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eightfold.ai Principal Engineer in Bangalore, India
About Us:
Eightfold (https://eightfold.ai/) was founded with a vision to solve for employment in our society. For decades, the connection between individuals and opportunities has been based on who they are and their network's strength vs. their potential. Eightfold leverages artificial intelligence to transform how to think about skills and capabilities for individuals and how jobs and career decisions are made. Eightfold offers the industry’s first AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform to transform how organizations plan, hire, develop and retain a diverse workforce, enabling individuals to transform their careers.
To date, Eightfold AI has received more than $410 million in funding and a valuation of over $2B (https://eightfold.ai/blog/eightfold-ai-raises-220m/) from leading investors to further our mission of finding the right career for everyone in the world. If you are passionate about solving one of the most fundamental challenges of our society - employment, working on hard business problems, and being part of an amazing growth story - Eightfold is the place to be!
Founders:
Varun Kacholia ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunkacholia/ ) &
Ashutosh Garg ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashutoshgarg893/ )
Our Engineering Leaders:
Vineet Abraham ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineet-a-9264707/ )
Vinodh Ravindranath ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinodhkumarr/ )
Chandra ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivasankaran-chandrasekar-31803624/ )
About Team :
We are building products for large enterprises, non-profit organizations, and governments. Some of the exciting problems that our team is working on are:
Design the talent hierarchy of the organizations
Identify the skill gaps and upskilling needs
Design systems to help organizations identify market trends
Reduce the time to get hired for an unemployed citizen
Help citizens upskill and improve their earning potential over the medium to long term
What you’ll do:
Being in a senior most technical position, responsible for architecture, design, code, and delivery of multiple highly scalable systems
Mentor/coach other engineers to help them perform at their best by performing code/design reviews, and providing all the technical directions.
Being hands-on and curious about the technology, get into the ground-level technical details/depth whenever required.
Work with other engineering teams & cross-functional teams to address all the technical dependencies.
Actively participate in interviewing & hiring the top talents.
Innovate and suggest industry best practices, and participate in internal/external technical presentations.
What we need:
15 or more years of industry experience working with product companies.
Strong CS fundamentals with an excellent track record of architecting, designing, developing, and delivering highly scalable systems.
Passionate about writing code and code/design reviews, who believe in building high-quality systems.
Experience in distributed systems at the cloud scale, microservices, large-scale web applications, and cloud technologies.
Startup experience and SaaS product development experience is an added advantage
Excellent communication skills with a can-do attitude/Self-starter.
Engineering culture at Eightfold:
We are a team of self-starters who excel in their fields. We believe in giving you responsibility, not a task. We want you to have ownership and pride in your work and see your work's positive impact on your colleagues, our customers, and the world. We believe in providing transparency and support so you can do the best work of your career.
Hybrid Work @ Eightfold:
We embrace a hybrid work model that aims to boost collaboration, enhance our culture, and drive innovation through a blend of remote and in-person work. We are committed to creating a dynamic and flexible work environment that nurtures the collaborative spirit of our team. Starting February 1, 2024, employees residing near Santa Clara, California, or our Bangalore and Noida offices in India will return to the office twice a week.
Eightfold.ai provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.