Careers
ValiDeck is currently, a concept of a search engine that will run on the back of reviews and customer transaction records. To build the ValiDeck product, we want to customize the Point of Sale (POS) such that online/offline customers are able to save a copy of their transactions anonymously into their ValiDeck accounts. The transaction records will be saved against a unique ID given to them by an institution that has an official record of him/her.
We’ve linked the ValiDeck concept with the Merchant Loyalty Program that currently requires customers to acquire a merchant-specific card or share their personal ID (phone/email) to become a loyalty member. The ValiDeck concept eliminates this requirement by allowing customers to join unlimited loyalty programs via their ValiDeck account IDs. The ValiDeck Merchant Loyalty Program will allow any merchant/vendor to start a full-fledged loyalty program at a fraction of the cost of running a card-based loyalty program.
We’re eagerly looking for passionate team members who can help us develop and implement a minimally viable product (MVP) of our invention. We don’t have any salaried positions available at the moment. The following two roles are co-founder positions for which we will offer generous equity to deserving candidates.
Skills:
- Professional Qualifications in Computer Science or Engineering
- 7+ years experience building highly scalable, consumer-facing applications
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies
- Knowledge of, or experience with developing Distributed Systems
- Strong knowledge of Relational Databases
- Experience developing & consuming Restful APIs
- POS development experience in Ingenico / Verifone / Clover / Square / First Data
- Strong understanding of Microservice application development and design
- Knowledge of PCI-DSS, and associated security best practices and tools
- Cloud/AWS experience
- 5 years of hands-on experience with retail commerce data infrastructure (MDM, OMS, ERP, CRM, POS, and others)
- Experience designing and building backend systems
- Experience in working with UNIX-like operating systems, virtualization, containers (Docker), orchestration with ECS/EKS or similar, and core networking concepts
Desirables:
- Startup mindset – a decisive and independent-minded person who can run and complete projects on their own, without a concrete blueprint (even with a day job).
- Perseverance and loyalty – someone interested in playing the long game with dedication and commitment for several years.
- Passion for product development – a creative and open-minded person with a passion to find and develop innovative solutions to problems.
Responsibilities:
- Support continuous improvements
- Review PRDs, functional and design specifications
- Write scalable, robust, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code
- Translate software requirements into stable, working, high performance software
- Play a key role in architectural and design decisions for POS based solutions
Skills:
- Professional Qualifications in Electrical or Electronics Engineering
- 7+ years experience developing software for POS systems (Ingenico / Verifone / Clover / Square / First Data)
- Excellent diagnostic, debug, and troubleshooting skills using standard Lab/Bench equipment (Oscilloscopes, Waveform Generators) for electrical and mechanical testing
- Experienced in product development with knowledge of Design for Test, Design for Manufacturability, environmental, EMI/EMC, and qualification testing for new products
- Ability to develop UI and communication protocols for embedded applications that handle secure payment processing (PKI, 3DES, DUKPT, MAC, etc.) and cryptographic key loading
- Strong experience in the system architecture of embedded systems used for point-of-sale (POS) devices – bootloaders, RTOS, device drivers, POSIX, hypervisors, trust zone, Micro Processor Unit (MPU), Memory Management Unit (MMU), tamper-response, security, cryptography, EMV stack, NFC stack, and payment applications
- Design and development skills across multiple RTOS including Embedded Linux, Nucleus, FreeRTOS, VxWorks, Micrium, custom RTOS and bare metal
- Knowledge of optimizing memory size, transaction speed, and power use of embedded POS software
- Understanding of smart card and NFC technology, including EMV L1, EMV L2, ISO14443, ISO18092, ISO15693, Felica, NFC forum, NFC Wallets, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Google Pay
- Ability to analyze and resolve complex real-time smart card and NFC interoperability issues
- Management of formal international payment certification processes including EMV IFM, EMV PCD, L2 Kernels, PCI security, NFC Forum, TQM, Felica
- Research and prototyping of next-generation payment technology and system architectures
Desirables:
- Startup mindset – a decisive and independent-minded person who can run and complete projects on their own, without a concrete blueprint (even with a day job).
- Perseverance and loyalty – someone interested in playing the long game with dedication and commitment for several years.
- Passion for product development – a creative and open-minded person with a passion to find and develop innovative solutions to problems.
Responsibilities:
- Define, use and communicate design patterns and best practices in solution-oriented analysis and design
- Build, test, and modify product prototypes using working models or theoretical models constructed with computer simulation
- Gather requirements, define the architecture, and execute hardware design and product validation
- Apply Agile development methodologies including code reviews, sprint planning, and frequent deployment
To apply for either of the above positions, email your resume to alok.narula@valideck.com.