About Company
As a market-leading SaaS Software provider enabling omni channel for brands and tech stack for ecosystem players, Vinculum empowers brands to seamlessly syndicate and list product data to expand their reach through their own web stores, online marketplaces, and social channels managing orders and inventory across channels, while enabling fulfilment from any point across the supply chain. Our product suite also enables brands and companies with a ready technology stack to set up B to C and B to B online marketplaces. With over 400 satisfied customers, our cutting-edge deep-tech software product suite has earned us a place among the elite Global Supply Chain Competency Cohort of AWS, and our company is widely acclaimed by leading industry analysts and customer review sites such as Gartner, Forrester, G2, etc.
Some of the key-clientele include Bata, Yusen Logistics, ITC, Under Armour, Landmark Group -Max Shoppee and Baby Shop, JNE, Dairy Farm - Guardian, SM Mall, Skechers, Jockey, H&M, Levis, Decathlon & more.
Leadership Group
Venkat Nott - Founder & CEO :
Venkat Nott is experienced in creating startups & building them into successful global companies. He is passionate about creating high power teams & disruptive SaaS products. Through Vinculum, Venkat aims to help 10000 brands to sell online globally across 30+ countries in the next 3 years. Venkat was recently bestowed with the Retail Leadership Award by Asia Africa GCC Retail Congress. A sports buff, Venkat has lived in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore besides India. He communicates in English and 6 Indian languages, holds a degree in Engineering from NIT Calicut (formerly REC Calicut) and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Annajee Nott - Founder, VP - Consulting
Annajee has over two decades of diverse experience in product engineering and management. He is passionate about SaaS-based product offerings and efficient application of technology to solve business problems. Annajee manages US operations for Vinculum and plays a key role in overall product strategy and market fit analysis.
Deepak Singla - Co-Founder, VP - Omni Channel Retail :
Deepak has nearly 25 years of extensive experience in consulting CxO executives and global retailers. He has worked across the supply chain and retail verticals before co-founding Vinculum in 2007. He has got his education from Bangalore University, India and is highly skilled in Retail, CPG & Logistics domains.
He has brought best practices to many retailers, long-term strategies and innovative technologies to help businesses achieve growth & excellence. He is a sought-after speaker in many global industry events.
At Vinculum, he manages key strategic engagements with global retailers and is the backbone in setting up the multichannel software products. He is responsible for business development and strategy for Omnichannel and Master Data Management/ Product Information Management at Vinculum.
Braj Kishore Mahto - Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Braj has extensive experience spanning more than twenty-two years in providing & driving the technological innovations & architectural design directions for the innovation, strategy, and governance of complex businesses and SaaS products. He specializes in tracking technology performance metrics, assessing internal and external impact, and making decisions about the overall direction of the company. He provides leadership in terms of architecture and technology selections for multiple clients in Amazon Cloud and expertise in leading Cloud Business strategy ideation, cloud initiatives for storage, DR, regulatory reporting, valuation and analytics.
Mandeep Singh Ahuja - VP-Product
Mandeep is head of Products in Vinculum. He is responsible for developing, coaching, and managing team of product managers and the user experience analysts, defining and driving the product strategy, and instilling Product culture in company. He is working in close co-ordination with other key execs, especially the CEO and CTO.
He has vast experience of 22+ years, in leading end to end Retail Transformation projects in various capacities, and enabled retailers and e-commerce brands to list, sell, fulfil and reconcile across multiple channels. He has insightful knowledge of Business Process Analysis and Solution Design, Process re-engineering, process rationalization, Capacity planning, Performance measurement and quality. He has significant experience working with multiple stakeholders. Highly disciplined professional with excellent interpersonal skills and customer focus with a will to win. His Domain expertise includes - Food & Grocery, Fresh, Hypermarket, Supermarket, Health & Beauty, Pharmacy, etc. He has a bachelor's degree in engineering.
Roles & Responsibilities
Cloud Infrastructure Management :
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure AWS cloud solutions
- Provision and manage AWS resources including EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and VPCs
- Implement auto-scaling solutions to ensure resource availability during peak demand
Containerization And Orchestration
- Design and implement containerization strategies using Docker
- Develop and maintain Dockerfiles for application containerization
- Set up and manage Kubernetes clusters on AWS (e.g., using Amazon EKS)
- Implement Kubernetes deployments, services, and ingress configurations
- Optimize container resource allocation and performance
CI/CD Pipeline Development
- Design, develop, and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like AWS CodePipeline or Jenkins
- Integrate Docker and Kubernetes into CI/CD workflows for containerized applications
- Automate build, test, and deployment processes to accelerate release cycles
- Monitor CI/CD processes for potential failures and bottlenecks
Observability And Traceability Implementation
- Design and implement comprehensive observability solutions across the entire application stack
- Set up and maintain distributed tracing systems (e.g., Jaeger, Zipkin) for microservices architectures
- Implement logging solutions for cloud resources and containerized applications
- Develop and maintain metrics collection and visualization using tools like Prometheus and Grafana
- Create and maintain dashboards for real-time system health monitoring
- Implement alerting mechanisms to proactively identify and address issues
Cost Optimization
- Analyze AWS spending using tools like AWS Cost Explorer
- Implement cost-saving measures such as utilizing Reserved Instances for long-running workloads
- Optimize container resource usage to minimize cloud expenses
- Continuously optimize cloud and container resource usage to minimize expenses while maintaining performance
Security And Compliance
- Implement and maintain security best practices for AWS environments and containerized applications
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and legal frameworks
- Conduct regular vulnerability assessments and implement necessary security measures for both cloud and container environments
Automation And Scripting
- Develop scripts and tools to automate repetitive tasks and streamline operations
- Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform
- Create Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts for application deployment
Monitoring And Troubleshooting
- Set up and maintain monitoring systems using tools like AWS CloudWatch and Kubernetes-native solutions
- Leverage observability data for efficient troubleshooting and performance optimization
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve production issues promptly in both cloud and container environments
- Collaboration and Communication :
- Work closely with development and operations teams to integrate DevOps, containerization, and observability practices
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members on AWS, Docker, Kubernetes,
and observability best practices.
Skills And Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Extensive experience with AWS services and cloud architecture
- Strong knowledge of Linux-based infrastructure
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, or Bash
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS Code Pipeline
- Expertise in Docker containerization and Kubernetes orchestration
- Experience with container registries and image management
- Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)
- Strong background in implementing and maintaining observability solutions
- Experience with distributed tracing systems (e.g., Jaeger, Zipkin)
- Proficiency in metrics collection and visualization tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
- Knowledge of database management (MySQL, MongoDB)
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
- AWS certifications are a plus
Additional Skills
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies
- Familiarity with version control systems, preferably Git
- Experience with Helm for Kubernetes package management
- Knowledge of container security best practices
- Familiarity with log aggregation and analysis tools (e.g., ELK stack).
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