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Tech Lead

Karnataka, India (On-site)

Tech Lead

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Backend Development • Product Design • Full Stack Development

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13 skills required for this role

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java

next.js

react

cpp

php

typescript

django

github

python

websockets

notion

slack

conflict-resolution

Job Description

GrowthX, a leading membership club for leaders & founders, seeks a Tech Lead with 5+ years of experience in building robust learning platforms, collaborative editors, and social platforms. Expertise in Java, Python, Django, Golang, Java, C++, PHP, REST APIs, and a strong understanding of web technologies is required. Passion for building innovative products and a startup mindset are essential.

Must have:

5+ years experience
Java, Python, Django
REST APIs
Web Technologies

Good to have:

Golang, Java, C++
PHP, LaunchDarkly
OpenAI GPT APIs
ProseMirror, TypeScript

Perks:

Startup Mindset
Ownership & Impact

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About GrowthX

GrowthX is a membership club for leaders & founders. Our members are from Google, Amazon, Razorpay, Airbnb, CRED, Paytm, Zerodha, Swiggy- you name a startup and they’ll most likely be part of GrowthX.

The GrowthX membership gives 3 things- one, structured learning taught by top leaders in the country, second, a curated social media platform that becomes their safe space to soundboard about anything, & third, orbit changing outcomes- whether it’s cracking interviews, getting promoted or hiring their own teams.

GrowthX is a profitable company, and is also backed by the largest seed round in the world with 212 angel investors. Our founders were leaders from Razorpay & CRED and the team is a diverse team ex-founders, growth leaders, PHD researchers, game designers, & artists.

90% of the top 100 Indian startups are GrowthX members. So, when you build anything at GrowthX it’s fundamentally experienced by the best people in tech.

Tech at GrowthX

Products you build will shape how the best talent in the country grows in their careers. Tech is a core function inside GrowthX. Tech works across 3 verticals, some of the products that you’ll be working on.

Learning experience: An immersive learning experience that combines the intuitive interface of Netflix with a smart, YouTube-like recommendation engine. Develop robust video platform optimized for streaming, storage, and playback. Tackle video processing challenges with tools like FFmpeg and deliver high-quality user experiences with CDN integration.

Custom Collaborative Editor: We're crafting a powerful editor like Notion, featuring live collaboration powered by WebSockets and AI-driven feedback mechanisms using OpenAI's GPT APIs. Built with TypeScript and ProseMirror, you'll address challenges in real-time collaboration, conflict resolution with CRDTs, and integrating AI feedback to enhance productivity and teamwork.

Personalized Website Builder: We're providing our members with a seamless website builder using React and Next.js to showcase their portfolios, schedule meetings, and more—all in one place. You'll work on integrating multiple functionalities, ensuring a smooth user experience, and handling complex scheduling integrations.

Exclusive Social Platform: A dedicated space for our community featuring personalized content feeds, Slack-style messaging, interactive job boards, and company profiles.

Integrated Events Platform: Organize and participate in online and offline events with a system akin to BookMyShow but tailored for our community.

Dynamic Segmentation: Upgrade our user segmentation services, utilizing tools like LaunchDarkly or custom-built solutions. Enable strategic feature rollouts and personalize user experiences based on data-driven insights.

Leveraging AI for Evaluations: Design and build a self-evaluation system that leverages GPT to assess assignments and provide detailed feedback. This involves integrating GPT for analyzing submissions, generating insightful feedback, and offering actionable recommendations for improvement.

Creating a Refined Feature Flagging and Segmentation Service: Work on a sophisticated system for feature flagging and user segmentation that enables dynamic customization of user experiences. This will involve designing a flexible backend that supports rolling out new features selectively and gathering insights on user interactions to drive targeted improvements

What are we looking for?

5+ years of experience in Technology.

Good experience in working with any of the programming languages like Java, Python, Django, Golang, Java, C++, PHP

Understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases and come up with effective solutions.

Great understanding of REST APIs and the web in general.

Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion.

A willingness to learn new technology, whatever lets you deliver the best product.

Have a few weekend side projects up on GitHub

Have worked at a product company

Culture fitment

You understand pros and cons of a small team You know what you’re getting into, and the prospect of joining a small and growing team excites you.You want ownership over your work and can function independently.

You want more responsibility and accountability doesn’t scare you. You want to drive impact in your particular area of expertise on the product.

You understand the startup mindset.You are comfortable with uncertainty and remain adaptable in what you do. You seek to build quick iterations and learn fast. You’re used to being scrappy and can function in a way that is nimble and resourceful.

You seek growth.

You’ve effectively worked on small and close-knit teams. You’re comfortable having little support structure but know what it looks like and feel empowered to build it.

You’re motivated by impact and the opportunity to create something new. You care about what you build and want to create with efficiency.

You’re user-driven in what you do. You’re comfortable and eager to meet customers and want to develop an empathetic understanding of their problems to ensure we’re building the right solutions.

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