Principal Architect/Tech Lead

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Principal Architect/Tech Lead
Full-Funnel Programmatic Marketing platform of choice for le
Principal Architect/Tech Lead

at Full-Funnel Programmatic Marketing platform of choice for le
Agency job
8
\- 12 yrs
₹20L - ₹40L / yr
Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Skills
MongoDB
Agile/Scrum
Python
Data Analytics
Linux/Unix
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Job Description
About Merito
Merito is a curated talent platform where we identify, assess, and connect candidates for matching job opportunities. We are working with the mission to change the way hiring is done. The company is founded by a team of alumni from IIM Ahmedabad, McKinsey will more than 2 decades of experience in recruitment, training, and coaching.
About Client
Our client is a Full-Funnel Programmatic Marketing platform of choice for leading digital marketers globally across CPG, Tech, B2B, Retail, Travel, BFSI, Gaming, Autos, Telco, Real Estate, Education and other industry verticals.
Our client empowers businesses to engage with their customers and audiences through all stages of the marketing funnel:
1\. Brand awareness
2\. Prospecting
3\. Remarketing, and
4\. Re-engagement, including reselling, up-selling and audience monetization.
We transform Data into Actionable Insights and ROI for Marketers.
We are pioneers in the Programmatic Ad tech space, and are ranked in the Top 20 Digital Marketing Providers by CIO Review.
We are a mix of industry veterans from top B schools and a bright young team of marketers, data scientists and analysts. If you are looking for a great team to work with and make a career for yourself in AdTech, this might be the right place for you!
Requirements
Job Description – Principal Architect
We are looking for a Principal Architect to lead our tech team as a leader (without necessarily being a manager). If you are hands-on (do not shy away from active coding when required) and are motivated by the joy of creating scalable products that drive industry leadership, please read on.
1. You should have 8+ years of quality experience in building scalable digital products/platforms with some experience in big data analytics and engineering.
2. Extensive experience in Linux stack and cloud technologies, and Python ecosystem.
3. It's ok if you don't have good answers, but to have smart questions that uncover risks and opportunities, you need the depth that comes with willingness and capability to be hands-on. Do you still code? Do you love to code? Do you love to roll up your sleeves and debug things?
4. Do you enjoy going deep into that part of the 'full stack' that you are not an expert of?
Here is a bit about our values and beliefs
Our core values are 1) Transparency, 2) Bias for Action, 3) Persistence with Adaptability, 4) Curiosity and 5) Humility. We believe that successful people have more failures than average people have attempts. And that success needs the creative mindset to deal with ambiguities when you start, the persistence and humility to iterate and course correct, and the courage to handle failure and rise up again.
What we look for in our people
– We look for people who are initiative driven, and not interruption driven. The ones who challenge the status quo with humility and candor, but not arrogance.
– We believe startup managers and leaders are great individual contributors too, and that there is no place for context free leadership.
– We believe that the curiosity and persistence to learn new skills and nuances, and to apply the smartness in different contexts matter more than just academic knowledge.
Benefits
– Fixed Salary + ESOP
– Insurance for family
– Company meals
– Company events
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