Engineering Head

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Engineering Head
Engineering Head

4
\- 10 yrs
₹18L - ₹34L / yr
Delhi, Gurugram, Noida
Skills
NodeJS (Node.js)
Python
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
GraphQL
SQL
NOSQL Databases
PostgreSQL
Technical Architecture
The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:
● Ability to deep dive hands on into coding, building scalable architecture and backend
infrastructure
● Strong knowledge of “how to scale” a product, Dev ops, (Docker/ Kubernetes), Messaging
queues, Testing, Database design, Security Log management system
● Extremely hands-on in coding along with a strong interest in leading a team.
● Knowledge of tech stack, which in our case is Node.js/GraphQL/TypeScript for API
development, PostgreSQL, AWS, Python for data processing.
● Proven technical experience of 4-10 years of work-ex coupled with a strategic growth mindset
Responsibilities
● Lead the software design, architecture, development, debugging, documentation, testing,
deployment, maintenance and improvement efforts
●
Establish the roadmap and architecture based on the latest proven technologies and Hora’s
needs
● Manage, lead and mentor other engineers and demonstrate best engineering practices with the
team
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Lead the team to follow our software development process including writing unit tests,
performing code reviews, doing daily standups, setting OKRs and milestones, etc.
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Excellent experience in coding including the ability to write well-crafted, well-tested, readable,
maintainable code
● Develop backend code for mobile applications and internal web tools
● Develop APIs for the mobile platform
● Own, innovate and maintain the backend infrastructure
● Code using cutting-edge tools in close collaboration with our Machine Learning team
● Stay on top of state-of-the-art technologies and apply them
● Collaborate with teams and share knowledge via tech talks and promote tech and engineering
best practices within the team
Minimum Qualifications
● B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent
practical experience
● 4-10 years of relevant work experience in system design, algorithms, data structures, scalability,
DevOps, security and testing
● Demonstrated experience in delivering reliable, scalable, performant, and secure web-based
systems and services in production
● Experience working with three or more from the following: web application development,
Unix/Linux environments, mobile application development, distributed and parallel systems,
machine learning, natural language processing, networking, developing large software systems,
security for software development.
● Strong experience in system design, scalability, DevOps, security and testing
● Strong and proven passion for code quality
● Knowledge of a wide-range of front and back-end technologies.
Experience with any of the following technologies is particularly desirable: TypeScript,
GraphQL, node.js, Python, Go, Java, HTML/CSS, React, Redis, PostgreSQL, Kafka,
Spark, ElasticSearch, Docker/Kubernetes, AWS, Git. ○
Experience in writing backend code with modern languages and frameworks
(JavaScript/node.js or Python/Django)
● Strong relational database experience (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)
● Experience in API development for mobile/web
● Strong Computer Science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, memory management,
concurrency
Preferred Qualifications (Added advantage)
● Excellent written communication, verbal communication, and presentation skills
● Competitive programming experience
● Familiarity with data science and/or machine learning, experience in credit and risk models,
NLP and network analysis expertise
● Experience of working on fintech products
● Experience in managing a distributed set of engineers/developers
Personal Attributes
● Self-guided missile
● Enjoys finding novel solutions to hard technical problems
● Optimistic team player
● A hard-working, humble disposition - we are looking for doers who think, and thinkers who
do.
● Enjoys hands-on, day-to-day work while having a bigger picture view of the goals to
accomplish.
● Strong sense of ethics and integrity.
● Desire to make a strong impact on the lives of millions through their work
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Founded
:
2018
Type
:
Product
Size
:
20-100
Stage
:
Raised funding
About
Hora.AI has just launched Florence Capital. Florence Capital is the first FinTech lending product designed exclusively for women. The 100% digital process and quick turnover time are the cherry on top.  We envision a future in which all Indian women are financially independent, and providing loans is just the beginning of our journey working towards this vision.    Building an exclusive community of women, we are collectively breaking gendered stereotypes & barriers as we redefine financial freedom for women. Our investors Michael Novogratz - Forbes list billionaire, Founder of Galaxy Investment Group, New York, Former Director at Fortress Investment Group Amit Singhal - Founder, Sitare Foundation; Former Global head of search, Google Rishi Jaitly - CEO Timesbridge, Former Head of Twitter (APAC & Middle East) Marcelo Yaluk - Co Founder, Pasfin SAECA Harrow Capital - US-based investment firm
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– Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have 7+ years of relevant professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated full-stack delivery across backend and frontend.
– Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have deep production experience with Python AND JavaScript/TypeScript, working comfortably across the full stack.
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– Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have strong experience with modern frontend frameworks (Next.js / React) and backend API development.
– Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; Azure/GCP valued), including infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation / Terraform).
– Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have working knowledge of multiple database paradigms — relational (PostgreSQL), document, and key-value (Redis) — with ability to select the right storage per p