Senior Software Developer, Tech Enablement

Who we are

Plaksha is a 21st-century university focused on solving global challenges through transformative technology education. A unique collective philanthropy effort, our initiative is driven by a dedicated team committed to advancing technology education in India.

What can Plaksha offer you

• A mission-driven workplace with opportunities to collaborate with leading minds in academia and industry.

• A transparent work culture embodying our values C.R.E.A.T.E. (Curious, Rigorous, Enterprising, Authentic, Thankful, Exemplary), fostering personal growth.

• An inclusive environment that values diverse talent, promotes innovation, and supports the development of individuals from underrepresented groups.

Role: Senior Software Developer, Tech Enablement

Location: Mohali

Job Description

There are primarily three areas of work at Plaksha for a developer.

• Website

Our website is built and maintained in-house. We keep improving it and adding features based on the requirements of various departments, faculty and centres at Plaksha University. Our website is powered by a custom-built Laravel-based CMS. The front-end is written in Blade templates and Bootstrap CSS is used as the foundation for our styling rules.

• Products

We develop in-house products for amplifying various efforts in the university. We're also developing AI-powered products for a university of the future. Some examples of internal tools are a portal to showcase students projects, a helpdesk tool to manage internal requests and a QR generation tool to act as a unified hub for all QR codes related to the university.

• Integrations

For operational efficiency, Plaksha also uses commercial software for various functions. We integrate them in our in-house Data Lake infrastructure powered by an AI-chatbot.

Experience and Education

• Bachelor's Degree, ideally B.E. or B. Tech.

• Minimum of 5+ years in software development

• Minimum of 2+ years of experience as a manager, working with junior developers as well as non-technical stakeholders

Skills and Competencies

• Has 5+ years of experience in building and deploying software which is used by other people.

• Is confident of their software development skills, irrespective of the technology stack involved.

• Would be able to tease out clear requirements based on sometimes fuzzy problem statements.

• Would be able to envision and architect solutions that are robust, secure, easy-to-use, easy-to-maintain and can scale with the needs of the university.

• Would be able to rethink, reorganise and refactor existing products and codebases to meet changes in requirements.

• Would be able to coordinate and work with multiple teams and non-technical stakeholders to build products that solve their problems while meeting reasonable timelines.

• Is comfortable with front-end and back-end technologies as well as connected databases.

• Has experience handling Apache/Nginx servers and is familiar with Azure and AWS platforms. Experience with Laravel/PHP and .NET is a plus.

• Has a working knowledge of good design/UX principles.

• Exhibits good verbal and written communication skills (including when managing task tickets and writing comments in code).

• Has experience working with other developers in a team and mentoring them.

• Can work responsibly in a dynamic environment with minimal oversight.