible for developing, enhancing, modifying, optimizing and/or maintaining applications, pipelines and codebase in order to enhance the overall solution.

Experience working with scalable, highly-interactive, high-performance systems/projects (ML).

Design, code, test, debug and document programs as well as support activities for the corporate systems architecture.

Working closely with business partners in defining requirements for ML applications and advancements of solution.

Engage in specifications in creating comprehensive technical documents.

Experience / Knowledge in designing enterprise grade system architecture for solving complex problems with a sound understanding of object-oriented programming and Design Patterns.

Experience in Test Driven Development & Agile methodologies.

Good communication skills - client facing environment.

Hunger for learning, self-starter with a drive to technically mentor cohort of developers. 16. Good to have working experience in Knowledge Graph based ML products development; and AWS/GCP based ML services.

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  Responsibilities 

o Lead the identification and execution of opportunities where Analytics can make a difference across the company with focus on multiple markets we operate in - US, India and China.

 o Actively champion adoption of the analytics solutions across various markets and functions

 o Translate business problems into Insights projects and lead in quantifying the various types of risk and rewards that allow these projects to be prioritized.

 o Excellent project management and executive communication skills.

 o Understanding of the techniques and technologies of data science, along with a detailed understanding of the challenges associated with each (e.g. overfitting, model refresh, challenge of acquiring training data, cost of compute, etc.)

 o Proactively and continuously assess the marketplace and its dynamics, customers, and competitors. 

o Provide an unbiased point of view on the performance of markets/brands, supported by facts and evidence

 o Develop research strategies to ensure internal understanding of customer and competitor insights 

o Develop and implement market research & analytical plans, in collaboration with cross‐functional teams.

 o Seeks out alternative/creative ways of meeting an information need, considering new techniques to address business challenges.

 o Monitor program risks and ensure appropriate actions are taken, including escalating issues timely to the management 

o Maintain understanding of business operations and how users interact with the relevant systems and use that understanding to provide decision support analysis.

 o Tap the working knowledge of AI and analytics to convey these business goals to the data professionals who will create the models and solutions. 

o Enthusiasm, commitment, and business savvy to navigate the technical, political, and organizational roadblocks that can emerge.

 Desired Profile 

o 6-8 years of experience in executing multiple analytics projects end to end

 o Entrepreneurial mind-set o Should have played hands on data sciences role in the past with full knowledge of which analytics technique to apply 

o Background of core consulting / start up handling end to end projects o Excellent communication and project management skills o Ability to lead both business and analytics team to generate ROI and success for business o Expertise across the spectrum of analytics - Dashboards, Visualizations, Insights, Data Science driven AI, ML Projects  

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We need a top-notch Product Manager to come join our growing team at IK to lead our product development initiatives across all our platforms. 

Who you are

• You have 7 - 12 years experience.
• You love the buzz of a highly productive and fast moving team.
• You’ve had 5+ years of experience developing and managing the product life cycle of world class products. 
• You have your ear to the ground on what competitors are doing and look for partnership avenues. 
• You work with Sales and Marketing to define our GTM strategy and the messaging around it. 
• You work closely with Design and the tech team to build simple and elegant products. 
• You integrate usability studies, market analysis and research into product requirements and your user stories and personas. 
• You are looking to grow fast with a company that's on a rapid growth path.

What will excite us

• Previous startup experience or experience being part of early teams.
• You are highly metrics driven and love defining and measuring the success factors of products. 
• You are a whiz at communicating with stakeholders, with users and with business partners and are deft at managing expectations. 
• You love simplicity - in design, in user stories and in integrations. 
• You love working with incredibly smart engineers. 
• You are good at working with cross functional teams
• You are an excellent problem solver

What will excite you?

• Complete ownership
• Experiment, fail and learn.
• High pedigree, high caliber team.
• Contribute to every area of our business. Have a real impact with your work.
• Top of the line compensation.