Accordion India - Senior Director – Application Architect (MEAN/MERN + GEN AI)

Company Overview

Accordion is a global private equity-focused financial consulting firm specializing in driving value creation through services rooted in Data & Analytics and powered by technology.

Accordion works at the intersection of Private Equity sponsors and portfolio companies' management teams across every stage of the investment lifecycle. We provide hands-on, execution-oriented support, driving value through the office of the CFO by building data and analytics capabilities and identifying and implementing strategic work, rooted in data and analytics.

Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices worldwide. Join us and make your mark on our company.

Data & Analytics

Accordion's Data & Analytics (D&A) practice in India delivers cutting-edge, intelligent solutions to a global clientele, leveraging a blend of domain knowledge, sophisticated technology tools, and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges.

We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, including Retail, CPG, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, and Logistics.

D&A team members deliver data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across vast and complex data sets ranging from Sales, Operations, Marketing, Pricing, Customer Strategies, and more.

Working at Accordion in India means joining 800+ analytics, data science, finance, and technology experts in a highgrowth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment to transform how portfolio companies drive value. It also means making your mark on Accordion’s future—by embracing a culture rooted in collaboration and a firm-wide commitment to building something great, together.

Join us and experience a better way to work!

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Role Overview:

Accordion is looking for Senior Director who is skilled and experienced Azure/AWS Web Application Developer with expertise in MEAN (MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, Node.js) or MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) stack to join our team. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining web applications hosted on the Azure and AWS platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality web applications that meet client requirements.

What You will do:

The roles and responsibilities of Senior Director – Application Architect will include the below:

• Design, develop, and maintain complex web applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.JS, and Node.js).
• Integrate generative AI models and tools into our applications to enhance user experiences and create innovative features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (UI/UX designers, data scientists, backend developers) to ensure seamless integration and delivery of high-quality products
• Research and evaluate new technologies and tools to stay up-to-date with industry trends.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior team members.
• Strong experience in developing and implementing Gen AI based applications, demonstrating

expertise in addressing real-world business use cases

• Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art LLMs such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, and Meta LLaMA2, applying these models to build advanced Gen AI solutions across various domains.
• Proficient in software architecture principles, including microservices, API management, and data integration, with experience designing microservices-based systems and integrating Gen AI models into enterprise applications.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and experience in automating testing, building, and deployment processes to optimize development workflows for Gen AI applications.
• Familiarity with caching strategies, containerized environments, and orchestration tools, applying these techniques to improve Gen AI system performance and reduce latenc

Ideally, you have:

• Strong proficiency in the MERN stack, including JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and MongoDB.
• Experience with designing and developing scalable and maintainable web applications.
• Experience with serverless computing and containerization technologies (e.g., AWS Lambda, Docker).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, Git).
• Experience with data visualization and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI

Why Explore a Career at Accordion:

• High growth environment:

  Semi-annual performance management and promotion cycles coupled with a strong meritocratic culture, enables fast track to leadership responsibility.

• Cross Domain Exposure:

  Interesting and challenging work streams across industries and domains that always keep you excited, motivated, and on your toes.

• Entrepreneurial Environment

  : Intellectual freedom to make decisions and own them. We expect you to spread your wings and assume larger responsibilities.

• Fun culture and peer group:

  Non-bureaucratic and fun working environment; Strong peer environment that will challenge you and accelerate your learning curve.

Other benefits for full time employees:

• Health and wellness programs that include employee health insurance covering immediate family members and parents, term life insurance for employees, free health camps for employees, discounted health services (including vision, dental) for employee and family members, free doctor’s consultations, counsellors, etc.
• Corporate Meal card options for ease of use and tax benefits.
• Team lunches, company sponsored team outings and celebrations.
• Robust leave policy to support work-life balance. Specially designed leave structure to support woman employees for maternity and related requests.
• Reward and recognition platform to celebrate professional and personal milestones.
• A positive & transparent work environment including various employee engagement and employee benefit initiatives to support personal and professional learning and development.