Big-tech companies are laying off employees in large numbers to trim their payroll overheads

The big-tech hiring freeze is the new talk of the tech-market town with major IT companies rigorously cutting short expenditures, in view of the longstanding economic recession. Big-tech companies like Meta, Twitter, and Uber are laying off employees in large numbers to trim their payroll overheads. A few of the Big -techs have delayed onboarding for months after issuing the offer letters. When job aspirants of Infosys enquired the company authorities about the delay, Infosys responded by saying, "Please be informed that we are allocating DOJ based on our business requirement. We will send you a joining communication at least 2-3 weeks prior to your joining date", as reported by Business Times. However, for IT job aspirants, all hope is not lost yet. Amid the self-imposed freeze in hiring tech talent, big-tech companies are taking up minor as well as major IT recruitment drives. For example, Capgemini, a French Information Technology (IT) giant has announced that it would hire around 65,000 to 70,000 people in 2022, both freshers and lateral hires.

As per the latest Naukri JobSpeak index, the Indian IT sector witnessed a slowdown of 18% in the month of October compared to last year. At major companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and HCL recruitment has come down by 50%. While it was 53,964 last year, it came down to 28,836  in the last quarter. Capgemini's count stood at 6,300 people in September, while it was 11,400 in the same quarter last year.  "On net hiring, we are going to hire fewer people and it's normal. We have less attrition in India and in Q4, based on the resignation in Q3, it's going to come down quite a bit. We don't need to hire as many. We don't need to over-hire and start looking at operational optimization and utilization and it's an opportunity to tighten operationally," said Capgemini Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aiman Ezzat.

On the other hand, big tech company job profiles are diversifying into unconventional areas, particularly in Web3, AI, Robotics, and data science. Here are a few openings aspirants should consider while looking for big-tech company jobs

Adobe

Job profile: Software engineer lead
Location: Bangalore
Roles and responsibilities:

• The main duty will be to test and certify the brand-new, exciting features that will be included in ColdFusion's upcoming version.
• Create and carry out a thorough test strategy that includes every aspect of the under-test functionality.
• Evaluate the market's supply of automation tools to determine which one is most appropriate for automating the test feature.
• Test the feature to ensure it satisfies the release's objectives in terms of factors like performance, reliability, and system load.
• Engage ColdFusion users in a conversation about features and take their advice into account.

Apple

Job profile: Senior data engineer
Location: Hyderabad
Roles and responsibilities:

• Designing and creating data structures on MPP platforms like Teradata and Hadoop will enable effective reporting and analytics. Create designs utilising cutting-edge In-Memory Columnar Databases like HANA.
• Create and construct highly scalable data pipelines with Spark and Kafka to incorporate data from different platforms.
• Create scalable technical solutions that adhere to data warehousing design standards for complex business needs. a thorough awareness of the requirements for analytics and the initiative to design generic solutions to increase efficiency
• Create dashboards using Tableau and other self-service tools to help businesses.
• Work together with numerous international multifunctional teams to develop solutions that will have a greater influence on the Apple business.

Capgemini

Job profile: Software engineer lead
Location: Bangalore
Roles and responsibilities:

• Software creation for WiFi devices like wireless LAN controllers and access points.
• Working familiarity with the HostAP Daemon program and its user interfaces
• Working knowledge of 11ax is preferred, but theoretical comprehension is also acceptable.
• Thorough knowledge of WiFi security (WPA2/3), beamforming, band steering, MIMO, channel bandwidth, MCS rates, etc., as well as the 802.11 administration plane (protocols).
• IP data networking basics.
• It is required that contributions be made to the SRS and design documents.
• An added benefit is WiFi issue field debugging.
• Should have overseen even a small group of engineers.

Capgemini

Job role: Embedded C developer
Job location: Hyderabad
Experience: 1-6 years
Qualification: BE/ B.Tech in Electronics, Telecommunication, Computers, Electrical
Key responsibilities:

• Driver development in embedded software systems/applications and microcontroller platforms.
• Analysis of the design, development, verification, and maintenance of C-based embedded software applications on embedded systems.

McAfee

Job role: Cloud software engineer | Remote
Roles and responsibilities:

• Provide security defense using the best machine learning automation possible across a range of attack domains.
• Utilising the most up-to-date technology stacks when designing, developing, and deploying solutions.
• Interpreting briefs to produce high-quality coding that adheres to guidelines.
• deciding on application features and creating goals with the team.
• Ensuring that the written code adheres to the project's goals.

Intel

Job profile: Python developer
Location: Remote
Roles and responsibilities:

Assisting users in making the best use possible of storage, interaction, and computing resources.

• Help in debugging and CAD/EDA task flow optimization for Intel job schedulers.
• Assisting with the forecasting of storage requirements for each project and computing and interactive resource requirements as needed.
• Track utilisation patterns to anticipate problems and take proactive measures to solve them before they have a chance to affect engineering processes.
• Help with job flow migration between various environments, zones, and sites.

Infosys

Job profile: Python developer

Location: Bengaluru
Roles and responsibilities:

• Your main responsibility as a member of the Infosys delivery team will be to provide efficient Design, Development, Validation, and Support activities so that our clients are happy with the high standards of service provided in the technology area.
• You will compile the specifications and requirements to fully comprehend the client requirements and convert them into system requirements.
• To give Technology Leads and Project Managers accurate information on project estimations, you will play a crucial part in the overall estimation of work requirements.
• You would play a significant role in creating effective programs or processes.