UI Designer

Job Description:

As a QA Associate at Binocs, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest quality standards for our software products. With a direct reporting line to the QA Lead, you will be involved in designing, implementing, and executing test plans to identify software issues. This role is ideal for someone with a strong technical background in engineering, experience in fintech or finance software companies, and a passion for quality assurance and detail-oriented testing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Test Plan Development: Create comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases based on product specifications.
• Quality Assurance: Execute test cases (manual or automated) and analyze results to ensure software quality.
• Issue Documentation: Document and track bugs, as well as collaborate with the development team to ensure timely resolution.
• Process Improvement: Identify, recommend, and implement improvements in testing processes to enhance efficiency and quality.
• Software Validation: Validate that product features meet requirement specifications and are free of defects.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with the product management and development teams to understand product vision and deliver software that aligns with customer and market needs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in quality assurance, preferably within fintech or finance software companies.
• Familiarity with software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing.
• Strong knowledge of software QA metrics, including bug tracking and reporting tools.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

Joining Binocs means being part of a passionate team dedicated to transforming the loan management landscape. We offer a dynamic, innovative environment where your work directly contributes to our vision of efficient, transparent, and data-driven loan management. Our competitive compensation package, including equity, reflects our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent.

About Us:

Binocs.co empowers institutional lenders with next-generation loan management software, streamlining the entire loan lifecycle and facilitating seamless interaction among stakeholders.

Team: Binocs.co is led by a passionate team with extensive experience in financial technology, lending, AI, and software development.

Investors: Our journey is backed by renowned investors who share our vision for transforming the loan management landscape: Beenext, Arkam Ventures, Accel, Saison Capital, Blume Ventures, Premji Invest, and Better Capital.

Our client is a rapid growth stage Edtech start-up focused on solving the teacher shortage crisis in the US education system using technology by bringing teachers to the classrooms and giving them access to the right tools to teach students in a highly engaging manner.

The organization is a radically open-minded company that is scaling fast. They are a team focused on high performance, dynamism and embodying a collaborative culture at all levels. Teammates can have open, honest discussions that drive the company toward the mission. The company is in a stage of fast growth that will continue to open up new challenges and opportunities for the teams.

They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.

What does the role entail:

• Design and implement test automation frameworks to ensure that the testing process is efficient, effective, and can be maintained over time.

• Analyse test results to identify areas for improvement in our educational product. You will work closely with the development team to identify and resolve any issues.

• Collaborate with other teams, such as development, product management, and user experience, to ensure that the testing process is integrated with the overall product development process

• Work to continuously improve the testing process, identifying opportunities to streamline and automate testing tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement comprehensive test plans and strategies for software products.

• Write, execute, and maintain automated test cases using a Selenium with Java and commercial automation tool (e.g.TestComplete, UFT, etc.).

• Evaluate and recommend automation tools and technologies and continuously assess their effectiveness.

• Work with stakeholders to define project requirements, timelines, and deliverables.

• Develop and implement automation standards and processes.

• Write code to automate the testing process, including the creation of test harnesses, stubs, and drivers.

• Collaborate with developers to identify areas for improvement in the development process.

• Understand how all components and interfaces of the product work together.

Must have skills:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 5 years of experience in the automation testing field.

• Strong coding and scripting skills in one or more OOPs programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, C#).

• Experience with enterprise commercial automation tools (Codeless tool) like TOSCA, TestComplete, Katalon, UFT etc.

• Expertise in Selenium WebDriver with Java Mandatory.

• Automation experience with CRM/ERP applications like Microsoft Dynamics 365.

• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans, test cases and test scripts.

• Practical experience in all types of testing including exploratory, functional and non-functional testing such as performance, reliability and security.

• Experience utilizing and testing web services, especially REST services.

• Familiar with build and continuous integration tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps.

Who we are:

FlexiLoans is a technology based Digital financing platform started with an endeavor to solve the problems that small businesses face in accessing Quick, Flexible and Adequate funds for growing their Businesses. Our vision is to give "Financial access at a click". Our talent pool has rockstars from diverse backgrounds - ex- Founders, investment bankers, e-commerce and payments with the passion to make a difference to the lives of 70 mn+ MSME businesses in India.

FlexiLoans.com is a pioneer in the ecosystem-based digital lending for small businesses in India. Till date, we have disbursed over 45,000+ loans worth over Rs. 1600 Crs+ to small sized businesses across 1,600+ cities without having a single branch! We are the leaders in using technology and risk models that focus on alternate / surrogate methods for scoring customers. Our origination is 100% digital with over 100 embedded partnerships like Amazon, Flipkart, Nykaa, Paisabazaar, etc. for providing credit access to MSME businesses.

Founded by CA/ISB alumni, FlexiLoans is funded by marquee bankers such as Sanjay Nayar (Chairman, KKR and Ex-CEO, Citibank South Asia), Gunit Chaddha (Ex-CEO, Deutsche Bank, Asia Pacific), Anil Jaggia (Ex-CIO, HDFC Bank), Vikram Sud (Ex-COO, Kotak Mahindra Bank), Narayan Seshadri (Ex-Managing Partner, KPMG), Gopal Srinivasan (Chairman, TVS Capital) and Siddharth Parekh (Co-Founder, Paragon Partners) to name a few.

Our product offerings and value proposition can be accessed on our website: https://www.flexiloans.com/

FLEXILOANS VALUES - COLLABORATION | AGILITY | INNOVATION | RESPECT | OWNERSHIP

Why join us?

A two times certified ‘Great Place to work’ workplace, at FlexiLoans you will be working with top tier talent from diverse backgrounds hungry to make a dent in the MSME universe. We believe in people owning what you do and providing support to folks for making decisions (sometimes even wrong decisions!) all the while learning and growing with the organization. FlexiLoans is your front row seat to the MSME Fintech revolution in India!

What you will work on:

• Develop User interfaces for Modern Rich Internet Applications with the latest Front End Technologies
• Perform product analysis and development tasks of an increasingly complex nature which may require extensive research and analysis.
• Writing tested and documented JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• Make design and technical decisions for AngularJS/React projects.
• Develop application code and unit test in the AngularJS/React, Rest Web Services and Java technologies for the Application Development Center.
• Ensuring high performance

The ideal candidate:

• Strong expertise with HTML, CSS, and writing cross-browser compatible code.
• Good understanding of AJAX and JavaScript Dom manipulation Techniques
• Experience with RESTful services
• Experience in JavaScript build tools like grunt or gulp
• Expert in any one of the modern JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks (AngularJS/React, jQuery, NodeJS, Grunt JS)
• Familiar with testing frameworks (Ex. Jasmine)
• Test runner framework (Ex. Karma)
• Hand on and implements complex AngularJS applications, directives, controllers, services Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Good time-management skills
• Great interpersonal and communication skills

Qualification and Experience:

• 3+ years’ Experience with Angular
• BS/BE/BTECH degree in Computer Science or Engineering

CITRIOT – Job Description for Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team that will be working in a hybrid environment (remote-in person).
• Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals.
• Liaising with team members and managing time effectively to ensure projects are completed to standard in a time-constrained environment of our startup Citriot.
• Identifying risks and forming contingency plans as soon as possible. Be able to update work schedules and performing troubleshooting as required. Example: coming up with an alternative hardware platform or a software tech stack very quickly if one fails or is unable to deliver results, and ensuring that the team is capable of delivering the results.
• Analyzing existing operations and being a mentor towards the interns. Being empathetic towards the employees and resonating well with their level of knowledge and skills; while at the same time encouraging them to achieve more.
• Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and developments (very important).
• Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.
• Writing progress reports and delivering presentations to the relevant stakeholders (not required very often, but an important responsibility).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field (preferably CS or ECE). The candidate we’re looking for should have a research mindset and can complete projects in strict “startup-friendly” deadlines.
• Experience with Scrum/agile development methodologies.
• 2-5 years experience as a software engineer, firmware engineer or a hardware engineer in lead positions who is familiar with the following software/tools:
  • Experience & expertise in one or more programming languages: Python, JavaScript and C++
  • Experience programming microcontrollers in Embedded C or MicroPython
  • Experience with two or more of the following prototyping environments: Arduino (boards and IDE), Raspberry Pi (headless setup, GPIO programming), Nvidia Jetson/TX1/TX2 boards with setup
  • Strong conceptual knowledge on networking topologies, communication technologies and interfacing protocols (SPI, I2C, CAN, etc.)
  • Have worked on a PCB design project at least once in their career/university
  • Have experience programming embedded boards from either Microchip or STM32 (let us know if you have experience with any others as well)
• Experience in a similar role would be advantageous.
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong leadership and organizational abilities.
• Willingness to build professional relationships with staff and clients.
• Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills.

If you are interested in the role, we request you to kindly attach a pdf/word file along with your resume(and/or cover letter) mentioning how well you would fit in our company based on the above points.

Desired Candidate Profile

• BSc or M.Sc in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Telesales experience of 18 months or more (at one organisation)
• Excellent communication skills in English & Hindi
• Multiple Languages will be an add on benefit
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills
• Ability to deliver sales pitch in a consultative manner
• Confidence and empathy while on the call
• Good listening skills    

We're looking for a QA Engineer to help with manual testing as well as introduce automation to our processes where possible. Candidates will need to be familiar with and able to write scripts, set up automation processes, and familiarise themselves with the products we build (web and mobile apps).

• The role will also require you to document test cases with an understanding of what the product does and how the end-user might approach it.
• Understand functional and non-functional testing requirements of web and mobile applications.
• Document functional testing scenarios and cases, for manual testing of API functionality using Postman and manual testing of User Interface elements (web, mobile, and mobile web)
• Identify or create data for testing
• Execute test cases and record status
• Log defects identified and track them through retesting and closure
• Debug using ADB commands and tools like Charles Proxy to primarily identify the root cause of failures.

Skill:

• Good understanding of mobile and web applications functionality
• Good understanding of how APIs work functionally
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Non-functional testing of mobile applications including but not limited to battery analysis, GPU overdraw, responsiveness, etc.

Responsibilities :

· Assist in the formulation of strategies to build a lasting digital connection with consumers

· Plan and monitor the ongoing company presence on social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

· Launch optimized online adverts through Google Adwords, Facebook, etc. to increase company and brand awareness

· Be actively involved in SEO efforts (keyword, image optimization, etc.)

· Prepare online newsletters and promotional emails and organize their distribution through various channels

· Provide creative ideas for content marketing and update website

· Collaborate with designers to improve user experience

· Measure performance of digital marketing efforts using a variety of Web analytics tools (Google Analytics, WebTrends, etc.)

· Acquire insight in online marketing trends and keep strategies up-to-date

· Maintain partnerships with media agencies and vendors

Competencies & Skills Required :

· Proven experience as Digital Marketing Executive or similar role

· Excellent understanding of digital marketing concepts and best practices

· Experience with B2C social media, Google AdWords and email campaigns, and SEO/SEM

· Working knowledge of ad serving tools (e.g., DART, Atlas)

· Perfect knowledge of web analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Net Insight, WebTrends, etc.)

· Skills and experience in creative content writing

· Analytical mindset and critical thinking

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills