Eightfold

About Eightfold:

Eightfold was founded with a vision to solve for employment in our society. For decades, the connection between individuals and opportunities has been based on who the individuals are and the strength of their network, vs. their potential. Eightfold leverages artificial intelligence to transform how to think about skills and capabilities for individuals as well as how jobs and career decisions are made. Eightfold offers the industry’s first AI-powered Talent Intelligence Platform to transform how organizations plan, hire, develop and retain a diverse workforce, enabling individuals to transform their careers.

We secured a $220M Series E funding round, led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund in June 2021. Thus, we’ve raised more than $400 million in funding to date, including $350 million in the last six months. We’re valued at over $2 Billion this time from $1 Billion a few months ago. Our valuation doubled within a few months.

Our customers- https://eightfold.ai/customers/ 

Press- https://eightfold.ai/press/

You may want to refer to the media coverage on TechCrunch and Reuters.

Founders:

Varun Kacholia (https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunkacholia/ ) & 

Ashutosh Garg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashutoshgarg893/)

Our Engineering Leaders:

Vineet Abraham (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineet-a-9264707/)

Vinodh Ravindranath (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinodhkumarr/)

Chandra (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivasankaran-chandrasekar-31803624/)

Job Description: As a Software Engineer - Backend ;

About the Team :

At WFX, we're not just a product; we're the architects of change in the world of employment. Here's how we're revolutionizing the industry:

Effortless Hiring for All: Whether it's a corporate giant or a dynamic startup or a small company, WFX empowers companies of all sizes to effortlessly post job opportunities, connecting them with top talent.

Empowering Job Seekers: WFX simplifies the job hunt, ensuring they find your perfect match in record time.

Guiding their Career Journey: Beyond job matching, WFX connects job seekers with dedicated career supporters who provide personalized guidance, shaping their path to success.

Committed to Blue and Grey Collar Workforce: We specialize in uplifting the foundation of industries - the blue and grey collar workforce.As we expand and enhance the WFX experience, we're looking for engineers who are passionate about shaping the future of employment to join our team.

What You'll Do:

• Develop robust, scalable, and configurable server-side applications and modules with an emphasis on quality, performance, design, and re-usability.
• Design and develop new microservices or integrate applications with existing ones.
• Design and develop safe and reliable data pipelines for high-scale data integration for the fortune 500 customers.
• Build for customization and generalization powered by configuration management.
• Improve code coverage and drive up the automated unit and selenium testing.
• Develop and improve internal tools for effective administration, monitoring, and altering.

Our Backend Stack:

We mainly use and are not limited to the below technologies. Also, we hire engineers coming with experience in any of the mainstream programming languages.

• Python, Flask, Tensorflow, SQL, Bash, Ansible
• Apache Spark, Solr, Mysql, Docker
• Major AWS services like Aurora, S3, Redshift, Cloudformation, SNS, SQS, etc
• Extensive use of AI and machine learning technologies
• Distributed Systems, Microservices

What We Need:

• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals with hands-on experience in back-end development of 1 to 3 years.
• Sound foundation in distributed systems, and microservices.
• Passionate about designing, building, launching, and maintaining products
• Cares about the details in the user experience
• Ability to develop software/code in one mainstream programming language (brownie points if you know Python)
• Communicates and collaborates effectively across teams
• Self-starter