UI/UX Designer

Key Profile -

Ambitious Project Manager with extensive experience in high-end Residential Interiors with demonstrated ability in planning, managing procurement, scheduling, quality control, and coordination of MEP services.

Job Profile -

• Manage Customer communication and Customer experience
• Delivery of Projects as per committed timeline & desired Quality
• To gather and share project information with Project Stakeholders
• Maintain strong relationships with Contractors, Suppliers, and Designers
• Ensure Execution at Sites as per Standard ensure execution process
• Willingness to learn new techniques for tracking projects
• Track & plan Site activities as per Master Project Schedule, identify the risk involved, and plan alternate on-site work execution strategies accordingly
• Verify the bills submitted by Contractors, suppliers post checking on-site measurements of work carried out at the site
• Coach & train Project Executives to ensure all Standard practices are getting followed as far as on-site execution and reporting are concerned.

Requirements

Desired Candidate Skills -

• Strong Communication Skills
• Technical Knowledge of High end Residential Interior Work
• Should be able to manage team of 3-4 people
• Knowledge of current market rates (Material & Labour rates) for various Residential Interior works

Job Description:

• Managing the software Product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.
• Translate software product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
• Participate in daily scrum meetings, planning, reviews, and retrospectives
• Write requirements typically as user stories and Mockups
• Ensure products and releases are launched correctly and on schedule
• Assess and address technical risks and define success criteria for testing and product acceptance
• Creation and maintenance of proper product documentation to gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps
• Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product.
• Collaborate with the tech team to create strategies by which technology will be developed or adapted to meet market needs
• Act as liaison between Sales, Client Services, Marketing Support, and Technology teams to support customer demand as part of new product development.

Skills and Experience:

• 4+ years of experience as a Software Product Manager managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
• Good knowledge of SDLC and Ability to drive the creation and modification of key documents across Zessta
• Moderately technical with the ability to communicate effectively with engineers to understand product issues and drive the team toward resolution.
• Subject matter expert on Competitive analysis and technical challenges
• Strong knowledge of web development platforms, databases, and infrastructure.
• Proven problem-solving capabilities with the ability to think outside of the box strongly desired.
• Working knowledge of Agile Scrum methodology.
• Work well under pressure and be able to prioritize to meet deadlines and quickly shift priorities as necessary.
• Understand best practices and stay informed about the competition.
• Have experience working on hierarchies (Customer, Product, Developers, UI/UX). Work on data unification and standardization.
• Project management skills to understand project plans

Come and join us to be part of a company that focuses on new technologies, follows international industry standards, and builds large enterprise-level software.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required: 

• At least 3 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large-scale social or location-based app.

 JD / Skills Sets

1. Good knowledge on Python

2. Good knowledge on My-Sql, mongodb 

3. Design Pattern

4. OOPs

5. Automation

6. Web scraping

7. Redis queue

8. Basic idea of Finance Domain will be beneficial.

9. Git10. AWS (EC2, RDS, S3)

Job Description

Experience: 3+ yrs

We are looking for a MySQL DBA who will be responsible for ensuring the performance, availability, and security of clusters of MySQL instances. You will also be responsible for design of database, database architecture, orchestrating upgrades, backups, and provisioning of database instances. You will also work in tandem with the other teams, preparing documentations and specifications as required.

Responsibilities:

Database design and data architecture

Provision MySQL instances, both in clustered and non-clustered configurations

Ensure performance, security, and availability of databases

Prepare documentations and specifications

Handle common database procedures, such as upgrade, backup, recovery, migration, etc.

Profile server resource usage, optimize and tweak as necessary

Skills and Qualifications:

Proven expertise in database design and data architecture for large scale systems

Strong proficiency in MySQL database management

Decent experience with recent versions of MySQL

Understanding of MySQL's underlying storage engines, such as InnoDB and MyISAM

Experience with replication configuration in MySQL

Knowledge of de-facto standards and best practices in MySQL

Proficient in writing and optimizing SQL statements

Knowledge of MySQL features, such as its event scheduler

Ability to plan resource requirements from high level specifications

Familiarity with other SQL/NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.

Knowledge of limitations in MySQL and their workarounds in contrast to other popular relational databases

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Key Requirements

• BE/ BTech or MTech/ Dual degree in Computer Science/ Software engineering or similar from a Tier 1 institute.
• Thorough understanding of Flutter and its core principles.
• Proficient in Dart6 Programming.
• Knowledge of Swift, Obj C, Xamarin & native build tools, like Xcode, Gradle (Android Studio, IntelliJ)
• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile platforms.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, JavaScript & React Native
• Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with both platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Be extremely conversant in table stakes software engineering toolchain - Linux/Shell, IDE’s, Git, Debuggers, Profilers.
• Strong knowledge of UI design principles, architecture patterns, and best practices for development.
• Ability to write well-documented, clean code
• Experience launching and managing production mobile apps
• Ability to deep dive into problem-solving and build elegant, maintainable solutions to complex problems, in addition to excellent interpersonal skills.

Position - User Researcher

Location - Mumbai/Bangalore

About Us

upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc. upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the careers of tomorrow.

• upGrad was awarded the https://iamaiida.in/index.php">Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2018-25-most-sought-after-india-linkedin/">LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India 
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2017/sectors/india">top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also https://www.ft.com/content/9150579a-f24c-11e6-95ee-f14e55513608">covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech
• upGrad is the https://yourstory.com/2017/01/startup-india-learning-program-offers-free-online-entrepreneurship-course/">official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program 
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked https://www.analyticsindiamag.com/top-10-courses-and-training-programs-on-artificial-intelligence-in-india-ranking-2018/">#1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 

About the Role

The Design & Research teams are part of the larger Product teams and are responsible for gathering learner, community & expert insights and translating those into a seamless & empowering experience across the platform. These teams are broken down into four branches, Growth & Discovery, Learner Experience, Careers, and Alumni & Breakout experiences which consist of talents from across product, engineering, learner experience, and business to make sure we have no latency in user experience meeting the user expectation.

 You’re an experienced researcher with a strong, working understanding of how to integrate qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. You know exactly when to engage with teams across Design, Product, Engineering, and Marketing, what questions to ask, where to probe, and how to implement the most effective research strategies. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy setting your own research goals, managing load, and expectations, and delivering actionable research findings and recommendations. You’re passionate about Education and believe great experiences are always inspired by a deep understanding of the user

Roles & Responsibilities

• Partner with Designers, Product Managers, and Data folks to drive all stages of research from early product direction through summative validation in an Agile work environment.
• Help to develop and track quantitative measures of user experience (goals, metrics)
• Influence a diverse set of stakeholders through excellent relationship building, and crisply providing insight and deep domain expertise in research practices and product development.
• Put the needs of our varied set of users front and center and driving, through influence and well-constructed presentations of insights, the user experience strategy of our many products.
• As a voice of the user, effectively challenge and elevate the customer experience in a data-driven environment Design, recruit and moderate research studies regularly (both in-person and remote).
• Use a variety of research methods and tools to best reach the goals of each project in order to provide rich, actionable insights.
• Communicate research findings and prioritized recommendations to internal stakeholders in a clear and compelling way.
• Work closely with product teams to identify research questions.
• Design and execute studies that address both user behavior and attitudes, using the right methods for the right questions.
• Generate insights that influence how product teams think about medium and long-term product strategy. Directly influence product strategy and design by communicating clearly and in a compelling way.
• Conduct research using a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, including in-depth interviews, ethnographies, focus groups, and diary studies
• Interpret and analyze research results through the lens of UX and social science.
• Collaborate closely with other user experience researchers, and understand when to bring in quantitative experts for support.
• Devise and execute creative methods in getting non-design partners to internalize and act upon research, particularly engineers, analysts, and other technical experts.

Skills Required

• You have deep knowledge of qualitative research methods and tools across the Indian diaspora, as well as knowledge in quantitative methods
• BA/BS, human behavior related field HCI, Psychology, Social Science, Information Science, etc.)
• 2+  years of experience in applied product research Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research method

Qualification – BA/BS, human behavior related field HCI, Psychology, Social Science, Information Science, etc.)

 Years of Exp –  2+ Years

• Good Communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in MS Office
• Well versed with written and spoken english
• Self motivated and hard working
• Salary no bar for deserving candidates