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A BIT ABOUT US
Appknox is one of the top Mobile Application security companies recognized by Gartner and G2. We are a profitable B2B SaaS startup headquartered in Singapore & working from Bengaluru.
The primary goal of Appknox is to help businesses and mobile developers secure their mobile applications with a focus on delivery speed and high-quality security audits.
Our customers include Fortune 500 companies with Major brands spread across regions like India, South-East Asia, Middle-East, Japan, US, and expanding rapidly.
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a trustworthy and proactive Technical Engineering Manager with 8+ years of engineering experience and proven leadership skills.
To be successful as an engineering manager, you should have exceptional foresight and great communication skills. You need to have a working knowledge of different engineering disciplines and how they relate to one another, and experience in identifying and managing risks.
Experience or knowledge in the security domain is good to have but not mandatory for this position.
As a core team member, you will be setting the culture that the entire team will follow in the future. You will set incredibly high standards for yourself and hire exceptional people who enjoy pushing themselves to perform at the highest level every day.
Responsibilities:
- Supervising the work of multiple teams.
- Planning projects and executing them to completion on time.
- Building the engineering team by hiring exceptional people.
- Hiring and managing contract employees.
- Identifying training and talent development needs and executing them to ensure the team is performing at its peak.
- Ensuring products have the support of upper management.
- Guiding team members of different experience levels by delegating responsibilities and coaching them with their work.
- Defining engineering processes, ensuring they are followed, and constantly learning and optimizing them.
Requirements:
- Having 8+ years of experience overall with at least 5+ years experience designing and building software applications
- Proven supervisory and technical skills.
- Solid understanding of a variety of programming tools and development platforms like Python/NodeJS.
- Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture
- Experience in designing for performance, scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability
- Understanding of software quality assurance principles and agile methodologies
- A technical mindset with great attention to detail
- High-quality organizational and leadership skills
- Outstanding communication and presentation abilities
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Work Expectations
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Within 1 month
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- You will understand where we are
- Figure out if there are any shortcomings in the current way of doing things
- Work closely with the founders to understand the fundamental way we are solving with our platform
- Work with the Product Manager to unlock the value provided by the platform
- Plan Engineering Capacity Planning
- Work with Architects to plan and schedule engineering maintenance jobs
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Within 3 months
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- Assign, direct and evaluate technical work
- Monitor performance of individual contributors and help manage their professional development
- Gauge progress of various engineering-related work
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Within 6 months
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- Oversee development and maintenance of engineering staff competence
- Establish scientific and technical goals working with management and customers
- Execute Product Roadmap with the Technical team
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Personality traits we really admire:-
- We want to surround ourselves with people driven to do the right things and act with integrity even when no one is looking.
- A confident and dynamic working persona, which can bring fun to the team, and a sense of humor, is an added advantage.
- Great attitude to ask questions, learn and suggest process improvements.
- Has attention to detail and helps identify edge cases.
- Highly motivated and coming up with fresh ideas and perspectives to help us move towards our goals faster.
- Follows timelines and absolute commitment to deadlines.
Interview Process
- Round 1 Interview - Profile Evaluation
- Round 2 Interview - Product Manager & CTO
- Round 3 Interview - Tech Team
- Round 4 Interview - CEO
- Round 5 Interview - HR & Team Alignment
Compensation
- As per Industry Standards
We prefer that every employee also holds equity in the company. In this role, you will be awarded equity after 12 months, based on the impact you have created.
Please be aware that all your customers are Enterprises and Fortune 500 companies.
Why Join Us :-
- Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who enjoys challenging work & pushing your boundaries, then this is the right place for you. We appreciate new ideas & ownership as well as flexibility with working hours.
- Great Salary & Equity: We keep up with the market standards & provide pay packages considering updated standards. Also as Appknox continues to grow, you’ll have a great opportunity to earn more & grow with us. Moreover, we also provide equity options for our top performers.
- Holistic Growth: We foster a culture of continuous learning and take a much more holistic approach to training and developing our assets: the employees. We shall also support you all on that journey of yours.
- Transparency: Being a part of a start-up is an amazing experience one of the reasons being the open communication & transparency at multiple levels. Working with Appknox will allow you to experience it all firsthand.
- Health insurance & Term Life Insurance: We offer health insurance coverage up to 5 Lacs for you and your family including your parents.
Skills:- Engineering Management, Java, NodeJS (Node.js) and Python]]>