Application Architect

Company: CorpCare

Title: Lead Engineer (Full stack developer)

Location: Mumbai (work from office)

CTC: Commensurate with experience

About Us:  

CorpCare is India’s first all-in-one corporate funds and assets management platform. We offer a single-window solution for corporates, family offices, and HNIs. We assist corporates in formulating and managing treasury management policies and conducting reviews with investment committees and the board.

Job Summary:  

The Lead Engineer will be responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and management of our corporate funds and assets management platform. This role demands a deep understanding of the broking industry/Financial services industry, software engineering, and product management. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in engineering leadership, a proven track record of delivering scalable technology solutions, and strong product knowledge.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering Strategy and Vision:

- Develop and communicate a clear engineering vision and strategy aligned with our broking and funds management platform.

- Conduct market research and technical analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and customer needs within the broking industry.

- Define and prioritize the engineering roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer requirements.

- Lead cross-functional engineering teams (software development, QA, DevOps, etc.) to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.

- Oversee the entire software development lifecycle, from planning and architecture to development and deployment, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.

- Write detailed technical specifications and guide the engineering teams to ensure clarity and successful execution.

- Leverage your understanding of the broking industry to guide product development and engineering efforts.

- Collaborate with product managers to incorporate industry-specific requirements and ensure the platform meets the needs of brokers, traders, and financial institutions.

- Stay updated with regulatory changes, market trends, and technological advancements within the broking sector.

- Mentor and lead a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

- Recruit, train, and retain top engineering talent to build a world-class development team.

- Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.

- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for engineering projects to ensure successful delivery and performance.

- Analyze system performance, user data, and platform metrics to identify areas for improvement and optimization.

- Prepare and present engineering performance reports to senior management and stakeholders.

- Work closely with product managers, sales, marketing, and customer support teams to align engineering efforts with overall business objectives.

- Provide technical guidance and support to sales teams to help them understand the platform's capabilities and competitive advantages.

- Engage with customers, partners, and stakeholders to gather feedback, understand their needs, and validate engineering solutions.

Requirements:

• BE /B. Tech - Computer Science from a top engineering college
• MBA a plus, not required
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Strong understanding of the broking industry and financial services industry.
• Proven track record of successfully managing and delivering complex software products.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, cloud computing, and modern development practices.

Technical Expertise:

• Front-End: React, Next.js, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
• Back-End: Node.js, Express.js, RESTful APIs
• Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), CI/CD pipelines
• Version Control: Git, GitHub/GitLab
• Other: TypeScript, Webpack, Babel, ESLint, Redux

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the broking or financial services industry.
• Familiarity with data analytics tools and methodologies.
• Knowledge of user experience (UX) design principles.
• Experience with trading platforms or financial technology products.

This role is ideal for someone who combines strong technical expertise with a deep understanding of the broking industry and a passion for delivering high-impact software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop new user-facing features using React.js and RESTful APIs using Node.js and MongoDB
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Collaborate with team members, e.g designer, product and other stakeholders to ensure quality in product.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS

Qualifications

• At least 3-6 years of experience in MERN stack
• Proficiency with React.js, Node.js, MongoDB, and Express.js
• Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, and RDS, SQS, Lambda
• Understanding of RESTful API design principles
• Understanding of Agile software development methodologies
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Language: Java, SQL , JavaScript.

Software Ideology : Design Pattern , SOLID principle , YAGNI , KISS , Microservices, CLEAN/LAYERED architecture.

Framework: Spring (Boot, MVC, DataJPA, Security), JMS(Rabbit MQ/Apache camel/active MQ), ORM tool(Criteria API/Criteria Builder/Query DSL/Springdata JPA), REST(Jersey, Spring MVC , Feign Client) , Vaadin/GWT/jHipster/Google Polymer

Database : RDMS(Oracle/, Postgresql) , NoSql(MongoDB). Subversion : SVN , Git

Preferred Knowledge: Angular, HTML/CSS, Kotlin, Kafka , JUnit/TestNG , Docker, Kubernetes

1. Responsible for writing business logic and integrating it end to end (from DB-WS to UI & vice versa).
2. Creating Rest endpoints to be used by other applications which will suffice the business requirements.
3. Deploying the applications in cloud
4. Lead and develop engineers in the engineering
5. Lead technical risk mitigation, design and planning activities
6. This role requires a level of technical experience and interpersonal skills to be able to work effectively as a team player with our internal
7. Proactive thinking with a ‘can do’
8. Improve development efficiency with new tools/frameworks
9. Responsible for server-side web application logic and integration of the work
10. Write the web services and APIs used by dependent application

• Database creation, integration, and
• Cloud Knowledge
• Using back-end frameworks to build server-side software
• Cloud computing integration
• API integration
• Security audit

• Leadership skills
• Lead and grow a team of 10+ developers.
• Self-motivated to keep optimizing and deliver best-in-class results.
• Deep thought and attention to detail.
• Strong technical and communication skills
• Well-versed with the latest tech: AWS, Postgres, Devops, Nodejs, Reactjs

Key Activities & Responsibilities:

• 2 - 3 years of hands on experience in development using Java
• In-depth of understanding of development process - Design, Development &Deployment
• Good understanding of Java JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JSON
• Experience in developing APIs and strong knowledge of API development framework like Spring Boot, Spring MVC
• Exposure to collaboration platform like Postman
• Good understanding of Databases like MySQL, MongoDB
• Knowledge of Web Service - SOAP, RESTful

• Good understanding of one of the frameworks - Angular / Node.js / jQuery /JavaScript
• Familiaritywith UI / UX Design
• Experiencein using development platforms like Eclipse / Visual Studio

Responsibilities

Work with dev teams and manage projects.

Plan with security and data protection as a foreword thought.

Build real-time and near real-time web applications with video/audio streaming.

Provide budgets and cost estimations for projects and server/service costs.

Design and develop client and server-side architectures.

Build front-end apps on React, Vue. You should be an expert at React.

Develop and manage database

Plan and write APIs

Test software to ensure responsive and efficiency

Write technical documentation

Requirement

5+ years experience

Front-end - React, Vue, Angular ( Expert in React and Angular)

Backend - Go-lang, Python, nodeJS, ( Must have working knowledge of atleast any of the two

programming languages)Framework: Django, Express JS

Misc - Linux, AWS, Deployment, Docker( Mandatory)