5+ Rapid application development Jobs in India

Primary Responsibilities

Cognitio Analytics is looking for a Lead Application Developer, driven by innovation and a desire to make a difference. We are seeking a clever, dedicated development lead who enjoys what they do, likes leading and working with teams, is curious with new ideas; someone who can appropriately apply technology to solve problems and provide services to our clients.

Duties include working in a professional environment with a team of developers, data engineers, data scientists, business analysts, and product owners. The ability to effectively lead teams that are fiercely focused on client service, innovation, and delivering products that create and capture value is required. Successful candidates will be able to lead development projects, plan and design solutions with heavy focus on data integration and Azure cloud capabilities and analysis methods needed to support project goals. 

Core Skills

• Communication. Ability to share your ideas and lead overall development activities in a collaborative environment
• Problem solving. Knowing how to make a task easier, more maintainable and stable
• Curiosity. Knowing what’s on the horizon in cloud capabilities and web development and when to use it
• Adaptability. Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies
• Ability to manage a complex range of tasks and meet deadlines
• Understanding and application of the agile development lifecycle

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computere Science or related experience 
• Practical web & application development experience
• Full Stack Web development skills and experiences 
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Preferred Qualifications – experience with a few of the following is a plus:

• Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience in software development;
• Experience with agile development practices through Azure Dev/Ops
• JavaScript (including ES6), HTML, and CSS(SASS/LESS);
• Responsive web design and UI frameworks (Bootstrap, Foundation, etc.)
• JavaScript frameworks ( React, etc.);
• Experience with server-side technologies (.NET, NodeJS, etc.);
• RESTful web services;
• Cloud computing - Azure
• Unit testing and continuous integration and deployment

What you'll do

• Take ownership of Product design for Tartan's product across Desktop, Mobile (Web) and Mobile (Android and iOS) builds
• Creation, implementation and maintenance of a consistent Design Language for Tartan across all platforms
• Take high-level product ideas from conception to mockups, wireframes, and finished renderings
• Come up with various ideas and strategies to sustain and increase engagement and retention through various design elements
• Identify problems and deficiency and implement solutions in a timely manner
• Partner with engineers to oversee the user experience of new features and products from conception through launch
• Collaborate with development, and marketing teams
• A/B test various strategies, make improvements and take key decisions around them
• Track the initiatives and measure week over week progress
• Be data driven and open to experimentation

We would love to hear from you if

• You have 3+ years of experience on hands-on user experience and visual design in the software industry with a strong focus on responsive design for cloud-first desktop/browser applications
• 1+ years of professional experience using Figma or Sketch and pushing these design tools to their limits. You are fluent in nested symbols/components and auto-layout constraints
• Strong background in interaction design, with the ability to effectively articulate the rationale behind design decisions
• Strong visual design sense and impeccable attention to detail, with a drive to speak up when something is not implemented to your standards
• Intensely curious, with a good understanding of analytics and a desire to learn from the data
• Proficient in various research and design techniques such as qualitative research methods, personas, wireframing, task analysis, journey mapping, sketching, prototyping, usability testing, etc
• Comfortable with uncertainty and things changing fast, this is early-stage startup life. You're constantly balancing the need for quality and well-thought details with the required speed of iteration

• Brand new MacBook
• Stock Options
• Health Insurance
• Unlimited Sick Leaves
• Passion Fund (Invest in yourself or your passion project)
• Wind Down

What is the role?

This position will play a primary role in planning, implementing, leading, and executing all aspects of Quality and Testing. The role requires hands-on QA expertise, ability to take initiative and develop and evolve our QA processes. The right candidate will be able to analyze the systems to determine what to test, the priority of those tests and the best way to test. You should understand the requirements and design test procedures and test cases for automated software testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and evolve formal QA/testing practices, test processes, methodology, standards, and hygiene for agile development efforts.
• Lead and mentor QA team members.
• Lead the QA strategy, test design /plan, test automation, and drive test execution for a key strategic service delivery transformation initiative.
• Oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• Develop the strategy and enablement of User Acceptance Testing, partnering effectively with the business to ensure goal achievement.
• Respond to all requests from team members in a timely and professional manner.
• Design automated test scripts that are reusable.

• Ensure that all automated testing related activities are carried out as per the standards defined by the company.
• Negotiate, plan, and manage all release activities.
• Lead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists.
• Communicate all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes.

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.

• 7+ years of experience in the software quality field including prior hands-on quality engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing test cases, scripts, plans and procedures to support various development methodologies.
• Familiarity with the entire software development life cycle and test cycles (Unit, Regression, Functional, Systems, Performance and Volume, User Acceptance).
• Understanding of multi-tier web application architecture and deployment.
• Understanding of existing QA best practices and methodologies to design, implement and automate processes.
• Prior success using a metrics-driven approach and closed-loop feedback to improve software deliverables and improve predictability and reliability of releases.
• Detailed and effective written communication skills for documenting the features tested and bugs found.
• Highly organized, detail oriented, extremely responsive, and able to prioritize a large number of tasks.
• Self-motivated, works well independently and with others.

Whom will you work with?

You will work with a top-notch tech team and report to the engineering head.

What can you look for?

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment will enable you to juggle between concepts yet maintain the quality of content, interact, share your ideas, and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being with the company.

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. Company works with over 1000 global clients. We help our clients engage and motivate 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. However, we 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.