Technical Writer

About position: We seek a Content Writer to join our editorial team. As a part of our team, a content writer will be working towards enhancing our website and often be in charge of conducting subject research and developing style manuals for our needs and requirements that helps drive conversions based on the organization’s goals.

Work Hours: Full Time (10:00 AM to 06:00 PM IST).

Experience required:  0-1 years experience required.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare well-structured drafts using Content Management Systems for cut-off, placement, and course of universities.
• Ensure all-around consistency (style, fonts, and images). Update website content as needed and conduct research on any given topic when required.
• Curate content with reference to punctuation, sentence formation, grammar, and content research. 
• Write and research about different colleges and universities.
• Share daily updates with the team leader and complete the targets on time.
• Proofread, edit, and curate content of colleges and universities, etc.           

Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in journalism, communication, marketing or a related field.
• A portfolio of published or unpublished work that demonstrates your writing abilities and style.
• Proficiency in English grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Familiarity with SEO principles and best practices.
• Knowledge of content management systems and tools, such as WordPress, Google Docs, etc.
• Ability to research and verify information from credible sources.
• Creativity and originality in generating ideas and content.
• Attention to detail and quality assurance.
• Adaptability and flexibility in working on different projects and topics

Basic Qualification: 

• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Node.js  
• Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB 
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems. 
• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field. 
• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, 
• algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis. 

Preferred Qualification: 

• Experience building complex applications on distributed systems that have been successfully deployed for a large customer base. 
• Experience with Agile Scrum, having served as a Scrum Master and delivered results. 
• Application of advanced coding techniques, such as dependency injection. 
• Proven experience with: writing design documents, leading code reviews, 
• applying SCM, managing builds and managing releases. 
• Knowledge of important design patterns 
• Applying unit testing / TDD to reduce testing cycles and production support 
• load. 

Job Description

India Leaders for Social Sector (ILSS) is a nonprofit that aims to be India's preeminent leadership development organization for the social sector. We aim to strengthen the social sector through talent infusion and upskilling programs, in order to create catalytic impact at scale.



Overview:

In order to achieve the mission, ILSS has a 2 pronged approach:

- Bringing talent from across sectors into leadership and board positions in the social sector

- Running research-backed skill building programs in key domains for the social sector leaders

- Since 2017, ILSS has run successful programs like:



17 hybrid (in-person and online) Leadership Programs, designed to enable senior leaders from various sectors to make informed transitions into the social sector. The program currently has 350+ Alumni out of which 100+ have already transitioned to the social sector.

• The Fundraising Program with over 200+ Alumni, and growing
• The Board Program for CXOs in the corporate sector to serve as board members for social impact organizations
• The Emerging Women Leaders Program that focuses on catalyzing the impact of women leaders in mid-to-senior level social sector positions.
• Social purpose organization(SPO) Governance program focused on empowering SPO leaders to help them build or strengthen effective boards.



ILSS is aiming to launch 12 new programs in the next 6 years.

Position Summary:

ILSS is looking to hire a Director to lead the Sales & Outreach vertical. The role would be responsible for building relationships within corporates as well as leading social sector organizations and achieving target intake of high quality candidates for various programs.

• Develop and execute strategic plan to achieve targets for trained numbers across programs and expand our customer base
• Sensitize senior corporate leaders about social sector awareness. Position Own and hit/exceed annual targets for all training programs
• Partner with customers (Corporates and Social Sector Organizations) to understand their business needs and objectives
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting relationships with target organizations
• Effectively communicate the value proposition of ILSS programs through proposals and presentations to the leadership of target organizations (Top CSRs, top 1000 NGOs) and position as their partner of choice for capacity building

We are looking for a committed and collaborative individual, who will work in a highly dynamic environment with a closely-knit, highly motivated and entrepreneurial team. Hence, it is an amazing opportunity for individuals who are passionate about working in the social impact space.

Job Location - Delhi-NCR



Required qualifications, skills and experience

- 15+ years of experience in sales and outreach in a B2B environment, preferably in higher education

- Previous experience as a sales director or in a similar role

- Ability to communicate, present and influence all levels of the organization, including executive and C-level

- Proven ability to drive the sales process from plan to close

- Proven ability to articulate the distinct aspects of products and services

- Proven ability to position products against competitors

- Demonstrable experience as head of sales, developing client-focused, differentiated solutions

- Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation skills

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Strong project management skills managing complex, multifaceted projects resulting in measurable successes.

- Experience in building/leading a small team

- MBA in sales or related field



Compensation

Depending on the candidate's experience, ILSS offers compensation that is at par with Indian philanthropy pay scales.

• Understanding of maintenance of existing systems (Virtual machines), Linux stack
• Experience running, operating and maintainence of Kubernetes pods
• Strong Scripting skills
• Experience in AWS
• Knowledge of configuring/optimizing open source tools like Kafka, etc.
• Strong automation maintenance - ability to identify opportunities to speed up build and deploy process with strong validation and automation
• Optimizing and standardizing monitoring, alerting.
• Experience in Google cloud platform
• Experience/ Knowledge  in Python will be an added advantage
• Experience on Monitoring Tools like Jenkins, Kubernetes ,Terraform  etc

We are seeking a person to join our tech team, with proficiency in programming languages likeJavaScript, decent understanding of NodeJS and React.js and an abiity to understand business requirements and to translate it into technical requirements.You’ll work closely with top school graduates, ex-McKinsey,BCG, Deloitte, EY, Byju’s, Paytm employees to establish, nurture, and grow business across categories & territories. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from an extraordinary team, grow massively and to help students around the globe build an awesome career for themselves.

What you will do:

• Developing new user-facing features using ReactJS as frontend and NodeJS as backend
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance acrossa vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
• Writing test cases for automated testing
• Deployment of micro services to AWS
• Defining and Architecting a proper structure to any new micro services being added
• Managing and updating already build micro services

What you will need:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulationand the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Thorough understanding of NodeJS, Express and itscore principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows Redux,Saga, Axios
• Experience with popular NodeJS packages like Knex
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Experience with building optimised SQL queries and stored procedures
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelinesand tools
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack,NPM, etc.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as GIT

What you will get:

• Industry-best perks
• A phenomenal work environment, with massive ownershipand growth opportunities
• A bunch of super young & enthusiastic colleagues in Tech/Marketing/PR/Editorial/SocialMedia & Events!
• Quick iterations and deployments – fail-fast attitude
• Opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies, and lead teams in the future
• Access to a world-class mentorship network
• Create a massive, and direct impact of the work you do in the lives of people across the globe

About the Company: At Leverage Edu, we are democratizing access to global opportunities for students everywhere. By helping students make the right career choices withthe aid of information and pathways that they can trust, we are opening doors to opportunities they could not access without the right guidance and support. Making sense of the complex web of courses,colleges, careers, and geographies is a tough task – by leveraging technology but connecting with students at a personal level we help them maximize their potential. To build towards this goal we are looking for people with the ambition and hustle to make the world a smaller place and get people closer to their dream opportunities. We are building at a break-neck speed in one of the fastest-growing industries inthe world and the opportunities for growth are limitless.

Do you have a passion for computer vision and deep learning problems? We are looking for someone who thrives on collaboration and wants to push the boundaries of what is possible today! Material Depot (materialdepot.in) is on a mission to be India’s largest tech company in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction space by democratizing the construction ecosystem and bringing stakeholders onto a common digital platform. Our engineering team is responsible for developing Computer Vision and Machine Learning tools to enable digitization across the construction ecosystem. The founding team includes people from top management consulting firms and top colleges in India (like BCG, IITB), and have worked extensively in the construction space globally and is funded by top Indian VCs.

Our team empowers Architectural and Design Businesses to effectively manage their day to day operations. We are seeking an experienced, talented Data Scientist to join our team. You’ll be bringing your talents and expertise to continue building and evolving our highly available and distributed platform.

Our solutions need complex problem solving in computer vision that require robust, efficient, well tested, and clean solutions. The ideal candidate will possess the self-motivation, curiosity, and initiative to achieve those goals. Analogously, the candidate is a lifelong learner who passionately seeks to improve themselves and the quality of their work. You will work together with similar minds in a unique team where your skills and expertise can be used to influence future user experiences that will be used by millions.

• Extensive knowledge in machine learning and deep learning techniques
• Solid background in image processing/computer vision
• Experience in building datasets for computer vision tasks
• Experience working with and creating data structures / architectures
• Proficiency in at least one major machine learning framework
• Experience visualizing data to stakeholders
• Ability to analyze and debug complex algorithms
• Good understanding and applied experience in classic 2D image processing and segmentation
• Robust semantic object detection under different lighting conditions
• Segmentation of non-rigid contours in challenging/low contrast scenarios
• Sub-pixel accurate refinement of contours and features
• Experience in image quality assessment
• Experience with in depth failure analysis of algorithms
• Highly skilled in at least one scripting language such as Python or Matlab and solid experience in C++
• Creativity and curiosity for solving highly complex problems
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Mentor and support other technical team members in the organization
• Create, improve, and refine workflows and processes for delivering quality software on time and with carefully calculated debt
• Work closely with product managers, customer support representatives, and account executives to help the business move fast and efficiently through relentless automation.

• You’re part of an agile, multidisciplinary team.
• You bring your own unique skill set to the table and collaborate with others to accomplish your team’s goals.
• You prioritize your work with the team and its product owner, weighing both the business and technical value of each task.
• You experiment, test, try, fail, and learn continuously.
• You don’t do things just because they were always done that way, you bring your experience and expertise with you and help the team make the best decisions.

• Strong knowledge of and experience with the functional programming paradigm.
• Experience conducting code reviews, providing feedback to other engineers.
• Great communication skills and a proven ability to work as part of a tight-knit team.