UI/UX Designers

SOFTWAY

Title: Principal Engineer I 

Department: Technology Services

Vision for the portfolio

The Modernizing Technology & Operations (MTO) portfolio is the driving force behind transformative change for our clients, leading the charge in modernizing technology to elevate our client’s businesses to new heights of success. With a relentless commitment to innovation and excellence, we empower our clients to upgrade, enhance or replace their technology infrastructure, architecture, systems and applications to operate more efficiently, and embrace the latest advancements to stay ahead in their industries. By leveraging a blend of existing and cutting-edge technologies, we catalyze organizational transformation, delivering measurable results and positioning our clients for sustained growth and competitiveness in today's rapidly evolving world.

Overall Purpose of the Position:

As a Principal Engineer I, your position will be crucial in providing leadership, strategic guidance, and technical expertise in the design, implementation, and optimization of technology solutions within digital transformation projects across your portfolio, with a focus on versatility across digital platforms. You will showcase a strong blend of technical acumen, business knowledge, leadership capabilities, and a track record of successful contributions to digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

Specialization & Work Product: Your responsibilities will involve designing and implementing critical system components. You'll lead by example in writing clean, efficient, and scalable code and well thought through systems. Your expertise will be instrumental in guiding the team through complex challenges and making architectural decisions. You'll conduct reviews, ensuring adherence to standards and promoting a culture of excellence in software development. Your contributions will significantly impact the overall quality and success of the project/s and the portfolio your work within

Teamwork & Collaboration: You'll play a crucial role in fostering a collaborative environment within the projects you serve, and within the Portfolio. You'll mentor other engineers in effective collaboration practices and lead by example in promoting open communication and knowledge sharing. You'll work closely with other members to resolve conflicts, remove obstacles, and ensure the team operates cohesively towards common goals. Your strong teamwork and collaboration skills will be instrumental in driving project success.

Project Roles: You'll assume a lead role/s in different disciplines within projects, overseeing the end-to-end development lifecycle. You'll work closely with project managers to plan and prioritize tasks, allocate resources effectively, and manage project risks. You'll represent the engineering team in project meetings and communicate progress and challenges to stakeholders. Your project role/s will be critical in driving project success and delivering value to the business.

System Design: You'll lead system design efforts, translating business requirements into scalable and resilient architecture solutions. You'll conduct architecture reviews and provide guidance to ensure that designs meet quality attributes such as performance, security, and maintainability. Your expertise in system design will be instrumental in shaping the long-term technical roadmap and strategy of the portfolio.

Learning & Development: You'll champion learning and development initiatives within the team and across the organization. You'll support and mentor other engineers in their career development planning and provide guidance on skill enhancement opportunities longside portfolio managers. You'll advocate for the adoption of new technologies and methodologies to promote innovation and professional growth. Your commitment to learning and development will inspire others to excel and evolve in their positions within the portfolio.

Sales, Account Development & Client Engagement: You'll play a significant role in client engagement activities, acting as a trusted technical advisor and liaison between the engineering team and clients. You'll participate in pre-sales meetings, providing technical insights and contributing to proposal development. You'll cultivate strong client relationships, understanding their business goals and challenges, and aligning technical solutions to address their needs effectively. Your client engagement skills will be critical in driving customer satisfaction and fostering long-term partnerships.

Solution Design & Architecture: You'll lead solution design efforts, translating business requirements into scalable and resilient architecture solutions. You'll conduct architecture reviews and provide guidance to ensure that designs meet quality attributes such as performance, security, and maintainability. Your expertise in solution design will be instrumental in shaping the long-term technical roadmap and strategy of the organization.

Communication: You'll communicate at a strategic level, influencing technical decisions and driving alignment across multiple teams and departments. You'll represent the engineering team in meetings with management and client stakeholders, advocating for technical excellence and innovation. You'll convey complex technical concepts in a compelling and understandable manner, inspiring confidence and trust in your expertise. Your communication skills will be instrumental in driving organizational objectives and fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration.

Innovation, Experimentation & Improvement: You'll champion innovation as a core value of the engineering organization. You'll create an environment that encourages experimentation and risk-taking, where failures are viewed as learning opportunities. You'll allocate time and resources for innovation projects, empowering teams to pursue breakthrough ideas and technologies. Your ability to lead and foster a culture of innovation will drive continuous improvement and differentiation in the marketplace.

Thought Leadership: You'll be recognized as a thought leader both within your portfolio, technology services and the organization as a whole. You'll influence technical decisions and drive consensus on complex issues through your deep understanding and reasoned analysis. You'll represent the engineering organization in external forums and contribute to industry thought leadership through publications, speaking engagements, or participation in standards bodies. Your thought leadership will shape the direction of technology and inspire others to strive for excellence.

Mentorship & Development: You'll collaborate and partner with Managers within the portfolio, other Portfolio's within Tech Services and other functional groups across the organization. You'll invest time and effort in developing their technical and leadership capabilities, providing constructive feedback and coaching to help them overcome challenges and achieve their career goals. Your ability to lead and influence will be a cornerstone of the organization's talent development strategy, ensuring a pipeline of skilled and motivated leaders for the future.

Portfolio Capability Growth: You'll have established a strong list of projects and achievements that reflect your expertise and technical prowess. You'll have led successful initiatives and delivered tangible results that have made a significant impact to your portfolio. You'll continue to grow your experiences by taking on strategic projects and driving innovation and excellence in your domain. Your impact to the portfolio's capability growth will be a testament to your enduring commitment to personal and professional excellence.

Culture & Strategic Initiatives: Within your project teams, the portfolio and the wider Softway organization, you'll support and foster Softway’s culture by living out Softway’s values, principles and behaviors. 

Skills and Qualifications:

Leadership and Project Management:

Strong leadership skills to guide cross-functional teams and drive projects to successful completion.

Proven track record in defining project scopes, establishing timelines, and managing resources effectively.

Ability to prioritize initiatives, allocate resources efficiently, and adapt to changing business requirements.

Experience in risk management, issue resolution, and stakeholder communication to ensure project success.

Business Acumen:

Understanding of business operations and the ability to align technology initiatives with strategic business goals. Knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices for driving operational efficiencies and competitive advantage. Experience in conducting technology assessments, identifying areas for improvement, and developing technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives.

Problem-Solving and Innovation:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify root causes of technical challenges and develop effective solutions.

Ability to innovate and propose novel approaches to technology modernization, infrastructure optimization, and process improvement.Experience in evaluating and adopting new technologies, tools, and methodologies to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Communication and Collaboration:

Excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts, project status, and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels of the organization. Ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams, external vendors, and business partners to deliver integrated solutions that meet business needs. Experience in facilitating workshops, meetings, and training sessions to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development.

Change Management and Adaptability:

Proficiency in change management principles and practices to facilitate organizational change and adoption of new technologies.

Ability to adapt to evolving business requirements, market dynamics, and technology trends, and lead teams through periods of transition and transformation.

Quality Assurance and Risk Management:

Understanding of quality assurance processes, testing methodologies, and risk management practices to ensure the reliability, security, and performance of technology solutions. Experience in implementing robust security measures, data protection strategies, and compliance frameworks to mitigate risks and ensure regulatory compliance.

Continuous Learning and Development:

Commitment to continuous learning and professional development to stay abreast of industry developments, emerging technologies, and best practices.Willingness to mentor and coach team members, share knowledge and expertise, and foster a culture of learning and growth within the organization.

Certifications:

You will hold one or more certifications aligned with the below domains, As well as others not listed but may be required to support the organization's objectives, growth needs, and/or client solutions.

Advanced Cloud Certifications

Leadership and Project Management Certifications

Business Acumen Certifications

Problem-Solving and Innovation Certifications

Communication and Collaboration Certifications

Change Management and Adaptability Certifications

Quality Assurance and Risk Management Certifications

Continuous Learning and Development Certifications

In Person Meetings & Travel Expectations:

• In-Person Team Meetings: Regular attendance for in-person team meetings is required. 
• Company Meetings / Retreats: Attendance for all Company-wide Meetings and/or Retreats is mandatory.
• Client Visits: Occasional travel for client visits may be necessary. Travel frequency will depend on client requirements and or international travel laws / restrictions.
• International Collaboration (India & US): Willingness to travel to India and/or US as requested to collaborate with cross-functional teams is required. 

Reporting Structure:

Reports directly to the Portfolio Director

Collaboration and Interaction: Engage with cross-functional teams, clients, and stakeholders, participating in collaborative discussions to contribute ideas to enhance project outcomes and growing the portfolio. Foster a teamwork-oriented mindset, attend regular team meetings, share regular feedback as a mentor and seek opportunities for knowledge-sharing of insights and best practices. It includes providing regular updates on portfolio performance and strategic initiatives to leadership, fostering transparency and collaboration.

Adherence to Standards: Consistency in applying coding standards and adherence to Softway's policies.

Independent Consultant, Remote, WFH.

We are looking for an experienced DevOps (Development and Operations) professional to join our growing organization. In this position, you will be responsible for finding and reporting bugs in web and mobile apps & assist Sr DevOps to manage infrastructure projects and processes. Keen attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, and a solid knowledge base are essential.

As a DevOps, you will work in a Kubernetes based microservices environment. 

Experience in Microsoft Azure cloud and Kubernetes is preferred, not mandatory.

Ultimately, you will ensure that our products, applications and systems work correctly.  

Responsibilities:

• Detect and track software defects and inconsistencies
• Apply quality engineering principals throughout the Agile product lifecycle
• Handle code deployments in all environments
• Monitor metrics and develop ways to improve
• Consult with peers for feedback during testing stages
• Build, maintain, and monitor configuration standards
• Maintain day-to-day management and administration of projects
• Manage CI and CD tools with team
• Follow all best practices and procedures as established by the company
• Provide support and documentation  

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Minimum 2+ years if DevOps
• Have experience in SaaS infrastructure development and Web Apps
• Experience in delivering microservices at scale; designing microservices solutions
• Proven Cloud experience/delivery of applications on Azure
• Proficient in configuration Management tools such as Ansible or any of Terraform Puppet, Chef, Salt, etc
• Hands-on experience in Networking/network configuration, Application performance monitoring, Container performance, and security.
• Understanding of Kubernetes, Python along with scripting languages like bash/shell
• Good to have experience in Linux internals, Linux packaging, Release Engineering (Branching, versioning, tagging), Artifact repository, Artifactory, Nexus, and CI/CD tooling (Concourse CI, Travis, Jenkins)
• Must be a proactive person  
• You love collaborative environments that use agile methodologies to encourage creative design thinking and find innovative ways to develop with cutting edge technologies
• An ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals and with a creative approach to work.
• An intuitive individual with an ability to manage change and proven time management
• Proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

• Gathering business and functional requirements.
• Developing requirements documents: goal model, functional modeling, business process, customer interactions/wireframes; writing high-level user requirements (Epics and User Stories) and Process flows/analysis in JIRA
• Preparing use cases and formal requirements documentation.
• Analyzing and simplifying the requirement scenarios and be able to write prerequisites, Acceptance Criteria. Work closely with the business and technology to gather & write end to end business testing requirements and acceptance criteria.  
• Ensuring that releases are getting completed as per timeline and quality by working closely with the product delivery team and keeping daily track of progress.  
• Coordinate UAT activities prior to new product releases and client onboarding events including tracking of defects and progress of resolution.
• Escalation of issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure adherence to audit, SLA and operational standards.
• Demonstrations of new functionality to business and technology users.  
• Work in tandem with the Documentation team to produce user manual and system documents.
• Work closely with the support team to ensure timely knowledge transfer  
• Providing analysis and support for the project management, application development, and QA teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Acting as a liaison between the technology department and other business units.
• Working on RFI or RFP proposals. Participating in process studies or pre-sales process of responding to RFI, RFP, and proposals.
• Leading business and technical analysis sessions to support new development efforts to meet current and projected business needs.
• Quickly understanding the business issues and data challenges of clients organization and industry.
• Providing expertise on the system's capabilities/limitations as it relates to business goals.
• Preparing impact and opportunity assessments regarding the cost/benefit of proposed projects.
• Aligning stakeholders on business requirements, system requirements, program functions, and strategy.

• 4 + years of hands-on experience with software applications as a BA
• Proficient with tools like Jira, Confluence, Wiki, Ms-Word, Excel, and Visio, etc. 
• Have a good experience of the Agile Process(SCRUM) 
• Can validate, refine and optimize solution option models, Through analysis of options, can select the option with the greatest business benefit bearing in mind the customer's & product objectives
• Can form a recommendation or recommendations, with justification, to the decision making authority/s, Applies effective influencing strategies to enable Decisions.
• Is able to take fresh views and avoid rigid thought patterns, Is prepared to investigate and challenge the unknown, Applies common sense and doesn't go over the top
• Comprehends end to end business life cycle and stated/unstated needs of the customer in order to provide value  
• Shows a good understanding of the domain and visualize new features and requirements from industry best practice and document them for technical implementation  
• Is clear and concise and writes in a format which is focused on the reader, avoids unnecessary detail, Documents are presented in a professional format with good spelling and grammar, clearly identifying any missing or incomplete content.  
• Demonstrates active listening and values others input/expertise, diversity of views/opinions and responds appropriately.   

• Lead the tech team on daily project development including legacy system refactor and new feature implementation
• At least 4+ years of people management experience.
• Design, build and maintain our trading systems that deal with trade matching, accounting, financial reporting, liquidity, and risk management.
• Articulate a long-term vision for maintaining and scaling our trading systems.
• Liaise with business, product team members, and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in leading a team to design and build services that are highly scalable and robust.
• 5+ years of professional experience with at least one of the following languages: Go (preferred).
• Solid knowledge of multithreading, enterprise integration pattern, microservice.
• Fluent English speaker.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Nice to have:

• Full-stack experience: knowledge of Javascript React, IOS and Android app development.
• Knowledge of Ethereum-like blockchains.
• Experience in crypto exchange development.
• Experience in building systems in the finance industry.
• Familiar with DevOps work with AWS or GCP

Conditions:

• Do something meaningful; Be a part of the future of financial technology and the no.1 company in the industry
• Fast-moving, challenging and unique business problems
• International work environment and flat organization
• Great career development opportunities in a growing company
• Possibility for relocation and international transfers mid-career
• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours, Casual work attire

• 4+ years of mobile software development (iOS & Android).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Deep understanding and proficiency in building mobile apps from scratch using at least one mobile language (Swift, Java, Objective-C, etc.). Experience with multiple platforms is preferred.
• Desire and ability to expand expertise into additional mobile languages.
• Expertise in designing testable software and building large scale, complex applications.
• Self-motivated with strong problem-solving skills.
• Passionate about writing clean, well organized, and production-ready code.
• A portfolio of Apps or SDKs already built and in the App Store and Google Play.
• Desire to build a larger in-house team and manage a group of developers over time.
• Some management experience preferred.

Pepkidz Learning is founded by an IIT alumni and Investment Banker, it is an Ed-Tech platform for imparting essential skills like E.Q. (emotional quotient) and Personality development to enable students to fuel their success and make them realize their full potential. We are a team of 20 and rapidly growing. We are looking for a Content Strategist, one who can take on the full responsibility for bringing challenging ideas and campaigns that drive brand, product and business.

• One who is really good at writing engaging content for ads, blogs, social media, testimonial videos etc.
•  Cultivate content marketing strategies targeted at driving traffic, engagement, generating leads, delivering sales, retaining customers and building brand awareness. Develop brand voice to ensure consistency across all content assets. Apply SEO, content development, distribution and measurement to effectively tailor content to reach audience personas.
• Manage digital and social content channels including email or newsletter distribution, with the understanding of the best content practices on each channel. 
• Assist with integrating content strategy and time-specific brand campaigns to drive campaign goals. 
• Create and edit content, mobilising storytelling opportunities on all channels — owned, earned and paid platforms.
• Establish strategies for media relations, seeking placements in print, broadcast and online channels, and create the corresponding content including press releases, articles and presentations. 
• Build relationships with thought leaders and nurture brand awareness, while gathering knowledge of industry trends. 
• Test and implement innovative and relevant methods of measuring content, campaigns and tools, keeping in mind the purpose of the derived results. 

SaveIN is a fintech platform that aims to offer unique financial products and services to its members in a never seen before, fully digital avatar through its mobile app on Google and Apple play store. You can also call us a neo-banking platform!

Founded by a group of experienced CXOs from Banking, Fintech, Consulting and Media, SaveIN is working towards disrupting the way Indians transact, bank and save money.

At present, SaveIN is offering a revolutionary, new to market, product called Social Finance (SoFin™) allowing users to lend and borrow money, within their trusted contacts like family, friends and acquaintance. In due course, SaveIN aims to launch several other financial products and services in the personal finance and banking domain.

Our promise to you:

• We aim to hire the best of talent, passionate about the vision of SaveIN
• We aim to create an equal opportunity, open, challenging as well as rewarding environment to bring the best out of our people
• We are here to be a large, prosperous, profitable, and resilient organization so that we may serve our customers sustainably across economic cycles, we aim to achieve this in the most ethical and transparent manner possible
• Being compliant is not only an obligation, but a chosen way of life
• We would love to see you grow and are committed to do our best in contributing towards your success

About the role:

SaveIN is looking for a Software Engineer | React JS

You will be responsible for building visually engaging user experiences as well as using out of the box thinking to devise new techniques for presenting content and data. You will work with developers, designers, product and also the founding team.

Location: Gurgaon/ Work from home

Key responsibilities:

• Develop class leading and highly responsive front-end interfaces using React.js
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code and output
• Communicate effectively with UI/UX team and technical development team
• Create unit tests to ensure visual consistency and adequate functionality across releases
• Ensure cross-browser, cross-platform and multiple device compatibility and resolve issues.
• Document technical design as per internal compliance standards
• Work with senior management and external stakeholders to ensure that deliverables are met

Skills and competencies:

• Education: BE/BTech/ME/MTech/MCA
• Minimum 3-year industry experience and proficiency in developing front-end components using React JS, Angular.io, Vue.js, HTML 5, Web markup and CSS 3
• Experience in Typescript
• Hands on experience with state management tools like Redux/Mobx
• Fine understanding of Node.js based tooling like Webpack, Grunt/Gulp, NPM, Express JS, Babel, Create React App etc.
• Good knowledge of working with dynamic data (e.g., JSON, XML) through various interface types (e.g., REST, SOAP)
• Experience of working with responsive web designs across multiple platforms
• Experience with integrating Analytics Tool like Google Analytics, Mix Panel etc
• Experience in creating mock-ups/ proof-of-concepts based on wireframes
• Ability to learn new UI technologies quickly
• Understanding of SEO and accessibility issues
• Experience of full software development life cycle, standard and secure coding practices and pro
• Experience with content delivery networks and an understanding of web caching
• Experience with unit testing using frameworks such as Mocha, Chai, Enzyme, Cypress, or Jest
• Experience with Jenkins and Docker a plus
• Experience on any backend technologies Node.JS, Python, Java, PHP will be a good add on
• Experience in Scrum/Agile is desirable