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07/10 Hena Jawed Khan
Consultant - HR & Projects at InspireOne

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InspireOne - Technical Lead - Mobility - IIT/NIT/BITS (5-7 yrs)

Delhi/NCR/Mumbai/Bangalore Job Code: 264517

Do you like to stay ahead of the curve- Do you love to learn new technologies- Do you love to play games-

If each answer is a resounding - YES-, then this might be the mission (not job) you were searching for!

At InspireOne Technologies, our mission is to make learning more fun, engaging and effective. We currently target the enterprise customers, but with your commitment, we- re looking at broadening the customer segment to the end consumer - both in India and Internationally!

The mission, should you choose to accept them, will sharpen and challenge your skill sets like no other learning experience.

Join us and let's roll up our sleeve to create products that people feel inspired to learn from. Our team is small, but committed to the cause!

Highlights:

- Building technology products that make learning more effective and fun

- Being a part of a small, core team with an ambitious & global mission

- Combining technology, product development, gaming and design

- Build existing Alpha products (nominated as top 50 innovative products at InTech50) and take to market (in India & globally)

Company Overview

InspireOne Technologies is a corporate learning and development company that creates technology-based solutions to make learning fun and effective.

Role: Head of Technology - Product Development

Mission #1: A learning app on mobile for front line executives as well as end consumers

Mission #2: A mobile and web app for high potential leaders

Key Result Areas

1. On-time and in budget development of technology products with mobile first strategy

2. Key metrics such as user engagement, new user acquisition

Roles Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for mobile app development at InspireOne Technologies

2. Driving product development by focusing on the technology architecture, algorithms and the overall product strategy to achieve the specific objectives of our technology offerings

3. Managing coding as well as guiding and training the team through the entire product development process; Owning the product development process from start to finish with clearly defined objectives, managed through an efficient process

4. Collaborating with the content, marketing and business teams

5. Having a clear line of sight and understanding of the business strategy, business model and the learning & development industry

6. Being able to identify new ways to leverage technology and also identifying newer and more viable technologies to replace existing technology standards

7. Having an eye for detail and being quality conscious in terms of sticking to a process, checking for code and design.

8. Define accessibility features. Write specs and user stories, create wireframes, prototypes, test plans, release checklists. Communicate functionality and incorporate feedback. Rinse and repeat

9. Prioritize accessibility work, and manage the backlog of features. Work with your team to estimate, implement, and build features while ensuring that you- re working on the highest priority things you can be

10. Review existing product features and provide feedback to make them more compatible with assistive technologies. Provide technical direction and expertise to project teams on the design of new features

11. Represent your team in communication with product, engineering, and marketing leadership

12. Ensure we ship well-crafted product at a timely pace

Background & Experience:

Essential

1. Alumnus (MS or BS) from well recognized technical institutes such as IITs, BITS, international institutes, etc.

2. Candidates with 5-7+ yrs of experience in mobile app development or internet space with demonstrable achievements and strong academic background

3. Background in mobile gaming is a big plus

4. Technical Skills include:

a. Mastery of Mobile technologies - iPhone and / or Android (Objective C, Cocoa, Java, iPhone SDK, Android SDK)

b. Command of several programming languages: Python, Ruby, Java, C++, Node.js, PHP, C++

c. Strong knowledge of user interface designing patterns

d. Experience with front end development such as Angular JS, HTML 5

e. Extensive hands-on experience with relational and non-relational databases like MySQL, NoSQL, Postgres, MongoDB

f. Test-driven Development Pluses: Experience writing server-side APIs, as well as familiarity with backend as a service (parse)

g. Experience in consuming and developing secure RESTful API/web-services

h. Familiarity with Amazon Web Services

i. Experience in agile development processes (Scrum or Kanban).

5. Have developed and shipped at least 2 apps - either on the consumer or enterprise side

Desirable

1. Hands on experience in working across the entire technical stack, preferably in a mobile environment

2. Background in mobile gaming is a big plus

3. Experience with big data, IOT frameworks

Traits:

1. You- re an entrepreneur at heart who believes that creating jobs is more important than taking a job. Big company politics cramp your style.

2. You love reading and learning all things technology related

3. You are most comfortable and at your best when you solve problems and look for creative solutions

4. Developing your team members gives you a huge high and an unmatched feeling of satisfaction

5. You- re an A+ player who dreams big and you want to join a team of A+ players. You bring confidence without attitude. Intelligence + humility + strong work ethics = WIN.

6. A go-getter passionate and experienced techie who thrives in the pressure cooker situation that a start-up is

7. You have a contagious can-do attitude and love being a perfectionist

8. You like anything and everything related to numbers and in quantifying things

9. You love learning new things all the time and are passionate about education / training / learning & development

10. When you work hard, you sweat excellence

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Maternity and Paternity Benefits

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