We are looking for Java programmers for implementation roles, with zero or more years of industry experience. These programmers will work in business application development, on projects which our Software Services Division executes.

Mandatory requirements are:

1. A B.Sc. degree in Physics or Mathematics, or an engineering or MCA degree from a recognized university or institute
2. Excellent, not merely good, knowledge of Java

Additional desirable attributes:

• A degree in Computer Science and Engineering (BE/B.Tech./MCA)
• A PGDST/APGDST diploma from CDAC (NCST),
• Excellent knowledge of C
• Excellent command over written and spoken English with a taste in literature and an ability to teach, make a presentation, and lecture
• In-depth knowledge of Unix, including system calls and kernel internals
• HTML, Perl 5 and Javascript experience
• RDBMS and SQL programming experience, with an emphasis on advanced SQL and Oracle and IBM UDB database administration and performance tuning
• Work experience

Some of you with more than a year of experience and depth of technical knowledge may be accepted directly as Senior Application Engineers or may be promoted to this position in less than a year. Exceptionally knowledgeable and competent engineers with a pure hands-on emphasis, of the Wizard and Guru levels, are also welcome. We have a non-managerial, purely technical career growth path for such engineers.

Our recruitment process for engineers involves a programming test followed by an interview. More details about our programming tests are given below.

For Application Engineers, the gross remuneration package will depend on your ability to learn, attitude, technical competence, and depth of knowledge. The total compensation package can reach up to Rs.600,000 per annum for outstanding candidates.

Senior Application Engineers

We are looking for Java professionals with mature technical knowledge and team leadership abilities. We expect depth of technical expertise coupled with strong leadership and mentoring traits. We believe good leaders are born, not made, and leadership is more a function of personality than of technical knowledge. We are interested in engineers who aspire to management career profiles, and have two years or more experience in the software and IT services industry.

Desirable attributes in an SAE:

• Hands-on project experience in software development in Java
• In-depth technical knowledge of server-side Java programming
• Experience working at client site
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Work experience --- 2+ years in Web application development using servlets and JDBC

If you fit this profile, then we are interested in talking to you. We expect all SAE with three years or less experience to take our test as part of our recruitment process.

In our structure, a SAE is junior to a Group Leader (GL) or Project Manager (PM). An SAE is expected to undertake hands-on development responsibilities as well as guide his or her junior colleagues towards delivery of their project, while a GL or PM has additional responsibilities of client interaction, client reporting, scope and specifications management, and other issues.

For SAE, the gross remuneration package will depend on your ability to learn, attitude, technical competence, and depth of knowledge. The total compensation package can reach up to Rs.900,000 per annum for outstanding candidates.

All applicants will have to go through a programming test, which will last 60 minutes. If you qualify in this test, you will be asked to appear for an interview, lasting 30-60 minutes. If selected by the interview panel, you will be offered a position with us.

We have two tests for the AE and SAE positions, in C and Java. You will have to choose which one you want to take. You will be given only the question paper for the one you opt for. The test will have a set of multiple-choice questions, and will last one hour. We will treat candidates of both tests absolutely equally. If you do not perform well in one test, you will not be permitted to take the test in the other language later.

You must apply online for a time slot for your test. When you do so, you will receive an automatic system-generated response by email, confirming your time slot. This email should reach your mailbox within 30 minutes of your applying online, if you have typed in your correct email address.

Please note that there is a big difference between applying online for a test and taking a test online. We have no mechanism to let you take any of our tests online, nor is such a facility planned in the foreseeable future.

Unless otherwise specified, you will have to come to our office to take the test(s). We are not conducting any tests anywhere other than in our office in Navi Mumbai.

You can also call our office and fix a time slot for your test, in case applying online did not work. Call (Bombay)4153 0500 and ask for Suma More or Rashmi Phalke who coordinate our recruitment process. You will have to specify the following information:

• Which position you wish to apply for
• Your full name as per official records
• Your date of birth as per official records
• Number of years of industry experience
• When you wish to appear for the test

Please do not ask our recruitment coordinator any questions about the tests and what they will contain. She is not qualified or equipped to answer any such questions.

Please do not send us your resume till we ask for it. We do not look at resumes or keep them in our files unless you successfully qualify in our test. Bring a printed copy of your resume with you when you come for our interview.

The test will be conducted at our office at Mahape, Navi Mumbai. Directions to reach our office are given here.

We will notify all qualifying candidates of their test results by email within a maximum of 3 working days after they take the test. We will call shortlisted candidates for an interview to our office in Mahape. This interview will last between 30 and 60 minutes. Selected candidates will be issued an Offer of Employment immediately.