Academic Advisor

Software Engineer

Company Introduction

Since 1983 company has been an innovative software business, that has continued to grow year on year due its continued

success. With ongoing market developments and investment within the company, exciting times are ahead of the team!

The Role-

We are looking for a full stack engineer to join our team. We ideally hire engineers who are comfortable across the full stack, but

we know you will have a preference about being on the front-end or back-end. As long as you're happy to work on both sets of

tasks – you should carry on reading!

Our Technology

• Front-end: JavaScript, Angular (or good understanding of React, Vue JS, Knockout JS or similar)

• Back-end: C#, ASP.NET, Web API, MVC, Entity Framework

• Database: SQL Server. Knowledge of non-SQL databases is a plus

• Cloud: Microsoft Azure, AWS

Responsibilities-

• Design of the overall architecture of the web application

• Implementation of a robust set of services and APIs to power the web application

• Building reusable code and libraries for future use

• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability

• Implementation of security and data protection

• Translation of UI/UX wireframesto visual elements

• Integration of the front-end and back-end aspects of the web application

Additiontionalresponsibilitiesfor Project Lead

• Active participation in design\build cycle of the software engineering life cycle (prototyping, architecture, detailed design,

development, testing and deployment).

• Providing expertise in technical analysis and solving technical issues during project delivery.

• Code reviews, test case reviews and ensure code developed meets the requirements.

• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product

direction, visuals and experience.

• Requirement gathering and understanding, analyze and convert functional requirements into concrete technical tasks and able

to provide reasonable effort estimates

• Mentor and develop skills of junior software engineers in the team.

Tech Skills and Qualifications

• Contract Length : 1 year

• Software Engineering Degree with 3-5 years of experience.

• Expert knowledge of JavaScript and Node.js, good understanding of Angular and JavaScript testing frameworks (such as Jest,

Mocha etc.)

• Good understanding of Cloud Native architecture, containerisation, Docker, Microsoft Azure/AWS, CI/CD, and DevOps

culture.

• Knowledge of cloud-based SaaS applications/architecture.

• Practical experience in the use of leading engineering practices and principles.

• Practical experience of building robust solutions at large scale.

• Appreciation for functions of Product and Design, experience working in cross-functional teams.

• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms (such as mobile vs. desktop), and optimizing output to

match the specific platform.

Key Responsibilities/Duties:

· Develops and enhances software applications through coding and testing.

· Writing well designed, testable, efficient code

· Involves in code reviews and training.

· Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle

· Delivers highest quality software by creating unit test plans and testing code thoroughly.

· Adept with the tools, applications, and processes used for software development.

· Implements solutions as designed in technical documentation specification and coding standards.

· Creates project documentations and coordinates technical issues.

· Knows the business rules and concepts, software specifications and designs provided by the technical lead and apply them in completing the assigned task.

Qualification: Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering.

• Lead & manage the marketing function of the studio end to end from planning to execution for quality lead generation
• Manage and refine our social media channel with content marketing and inbound marketing.
• Consistently identifying revenue opportunities within our established client base and managing consistent growth by securing new accounts and by generating new quality leads.
• Continually review changes to the market, use tools to measure & iterate so that results are predictable and sustainable
• Report directly to the CEO and rally along to execute the brand vision.
• KPI’s will be around # of qualified leads, site traffic, awards won, lead to conversion ratios, content quality, ranking on platforms like clutch, etc.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills
• Experience with digital marketing, content marketing, and social media marketing
• Able to set and achieve targets as well as do not shy from achieving given targets
• Self-motivated and committed to perform
• Ability to track, measure, and iterate based on results

• Good understanding and experience of HTML / CSS / JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with ES6 / ES7 / ES8 features.
• Thorough understanding of the Request Lifecycle (including Event Queue, Event Loop, Worker Threads, etc).
• Familiarity with security principles including SSL protocols, data encryption, XSS, CSRF.
• Expertise in Web Services / REST APIs will be beneficial.
• Proficiency in Linux and deployment on Linux are valuable.
• Knowledge about ORM like Sequelize and ODM like Mongoose and the ability to handle DB transactions is a necessity.
• Experience with Angular JS / React JS will be an added advantage.
• Expertise with RDBMS like MySQL / PostgreSQL will be a plus.
• Knowledge of AWS services like S3, EC2 will be helpful.
• Understanding of Agile and CI/CD will be of value.

You’ll be our: Business Software Team Lead

You’ll be based at: IBC Knowledge Park, Bengaluru

You’ll be Aligned with: Engineering Manager, Ather Web Stack.

You’ll be a member of:  Software & Intelligence

What you’ll do at Ather:

• Guide development team efforts towards successful project delivery.

• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.

• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.

• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.

• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web-based business applications.

• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards. Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.

• Package and support deployment of releases.

• Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.

• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.

• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.

• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.

Here’s what we are looking for: 

• Expert level of experience working with technologies like Nodejs and javascript.

• Strong DevOps focus and experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies.

• Hands-on experience in writing applications at scale.

• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks.

• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.

• Expertise with code reviews with a major focus on best performance, scalability, security and future expansion.

• Should have worked on Scalable projects / large applications / Microservices architecture.

• Should have worked primarily on Backend Development projects.

• Good to have Object Oriented Development in languages like Java.

• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns.

• Experience in leading a high performing engineering team of ~5 members.

You bring to Ather:

• 5+ years’ experience as a Software Developer

• Prior experience in a technical leadership position

• College or University degree in Computer Science or a related discipline