Srijan opens its new software develpment centre in Dharamshala

Tucked away in the beautiful Dhauladhar ranges of Himachal Pradesh is a small little hill station called Dharamshala. Known for its record rainfall and the place of residence for H.H. The Dalai Lama, Dharamshala has become the second home for Srijan family. We have recently opened our second software development centre in Dharamshala when operations started on 15th June, 2011. Situated amidst an idyllic environment, our office in Dharamshala offers programmers an opportunity to code in heaven. This town is a paradise for trekkers and nature aficionados. With mountain ranges as high as 6000m, this town has attracted mountaineers from all over the world since ages. Besides being a trekking destination the town also attracts hordes of honey-mooners, spirituality seekers, weekend revelers and cricket fans for matches in the international cricket stadium. With this new office, we plan to make Dharamshala an attractive destination for geeks, nerds engineers and mavericks from all over the world.

Why Dharamshala?

Dharamshala Mcleodganj SnowfallThe town is getting major fillip to its infrastructure as the government is focusing heavily on developing education and sporting facilities in this place. In the last 10 years this district has seen establishment of 3 universities, numbers of engineering and diploma colleges offering quality technical education. With English as a subject being taught from school the graduating engineers are well versed with a language required to communicate with our international clients. We hope to train and offer jobs to engineers graduating from these institutions. In terms of physical infrastructure Dharamshala offers broadband connectivity through a fibre optic backbone connected to the national grid. There are enough backup options with all major telecom operators offering connectivity solutions through DSL or 3G technology. Electricity is another major plus as the state of Himachal Pradesh is a power surplus state with number of hydro power stations setup across the state. Besides quality of supply the cost of electricity is heavily subsidized.

Facilities

Aerial view of Dharamshala, cricket stadium and Dhauladhar mountainsWith 1200 sq feet of office, we have enough room to house a team of 35 odd engineers. The office also offers a small kitchenette, meeting room and a sleeping room. Yes, we don’t mind if our engineers catching a wink every once in a while. The town offers our engineers an opportunity to live life to the maximum. With clean and green environment, this town gives additional benefits as necessitated by modern lifestyle. The town is well connected by road, railways and air with Chandigarh and Delhi. Being a tourist place there is no paucity of restaurants, resorts and picnic spots. Restaurants here serve excellent food of all delicacies be it Japanese Sushi, German bakeries, Italian pizzas and Israeli falafel. Nights can be fun with live music hangouts in Mcleodganj. With a government medical college and other private hospitals, the medical facilities are well established. Besides the famous cricket stadium the town also offers a well equipped indoor stadium with facilities like gymnasium, badminton, table tennis and an athletics running track.

An IPL match in progress at Dharamshala

Invitation to code in heaven

We like having guests in our office. Especially the ones who come up to us and say “Hey we can do this thing together”. So if you are the kind who is keen on settling or moving to the mountains then do get in touch with us. We may just have the right work opportunity waiting for you.

We’re sure you are there on Facebook, more Dharamshala pics on our Facebook page 🙂

Invitation to Code in Heaven

We want to work with software developers who see themselves doing some cutting edge technology work in the open source space. We work on technologies & frameworks which work behind the scene of some of the worlds largest visited websites and applications. Sitting in Dharamshala, we enjoy the the mountains and yet cater to clients across time zones. If you are person who is looking to reclaim your life then this is a place to be at.

Job location:
Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

Perks of working in Dharamshala

Enjoy long walks & treks in the mountains and high passes almost on all weekends
Be part of a global melting pot with people converging all over the world at Mcleodganj
Get to breathe fresh air in office instead of one coming through air conditioning ducts
Spend evenings gazing at the stars with family & friends
Look at the bluest of the blue sky which is free of dust and pollution
Enjoy all the four seasons of a year and actually feel the transition from one to the other
Good sporting infrastructure for sports like TT, Badminton, Cricket, Basketball, Mountain Biking & Football
Volunteer with non-profit organisations working in the field of education, environment and healthcare

Software Engineers at the company work on

  • LAMP/WAMP Engineers: Create websites, portals using Drupal, Drupal module development, jQuery, Contribute to Drupal core & new module development, Mobile Apps
  • Sys Admin: Maintaining a cloud environment, server optimisation, back-up, maintain JIRA, SVN, Jenkins, Hudson, Maintain local workstation environment of both Linux & Windows.
  • QA Engineers: Automated and Manual testing, UI and Functional testing, Selenium RC, Selenium IDE

Desired Skills & Experience

1. Technology

    • Graduation in IT/Computer science
    • Proficiency in LAMP environment
    • Experience in working on any of the open source CMS like Drupal, WordPress, Joomla & CakePHP
    • Believer in open source systems
    • Contributions to open source projects
    • Exposure to tools like Git, SVN, JIRA, Basecamp is appreciated.

2. Personality

    • You should be thoroughly bored of staying in cities like Delhi / Chandigarh / Bangalore / Pune / Mumbai / Chennai / Kolkata / Hyderabad.
    • Should be a nature lover and a greenie.
    • Should have love for the mountains, its ecology and people.
    • Understands and values the importance of start-up/entrepreneurship/bootstrapping etc.
    • Once in a while be ready to cook meals for self and office colleagues.
    • Should be comfortable watching the latest flick on on DVD and not in a multiplex.
    • Seeking spirituality yet enough money to lead a comfortable and stress free life.
    • Looking forward to adapting to a slower pace of life and slow not because of traffic jams.
    • You should be ready to teach the skills honed over the years with the local community & freshers.
    • Willing to learn some life skills from the community in return.
    • Sees the next one to two years as a journey and not the end in itself.

Additional Information

1. Type:  Interns / Full-time

2. Experience: Freshers to Mid level

3. Functions: Software Development, Project Management, Information Technology, Engineering, Design

4. Industries: Design, e-Commerce, Computer Software, Information Technology and Services, Media & Publishing

5. Compensation: Commensurate with Experience and at par with Industry standards

If you want to discuss this opportunity speak with Varun at +91 98055 10111 or s him your CV at varun@srijan.in