UI Designer

About CK-12 Foundation

CK-12’s mission is to provide free access to open-source content and technology tools that empower both students and teachers to enhance learning across different styles, resources, competence levels, and circumstances.

To achieve this ambitious vision, CK-12 challenges the traditional education model by leveraging technology to revolutionize learning for students, teachers, and parents.

CK-12 operates as a non-profit organization so it can experiment with bold ideas and focus on doing the right thing for education. The organization is backed by Vinod Khosla, a renowned technology venture capitalist.

At CK-12, you’ll work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and innovative environment where passionate individuals collaborate to disrupt traditional education through technology.

Technology is at the heart of scaling education, and CK-12 builds solutions on a cloud-based (AWS) and AI-first platform delivering rich and interactive learning experiences.

If you are a great technologist who enjoys challenging the status quo and building innovative products, this could be the place for you.

Together, we aim to transform education globally.

Product Offerings

Flexi 2.0 – AI-Powered Student Tutor

https://www.flexi.org/

AI-Powered Teacher Assistant

https://www.ck12.org/pages/teacher-assistant/

Core Responsibilities

• Translate high-level directions and open-ended product ideas into deliverable ML projects and drive their completion.

• Architect and implement highly scalable ML solutions for systems such as multimodal information retrieval, conversational chatbots, recommender systems, and ranking systems.

• Own end-to-end product delivery from research and experimentation to production deployment.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, DevOps, QA, and Content teams.

• Manage ML workflows involving data gathering, working with annotators, and collaborating with ML researchers.

• Extract and analyze large volumes of data to generate insights about student and teacher behavior based on platform usage.

• Design and build innovative ML-driven solutions that can improve learning experiences in the EdTech space.

• Apply statistical hypothesis testing and experimentation to evaluate and improve models.

• Continuously innovate and challenge the traditional approach to education through ML solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related quantitative discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• 4+ years of hands-on development experience with strong programming skills, preferably in Python.

• Expertise in deep learning approaches for NLP including transformer-based models, predictive modeling, search and recommendation systems, and autoregressive models.

• 2+ years of experience in NLP applications such as information retrieval, chatbots, summarization, or generative models.

• Proven experience building scalable ML applications on cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Strong understanding of trade-offs between model architecture, deployment costs, and model accuracy.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and collaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams.

• Up-to-date knowledge of advancements in NLP and computer vision and the ability to apply them in the education domain.

Technical Skills

• Python, PyTorch, TorchServe

• Pandas

• SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Redshift

• Cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP / Azure)

• Vector databases and search technologies such as Elasticsearch

• Linux

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Reinforcement Learning

• Experience with Deep Knowledge Tracing

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Product testing and quality assurance
• Working closely with the product team to identify, reproduce, and report issues
• Ensuring product stability, usability, and performance

Required Skills:

• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
• Good analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Adaptability to changing work environments and technologies
• Eagerness to learn and grow in a SaaS product-based environment
• Basic knowledge of relevant QA/testing tools (good to have)

🔍 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞: Full-Stack Developer

📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Chennai

💼 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥: 3 to 5 years

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞:

As a Full-Stack Developer at ClubSpot, you will:

🔧 Develop and maintain scalable backend systems using Node.js and PostgreSQL.

🌐 Build and optimize frontend components with React and TypeScript.

📡 Design, develop, and maintain APIs (GraphQL and REST) for efficient data communication.

🤝 Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ideate, design, and deliver new features.

💬 Participate in technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions.

🧹 Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code adhering to best practices.

🛠️ Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize the platform for performance and scalability.

📚 Contribute to team growth through collaborative programming, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:

🎓 At least 3 years of experience as a Full-Stack Developer, with strong backend and frontend expertise.

🔧 Proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript, and React for frontend development.

🗃️ Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL.

📡 Solid knowledge of API development (GraphQL and REST).

☁️ Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.

🔄 Strong understanding of system architecture and best practices in software development.

🧠 Exceptional problem-solving and communication skills, both technical and non-technical.

🐳 Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐬?

- Work in a collaborative, transparent environment.

- Learn and grow with cutting-edge technologies.

- Make a significant impact on a product transforming sports club management.

Accountant

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Preparing accounting entries and reconciling general ledgers

• Providing detailed analysis and explanation of transactions

• Working with the company’s accounts payable functions – maintaining invoice payment, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of payments

• Preparing monthly financial and various detailed reports

• Manage balance sheets and profit/loss statements

• Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct database backups when necessary

• Taking care of tax returns and making sure they’re paid in time

• Finding and addressing any discrepancy in accounting

Qualification & Experience:

• Min 5 years work experience as an Accountant

• Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations and procedures, including the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

• Hands-on experience with accounting software like Tally prime

• Advanced MS Excel skills including V Lookups and pivot tables

• BSc in Accounting, Finance or relevant degree

• Responsible for handling Imports/ exports/ shipping Documentations in Banks
• Knowledge of L/ c Documentation for Import and Export & coordinate banker for the Same
• Responsible for Account Payables and Receivables , GST filings & Accounting

About KAFQA

At Kafqa, we are building the next generation performing arts platform. Our mission is to transform how India learns, performs & watches performing arts. Our launch services consist of technology-enabled dance classes in our proprietary studios, production facilities, and social media broadcasting & competitions.

Founder & Team

The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business. The other members of the founding team consisted of senior executives from Shiamak Davar & Byju’s.

Background

•   At least 6+ years experience in back-end development in a fast-paced environment, working in Python & Django Framework
• Should Have experience leading a team.
•   Deep understanding of technologies used in web products, including Rest APIs
•   Sound understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
•   Deep familiarity with UNIX, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), DevOps.
•   Understanding of databases, and related tools, paradigms.

Opportunity

Here are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

•   Developing APIs and endpoints for deployments of our product.
•   Infrastructure Development such as building databases, creating and maintaining automated jobs.
•   Build out the back-end to deploy and scale our product.

What is the role?

You will be responsible for architecting and developing features on the application end to end. You will be working closely with the Product Managers and the Technical architect to come up with high-quality, resilient, and highly performant applications.‍

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop SaaS-based applications based on microservices architecture.
• Work on core backend and ensure it meets the performance benchmarks.
• Work on the front end with ReactJS.
• Designing and developing APIs for the front end to consume.
• Constantly improve the architecture of the application by clearing the technical backlog.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

What are we looking for?

An enthusiastic individual with the following skills. Please do not hesitate to apply if you do not match all of it. We are open to promising candidates who are passionate about their work and are team players.

• Education - BE/MCA or equivalent.
• Overall 4+ years of experience.
• Agnostic/Polyglot with multiple tech stacks.
• Worked on open source technologies – NodeJS, ReactJS, MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB.
• Good experience with Front-end technologies like JavaScript frameworks, ReactJS, AngularJS.
• Backend exposure – good knowledge of building API.
• Worked on serverless technologies.
• Efficient in building microservices in combining server & front-end.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture.
• Should have sound working experience with relational and columnar DB.
• Should be innovative and communicative in approach.
• Will be responsible for functional/technical track of a project.

Whom will you work with?

You will closely work with the engineering team and support the Product Team of Plum.

We are

A fast-growing SaaS commerce company based in Bangalore with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, SF, Dubai, Singapore, and Dublin. We have three products in our portfolio: Plum, Empuls and Compass. works with over 1000 global clients. We help our clients in engaging and motivating their employees, sales teams, channel partners or consumers for better business results.

Way forward

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. We however assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.

Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 50 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China. Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations.

Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 250,000 individuals across 80 countries. Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of the Eruditus Group has more than 1,400 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai.

With offices in six countries, 1000+ employees and more than 100,000 student enrollments over the last 12 months, Emeritus is a global leader in the $280 billion global professional education market. In 2020, EMERITUS secured a $113 million Series D round with participation from Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia India, and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Learning Design – designing to maximize the learning of the student; having a student centric approach in all decisions regarding design experience.

Storyboarding – translating the raw video footage into an accessible and engaging series of videos that enhance the student’s learning.

Visualization – using visual medium to convey ideas and enhance learning - creating visual representations of concepts, ensuring visual consistency and harmony in the videos.

Video reviews – checking the quality of videos received from the video editors.

Co-ordination with Production team – interacting with teammates the extended team (video editing partners) to create a top-quality product.

Skills and Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Educational Tech, Instructional Design, Mass Communication, or Journalism. An MBA degree is highly desirable.
• Specialized knowledge: Instructional design, online learning, video-based learning, mobile learning  Other characteristics: team player, ability to work in a global, virtual team, Prior experience in a startup environment will be helpful, innovative, attention to detail, ability to grasp technical concepts and simplify them visually, and an inclination towards understanding academic content.
• Professional certification: Instructional design, video editing a plus
• Experience: At least 6 years work experience in a fast-paced, growth environment in a similar role

Characteristics

• Team player
• Ability to work in agile methodology
• Ability to grasp technical concepts and simplify them visually
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Innovative
• Attention to detail
• An inclination towards understanding academic content

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.