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Hi,

We are seeking a senior data leader with deep functional expertise in Salesforce Sales and Service domains to own the enterprise data model, metrics, and analytical outcomes supporting Sales, Service, and Customer Operations.

This role is business‑first and data‑centric. The successful candidate understands how Salesforce Sales Cloud and Service Cloud data is generated, evolves over time, and is consumed by business teams, and ensures analytics accurately reflect operational reality.

Snowflake serves as the enterprise analytics platform, but Salesforce domain mastery and functional data expertise are the primary requirements for success in this role.

Core Responsibilities

Salesforce Sales & Service Data Ownership

·                 Act as the data owner and architect for Salesforce Sales and Service domains.

• Own Sales data including leads, accounts, opportunities, pipeline, bookings, revenue, forecasting, and CPQ (if applicable).
• Own Service data including cases, case lifecycle, SLAs, backlog, escalations, and service performance metrics.
• Define and govern enterprise‑wide KPI and metric definitions across Sales and Service.
• Ensure alignment between Salesforce operational definitions and analytics/reporting outputs.
• Own cross‑functional metrics spanning Sales, Service, and the customer lifecycle (e.g., customer health, renewals, churn).

Business‑Driven Data Modeling

·                 Design Salesforce‑centric analytical data models that accurately reflect Sales and Service processes.

• Model sales stage progression, pipeline history, and forecast changes over time.
• Model service case lifecycle, SLA compliance, backlog aging, and resolution metrics.
• Handle Salesforce‑specific complexities such as slowly changing dimensions (ownership, territory, account hierarchies).
• Ensure data models support operational dashboards, executive reporting, and advanced analytics.

Analytics Enablement & Business Partnership

·                 Partner closely with Sales Operations, Service Operations, Revenue Operations, Finance, and Analytics teams.

• Translate business questions into trusted, reusable analytical datasets.
• Identify data quality issues or Salesforce process gaps impacting reporting and drive remediation.
• Enable self‑service analytics through well‑documented, certified data products.

Technical Responsibilities (Enabling Focus)

·                 Architect and govern Salesforce data ingestion and modeling on Snowflake.

• Guide ELT/ETL strategies for Salesforce objects such as Opportunities, Accounts, Activities, Cases, and Entitlements.
• Ensure reconciliation and auditability between Salesforce, Finance, and analytics layers.
• Define data access, security, and governance aligned with Salesforce usage patterns.
• Partner with data engineering teams on scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.

Required Experience & Skills

Salesforce Sales & Service Domain Expertise (Must‑Have)

·                 Extensive hands‑on experience working with Salesforce Sales Cloud and Service Cloud data.

• Strong understanding of sales pipeline management, forecasting, and revenue reporting.
• Strong understanding of service case workflows, SLAs, backlog management, and service performance measurement.
• Experience working directly with Sales Operations and Service Operations teams.
• Ability to identify when Salesforce configuration or process issues cause reporting inconsistencies.

Data & Analytics Expertise

·                 10+ years working with business‑critical analytical data.

• Proven experience defining KPIs, metrics, and semantic models for Sales and Service domains.
• Strong SQL and analytical skills to validate business logic and data outcomes.
• Experience supporting BI and analytics platforms such as Tableau, Power BI, or MicroStrategy.

Platform Experience 

·                 Experience using Snowflake as an enterprise analytics platform.

• Understanding of modern ELT/ETL and cloud data architecture concepts.
• Familiarity with data governance, lineage, and access control best practices.

Leadership & Collaboration

·                 Acts as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams.

• Comfortable challenging requirements using business and data context.
• Mentors engineers and analysts on Salesforce data nuances and business meaning.
• Strong communicator able to explain complex Salesforce data behavior to non‑technical leaders.

Thanks,

Ampera Talent Team

Position: Logistics Specialist

Experience: 8 - 12 years in logistics and warehouse

Work location: Chennai

• You will be responsible for the inventory management, warehousing and logistics activities associated with the distribution.
• Coordinate end to end Warehouse Operations Inbound, Outbound ,Transportation and 3PL operations
  Drive efficient processes to enhance warehouse operations
• Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts; reconciling with data storage system
• Experience with SAP order to cash process.(MM&SD Module) Excellent spreadsheet modeling skills required.

• Assist in waterproofing applications and works with a range of waterproofing chemicals and coating products.
• Execute professionalism in waterproofing works.
• Regularly monitor and maintain waterproofing equipment to ensure it remains in working order.
• Perform visual inspections on projects.
• Exercise professional advice to clients when required.
• Perform integrity testing and troubleshooting testing to identify any breaches or defects in the projects' existing waterproofing membrane/coatings.

MUST have skills (not just a class room training experience please) –

1. Hands on experience on Postman/ SOAP UI/ REST ASSURED/JUnit framework for API testing
2. Hands on experience on GIT, JIRA, Jenkins
3. Good Understanding of REST API types (GET, PUT, POST, DELETE) an it’s working
4. Good understanding of HTTP, JSON protocol and syntax
5. Good understanding of Message Schema, RAML, Message Request-Response mechanism
6. Working experience in Agile methodology.
7. Strong written and verbal communication skills (English).
8. The candidate should be good with communication as he/she will be interacting with global teams very often.

GOOD to have –

1. Understanding of STUB/Service virtualization
2. Understanding of any API testing tools like –Rest Client, Anypoint etc.
3. Been able to understand Retail Banking functions/requirements.

Key Activities

• Primary responsibility for test automation within Agile delivery streams
• Experience with building test automation frameworks and Continued Integration
  • Some amount of manual exploratory testing
  • Test preparation, test design, execution and reporting
  • Defect management lifecycle exposure (using Jira) from defect reporting to tracking to closure
  • Writing test plans and test completion reports
  • Active in Agile meetings when required for planning, retrospectives

Who are we?

Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) has been set up by IIT Madras to provide thought leadership and intellectual impact to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. CREST has embarked on an ambitious mission of becoming one of the top global research centres in the area of start-ups and innovation. The core of CREST is the development of an AI-driven Intelligent
Information Platform that would enable cutting edge research as well as influence policy and practice like never before
With the recent exponential growth in the start-up and innovation ecosystem, new data-driven approaches would play a critical part in sustaining the current growth curve. The objective of CREST would be to become the gold standard of information and intelligence on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Equity investments in India

The Opening
We are currently looking for our next passionate, skilled and motivated Python developer, who can join us immediately. The candidate should
● Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
● Have a can-do attitude and ready for challenges
● Value working with a greatteam - confident, creative and thoughtful people who come together to achieve great things
● Be eager to experiment, learn and bring new things, improving the platform
● Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup-like culture - small team, fast-paced work environment If this is you, we're excited to interact!

As the Data Science Engineer in CREST, you will

● Write reusable code and build libraries for future use
● Establish solid data-pipelines and automate routine tasks
● Develop & deploy custom Machine Learning (ML) models using the latest
research in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Build performant applications following best practices, maximizing speed and scalability
● Improve upon the existing codebase mitigating technical debt
● Take ownership of all aspects of the application - architecture, quality and efficiency
Requirements
● Proficient understanding of Python language
● Expertise with data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
● Familiar with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes and hands-on experience with packages like Pandas, Numpy etc
● Experience with data visualisation tools and libraries like Plotly, Seaborn etc
● Good understanding of advanced Statistical and ML techniques on
regression, classification, forecasting etc
● Skilled in NLP and specifically ML applications in NLP like information
extraction, feature engineering, classification, building language models etc
● Should provide direction and mentorship to junior team members
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from premier educational institutions
● Minimum 2 years of experience (research or professional) in the
above-mentioned areas
Good to have
● Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
● Experience and knowledge in version control systems like git, svn, etc
● Knowledge in developing & deploying web apps & web APIs with an overall understanding of client-server interactions
● Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Job type
● Full time, on-site
● Immediate joiner
● Initial appointment for 1 year, it would be renewed subsequently based on performance

Work location
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India - 600036

Why work with us?
● Get to interact with the best of the minds. IIT Madras has been ranked as the
top university in India for 5 years in a row
● Be at the forefront of the Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
● Enormous opportunities for learning

Job Title : Assistant Manager

Function :

Location : All Locations

>> OVERVIEW

An independent audit of financial statements is essential for the effective operation of business entities and the capital markets. We are committed to providing a constructive and challenging audit, one that is also independent and delivers the messages that matter to management and the audit committee. We add value beyond the financial statement through the insights we bring, based on our knowledge of a client’s business drivers and of individual sectors. Apart from financial statements audit (including IFRS and US GAAP reporting), we also provide other forms of assurance and attestation reporting. Our approach is based on robust audit methodologies, appropriate use of technology and a wide range of compliance tools underpinned by sound judgement and objectivity..

>> ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

· Work with the Audit practice to execute Statutory Audit/ Indian GAAP/ IFRS/ US GAAP accounting services and related services for clients

· The candidate will be expected to be a team member in large assignments and lead small / medium audit teams whilst exercising compliance with our Audit manual, Auditing Standards and legal regulations

>> THE INDIVIDUAL

· Be a qualified CA

· Have 3 - 5 years post qualification experience in Statutory Audit in a similar environment (Audit and Accounting firms)

· Have the ability to work under stringent deadlines and demanding client conditions

· Be willing to travel within India or abroad for continuous/ long periods of time

· Have strong soft skills like inter personal, team and communication skills both verbal and written

>> SELECTION PROCESS

· Candidates should expect minimum 3 rounds of personal interviews to assess clarity on concepts, communication skills and attitude

>> COMPENSATION

· Details of the compensation breakup will be shared with short-listed candidates only

Responsibilities:

• Design and build iOS mobile applications

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze, design, and ship new features

• Fully responsible for mobile app development in the team

• Build and publish applications in app stores

• Implement new technologies to maximize application performance

Qualifications:

• Very good experience with Objective-C and iOS SDK

• Experience in working with Telematics SDK is a plus

• Experience with Geo APIs are mandatory

• Good working knowledge in Cocoa Touch

• Experience working with iOS frameworks such as Core Data, Core Animation, Core Graphics and Core Text

• Experience with memory management and caching mechanisms specific to mobile devices