Back End Jr Java Microservices

About Embibe
At Embibe, we have just one mission - to truly personalize education. Because every child deserves it. This has led us to embark on this noblest of journeys to deliver life and learning outcomes for every student! Rooted in consumer behavior, we are leveraging AI and Data Science to deliver personalized achievement journeys for every student.
We are a tribe of intellectually fierce people from diverse backgrounds, focused on building cutting-edge products that empower everyone in the education ecosystem - students, teachers, educational institutes and parents. We enable a deeper understanding of student behavior, their strengths and weaknesses through analysis at a granular level. It is this shared vision of democratizing and personalizing education that unites us all.
Embibe is powered by AI and data science algorithms, using these contents being recommended across platforms and millions of learning outcomes delivered to students. Since its inception, millions of students have used the imbibe platform for learning concepts and outcomes. Academic users have spent 52mins on average with an average of 3 sessions daily. Embibe has been launched for 12 languages across India with support for 361 Exams (English), and 120 Exams (Hindi) for K6-K12 having 22.6L+ Qs and 58k+ Tests, 29k videos, 50k+ 3D assets. Embibe is the world's largest live online public sector implementation in edtech for test preparation, NTA app which is powered by Embibe has 3.1Mn+ downloads, and 14.3Mn hours spent by users with total 13.4Mn sessions and 1.64Bn attempts.SchoolApp is currently being used by 1000s of schools across India and we are planning to scale it to 100Mn students with 1Mn schools with 10Mn teachers in the period of the next 3yrs.
Prerequisite
We are looking for a Software Engineer across levels who have ever contributed to any large-scale systems be it content platform e.g. Quora/Medium, streaming platform e.g. Netflix or Hotstar, activity log system e.g. Twitter feeds or payment systems like Razorpay to name a few. I/O, Read-Writes, DB connections, Distributed Locking, Memory, Bandwidth, High Throughput, Low Latency and minimal CPU cycles excite you!! You are deep thinkers and can bring ideas to the table, before starting writing the code!!
Interested? We'd love to hear from you.
Who are you?
● 2-14yrs years of relevant large-scale product company experience ideally in a fast-moving B2C/B2B environment.
● Programming. Proficiency in object-oriented and multi-threaded programming in at least one of the following languages: Java, Python,React.js, Node.js, Next.js, PHP, Golang etc.
● Deep understanding & experience of high-performance web-scale & real-time response systems, and large scale distributed systems.
● CS Fundamentals – exposure to a wide variety of problem spaces, Good in Data Structures and Algorithms Design, Problem Solving.
● Open source contributors and can do quick POC of technologies will catch our eyes.
● Expertise in designing, implementing and operating distributed Systems architectures and concepts, especially on public cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure)
● Demonstrated expertise in applying systems patterns (e.g., Client-server, N-tier, Master/Slave, MVC) and API constructions (e.g., Swagger, OpenAPI).
● Experience in a high-availability 24/7 environment (cloud platforms are a plus). Expertise should include several of the following:
○ High-performance,up-time (99.999%) and self-recoverable systems.
○ Control, orchestration and automation platforms leveraging containers or VMs. ○ RPC frameworks (e.g., Protobuf/gRPC, Thrift, Bond)
● Experience with one or more Data Stores like (MySql, Postgres ) and NoSQL DataStores ( Mongo, Cassandra, Scylladb, Hbase, Redis, Aerospike etc.).
● Experience with Agile software development, TDD, and Continuous Integration. ● Experience in building Web/RESTFul/GraphQL services.
● Sound knowledge of *Nix, ORM(Hibernate, JPA), Spring ecosystem, Messaging platforms like Kafka/RMQ, build framework like Maven/Gradle etc.
● Very strong system design and object-oriented skills with a nifty ability to craft clean interfaces and operate at the right levels of abstraction.
● Solid coding skills with the ability to drive teams through massive refactoring exercises & improve coding standards across large code bases.
● Deep knowledge, understanding & experience of working with a large variety of multi-tier architectures. Awareness of pitfalls & use cases for a large variety of solutions. ● Exposure to complete product development cycles – from inception to production to scaling up, supporting new requirements, and re-architectures.
● Having experience building web infrastructure in cloud environments (such as AWS or Azure/GCP) is a plus. You understand and are always excited about learning new e.g.docker, Kubernetes.
● Education. M.Tech/M.Eng in Computer Science/Engineering or B.Tech/B.E in the same disciplines with equivalent years of experience would be a plus.
We'd particularly love it if:
● You’re a steward for engineering quality, reliability, scalability, availability, maintainability, flexibility habits and mindset in the organization under your purview, You know SOLID,12 factor App and Design Principles which you can apply or help the team in applying as needed. You can assure that our architectures are consistent with industry best practices. ● Version control tools like Git, SVN etc are good to have.
● Gather, understand, and prioritize requirements, research potential solutions, rapidly build prototypes, and distill and communicate what was learned, expected risks, resources & security concerns.
● Mentoring more junior engineers to instill engineering best practices and driving high standards in documentation, code reviews, design reviews, architecture discussions and strategy roadmap development.
● Actively participate in development along with team members - creating modules & systems that can then be treated as a working reflection of the best practices.
● Set the vision of the domain architecture and technology stack for technology in your organization, You understand LLD and HLD.
● Be an evangelist for technology - drive a culture of curiosity and active debate around technology in your organization.
● Experiment with new & relevant technologies and tools, and drive adoption while measuring yourself on the impact you are able to create.
Note: We just use degrees to measure the Temperature!!

Summary

We are looking for a NodeJS Developer responsible for the development and maintenance of multiple web apps. Your primary focus will be the development of webservices, backend and their development & integration with frontend services. You will be working along-side other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, creating quality products, and attention to detail on writing code is essential.

 

Your job role can also include client projects where your day-to-day tasks will be managed by our clients. In such cases, your commitment to time and ethics overall is of utmost importance. 

Responsibilities

• Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code
• Design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable NodeJS code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation

Skills

Strong knowledge of NodeJS is mandatory.

Knowledge of ReactJS is big bonus

Familiarity with RESTful APIs.

Strong knowledge of coding conventions, patterns, and best practices.

Knowledge of the open-source Laravel/Django ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks will be a plus point

Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications

A knack for benchmarking and optimization.

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

Familiarity with continuous integration.
Knowledge of mobile or other technologies, an added advantage.

Areas of responsibilities:
 Involvement in the full software development life cycle within broadly defined parameters and providing software solutions keeping into consideration the software quality needs  Design and defining the interaction between the different component pieces  Write efficient code based on brief given by team lead.  Fast prototyping of proof-of concept features / application based on brief.  Develop and maintain new features on Java stack  Own the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application  Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments  Work closely with the peers and Leads to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development  Build software solutions for complex problems.  Compliance with build/release and configuration management process  Responsibility to develop unit test cases for his/her project module.  Execution of appropriate quality plans ,project plans ,test strategies and processes for development activities in concern with business and project management effort
Desired Profile:
 Good understanding of Object Oriented Programming Concepts, hands-on knowledge on Java stack (Spring/Hibernate)  Development across multiple browsers/platforms on Website  Good Understanding of SQL/NoSQL data stores  Fair Understanding of Responsive High Level Designs  Work experience in product/start-up company is a plus  Familiarity to MVC, SOA, RESTFull web services  Work with other teams and manage time across multiple projects and tasks in a deadline driven, team environment  Good to have knowledge of Javascript (AngularJS/ReactJS)/HTML/CSS/JQuery front-end code across a broad array of Interactive web  Understand agile methodology and instill best practices into the proce

Responsibilities Include:

You will break down business opportunities and problems into software solutions. You will work closely with the CTO to help product and marketing stakeholders distill the product vision and roadmap, into a technology vision. You will be responsible for the evolution of an already bleeding-edge highly distributed systems at the back-end, and would need to work withfront-end architects to come up with the best user experience for the gaming platform. You will be required to make decisions quickly, and work under strict timelines. You would lead technology strategy through analysis of market trends and product requirements. You would help set coding guidelines and help bring the most modern tools to keep engineering processes most efficient.

Requirements:

● B.E/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
● 10+ years or more of progressive software technology experience with at least 3 years
in an architectural role.
● Completely hands on with technology and architecture. Start-up experience is a huge
plus.
● Ability to quickly prototype and demonstrate technology value adds and educate + drive
adoption within the extended technology team
● Excellent and robust understanding of scalable product system architecture(s),
platforms and core technologies
● Demonstrated problem-solving and leadership skills to pursue correct engineering
process in adverse conditions. Ability to embrace and demonstrate leadership beyond
ownership
● Work with engineering leadership to setup and manage processes.
● Track record of thought leadership and out of the box thinking in the technology arena.
● Ability to work efficiently in an entrepreneurial and in a start-up environment
● A Java/Spring/Akka, Javascript or Golang rockstar.
● Deep and hands on knowledge of some of these technologies - MySQL, NodeJS,
message brokers such as Kafka/RabbitMQ, NoSQL datastore such as Mongo, Cassandra,
Arango, distributed caches such as Redis/memcached, container technology such as
Docker and Kubernetes etc.
● Great proficiency in distributed systems design, with an ability to make the right
trade-offs for creating future-proof solutions.
● Building quick PoCs and full-fledged solutions with various AWS managed services would
be a big plus.

Project Scope: We are building an application relevant to a social media platform; 
Tech Stack: FE: ReractJS, Mobile Programming: React Native, BE: GoLang, Cloud: AWS
No.Of Positions: 10

At least 1-2 years of experience with Golang, over all IT Experience should be over 4 years. Independent Contributor role Have expertise in implementing micro services (using tools and technologies for messaging, RPC, containerization, etc.) Experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases, ability to write complex queries and optimize them Golang Libraries knowledge good to have: Gorm, Gin, Viper, AMQP, validator, etc

• Developing front end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back-end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

• Degree in computer science.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React, and Amber.
• Proficiency with server-side languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, and .Net.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.

What you’ll be doing… • Design and Develop new capabilities for business applications in AWS and/or private cloud environments and to coordinate with rest of the team on reuse of the modules developed. • Provide expertise in the use of the spring framework, MicroServices and APIs including best practices and design patterns. • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications. • Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to the problems. • Help maintain code quality, organization and automatic testing tools. • Handle complex projects require coordination with external systems and business. • Interactions with Front line team on portal issues and provide solutions to improve customer experience. What we’re looking for... You’ll need to have: • Bachelor’s degree nine or more years of work experience. • Six or more years of relevant work experience. • Programming experience with Java/J2EE environment including Spring/Hibernate framework, REST and Microservices. • Experience using AWS to build applications. • Experience working with web technologies including Angular JS, HTML 5, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and JSON. • Experience with spring boot, Docker, Elastic and AWS Cloud Formation. • Experience with open source databases such as Cassandra. • General knowledge of application design principles, practices design patterns, DevOps and software life cycles. • Experience in source code version including Accurev, Stash or Github. • Experience in testing automation, continuous integration with tools such as Jenkins and Jira. • Strong communication and interpersonal skills and excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Must haves: Strong knowledge of Object Oriented analysis and design, software design patterns and java coding principles, test driven development Proficiency in Java, Junit, Spring core, Spring Boot, Spring Data Web Services (SOAP, REST, XML, XSL) Web technologies including HTML, XHTML, HTML 5, and JavaScript. Strong communication skills -- both verbal and written All About You: • Must have exposure in building automation frameworks using technologies: Java, JUnit. • Must have experience using Agile frameworks like Test Driven Development • Must have experience in using SOLID Design principles to build clean and testable code. • Capable of contributing back to the Quality Engineering community based on enhancements and new capabilities regarding quality practices • Must have experience testing across a variety of platforms: APIs (REST and SOAP) and Standalone Java components • Ability to integrate with Continuous integration (Jenkins/Bamboo) and code coverage tools (Sonar, Clover) • Must be high-energy, detail-oriented and proactive with the ability to function under pressure in an independent environment. • Must provide the necessary skills to have a high degree of initiative and self-motivation with a willingness and ability to learn and take on challenging opportunities. • Strong communication skills -- both verbal and written – with strong relationship, collaborative skills and organizational skills. • Ability to work as a member of matrix based diverse and geographically distributed project team. Key Technology Areas: • Object-oriented design and programming, Java, J2EE, JUnit • Java Messaging Service(desired) • Open source frameworks such as Spring core, Spring Boot, Spring Data and Spring Cloud (nice to have) • Oracle, PL/SQL, JDBC, NoSQL databases like MongoDB • Web Services (SOAP, REST, XML, XSL) Preferred Knowledge: • Agile development methodology • Web technologies including HTML, XHTML, HTML 5, and JavaScript.