The opportunity:

Hybris Developer required to work in an experienced team of software architects and developers, to be responsible for the design, development and testing of quality code to meet customer driven specifications.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working within a project team, to deliver high quality code to deadlines.
• To clearly communicate what is to be done and the milestones achieved to those within the project in an agreed manner.
• To realistically estimate your own delivery timescales.
• To solve problems posed using the tools and materials provided or to suggest alternatives where appropriate.
• To create robust solutions using the tools and materials provided or to suggest alternatives where appropriate
• Take some responsibility from and can deputise for the senior/lead developer.
• Lead small technical discussions on problem solving and solution design.
• To mentor junior developers.
• To be a motivated self-starter.

What we want from you:

• Extensive Hybris development experience (ideally 2011 +)
• Extensive experience coding in Java language (Java17 +)
• Experience with Data structures
• Exposure to Web technologies
• Object oriented software design patterns experience
• Some understanding of HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
• Familiarity with Windows or Linux operating system
• Strong spoken and written communication

If you know some of this even better:

• Experience of delivering software as part of a team
• Experience of Spring
• Knowledge of JavaScript, front end technologies
• Knowledge of other JVM based languages - Groovy, Scala, Clojure
• Knowledge of one or more scripting languages, such as Groovy, Python
• Knowledge of webservices technologies such as SOAP, REST, JSON
• Knowledge of relational database platforms Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL
• Knowledge of NoSQL database platforms such as Cassandra or MongoDB
• Knowledge of message queuing systems such as Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Contributions to open source projects

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our personality and behaviours: We believe that we are what we do, not just what we say. Our shared values and behaviours show how to bring the VML Enterprise Solution's culture to life through the actions we all take every day:

• Connect Meaningfully
• Inspire Creatively
• Include Purposefully
• Approach Positively

Our brilliant, talented people are what makes VML Enterprise Solutions what we are. That’s why we look for people who go beyond and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

We are VML Enterprise Solutions - a group of talented engineers, tech experts, and creators who combine our passions and contribute to the IT world. You may know us better as Wunderman Thompson Technology – in 2024 we changed our name, but at the same time, we remained a great team of people who deliver our best. We design, build, manage and run complex technology platforms and help our clients to benefit from our work and creativity.   

The opportunity:

Are you passionate about building robust, scalable backend systems that power cutting-edge marketing automation applications? Join our team and help transform how global brands connect with their customers through innovative .Net solutions!

What will your day look like?

As a Senior .Net Backend Developer, you'll design, implement, and maintain high-performance APIs and services that form the backbone of our marketing process applications. You'll collaborate closely with the Lead Software Application Architect and front-end teams to create seamless integrations between our CMS-based Activation Briefing application for CRM and paid media automation tools.

More specifically, you will:

• Develop and maintain scalable backend services using .Net 9 focusing on performance, security, and reliability
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices that support the content briefing workflows from clients through various automation and quality assurance tools
• Collaborate with the Lead Software Application Architect to implement the technical vision and architectural patterns across backend systems
• Integrate with various marketing activation platforms, Digital Asset Management systems, and third-party APIs
• Optimize database design and queries for SQL Server and Cosmos DB to ensure efficient data storage and retrieval
• Implement robust authentication, authorization, and data security measures to protect client information
• Create and maintain containerized applications running in Azure, utilizing Azure App Services, Functions, and other cloud-native services
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting systems to ensure high availability and quick issue resolution
• Mentor junior developers and conduct code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including front-end developers, QA engineers, and product managers

Who are you going to work with?

You'll join our Experience Studio team of talented individuals based in Copenhagen and Madrid. Working directly with the Software Application Architect and Front-end Developers, you'll be part of a dynamic group that creates innovative marketing technology solutions. Our diverse working environment fosters collaboration and growth, where each team member's contributions are valued.

What do you bring to the table?

You are a problem-solver with a passion for creating efficient, maintainable backend systems. You communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and thrive in collaborative environments.

More specifically, you have:

• Proven experience (7+ years) developing applications with .NET Core/Framework, with at least 3 years of experience with .NET 6 or newer
• Strong expertise in C#, REST API design, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud deployment in Azure and Google Cloud.
• Proficiency with SQL Server, Entity Framework, and document databases like Cosmos DB or similar
• Experience implementing authentication and authorization using OAuth/OpenID Connect
• Solid experience of working with software design patterns and SOLID principles
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Ideally you also have:

• Knowledge of messaging systems and background processing (Azure Service Bus, Pub/Sub, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with Python 3.X and or Node.js 2x is beneficial but not strictly required.
• Experience with automated testing (unit, integration, and performance)
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies
• Experience integrating with CRM systems and marketing automation platforms.
• Knowledge of GraphQL - beneficial but not required

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our personality and behaviours: We believe that we are what we do, not just what we say. Our shared values and behaviours show how to bring the VML Enterprise Solution's culture to life through the actions we all take every day:

• Connect Meaningfully
• Inspire Creatively
• Include Purposefully
• Approach Positively

Our brilliant, talented people are what makes VML Enterprise Solutions what we are. That’s why we look for people who go beyond and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

The opportunity:

WPP is undergoing an exciting global transformation, and we're looking for a passionate and driven Backend Developer to join our dynamic and innovative team building Unite — a large-scale, cloud-native AI platform powering multiple WPP products. We encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences.

What you’ll be doing:

As a Backend Developer, you will:

• Design and build serverless microservices: Develop, deploy, and maintain AWS Lambda functions across a large TypeScript monorepo with 80+ backend services and 150+ shared packages.

• Own data and API layers: Design and implement REST APIs via API Gateway, work with DynamoDB and PostgreSQL (Aurora) for data storage, and integrate event-driven architectures using SQS and EventBridge.

• Scale AI-powered features: Contribute to backend services that orchestrate LLM-based agents, AI evaluation pipelines, and real-time content generation workflows.

• Collaborate and grow: Join a supportive and inclusive team focused on engineering best practices and continuous improvement. Share your knowledge and learn from others.

• Gain business exposure: See the direct impact of your work and gain valuable business insights through regular interaction and feedback.

• Contribute to technical excellence: Uphold high code-quality standards in a strict TypeScript codebase, write well-tested code with >85% coverage, and participate in code reviews.

• Shape the future: Contribute your ideas and expertise to shape the future direction of our platform and development practices. We value diverse perspectives and encourage everyone to contribute to our ongoing innovation. 

What we want from you:

We understand that candidates may not have every single skill listed below. We encourage you to apply if you possess a strong foundation in backend development and a willingness to learn and grow.

• Practical experience developing backend services and APIs using Node.js 18+ and TypeScript.

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript (strict mode) and modern JavaScript (ES2022+). Hands-on experience with AWS serverless services, especially Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, and EventBridge.

• Experience designing and developing REST APIs and event-driven microservices. Familiarity with relational databases (PostgreSQL / Aurora) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB), including schema design, migrations, and query optimization.

• Experience working in a large-scale monorepo with shared packages and multiple deployable services. • Ability to write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code following best practices — including Jest for unit/integration testing.

• Good understanding of serverless architecture, deployment workflows, and infrastructure-as-code (Serverless Framework).

• Experience working with Agile methodologies and contributing to Agile teams. Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to addressing challenges. 

If you know some of this even better:

• Experience with Serverless Framework 3+ or AWS CloudFormation for infrastructure definition.

• Familiarity with OpenSearch / Elasticsearch for search and indexing workloads. Experience with AWS AppSync, Cognito, Step Functions, or Bedrock.

• Exposure to AI/LLM orchestration — building backends that integrate with large language models or agent frameworks.

• Experience with Python (boto3, Lambda) for supporting microservices.

• Familiarity with Docker and LocalStack for local development and testing.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and build orchestration tools like Turborepo.

• Understanding of Yarn 4+ workspaces, monorepo dependency management, and package publishing.

• Familiarity with multi-region deployments.

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

As a SysOps engineer within .Monks, you will be responsible for the maintenance, configuration, and ongoing operation of computer systems and cloud platforms. Working as part of the SysOps IT team, your observations and input will help drive the evolution of tech administration within our company as we look to establish stronger policies, more security, better organization, and enhanced efficiency. As the IT, and especially AI needs of the company continue to grow, you will have the opportunity to learn new technologies and propose projects. Automating IT tasks will be a focus. 

This role is well-suited for those who are self-sufficient, dependable, looking for new challenges, and are interested in expanding their skillset.

Responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring & Optimization: Use system-agnostic monitoring tools to monitor system health and performance metrics, proactively identifying and resolving issues to prevent downtime.
• Automation: Use scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to automate operational tasks and deployment processes.
• Security & Compliance: Implement security measures and best practices to protect data and systems, ensuring compliance with federal or industry standards.
• Maintenance & Support: Handle routine system maintenance, software upgrades, kernel patching, and incident management.
• Disaster Recovery: Manage backups, recovery tests, and business continuity plans to maintain high availability.
• Collaboration: Work closely with InfoSec, Networking and general IT support teams.

Qualifications/Background Sought: 

• Typically 4-6+ years in systems administration or a similar operational role.
• Experience running audits/reports and presenting findings.
• Familiarity with at least one scripting language
• Experience in admin consoles of modern platforms; ideal technical knowledge includes administration experience with some of the following:
• Cloud-Based Business Platforms: Atlassian, Google Workspace, Slack Enterprise Grid, Microsoft365/Azure.
• OS: Windows server, Linux
• Networking Hardware: Fortinet, Ubiquiti
• Identity & Endpoint Management with OneLogin, Jamf, Intune, and A1.
• Bonus points for experience with automation or APIs
• Flexibility in working hours
• Exhibits patience and resilience under pressure
• Detail-oriented and strong organizational skills
• Strong verbal & written communication skills
• Self-sufficient, proactive, and ready for a challenge
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt quickly to new technologies.

#LI-PP1

Rhombus Power India is purposefully transforming the nation’s defense and national security enterprises with Guardian, its Artificial Intelligence platform for strategic, operational, and tactical decision-making at the speed of relevance.

We are looking for people who are driven by a sense of purpose. In this role, you will serve as a Data Engineer to solve our customer’s uniquely complex problems. We expect you to be a systems-level thinker and a real doer. You will excel in this role if you are hungry to make a difference and are intellectually bold. And we sure hope that you smile when you hear our clients say, “If we can dream it, Rhombus can do it.”

Come join our cross-disciplinary and world-class team of technologists who are working hard every day to deliver game-changing solutions to transform national security.

Location

New Delhi, India

Job Description

Rhombus’ Data Engineers are instrumental in designing and implementing data engineering activities on topical, mission-driven projects that inform our national security agenda. They analyze, build, and maintain our organization’s data infrastructure and processing systems. As a Data Engineer, you’ll perform various code development and query needs for integration with new and existing applications, dashboards and machine learning pipelines. You’ll work cross functionally with other departments and utilize your skills at all stages of the analytics pipeline to create results that drive business values and customer success! You’ll be asked to travel to client sites where you’ll engage and collaborate directly with the client to discuss data pipelines, solutioning, and to ensure a strong client connection.

Responsibilities:

• Develop code using various programming and scripting languages to automate data ingestion and improve data management processes.
• Architect data repositories, stand up data platforms and develop data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and aggregation.
• Review existing architecture, data strategy, and improve processes for data governance, data quality, and metadata management.
• Extract and analyze raw data from multiple data sources via APIs, SQL Stored Procedures, or Python scripts.
• Ability to develop scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats and support project team to scale, monitor and operate data platforms.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data scientists, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• You’ll use your experience in analytical exploration and data examination while you manage the assessment, design, building, and maintenance of scalable platforms for clients.
• Communicate project status and results to various levels of leadership.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems/Sciences, or other relevant area (or equivalent experience) and at least 1 year of professional experience, or a Master’s degree with strong academic project experience.
• Experience with 1 or more programming and scripting languages, with a strong focus on Python, Pandas and Numpy. Other languages include: Shell, PERL, Java, C/C++/C#, Scala, etc.
• Experience with 1 or more of the following relational, noSQL and/or file based storage (e.g. MYSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, Hbase, DynamoDB, etc.)
• Experience building and maintaining ETL data pipelines
• Experience with software development life cycle including testing, documenting, delivery and support
• Working knowledge of AWS/cloud technologies
• Experience using query optimization as well as data modeling techniques.
• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks (such as TensorFlow, Scikit-Learn, etc.)

Personal Qualities:

• Ability to contextualize data as it relates to Rhombus’ vision. We want someone who can understand the “why” and “so what”, and not just the “how”. Our Data Engineers help us transmit the enthusiasm we have around the data work to the individuals doing that work.
• Must have strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills.
• We’re seeking folks with strong intellectual curiosity and creativity, with an ability and willingness to learn new skills and apply novel solutions to problems.
• Comfort in a fast-paced start-up environment is crucial, with the ability to consistently revise your approach in response to new information, and to be flexible and adaptive.

Location

New Delhi, India

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to support our team by integrating security into the development and operational pipeline. In this role, you will design and automate CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and implement security controls to protect critical systems. You will work closely with development teams to enhance automation and ensure compliance with security policies. The ideal candidate will have experience in Linux system management, API security, and cloud security practices, along with the ability to collaborate in Agile environments and respond to security incidents proactively.

Responsibilities

• Implement Infrastructure as Code to manage cloud resources efficiently, ensuring scalability and flexibility for all workloads.
• Integrate security controls into the development lifecycle (DevOps principles) to ensure systems are secure from the outset.
• Implement containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) for deployment, ensuring security practices are embedded into container lifecycle management.
• Implement DevOps practices in alignment with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Integrate security measures throughout the software development pipeline.
• Collaborate with Agile teams and participate in SAFe ceremonies.
• Develop and maintain security automation tools and processes.
• Conduct threat modeling and implement secure coding practices.
• Actively participate in incident response and compliance activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Expertise in containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with source control tools like Git and GitLab.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages like Python, Java, or Bash scripting.
• Experience in integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and automating security testing.
• Knowledge of vulnerability management, static code analysis, and security testing tools.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work in Agile environments.

Location

Delhi, India (Remote)

Job Description

As an Intelligence Analyst at Rhombus, you will create impactful intelligence assessments on topics including foreign military activities, weapons development, global conflicts, and international stability to support India and Allied national security decision making. Analysts will fuse Rhombus’s unique AI-derived data with a spectrum of open-source information to create these products.

Our Intelligence Analysts routinely perform thorough research and analysis across global security issues guided by client intelligence needs. Outputs are primarily delivered through written intelligence assessments that align with Indian Intelligence Community standards, as well as tailored briefings for internal and external audiences.

Candidates must excel in high-pressure collaborative work and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills; Team success relies on close coordination within the intelligence team and with cross-functional partners. We're seeking those that are comfortable giving and receiving feedback to enhance collective output and quality. 

Successful candidates will be solution-oriented self-starters who are tech-savvy, able to identify problems and opportunities, and capable of proposing solutions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The ability to multitask and prioritize is essential given the pace of global events and evolving client needs. 

We are seeking a candidate with deep subject matter expertise in defense, military capabilities, weapons systems, and emerging security developments. The ideal candidate will be able to apply their regional and functional expertise to produce a high volume of high-quality analytic assessments under tight deadlines and with minimal review. This is a 'roll up your sleeves' role with ample opportunity for growth. 

A writing sample is required as part of your application. Samples need to be your original work, ideally produced within the last three years, 1–3 pages in length, and assess a geopolitical or international security-related topic. Any deviation from this will cause your application to be reprioritized. 

Responsibilities

• Identify impactful intelligence topics based on a detailed understanding of customer intelligence needs and missions.
• Produce high-quality intelligence assessments that answer key customer intelligence questions in line with the Indian Intelligence Community analytic and writing standards.
• Utilize Rhombus’s AI-informed intelligence capabilities and expert research skills to gather information that forms the foundation of intelligence products.
• Identify information gaps and collaborate with the Model and Data Development team to acquire sources that address those gaps.
• Apply structured analytic techniques to ensure products meet the highest standards.
• Brief finished intelligence products to internal and external audiences.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on defense, military, weapons, and security developments relevant to client needs.
• Support enhancement of Rhombus’s intelligence capabilities by providing feedback on existing features and supporting the development of new applications and tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of analytic experience with subject matter expertise in military capabilities, weapons systems, and broader defense/security issues.
• Analytic experience and training within the Indian Intelligence Community or military is strongly desired.
• At minimum, a BA/BS in International Affairs, Political Science, Economics, or a related social science with specific focus of study/research on security matters. Advanced degree highly preferred.We are open to PhDs!
• Demonstrated experience producing written intelligence products tailored to specific client intelligence requirements.
• Experience delivering briefings on complex national security and international affairs topics in high stakes, high pressure environments.
• Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies. 
• Natural Intellectual curiosity and emotional intelligence, coupled with grit and determination to always keep a deliverable moving. 
• Eligibility for a security clearance issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) or equivalent national authority. If you currently hold a clearance, please indicate the level and sponsoring organization.
• Familiarity with data analysis, statistics, data science, or coding (Python, R, STATA, etc.) is welcomed.

The Role

As a Solutions Engineer at Rhombus Power, you are a hands-on software generalist embedded directly with our national security partners. Much like the pioneering Forward Deployed roles in our industry, you will be the technical expert at the intersection of world-changing problems and impactful AI technology. You will rapidly understand our customers' toughest operational challenges and architect, build, and deploy custom solutions that leverage the Rhombus Power platform. This role is a mix of development and customer support, requiring you to be comfortable writing code (DevOps, frontend, and backend) while acting as the primary technical consultant.

Responsibilities

• Work side-by-side with intelligence partners to deeply understand their missions, data workflows, and requirements for predictive insights.
• Design, develop, and deploy tailored software solutions and applications utilizing the Rhombus Power AI platform.
• Be a true software generalist, writing, testing, and maintaining production-grade code across the full stack—including cloud/DevOps configuration, backend data services, and interactive frontend user interfaces.
• Provide technical consultation to partners, guiding them on the best use of our products to achieve their strategic business and mission goals.
• Serve as the technical liaison, ensuring seamless communication between customer teams and Rhombus Power's core product engineering teams to influence product direction.
• Troubleshoot complex issues in live operational environments, providing expert technical support and guidance to maintain mission continuity.
• Travel to customer sites for deployment, integration, and operational support.

Qualifications

• Professional-level proficiency in English (reading, writing, and verbal communication) required.
• 2–3 years of professional experience in a relevant technical role (e.g., Software Engineering, Technical Consulting, or Data Engineering).
• Demonstrated experience as a software generalist, capable of contributing across the technology stack (DevOps, frontend, and backend).
• Proven experience in a customer-facing capacity, including requirement gathering, solution presentations, or technical support.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Go).
• Experience with Linux/Unix systems and system administration a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

The Role: We are seeking a candidate to join our team as a Data Engineer. The Data Engineer will partner with our close-knit team of quantitative researchers, technologists and data sourcing colleagues to analyze and enrich a broad range of structured and unstructured large-scale data.

Job responsibilities include, but not limited to the followings:

• Enriching a wide range of structured and unstructured data into datasets for quantitative analysis and financial engineering.
• Enhancing data quality & integrity by developing validation tools to measure the effectiveness of data enrichment.
• Becoming a domain expert on different deep learning and machine earning applications, analyzing & understanding the underlying dynamics and behaviors within the data.
• Develop insights based on the data and collaborate with the research team to generate signals.
• Developing the utility tools that can further automate the software development, testing and deployment workflow.

 What You’ll Bring:

• Strong academic background – minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a technical or quantitative field.
• Practical experience with and understanding of deep neural networks and other machine learning techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to implement data science pipelines and real-time applications in Python
• 3+ years of relevant experience as a Data Engineer or similar roles.
• Proficiency with python-based tools like Jupyter notebook, coding standards like pep8.
• Experience with LLM/AI for data processing is a plus
• Exceptional analytical & problem-solving abilities, with a strong attention to detail.
• Good command of English
• Excellent software development skills: ability to convert rough overall use-cases to a working codebase.\
• Motivated by a deep curiosity and passion to learn is a plus.
• Past experience as a data scientist or data engineer in finance or investment profile is a plus.
• Experience with Linux/Unix shell and Git is a plus.

The opportunity:

What you’ll be doing:

What we want from you:

If you know some of this even better:

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML MAP:

A leader in personalized customer experiences:

VML MAP is a world-leading Centre of Excellence that helps businesses humanize the relationship between the brand and the customer through hyper personalization at scale, marketing automation and CRM. With the brain of a consultancy, the heart of an agency and the power of technology and data, we work with some of the world's most admired brands to help them on their transformation journey to becoming truly customer-centric. Together, we are 1000 + technology specialists, data scientists, strategic thinkers, consultants, operations experts, and creative minds from 55+ nationalities.

A global network:

We are part of the global VML network that encompasses more than 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 60+ markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.

The opportunity:

What you’ll be doing:

What we want from you:

If you know some of this even better:

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Permanent only:
We offer a great benefits package including a discretionary bonus scheme, training opportunities, competitive pension, medical insurance, life assurance, social events, opportunities to buy and sell holidays, family friendly policies, discounts with hundreds of retailers and much more.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

The opportunity:

What you’ll be doing:

What we want from you:

If you know some of this even better:

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Manager – Digital Transformation, Utilities will serve as the central coordination and execution member for advancing digitalization across distribution utilities within the Grids of the Future portfolio. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role that bridges strategic programme delivery, stakeholder engagement, technology deployment, and institutional capacity building. The incumbent will work closely with distribution companies (DISCOMs), grid operators, government energy ministries, multilateral institutions, technology vendors, and civil society organisations to drive measurable transformation outcomes at scale.

The role demands equal command of sector-specific technical knowledge — particularly in distribution utility operations, grid modernisation, software engineering, and energy data infrastructure — and of the human and organisational dimensions of large-scale digital change. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable presenting a roadmap to a utility board, reviewing a technical architecture with an engineering team, negotiating a data-sharing protocol with a regulator, and steering a cross-vendor delivery sprint.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Digital Transformation Strategy and Programme Delivery

• Lead the design and execution of multi-year digital transformation roadmaps for distribution utilities, covering smart metering (AMI/AMR), SCADA/DMS upgrades, outage management systems (OMS), and integrated asset management platforms.
• Develop programme charters, milestone frameworks, KPI dashboards, and risk registers aligned with organisational priorities and donor/funder reporting requirements.
• Translate high-level transformation mandates into actionable work plans with clear ownership, resource allocation, and dependency mapping across technology, operations, and regulatory workstreams.
• Track and report programme progress to senior leadership, boards, and international stakeholders; prepare Board-ready briefings, donor reports, and policy submissions.
• Manage budget cycles, procurement processes, and contract oversight for digital initiatives, including vendor selection, SoW review, and performance monitoring.

Distribution Utility and Grid Digitalisation

• Provide technical advisory and implementation support to distribution utilities on grid digitalisation: smart grid architecture, IoT sensor deployment, SCADA integration, geographic information systems (GIS), and field force automation.
• Advise on regulatory and commercial frameworks for digital utilities: cost-of-service tariff mechanisms, regulatory asset base treatment of digital capex, and benchmarking against international best practice (EU DSO model, India RDSS, African utility digitalisation programmes).
• Support utilities in adopting advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), prepaid metering, distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS), and virtual power plant (VPP) frameworks.
• Facilitate utility-level data governance frameworks — meter data management systems (MDMS), data lakes, and secure data exchange protocols — in compliance with applicable data protection law including the India DPDP Act 2023.
• Assess AT&C loss reduction opportunities through digital interventions including smart billing, automated fault detection, and AI-powered loss analytics.

Software Engineering Oversight and Technology Delivery

• Engage directly with engineering teams — internal and vendor-side — on software architecture, integration design, API specifications, and release planning for utility digital products.
• Oversee technical delivery of software products, platforms, and integrations: sprint governance, code quality standards, DevOps/CI-CD pipeline management, and technical debt prioritisation.
• Review and provide input on system design documents, technical specifications, and vendor software proposals; ensure proposed solutions are robust, scalable, and fit for utility operating environments.
• Bridge the gap between business requirements from utility stakeholders and engineering execution, ensuring technical teams have clear, well-specified backlogs and utility counterparts understand delivery constraints.
• Evaluate build vs buy vs configure decisions for utility digital components and guide procurement accordingly.

Big Data, AI and Advanced Analytics

• Oversee the design and deployment of big data infrastructure for utilities: data pipelines from smart meters, SCADA systems, weather APIs, and demand-response platforms into centralised analytics environments.
• Champion the use of AI/ML models for demand forecasting, predictive maintenance, fault detection and classification, energy theft detection, and customer segmentation.
• Evaluate and onboard AI product vendors, conducting technical due diligence on model performance, data infrastructure requirements, integration APIs, and explainability standards.
• Establish model governance protocols including data quality standards, bias audits, retraining schedules, and version control to ensure trustworthy AI deployment in critical infrastructure.
• Build internal capability through training programmes, Centre of Excellence frameworks, and knowledge management platforms so that utilities can eventually self-sustain AI-driven operations.

Change Management and Organisational Transformation

• Design and lead structured change management programmes using established frameworks (Prosci ADKAR, Kotter 8-Step, or equivalent) to drive adoption of digital systems within utility workforce structures.
• Conduct stakeholder mapping, change readiness assessments, and impact analyses for each transformation initiative; develop communication and engagement plans for different audience segments.
• Partner with utility HR and L&D functions to design digital skilling curricula for field engineers, billing teams, control room operators, and senior management.
• Manage change fatigue and resistance in large bureaucratic organisations; coach utility leadership on digital culture and agile ways of working.
• Track adoption metrics, benefits realisation, and behavioural change indicators alongside technical deployment milestones.

Ecosystem Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the primary relationship manager for technology companies, solution providers, system integrators, and platform vendors operating in the utility digital space.
• Coordinate with government bodies (Ministry of Power, CERC/SERCs, BEE, ISA, IRENA, SEforALL, and comparable regional bodies) on policy alignment, regulatory sandbox proposals, and joint programme design.
• Represent GEAPP's Grids of the Future team at industry forums, utility roundtables, and international energy conferences; build and maintain a professional network across the utility digital ecosystem.
• Facilitate consortium arrangements between utilities, technology providers, and financiers for large-scale digital infrastructure deployments.
• Support knowledge-exchange partnerships with peer organisations, development finance institutions (AfDB, ADB, WB, IFC), and bilateral aid agencies engaged in utility digitalisation.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

• Design and operationalise MEL frameworks for digital transformation programmes, including theory-of-change mapping, logframe development, and results measurement.
• Oversee collection, validation, and analysis of programme data; produce periodic performance reports and impact assessments for internal governance and external accountability.
• Embed continuous improvement cycles including retrospectives, lessons-learned documentation, and adaptive management into programme delivery processes.

REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor's degree (mandatory) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• Master's degree (strongly preferred) in Energy Systems, Technology Management, MBA, Public Policy, or equivalent.
• Relevant certifications (desirable): PMP / PgMP, PRINCE2, Prosci Change Management, AWS/GCP/Azure Data, SAFe Agile, TOGAF, or utility-specific credentials such as IEEE Smart Grid certifications.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 7–9 years of progressive experience spanning software engineering, digital transformation, and programme management, with at least 3 years directly in the energy or utilities sector.
• Demonstrated track record of successfully managing end-to-end digital transformation programmes from concept through commissioning — ideally within a distribution utility, energy ministry, multilateral organisation, or consulting firm serving these clients.
• Hands-on software engineering background: experience in designing, building, or overseeing development of enterprise-grade software products, APIs, data platforms, or utility-facing applications, with the ability to engage credibly with engineering teams on architecture, code quality, and delivery.
• Hands-on experience with distribution utility operations: understanding of T&D network operations, OMS/DMS/EMS/GIS systems, meter-to-cash processes, and commercial billing systems.
• Experience working with or within a DISCOM, state power utility, or equivalent regulated energy entity is strongly preferred.
• Prior exposure to climate finance, green energy, or international development programming is advantageous.
• Must be based in New Delhi or willing and able to relocate to New Delhi prior to joining. The role involves regular in-person engagement with government bodies, utility leadership, and partners in the National Capital Region.

Technical & Sector Knowledge

• Digital Transformation

  • End-to-end transformation architecture: technology assessment, solution design, vendor management, and change delivery.
  • Digital maturity modelling and diagnostic frameworks for utilities.
  • Experience deploying at least two of: AMI, SCADA/DMS, ERP (SAP IS-U or Oracle CC&B), GIS, field force automation, or customer self-service portals.

  Software Engineering

  • Solid foundation in software engineering principles: system design, APIs, microservices architecture, DevOps/CI-CD pipelines, and cloud-native development.
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, Java, Node.js, or equivalent) and familiarity with frontend frameworks sufficient to review and guide development teams.
  • Experience managing or working alongside engineering squads: sprint planning, code review culture, technical debt management, and release governance.
  • Hands-on exposure to building or integrating utility-facing software such as billing systems, MDMS, mobile field force apps, consumer portals, or grid management dashboards.
  • Ability to evaluate vendor software on technical merit by reviewing architecture diagrams, integration specs, and API documentation without relying solely on vendor claims.

  Programme and Project Management

  • Strong command of PM methodologies: Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, and hybrid approaches.
  • Experience managing multi-workstream, multi-stakeholder programmes with budgets exceeding USD 2 million.
  • Proficiency in PM tools such as MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or Asana.
  • Risk management, issue escalation, and executive reporting across complex programme portfolios.

  Change Management

  • Structured change management methodology (ADKAR, Kotter, or equivalent) applied to technology adoption in large organisations.
  • Communication planning, training design, and benefits realisation tracking.
  • Experience managing union-heavy or government-owned utility environments preferred.

  Big Data and Data Engineering

  • Understanding of data pipeline architecture: ingestion, storage (data lake/warehouse), transformation, and visualisation layers.
  • Familiarity with AMI/MDMS data flows, time-series energy data, and GIS data integration.
  • Exposure to cloud data platforms (AWS S3/Glue/Redshift, GCP BigQuery, Azure Synapse) and BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
  • Data governance: data dictionaries, data quality management, and master data management in a utility context.

  AI and Machine Learning Products

  • Working knowledge of AI/ML application areas for utilities: demand forecasting, predictive maintenance, energy theft detection, fault classification, and customer analytics.
  • Ability to evaluate AI vendor proposals including model performance metrics, training data requirements, integration feasibility, and explainability.
  • Experience establishing or contributing to an AI governance or model risk framework.
  • Familiarity with LLMs and generative AI use cases relevant to utility back-office and field operations.

  Distribution Utility Domain Knowledge

  • Deep understanding of the distribution utility value chain: generation procurement, transmission interface, distribution network operations, commercial metering, billing, and consumer interface.
  • Familiarity with AT&C loss reduction programmes, RDSS (India), or comparable international grid investment frameworks.
  • Understanding of DER integration challenges: rooftop solar, EV charging load management, net metering, and DERMS deployment.

  Stakeholder and Partner Coordination

  • Ability to manage diverse, cross-sector stakeholder ecosystems: regulators, utilities, government ministries, technology vendors, financiers, and civil society.
  • Experience structuring and managing partnerships, MoUs, data-sharing agreements, and consortium arrangements.
  • Comfort engaging at senior leadership, board, and ministerial levels as well as at technical working-group level.

  Additional Desirable Skills and Attributes

  • Knowledge of regulatory structures: tariff orders, CERC/SERC proceedings (India), or equivalent national regulatory frameworks in other jurisdictions.
  • Cybersecurity awareness for OT/IT convergence environments: IEC 62351, NERC CIP standards, and secure communications for SCADA and AMI networks.
  • Understanding of climate finance instruments relevant to utility infrastructure: concessional loans, green bonds, results-based financing, and blended finance structures.
  • Experience with international development organisations (World Bank, ADB, USAID, GIZ, FCDO) and their programme design and reporting norms.
  • Familiarity with ISO 55000 (Asset Management) in the context of utility digitalisation.
  • Knowledge of open-source platforms relevant to energy: OpenADR, OpenDSS, FIWARE, or OSCP for EV/charging management.
  • Experience with regulatory sandbox design or innovation facilitation in regulated utility environments.
  • Prior experience as a CTO, VP Engineering, or Head of Digital in an energy sector organisation is a strong differentiator.
  • Multilingual capability is an advantage, particularly Hindi or other languages relevant to GEA's programme geographies.

Skills & Competencies

• Systems Thinking: Ability to see technical, commercial, and institutional dimensions of utility transformation as an integrated whole; designs solutions that address root causes rather than symptoms.

  Influence Without Authority: Achieves alignment and action across government bodies, utility management, and vendor partners without direct reporting lines.

  Adaptive Leadership: Navigates ambiguity in complex, politically sensitive environments; adjusts approach based on stakeholder dynamics and evolving programme context.

  Data-Driven Decision Making: Defaults to evidence and quantitative analysis while remaining sensitive to qualitative and contextual factors that shape utility organisations.

  Communication Excellence: Translates technical complexity into clear, compelling narratives for non-technical audiences; equally effective in boardrooms, field visits, and policy forums.

  Delivery Orientation: Strong bias for action and accountability; builds structured tracking mechanisms and holds self and others to agreed milestones and standards.

  Collaboration and Inclusion: Builds high-performing cross-functional teams; actively includes diverse perspectives from utility field staff to senior ministry officials.

Work Environment and Travel

• Primary base: New Delhi, India. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to New Delhi before joining.
• Regular in-person engagement with government ministries (Ministry of Power, MNRE), DISCOMs, and NCR-based partners is integral to the role.
• Hybrid work arrangement; significant presence at utility sites, government offices, and partner locations required.
• Domestic and international travel expected at 30–40% annually, including visits to utility field sites, state capitals etc.
• Must be comfortable working across time zones to coordinate with multilateral partners, development banks, and government counterparts.
• Professional development allowance for certifications, conferences, and executive education

Data Engineer with experience working with GCP wanted to join us on a permanent basis. You can either join us in our growing Mumbai team or join us remotely from across India. 

Step into the Koppling workstream as a Data Engineer and be a key player in building a sophisticated media data warehouse. Your role will involve developing and deploying robust ETL/ELT data pipelines to automate the integration of 3rd party data sources at scale. This is an excellent opportunity to apply solid technical problem-solving skills, advance your data engineering capabilities, and gain a foundational understanding of the marketing data domain. You'll contribute to creating a centralized, reliable data source that informs critical business decisions, working within a collaborative team environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Developing, and deploying robust ETL/ELT data pipelines using Python and SQL to integrate various 3rd party data sources.
• Automating the integration of 3rd party data sources at scale, ensuring data accuracy and timeliness for our media data warehouse.
• Utilizing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services such as BigQuery, Cloud Run, and Scheduler for efficient data processing and orchestration.
• Performing data modeling and transformations using dbt and SQL to structure and refine data within the media data warehouse.
• Managing and version controlling pipeline code and configurations using Git, ensuring collaborative development and deployment.
• Troubleshooting and optimizing existing data pipelines to enhance reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Applying infrastructure-as-code principles to manage data resources, potentially using tools like Terraform for environment provisioning.
• Developing or integrating APIs for complex data ingestion and exploring the use of streaming data technologies like Kafka or Pub/Sub for real-time data needs.
• Implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to automate the testing, deployment, and monitoring of data solutions.

What we want from you

• Professional experience in data engineering or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services including BigQuery, Cloud Run, and Scheduler.
• Proficiency in SQL for data manipulation and analysis.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Experience with dbt.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts, ETL/ELT processes, and data modeling.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a proactive attitude.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable Attributes

• Familiarity with Terraform.
• Experience with API Development.
• Knowledge of streaming data processing concepts (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Relevant GCP certifications are a plus.

What we can offer you

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

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Head of Quality Engineering to lead and scale our QA function in India (Relocation to Noida required) 

 This is a pivotal leadership role within our Engineering and Technology team, requiring a unique blend of strategic foresight, commercial awareness, and hands-on technical expertise. 

The ideal candidate is not just a manager but a leader and coach—someone who can recruit and build a high-performing team from the ground up while maintaining involvement in projects and automation. You will be the driving force behind our continued AI Transformation in QA in the region and, ensure our technical capabilities are always one step ahead of business demand. 

This role offers relocation to Noida, its important that you are happy to relocate to Noida and our team will support your relocation 

What you’ll be doing: 

Leadership, Team Development & Future-Readiness 

• Build & Scale: Recruit top-tier QA talent to build the India team. Manage high-volume, high-pressure hiring cycles and  a establish QA Automation hub. 

• Future-Proofing the Workforce: Collaborate closely with Sales and Business Development teams to understand the sales pipeline and emerging market trends. Translate these insights into training roadmaps to ensure the team is "project-ready" for next-generation work before it arrives. 

• Talent Development: Follow and contribury to global engineering career progression frameworks. Foster a culture of continuous learning by coordinating training programs, onboarding graduates, and personally coaching team members. 

• Global Collaboration: Act as the primary liaison for the India region within our global community of QA leaders, ensuring alignment with global standards while addressing local operational needs. 

• Employee Wellbeing: Balance the drive for high performance with a deep commitment to team wellbeing, proactively managing signs of burnout and ensuring a healthy, sustainable work-life balance for your staff. 

 
AI Transformation & Technical Excellence 

• AI Leadership: Champion the adoption of AI-assisted testing tools and generative AI within the QA workflow. Lead transformation activities to automate test generation, self-healing scripts, and predictive quality analytics. 

• Automation Strategy: Lead the design and development of robust, scalable test automation frameworks using modern tools, with a specific focus on Playwright. 

• Hands-on Engineering: Review complex test scenarios and contribute to automation code or framework architecture. You will be expected to guide the team on technical implementation in Java, Python, or JavaScript. 

• Shift-Left & CI/CD: Support project teams in integrating quality gates within deployment pipelines and drive the adoption of "Shift-Left" testing principles. 

 
Strategic Quality Management 

• Metrics & KPIs: Define and track quality metrics (DRE, Test Coverage, Cycle Time) to provide transparent reporting to executive stakeholders. 

• SDLC Integration: Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps leads to embed quality as a mindset throughout the development lifecycle. 

• Infrastructure & Data: Oversee test environment management, data management strategies, and ensure the infrastructure supports rigorous performance and security testing. 

• Client Delivery Assurance: Act as the senior escalation point for critical project quality issues. Build relationships with global account leads to ensure Indian based delivery teams are meeting client expectations and strictly adhering to any SLAs 

 
Process & Operations 

• Agile Efficiency: Optimize testing processes to support rapid Agile/Scrum development cycles, reducing time-to-market whilst improving quality. 

• Prioritization: Expertly handle multiple conflicting priorities and context switching between strategic planning, crisis management, and recruitment activities. 

What we want from you: 

• Extensive QA Leadership & Team Scaling: Proven extensive experience in Quality Assurance, leading and managing teams, with a track record of building and scaling QA teams from small to medium sizes (including graduate intake and senior hires). 

• Comprehensive Technical QA Expertise: Strong hands-on proficiency in test automation frameworks (Java, Python, JavaScript), deep understanding of Functional, API, Performance (JMeter, k6), and Security testing fundamentals. 

• Modern QA Tooling & CI/CD Mastery: Experience with Playwright is highly desirable, along with proficiency in modern CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI). 

• E-commerce/Retail Domain Expertise: Understanding of complex buying journeys within E-commerce/Retail domains, with experience using platforms like Shopify, Adobe Commerce, SFCC, or CommerceTools. 

• Strategic Business & Commercial Acumen: Ability to analyse business trends, sales pipelines, and commercial impact to forecast skill requirements, drive proactive team upskilling, and strategically prepare teams for future sales initiatives. 

• AI Transformation & Empowerment: Proven experience with AI transformation activities and a passion for empowering teams to effectively utilize AI tools in daily workflows. 

• Adaptable, Resilient & Results-Oriented: Comfortable with frequent context switching, adept at managing ambiguity in a fast-paced environment, and capable of handling demanding hiring targets and delivery deadlines. 

• Exceptional Communication & Stakeholder Management: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of clearly explaining complex technical quality risks to non-technical stakeholders. 

• High Emotional Intelligence & Relationship Building: Possesses high emotional intelligence, fostering deep trust and strong relationships across cultural boundaries as an approachable, empathetic listener. 
• Vibrant Team & Tech Community Builder: Actively fosters a vibrant internal engineering culture (organizing Hackathons, Guilds, Lunch & Learns) and a strong sense of community within a distributed workforce through team bonding and celebrating successes. 

Desirable Attributes: 

• Cloud Native: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). 

• Emerging Tech: Demonstrated knowledge of AI/ML testing approaches and implementation of LLMs in testing. 

• Certifications: ISTQB Advanced Level or equivalent quality certifications. 

• Remote Management: Experience managing distributed or remote teams across different time zones. 

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

Head of Quailify Engineering needed to lead and scale our QA function in India. This is a pivotal leadership role within our Engineering and Technology team, requiring a unique blend of strategic foresight, commercial awareness, and hands-on technical expertise. 

The ideal candidate is not just a manager but a leader and coach—someone who can recruit and build a high-performing team from the ground up while maintaining involvement in projects and automation. You will be the driving force behind our continued AI Transformation in QA in the region and, ensure our technical capabilities are always one step ahead of business demand. 

What you’ll be doing: 

Leadership, Team Development & Future-Readiness 

• Build & Scale: Recruit top-tier QA talent to build the India team. Manage high-volume, high-pressure hiring cycles and  a establish QA Automation hub. 

• Future-Proofing the Workforce: Collaborate closely with Sales and Business Development teams to understand the sales pipeline and emerging market trends. Translate these insights into training roadmaps to ensure the team is "project-ready" for next-generation work before it arrives. 

• Talent Development: Follow and contribury to global engineering career progression frameworks. Foster a culture of continuous learning by coordinating training programs, onboarding graduates, and personally coaching team members. 

• Global Collaboration: Act as the primary liaison for the India region within our global community of QA leaders, ensuring alignment with global standards while addressing local operational needs. 

• Employee Wellbeing: Balance the drive for high performance with a deep commitment to team wellbeing, proactively managing signs of burnout and ensuring a healthy, sustainable work-life balance for your staff. 

 
AI Transformation & Technical Excellence 

• AI Leadership: Champion the adoption of AI-assisted testing tools and generative AI within the QA workflow. Lead transformation activities to automate test generation, self-healing scripts, and predictive quality analytics. 

• Automation Strategy: Lead the design and development of robust, scalable test automation frameworks using modern tools, with a specific focus on Playwright. 

• Hands-on Engineering: Review complex test scenarios and contribute to automation code or framework architecture. You will be expected to guide the team on technical implementation in Java, Python, or JavaScript. 

• Shift-Left & CI/CD: Support project teams in integrating quality gates within deployment pipelines and drive the adoption of "Shift-Left" testing principles. 

 
Strategic Quality Management 

• Metrics & KPIs: Define and track quality metrics (DRE, Test Coverage, Cycle Time) to provide transparent reporting to executive stakeholders. 

• SDLC Integration: Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps leads to embed quality as a mindset throughout the development lifecycle. 

• Infrastructure & Data: Oversee test environment management, data management strategies, and ensure the infrastructure supports rigorous performance and security testing. 

• Client Delivery Assurance: Act as the senior escalation point for critical project quality issues. Build relationships with global account leads to ensure Indian based delivery teams are meeting client expectations and strictly adhering to any SLAs 

 
Process & Operations 

• Agile Efficiency: Optimize testing processes to support rapid Agile/Scrum development cycles, reducing time-to-market whilst improving quality. 

• Prioritization: Expertly handle multiple conflicting priorities and context switching between strategic planning, crisis management, and recruitment activities. 

What we want from you: 

• Extensive QA Leadership & Team Scaling: Proven extensive experience in Quality Assurance, leading and managing teams, with a track record of building and scaling QA teams from small to medium sizes (including graduate intake and senior hires). 

• Comprehensive Technical QA Expertise: Strong hands-on proficiency in test automation frameworks (Java, Python, JavaScript), deep understanding of Functional, API, Performance (JMeter, k6), and Security testing fundamentals. 

• Modern QA Tooling & CI/CD Mastery: Experience with Playwright is highly desirable, along with proficiency in modern CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI). 

• E-commerce/Retail Domain Expertise: Understanding of complex buying journeys within E-commerce/Retail domains, with experience using platforms like Shopify, Adobe Commerce, SFCC, or CommerceTools. 

• Strategic Business & Commercial Acumen: Ability to analyse business trends, sales pipelines, and commercial impact to forecast skill requirements, drive proactive team upskilling, and strategically prepare teams for future sales initiatives. 

• AI Transformation & Empowerment: Proven experience with AI transformation activities and a passion for empowering teams to effectively utilize AI tools in daily workflows. 

• Adaptable, Resilient & Results-Oriented: Comfortable with frequent context switching, adept at managing ambiguity in a fast-paced environment, and capable of handling demanding hiring targets and delivery deadlines. 

• Exceptional Communication & Stakeholder Management: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of clearly explaining complex technical quality risks to non-technical stakeholders. 

• High Emotional Intelligence & Relationship Building: Possesses high emotional intelligence, fostering deep trust and strong relationships across cultural boundaries as an approachable, empathetic listener. 
• Vibrant Team & Tech Community Builder: Actively fosters a vibrant internal engineering culture (organizing Hackathons, Guilds, Lunch & Learns) and a strong sense of community within a distributed workforce through team bonding and celebrating successes. 

Desirable Attributes: 

• Cloud Native: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). 

• Emerging Tech: Demonstrated knowledge of AI/ML testing approaches and implementation of LLMs in testing. 

• Certifications: ISTQB Advanced Level or equivalent quality certifications. 

• Remote Management: Experience managing distributed or remote teams across different time zones. 

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead Performance Engineer to join our growing team in Noida. This is a pivotal, permanent role that combines deep, hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership, client engagement, and mentorship. Reporting to the Principal Performance Engineer, you will be a key figure responsible for safeguarding and enhancing the performance, scalability, and reliability of our clients' critical digital platforms.

We are looking for a multi-faceted professional who brings a blend of deep technical knowledge, strong leadership qualities, and a strategic, consultative mindset. You have extensive, hands-on experience in performance engineering, with a demonstrable history of improving performance for complex, large-scale, highly transactional applications. You are someone who not only solves technical problems but also builds relationships, guides teams, and drives business value.

What you’ll be doing:

Leadership, Strategy & Client Engagement:

• Act as a performance engineering consultant for key clients, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, providing expert guidance, and confidently leading technical discussions to non-technical audiences.
• Champion the value of performance engineering across the business, demonstrating its impact on user experience, conversion, and client ROI.
• Mentor and guide junior to mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of performance excellence and continuous learning.
• Contribute to and implement wider performance engineering strategies, evolving practices, and tooling (e.g., K6, Playwright, APM tools).
• Demonstrate strong AI literacy, with practical experience using generative AI (e.g., LLMs, code-gen tools) as a productivity multiplier for tasks such as script/data generation and analysis. Drive innovation in Performance Monitoring and Testing using AI.
• Collaborate with account and leadership teams to identify opportunities and contribute to commercial proposals.

Hands-on & Release Activities:

• Lead performance testing efforts, including workload modeling, test execution, root cause analysis, and reporting.
• Develop and present clear, actionable reports on key performance metrics (including Core Web Vitals) to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Own the configuration and maintenance of APM and observability tools (e.g., New Relic, DataDog, Dynatrace), including designing meaningful dashboards and robust alerting strategies, as dedicated observability engineers are not always present.
• Act as the performance authority within development teams, providing expertise and oversight, particularly regarding the impact of changes on analytics and sales revenue.
• Drive the agenda for performance optimization, introducing new testing capabilities within allocated projects.

What We Want from You:

Technical Expertise:

• Programming: Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript is critical for new development in K6; additional languages (e.g., Python, Java) are a plus.
• Performance Tooling: Deep, practical expertise with APM/RUM tools like New Relic (our primary tool), DataDog, AppDynamics, or Dynatrace. Strong hands-on proficiency with modern load testing tools, specifically K6 and Playwright; experience with JMeter and Locust is also valuable. Experience with K6 browser testing is a significant advantage.
• Cloud Platform Experience: Demonstrable experience on major cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Web Technologies: Solid experience with front-end performance analysis (Core Web Vitals) and a strong grasp of platforms and architectural concepts (e.g., Next.js, Magento, SAP Hybris, Shopify).
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an understanding of concepts like parameterization in performance testing.

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Communication: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to curate the right level of content for different audiences, from developers to senior leadership.
• Growth Mindset: A proactive, self-starting attitude with the drive to push boundaries and champion best practices. You remain cool and collected under pressure, can handle constructive feedback, and have a keen awareness of emerging technologies.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: A passion for mentoring with proven experience guiding less experienced engineers. You share knowledge proactively, collaborate across disciplines, and advocate for integrating performance early in the SDLC.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to connect dots between complex business challenges and technical solutions, collaborating with architects and other subject matter experts to drive results, moving beyond a siloed approach.

Consultancy & Business Acumen:

• Client Leadership: An assertive and confident approach to client engagement, with the ability to act as a trusted advisor and stand your ground effectively on large, complex projects.
• Commercial Mindset: Strong commercial acumen, comfortable discussing business drivers like cost and ROI, and an eagerness to contribute to business development activities.

If you know some of this, even better:

• Deeper eCommerce Expertise: Proven experience in performance testing and analysis of e-commerce applications, preferably with platforms like IBM WebSphere Commerce, SAP Hybris, or Magento, or SFCC Sports.
• Broader Stack Exposure: Experience with SRE practices, caching/CDNs, containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), or infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) from a performance perspective.
• Continuous Delivery Integration: Experience implementing performance testing and performance gates in CI/CD pipelines, including test automation, environment strategy, and integration with observability tooling.
• Formal Line Management Experience: Experience managing one or more team members with accountability for professional development, performance management, and day-to-day well-being.
• Frontend Performance Analysis: Experience with front-end page load analysis, profiling, and optimization using tools like WebPageTest, PageSpeed Insights, SpeedCurve, or sitespeed.io.

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead Performance Engineer to join our growing team in Portugal. This is a pivotal, permanent role that combines deep, hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership, client engagement, and mentorship. Reporting to the Principal Performance Engineer, you will be a key figure responsible for safeguarding and enhancing the performance, scalability, and reliability of our clients' critical digital platforms.

We are looking for a multi-faceted professional who brings a blend of deep technical knowledge, strong leadership qualities, and a strategic, consultative mindset. You have extensive, hands-on experience in performance engineering, with a demonstrable history of improving performance for complex, large-scale, highly transactional applications. You are someone who not only solves technical problems but also builds relationships, guides teams, and drives business value.

What you’ll be doing:

Leadership, Strategy & Client Engagement:

• Act as a performance engineering consultant for key clients, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, providing expert guidance, and confidently leading technical discussions to non-technical audiences.
• Champion the value of performance engineering across the business, demonstrating its impact on user experience, conversion, and client ROI.
• Mentor and guide junior to mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of performance excellence and continuous learning.
• Contribute to and implement wider performance engineering strategies, evolving practices, and tooling (e.g., K6, Playwright, APM tools).
• Demonstrate strong AI literacy, with practical experience using generative AI (e.g., LLMs, code-gen tools) as a productivity multiplier for tasks such as script/data generation and analysis. Drive innovation in Performance Monitoring and Testing using AI.
• Collaborate with account and leadership teams to identify opportunities and contribute to commercial proposals.

Hands-on & Release Activities:

• Lead performance testing efforts, including workload modeling, test execution, root cause analysis, and reporting.
• Develop and present clear, actionable reports on key performance metrics (including Core Web Vitals) to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Own the configuration and maintenance of APM and observability tools (e.g., New Relic, DataDog, Dynatrace), including designing meaningful dashboards and robust alerting strategies, as dedicated observability engineers are not always present.
• Act as the performance authority within development teams, providing expertise and oversight, particularly regarding the impact of changes on analytics and sales revenue.
• Drive the agenda for performance optimization, introducing new testing capabilities within allocated projects.

What We Want from You:

Technical Expertise:

• Programming: Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript is critical for new development in K6; additional languages (e.g., Python, Java) are a plus.
• Performance Tooling: Deep, practical expertise with APM/RUM tools like New Relic (our primary tool), DataDog, AppDynamics, or Dynatrace. Strong hands-on proficiency with modern load testing tools, specifically K6 and Playwright; experience with JMeter and Locust is also valuable. Experience with K6 browser testing is a significant advantage.
• Cloud Platform Experience: Demonstrable experience on major cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Web Technologies: Solid experience with front-end performance analysis (Core Web Vitals) and a strong grasp of platforms and architectural concepts (e.g., Next.js, Magento, SAP Hybris, Shopify).
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an understanding of concepts like parameterization in performance testing.

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Communication: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to curate the right level of content for different audiences, from developers to senior leadership.
• Growth Mindset: A proactive, self-starting attitude with the drive to push boundaries and champion best practices. You remain cool and collected under pressure, can handle constructive feedback, and have a keen awareness of emerging technologies.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: A passion for mentoring with proven experience guiding less experienced engineers. You share knowledge proactively, collaborate across disciplines, and advocate for integrating performance early in the SDLC.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to connect dots between complex business challenges and technical solutions, collaborating with architects and other subject matter experts to drive results, moving beyond a siloed approach.

Consultancy & Business Acumen:

• Client Leadership: An assertive and confident approach to client engagement, with the ability to act as a trusted advisor and stand your ground effectively on large, complex projects.
• Commercial Mindset: Strong commercial acumen, comfortable discussing business drivers like cost and ROI, and an eagerness to contribute to business development activities.

If you know some of this, even better:

• Deeper eCommerce Expertise: Proven experience in performance testing and analysis of e-commerce applications, preferably with platforms like IBM WebSphere Commerce, SAP Hybris, or Magento, or SFCC Sports.
• Broader Stack Exposure: Experience with SRE practices, caching/CDNs, containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), or infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) from a performance perspective.
• Continuous Delivery Integration: Experience implementing performance testing and performance gates in CI/CD pipelines, including test automation, environment strategy, and integration with observability tooling.
• Formal Line Management Experience: Experience managing one or more team members with accountability for professional development, performance management, and day-to-day well-being.
• Frontend Performance Analysis: Experience with front-end page load analysis, profiling, and optimization using tools like WebPageTest, PageSpeed Insights, SpeedCurve, or sitespeed.io.

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead Performance Engineer to join our growing team in Portugal. This is a pivotal, permanent role that combines deep, hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership, client engagement, and mentorship. Reporting to the Principal Performance Engineer, you will be a key figure responsible for safeguarding and enhancing the performance, scalability, and reliability of our clients' critical digital platforms.

We are looking for a multi-faceted professional who brings a blend of deep technical knowledge, strong leadership qualities, and a strategic, consultative mindset. You have extensive, hands-on experience in performance engineering, with a demonstrable history of improving performance for complex, large-scale, highly transactional applications. You are someone who not only solves technical problems but also builds relationships, guides teams, and drives business value.

What you’ll be doing:

Leadership, Strategy & Client Engagement:

• Act as a performance engineering consultant for key clients, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, providing expert guidance, and confidently leading technical discussions to non-technical audiences.
• Champion the value of performance engineering across the business, demonstrating its impact on user experience, conversion, and client ROI.
• Mentor and guide junior to mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of performance excellence and continuous learning.
• Contribute to and implement wider performance engineering strategies, evolving practices, and tooling (e.g., K6, Playwright, APM tools).
• Demonstrate strong AI literacy, with practical experience using generative AI (e.g., LLMs, code-gen tools) as a productivity multiplier for tasks such as script/data generation and analysis. Drive innovation in Performance Monitoring and Testing using AI.
• Collaborate with account and leadership teams to identify opportunities and contribute to commercial proposals.

Hands-on & Release Activities:

• Lead performance testing efforts, including workload modeling, test execution, root cause analysis, and reporting.
• Develop and present clear, actionable reports on key performance metrics (including Core Web Vitals) to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Own the configuration and maintenance of APM and observability tools (e.g., New Relic, DataDog, Dynatrace), including designing meaningful dashboards and robust alerting strategies, as dedicated observability engineers are not always present.
• Act as the performance authority within development teams, providing expertise and oversight, particularly regarding the impact of changes on analytics and sales revenue.
• Drive the agenda for performance optimization, introducing new testing capabilities within allocated projects.

What We Want from You:

Technical Expertise:

• Programming: Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript is critical for new development in K6; additional languages (e.g., Python, Java) are a plus.
• Performance Tooling: Deep, practical expertise with APM/RUM tools like New Relic (our primary tool), DataDog, AppDynamics, or Dynatrace. Strong hands-on proficiency with modern load testing tools, specifically K6 and Playwright; experience with JMeter and Locust is also valuable. Experience with K6 browser testing is a significant advantage.
• Cloud Platform Experience: Demonstrable experience on major cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Web Technologies: Solid experience with front-end performance analysis (Core Web Vitals) and a strong grasp of platforms and architectural concepts (e.g., Next.js, Magento, SAP Hybris, Shopify).
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an understanding of concepts like parameterization in performance testing.

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Communication: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to curate the right level of content for different audiences, from developers to senior leadership.
• Growth Mindset: A proactive, self-starting attitude with the drive to push boundaries and champion best practices. You remain cool and collected under pressure, can handle constructive feedback, and have a keen awareness of emerging technologies.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: A passion for mentoring with proven experience guiding less experienced engineers. You share knowledge proactively, collaborate across disciplines, and advocate for integrating performance early in the SDLC.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to connect dots between complex business challenges and technical solutions, collaborating with architects and other subject matter experts to drive results, moving beyond a siloed approach.

Consultancy & Business Acumen:

• Client Leadership: An assertive and confident approach to client engagement, with the ability to act as a trusted advisor and stand your ground effectively on large, complex projects.
• Commercial Mindset: Strong commercial acumen, comfortable discussing business drivers like cost and ROI, and an eagerness to contribute to business development activities.

If you know some of this, even better:

• Deeper eCommerce Expertise: Proven experience in performance testing and analysis of e-commerce applications, preferably with platforms like IBM WebSphere Commerce, SAP Hybris, or Magento, or SFCC Sports.
• Broader Stack Exposure: Experience with SRE practices, caching/CDNs, containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), or infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) from a performance perspective.
• Continuous Delivery Integration: Experience implementing performance testing and performance gates in CI/CD pipelines, including test automation, environment strategy, and integration with observability tooling.
• Formal Line Management Experience: Experience managing one or more team members with accountability for professional development, performance management, and day-to-day well-being.
• Frontend Performance Analysis: Experience with front-end page load analysis, profiling, and optimization using tools like WebPageTest, PageSpeed Insights, SpeedCurve, or sitespeed.io.

What we can offer you:

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains and Courage.

We lead with Heart, fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
We empower your Brains for innovation, valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
And we champion Courage, inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

Overview

Esri is the world leader in geographic information systems (GIS) and developer of ArcGIS, the leading mapping and analytics software used in 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies. At the Esri R&D Center-New Delhi, we are applying cutting-edge AI and deep learning techniques to revolutionize geospatial analysis and derive insight from imagery and location data. We are passionate about applying data science and artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.

Our team develops tools, APIs, and AI models for geospatial analysts and data scientists, enabling them to leverage the latest research in spatial data science, AI, and geospatial deep learning. Our product engineers provide a strong technical voice in the product development process and use the best tools available to build highly reliable, sustained, and evolutionary software.

As a Product Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the quality and usability of our geospatial AI tools, models, and libraries. You will design and implement test plans, write test code, and validate software, SDKs, and AI models to help deliver robust, high-quality products to our customers. This will also include performing, documenting, and teaching a wide variety of technical tasks, developing best practices, creating tutorials and documentation, and gathering requirements. If you are passionate about geospatial AI, have a deep understanding of the product and customer needs, and communicate effectively via writing and presentations, this is the place to be!

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement test plans and test cases, write test code, verify code changes, bug fixes for the relevant and related products to maintain product quality
• Review and analyse test results; report status on software quality and stability; test and certify software, SDK, and AI model quality
• Troubleshoot and triage customer issues, analyse user feedback to identify areas for improvement
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers on the testing, documentation and release of tools, APIs and pretrained models for geospatial AI
• Develop samples, tutorials, documentation, blog posts and presentation of product features
• Develop pre-trained geospatial AI models for imagery, 3D datasets and text

Requirements

• 2 to 8 years of industry experience in a software development or QA environment, preferably in product-based or geospatial consulting companies
• Hands-on experience in QA processes, implementing test plans, developing or managing test automation, and product certification
• Proficiency in Python and Jupyter notebooks, GIS libraries like GDAL/Rasterio or ArcPy, and/or testing frameworks like Pytest
• Familiarity with GIS concepts, spatial data, and geospatial workflows
• Basic understanding of machine learning and deep learning workflows
• Effective project management, time management, and organizational skills
• Technical writing skills and experience authoring samples, blog posts, and product documentation
• Bachelor's in GIS, geography, engineering, computer science, math, or related fields
• Existing work authorization for India

Recommended Qualifications

• Master's in GIS, geography, engineering, computer science, math, or related fields
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Hands-on experience with the ArcGIS suite of products or open-source GIS software
• Experience with remote sensing, satellite imagery, and multispectral image analysis

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ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a fast-paced, nonprofit startup on a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We already reach millions of students every month and are growing rapidly. We’re building a library of world-class instructional and practice resources that empowers learners. Whether they’re studying matrices, mitosis, or multivariable calculus, we want to offer students the resources to realize that they can learn anything. 

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY INDIA

Khan Academy India aims to deliver a world class user experience that is locally relevant to learners in India and is enabled by a strong on-the-ground team and operations. Our learning system is mastery based, which allows students to master key concepts at a pace that is right for them before moving on to more challenging content. From serving under 500,000 learners in 2016, we are now serving almost 4 million learners a month across our websites, apps and youtube channels. These learners include both independent learners accessing us at home and teacher directed learners in schools. Our focus is to reach the underserved by making our content  accessible in local languages and by working with large public school systems. Khan Academy is available in Hindi, Hinglish, Kannada, Gujarati, Bangla, Tamil and Punjabi.

 ABOUT THE ROLE

[Please note that this role is a 12-months contract based role]

Khan Academy India team is looking for a candidate with experience in handling Monitoring and evaluation projects on a contract basis. The candidate will be responsible for executing and guiding M&E projects – both in-house and via third parties. This will primarily include developing logical frameworks, leading indicators, monitoring strategy / plan and coordinating the required field activities with internal and external stakeholders. It is a 12 month contract based role. The candidate will directly work with the Efficacy team at KAI and report to the head of the department

• Develop and strengthen monitoring, inspection and evaluation procedures
• Monitor and evaluate project activities and progress towards achieving the desired output/results
• Conduct capacity assessment on existing monitoring and evaluation system
• Develop indicators, logical frameworks and a monitoring strategy for the project
• Develop monitoring and impact indicator for the project success
• Provide inputs, information and statistics for periodic reports to Project Management Team
• Suggest strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying bottlenecks
• Coordinate with external researchers and agencies for M&E projects as required

In this role you will: 

• Designing M&E Frameworks: Crafting comprehensive plans that outline how monitoring and evaluation will be conducted, including setting objectives, selecting indicators, and determining methodologies for data collection and analysis.
• Data Management: Collecting, storing, and managing data efficiently to ensure its accuracy, reliability, and accessibility for analysis.
• Analysis and Reporting: Analyzing data to extract actionable insights and compiling findings into reports that inform stakeholders about the program’s progress, outcomes, and impact.
• Feedback and Recommendations: Providing evidence-based recommendations to program managers and stakeholders to refine strategies, enhance performance, and guide future decision-making.
• Capacity Building: Strengthening the M&E skills of team members and stakeholders through training and support, ensuring the sustainability and effectiveness of M&E practices.

ABOUT YOU

You are someone with:  

• Relevant experience in Monitoring & Evaluation field is preferred
• Experience with social sector is a must
• Ability to use first principle thinking and analytical intuition
• A passion for education and a desire to make an impact
• Experience of successfully executing and driving qualitative and quantitative research with a focus on theory of change, logical frameworks preferred
• Should have either work experience or educational background related to the Social Sector. Background in Education/EdTech sector is preferred
• Comfort and experience in cleaning complex data and driving in-depth analyses
• Basic understanding in R/Python and SQL
• Ability to present research findings using concise tables / charts and related visualization skills
• Good communication and coordination skills

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• Sal’s TED talk from 2011
• Sal’s TED talk from 2015
• A glimpse of our team:  http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team
• A glimpse of our content created: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED8P8vchQJM 

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