Technology Consultant (AWS, Spark)

Technical Lead – DevOps Engineer

Job Summary:

We are seeking a seasoned Technical Lead with 9–10 years of hands-on experience in designing and delivering scalable enterprise solutions. The ideal candidate will be an expert in container technologies, real-time data streaming, DevOps practices, and performance optimization. You will play a key leadership role in architecting robust systems, guiding teams, and driving continuous improvement in both development and operational processes.

Key Responsibilities:

Design scalable enterprise-grade solutions using Open Shift, Kafka, and container based architectures.

Lead container migrations from legacy systems to modern, cloud-native infrastructure.

Ensure system performance, high availability, and security across enterprise platforms.

Take ownership of end-to-end architecture and DevOps integration, including CI/CD pipeline automation.

Drive compliance, governance, and best practices in deployment and release processes.

Mentor development teams on performance tuning, observability, and sustainable coding strategies.

Collaborate with product managers, QA, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment and delivery excellence.

Evaluate and implement tools for monitoring, alerting, and logging to improve operational visibility and reliability.

Conduct technical reviews and performance audits to continuously enhance platform stability and speed.

Must-Have Skills:

Proven experience designing scalable and secure solutions using Open Shift. Hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and event driven architectures.

Strong background in containerization and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Open Shift).

Experience leading container migrations, optimizing system performance, security, and availability.

Solid knowledge of CI/CD automation, with tools like Jenkins, Galba CI/CD. Expertise in DevOps practices, including infrastructure-as-code (IMac), continuous monitoring, and automated deployments.

Strong mentoring skills and experience coaching teams on observability, tuning, and architectural best practices.

Good-to-Have Skills:

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS).

Knowledge of micro services and event-driven design patterns.

Hands-on with monitoring tools Grafana, ELK Stack. Experience implementing security best practices.

Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Certification in Kubernetes, Open Shift, or Cloud platforms is a plus.

Founding Engineer:

As a Founding Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and launching our product to customers. Specifically,

• Since our team is lean and we plan to keep it that way - you’ll be one of the first five engineers in leading the zero-to-one journey of a product our customers are hungry for
• Lead technical design and implementation of the frontend and backend of the product with coaching and mentorship from world-class technical architects
• Have knowledge of (or learn) how to work with Shopify’s CLI
• Iterate quickly to create delightful user experiences, working closely with customers/ design partners
• Help us hire a world-class engineering team in the months ahead
• Our team is currently fully remote (with offices to be opened in Bangalore and Mumbai over next few months) and cross-border across San Francisco, Boston, and India - help us cultivate a remote-first, inclusive, diverse, and friendly culture
• Work directly with the founders with an ownership mindset

Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience working with backend tech stacks (e.g. Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel)
• Experience with service service-oriented architecture, writing REST APIs, unit testing, and architectural design
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Mysql, Redis, Kafka)
• Prior experience working with frontend tech stacks (e.g. React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Prior experience working with frontend UI frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)

About PlanetSpark:

PlanetSpark is on a mission to build the next generation of confident speakers and creative writers amongst kids and young adults. We are a Series B funded, global company impacting over 13 countries through live 1:1 personalized classes on Public Speaking and Creative Writing through handpicked top 1% teachers. Our kids participate in gripping debates, create viral YouTube videos, start their own podcast channels, perform stand-up comedy, write nail-biting mystery stories, and become confident and fearless speakers. PlanetSpark is on its journey to becoming the global leader in the large and untapped communication skills segment by 2024. We are backed by some top VCs such as Prime Venture Partners and global entrepreneurs such as Binny Bansal, Deep Kalra, Gokul Rajaram and Shirish Nandkarni. Come, join a passionate team of over 500 young and energetic team members and 3500+ expert teachers on this roller coaster ride to build the most loved brand for kids who will move the world!

Your Roles and Responsibilities:

Business Development is a critical aspect of our platform business.

1. Actively seeking out new sales opportunities through cold calling, networking and social media.

2. Calling 65-70 leads everyday

3. Setting up meetings with potential clients (parents)

4. Generating Trial Classes - Pitch Parents to take PlanetSpark trial Classes

5. Negotiate/close deals and handle complaints or objections

6. Follow and achieve department’s sales goals on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis (3L revenue per month) 7. “Go the extra mile” to drive sales

Mission Statement

1. In your training of 1st month, we shall actively probe you through the process using Training Decks, Live Experiences, Re-Training Programs that aims to give you an overall Learning experience along with you paid stipend along the journey.

2. We create career oritented BDT in this 1 month whose skill becomes unmatched across the sector.

3. You are required to use right sales strategy and accomplish 1 Lac of revenue in the training period, hence making a way to achieve License to Sell (L-2-S)

4. You will be entitled for training stipend of INR. 21428. In-office attendance of 90% is mandatory in 1month of training

5. Post 1L Revenue achievement, you will be entitled for below

US/ Canada Shift (8:00 pm to 5:00am) - INR 7.23 LPA (4.83 Fixed + 2.4 LPA Variable)

What are we looking for?

1. Proficiency in English

2. Thorough understanding of marketing and negotiating techniques

3. Fast learner and passion for sales

4. Self-motivated with a results-driven approach

5. Proven experience in sale or relevant role is a plus

6. A friendly and energetic personality with customer service focus

Criteria

1. Willing to work 6 days in a week in a fast paced startup

2. Ready to work from Office and join immediately.

What are the behavioral attributes that we are looking for?

- A keen desire to bring growth for a fast-growing Series B funded startup

- An apparent Founder's mindset

- The candidates should be able to work in a high paced ever-changing digital environment. The role will require you to be resourceful, proactive and an expert communicator. In turn it offers immense learning and growth.

·      Consumer Insights driven marketer with a keen understanding of consumer trends/sentiment

·      5-7 yrs of Brand Marketing experience in FMCG/E-commerce/Electronics/Lifestyle experience

·      Build cultural, category & competition learnings for a better innovation pipeline/market-specific communication

·      Able to link strong customer insights to clear marketing actionables with measurable ROI

·      Sound knowledge of Channel media mix- Conceptualization & end to end implementation is a must.

·      Able to independently devise marketing calendars with actionables for multiple categories

·      Has a proven track record of strong brand credentials having built credible reputation for the brand in digital ecosystems

·      Able to Independently manage advertising/agencies

·      Partner with the marketing and creative team to provide insights and strategic direction.

·      Lead creation of communication briefs, basis the identified insights

·      Own campaign assessments and feedback loop for improvements/course corrections

·      Sound knowledge of Research including Brand Track, its implications etc

• Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Work with outside data sources and APIs.
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Work as a Web Developer to create front end & backend of websites
• Play a key role in the design lifecycle, from brief through to design and release/implementation
• Should have good knowledge of HTML, CSS, REACT JS, NODE JS, POSTGRES, GIT, REST API.
• A good understanding of servers, hosting, domains, DNS
• Ensure all designs work across all browsers and on all devices
• Help to design elements of mobile apps
• Ensure all designs are produced to deliver a great user experience

Key Skills/Experience:

• A minimum of one year of experience in designing and developing websites and web apps
• Good working experience in React JS, Redux, JavaScript ES6, NodeJS, AJAX, HTML, CSS, etc
• Knowledge about REST API
• Who has worked on libraries such as Bootstrap, Material is.
• Experience with Unit testing, Git, GitHub, and other DevOps and CI/CD tool
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates a range of work and techniques
• A passion for strong web design that delivers a great user experience
• A good understanding of the latest web design trends