Textile Designer - Gurgaon

🔹 Job Title: Full Stack Java Developer

🔹 Experience: 4 to 6 Years

🔹 Location: Gurugram (Hybrid)

📝 Job Description:

Deqode is hiring a skilled Full Stack Java Developer to join our team of technology experts building scalable, enterprise-grade systems. We’re looking for passionate developers who thrive in fast-paced environments and love solving real-world challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable Java-based microservices using Spring Boot.
• Develop front-end components using any modern JavaScript framework.
• Build robust APIs and integrate third-party services.
• Work with Quarkus to enhance Java runtime performance (preferred).
• Implement containerized services using Kubernetes and manage deployments.
• Ensure clean, testable, and maintainable code in an Agile environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver high-quality products.

Must-Have Skills:

• 4–6 years of hands-on experience in Java and Spring Boot
• Proven experience in building and deploying Microservices
• Experience with Kubernetes and Kafka
• Proficiency in any modern frontend framework (React, Angular, etc.)
• Exposure to Quarkus is a strong plus
• Strong understanding of API design and RESTful services
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

We are looking for a talented and competitive Marketing Manager, who has experience working with Healthcare or SaaS product companies, to join our team. This role will play a fundamental role in achieving our ambitious customer acquisition and revenue growth objectives.
You will be responsible for understanding the RCM and PI market landscape, identifying
your target audience, and collaborating to create the strategic positioning, targeting
plan, and channel mix to meet your category’s pipeline target.

The ideal candidate should be a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluating and optimizing marketing and pricing strategies.
• Analyzing market trends and preparing forecasts.
• Generating new business leads.
• Increasing brand awareness and market share.
• Coordinating marketing strategies with the sales, financial, public relations, and production departments.
• Developing and managing the marketing department's budget.
• Overseeing branding, advertising, and promotional campaigns.
• Managing the marketing department's staff.
• Preparing and presenting quarterly and annual reports to senior management.
• Promoting our brand at trade shows and major industry-related events.
• Keeping informed of marketing strategies and trends.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, finance, business administration, or similar.
• A master's degree in a relevant field will be advantageous.
• At least 4 years' experience as a marketing manager.
• Extensive knowledge of marketing strategies, channels, and branding.
• Superb leadership, communication, and collaboration abilities.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong time management and organizational abilities.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Director of Growth to lead our company's growth initiatives and drive measurable results across various marketing channels. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in performance marketing. Experience in brand building & influencer marketing is a huge plus.

As the Director of Growth, you will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to acquire paid customers and improve ROAS to maximize revenue growth across multiple channels.

About the product which needs to be sold:

• English proficiency is an aspiration for the majority of the Indian population, yet access to quality English learning resources remains limited. 
• Our spoken English product aims to address this gap by offering a 24/7 AI tutor accessible to anyone with a mobile device at an extremely affordable price.
• This is an affordable offering (<Rs.5000 ticket size) targeting the masses. 
• This product has the potential to transform the lives of hundreds of millions of people by granting them access to a top-notch English tutor.

Desired Previous Experience:

First-principled problem-solving experience across growth functions at fast-paced hyper growth startups.

At Supernova we sell affordable products to the masses, Experience selling to mainstream India and not just the top 5% is preferred.

Ours is also a low LTV product (<10k LTV) so we need our CACs to be at Rs.1000 or so, which is where we are today. So knowing how to target the masses and get conversions at low CACs and good ROAS is preferred.

Experience in handling performance marketing channels - Facebook Ads, Google Ads, etc., preferably in an Edtech startup.

Experience in working with influencers and running high quality influencer marketing campaigns for brand building and acquisition will be preferred, though not mandatory.

Experience in developing content and content marketing strategies to build a brand and get leads via social media channels like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and others to drive growth.

Experience with brand building: Linked in posts of founders, Product videos to create excitement will be preferred, though not mandatory.

Familiarity with Whatsapp-based growth strategies and funnels will be preferred, though not mandatory.

Experience in offline marketing and working with tier 2 & 3 consumers will be preferred, though not mandatory.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Develop and execute a comprehensive growth strategy:

Collaborate with the executive team to define growth goals and objectives.

Identify key performance marketing channels, including Facebook Ads, Google Ads, and others, to drive customer acquisition and revenue growth.

Create and implement data-driven strategies to optimize campaign performance, conversion rates, and return on investment (ROI).

Performance marketing and advertising:

Oversee and manage all performance marketing channels, including Facebook Ads and Google Ads, to drive targeted traffic, conversions, and revenue growth.

Develop and implement A/B testing strategies to optimize campaign performance and improve key metrics such as click-through rates (CTR), cost per acquisition (CPA), and return on ad spend (ROAS).

Analyse campaign data, generate insights, and provide recommendations for ongoing optimization and improvement.

Brand building and positioning:

Develop and execute brand-building strategies to enhance brand awareness, perception, and customer loyalty.

Work closely with the marketing and creative teams to ensure brand consistency across all touch points, including advertising campaigns, social media channels, and content marketing initiatives.

Monitor industry trends, market competition, and customer preferences to inform brand positioning and differentiation strategies.

Influencer marketing and partnerships:

Identify and collaborate with relevant influencers, bloggers, and industry partners to drive brand awareness, reach new audiences, and generate meaningful engagement.

Develop and manage influencer marketing campaigns, including negotiation, contract management, and performance tracking.

Track and analyse the effectiveness of influencer campaigns and partnerships, making data-driven decisions for future collaborations.

Social media management: (Not mandatory but a good to have)

Oversee the company's social media presence across various platforms, including content strategy, community management, and engagement.

Monitor social media performance, analyze metrics, and generate insights to optimize content strategy and drive engagement and growth.

Stay up-to-date with social media trends, platform updates, and emerging technologies to leverage new opportunities for growth.

KPIs:

Reducing Customer Acquisition Costs

Revenue Growth

User Growth

In partnership with a 1500 CR Conglomerate, we will be launching a combination of FinTech & Retail Marketplace focused on empowering Kirana Stores.  Formal registration, Business Plan finalization and  kick off  activities are work-in progress. We are looking for 15+ years experienced technology specialists for the role of Head of Engineering.

You will lead this new value stream help the platform scale up to servce over a 3 million user base in the next 3-5 years

Location ; Bangalore / Chennai 

Travel  : Would be required in the initial stages 

Compensation  - Industry standard (open for discussion)

You

• 9+ years experience developing highly scalable, distributed applications, products and services in Java or similar languages
• 3+ years of experience in team management, including hiring, building key projects and career management.
• Deep understanding of how distributed resilient software is built and deployed
• Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality
• Strong desire to work in an unstructured, fast moving startup environment
• Passionate Tech architect, retains narrow focus on research, system performance and scalability

Technology

Good knowledge of languages like Java, Python and web technologies (e.g. Javascript, HTML, CSS)

Expertise in front end and backend JS frameworks (e.g React JS, Angular, Node.js,)

Experience working in Agile frameworks and project management tools (e.g. Atlassian, Git)

Knowledge of deployment of distributed RESTful search platforms (like Elastic or Solr)

Experience in designing hyperscale architecture

Exposure to Microservices, AI/ML and Bigdata

Worked on at least one 0-1 initiative preferably IT product firms

Hands on ready to code any time (candidates who are interested only in advisory model, please excuse)

Candidates with good exposure working with OR algorithms would be given preference

Reasonably networked to be able to attract tech talent and build a large Engineering team independently

- Key responsibilities include:

• Deliver software products that delight our customers and accelerates our business growth.
• Be a combination of technical hands-on software engineer and a leader who has the ability to influence, guide, and inspire those around you.
• Empower the team to achieve a high level of productivity, reliability and simplicity.
• Hire and retain a team of high-performing engineers and managers.
• Understand the market and our end customers.
• Stays current on leading industry trends.
• Conduct performance reviews, calibration sessions and feedback discussions for direct reports.

About us:

Strata is a commercial real estate investment platform that offers investors the opportunity to invest in pre-leased commercial assets such as offices, warehouses, and retail spaces across India.

We are one of the fastest-growing PropTech platforms in India and are backed by Elevation Capital, Mayfield, Kotak Investment Advisors, Gruhas (a venture by Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha) and DLF Family Office.

Our headquarter is in Bangalore, India.

We are a small yet close-knit team of 35+ people.

About you:

You have a knack for product and strongly equipped with engineering skills to make it a reality. You don’t jump into implementation unless you have clearly understood the problem/requirements and have a written design. You don’t hesitate asking questions and giving critical reviews while respecting others’ opinions. You are a fearless engineer, and not afraid to fail, not on production though ;) You have a strong sense of ownership. You have a startup experience. You don’t feel annoyed if required to work on off days in case of production incidents (no development).

Your responsibilities:

You will primarily work on the backend maintaining the existing platform and writing new enhancements and features. Apart from your own features, as a senior member of the team you will be expected to be actively involved in overall design discussions and peer code reviews. You will factor in extensibility, maintainability, scalability and security in designs and code. You will ensure that best engineering practices are followed. You will support your team members when they are facing challenges, and mentor them when appropriate. You will strive for overall engineering excellence.

Must-have Skills:

• 4-8 years of total experience
• 2+ years of experience in Django and DRF. You must be pro at it. The team will be looking up to you for making most out of DRF.
• Designing and building  scalable web applications
• Good understanding of REST principles
• SQL database design and queries
• Working knowledge of AWS

Good-To-Have Skills:

• Angular or any other JavaScript frontend framework
• Designing microservices
• DevOps experience

FAQ's.

1. Your technology ingredients?

Programming languages:
Our backend is written in Python using Django framework. And the frontend is in AngularJS. Currently there is no mobile app.

Infrastructure:
We are an AWS shop and use their services for most needs, Docker for containerization and ECS as orchestrator, RDS as database, S3 for storage and SQS as messaging backend.

Other tools:
BitBucket for Git and CI/CD pipeline, Trello for project management; and Google Meets and Slack for communication.

2. Your hiring plan?

Currently the engineering team comprises of 3 engineers, and we plan to grow it to 8 by the end of 2021.

3. Your Interview process?

We will try to finish the process within two weeks. In case we can’t go ahead with  your candidature, we will clearly and immediately let you know. But in case of competing applications, we may request you to wait for a week or two.

1. 15 minutes introductory call to discuss requirements and expectations
2. 30 minutes online coding assignment on a screen sharing session
3. 1 hour technical interview covering problem solving, code review and aptitude
4. 15 minutes call with co-founder for final discussion

In case of inability to come to a conclusion from either side, we may go for an additional round.

4. Your WFH and WFO policy?

Due to Covid-19 the team is working from home and will continue till March-2022. After that we will work from the Bangalore or Pune office (yet to be finalised). You should be open to relocate to any of the cities.

5. Your funding status?

In March 2020, Strata raised $1.5 million in seed funding; and $6 million in Series-A in July 2021.