Backend Developer

About AdNabu

We are on a mission to help Shopify Merchants grow their e-commerce business. We have 4 apps currently live in Shopify AppStore with more to follow.

We believe in

1. Building a large profitable business: We envision building a capital-efficient, large profitable business to achieve our mission of democratizing marketing. We are one of the few profitable Indian SaaS startups building Value SaaS.
2. Employee Wellness <> Customer Success: We give as much importance to each team member’s personal & professional success as much as we care about our customer's success. We believe it’s all about balance.

Our impact so far

• 10000+ active stores using our software
• Profitable for more than 24 months
• 10M+ products updated daily
• Achieved with a small team of 20-25

Compensation

• Total Salary: Rs. 12 - 15 lakhs per annum (based on prior experience and skills)
• Equity will be awarded after 12 months, based on the impact created. We prefer that you hold equity in the company.

Hiring Process

We have 4 steps in total. We will hire you if you pass each round. All the steps except the assignment will be virtual. We expect you to have a stable internet connection and turn on the video during the interview.

• Assignment - If you match the job requirements, we will send you an assignment to complete. This should not take you more than an hour to complete.
• Technical Interviews - There will be two sets of technical interviews. Questions in the first round will evaluate your skill set, and experience and will also include coding. The second round will be focused on system designing and project planning skills.
• CEO Interview - This will be technical as well as general questions.
• Culture Fit Round - A member from a non-technical team will conduct this round. This is also a good opportunity to clarify your doubts about us and our culture.

Responsibilities:

Within 1 month:

• Rapidly onboard and gain a comprehensive understanding of our existing product through training sessions.
• Set up the development environment and successfully deploy your initial code to production.
• Conduct introductory calls with all members of the AdNabu team to foster strong team relationships.

Within 3 months:

• Begin development on your first service with guidance and support from the team.
• Write your first set of unit test cases and establish functional testing workflows.
• Conduct code reviews for your peers.
• Actively participate in bug bashes to gain a thorough understanding of new features under development.

Within 6 months:

• Successfully launch two to three services to production.
• Make architectural and infrastructure decisions with a good impact on the overall product.
• Demonstrate proficiency in navigating our technology stack and infrastructure.
• Assume responsibility for planning, scoping, designing, and implementing new services.

Within 12 months:

• Launch a minimum of 3 to 4 core services to production and take ownership of scaling initiatives.
• Participate in interviewing and hiring processes, contributing to team growth and cultural development.
• Collaborate with leadership across engineering, product, marketing, and customer success to define priorities and establish delivery goals.

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, complexity analysis, databases, networking, and distributed systems.
• 3-6 years of experience in product development, specializing in Python and MVC-based web frameworks.
• Proficient with Linux systems, version control, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience in designing scalable architectures for data-intensive applications.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of proposing ideas and solutions, actively seeking and incorporating feedback from the team.
• Previous experience in a product-based company or startup is a bonus.

Personality traits we really admire:

• Great attitude to ask questions, learn, and suggest process improvements.
• Attention to detail.
• Equal importance to planning, coding, code reviews, documentation, and testing.
• Highly motivated and coming up with fresh ideas and perspectives to help us move towards our goals faster.
• Adheres to release cycles and absolute commitment to deadlines.

Why should you join AdNabu?

By joining us as a Senior Software Engineer in a growing team, you have the opportunity to make a huge impact by working closely with the leadership team, including the CEO. As we scale our tech team over the next few months, you will have a key role in hiring and taking on bigger responsibilities.

This is what our team members enjoy the most about AdNabu:

• Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who wants to take up challenging work & push your personal boundaries, then this is the right place for you.
• Competitive Salary: As AdNabu continues to grow, you’ll have a real opportunity to create wealth for yourself and your family. We'll ensure you are financially well-off in the end.
• Holistic Growth: Building a career doesn’t have to be at the cost of missing out on your personal front. We believe that professional success is worth it when personal goals are nurtured with equal importance. We will support you on that journey of yours.
• Transparency: If you ever wanted to know what it’s like to be on an entrepreneurial journey, then working with AdNabu gives you that opportunity to experience it all firsthand.
• Food & Snacks: We provide Sodexo coupons monthly. This is on top of your salary :)
• Health Insurance: We offer health insurance coverage for you, your spouse, children and parents.
• Flexible leaves & work-from-home: We only care about effective and timely work. Do it from wherever you want to do it. Your home, or a beach in Goa, is up to you :). 

If all of this sounds exciting to you, join us for an exciting and equally fulfilling ride at AdNabu!

• Discussing the project aims with the company requirement and development team.
• Designing and building web applications using Laravel.
• Troubleshooting issues in the implementation and debug builds.
• Working with front-end and back-end developers on projects.
• Testing functionality for users and the backend.
• Ensuring that integrations run smoothly.
• Scaling projects based on Company feedback.
• Recording and reporting on work done in Laravel.
• Maintaining web-based applications.
• Presenting work in meetings with clients and management.

Description:

1. Hands-on backend web and API development experience.

2. Has strong MySQL and Database knowledge.

3. Working experience in building and deploying applications on servers like AWS, etc.

4. Good understanding of architectural patterns (e.g., MVC) is required.

5. Good communication and analytical skills.

6. Experience in building REST APIs in NodeJS and/or TypeScript.

7. Code repositories management in GIT.

8. Provide leadership to the team around new approaches, workflows, and technologies.

9. Experience in client requirement analysis and estimating projects timeline and efforts.

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions

Skills And Qualifications

• Practical knowledge and understanding of web applications.
• 3+ years of good hands-on experience in Python, with knowledge of Django
• Good hands-on experience in SQL Database (MYSQL / Postgres)
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools GIT.
• Has experience of working in an Agile Environment. Fluent in English (written and oral) Fluency in a second language is preferred.
• Comfortable working remotely with great communication skills for a remote work environment.

Bonus Qualifications

• Knowledge of any cloud. ( Especially Azure )

• Extensive experience in developing Java EE application
• Hands-on experience working with Spring, Spring Boot
• In-depth knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience working with Java Web Services, RESTful services 
• Experience using Redis, Memcached or any other caching system
• Experience working with message brokers– preferably RabbitMQ
• Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Gradle.

Job Description:-

• Php Developer Skills Required.
• Good working knowledge on Core PHP.
• Strong knowledge of MVC Framework and knowledge of Laravel.
• Good working knowledge of JavaScript & JS frameworks, preferably jQuery.
• Strong knowledge of MySQL databases & OOPS concepts.
• Strong knowledge of ORM and query builder.
• Knowledge of queue scheduling and task scheduling.
• Strong knowledge of Artisan commands.
• Hands on experience of service providers and create new service providers in the application when needed.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers.
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules.
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges.
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices.
• Integrate data from various back-end services and databases.
• Create and maintain software documentation.
• Knowledge of Rest APIs.
• Knowledge of the payment gateway integration (PayPal, PayUMoney, CC Avenue etc.)
• Good knowledge of wallet integration (Paytm, Phone-Pe, Amazon) etc.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git is mandatory.
• Ability to debug the code and resolve the issues.

Key Responsibilities:-

• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Participate in the full lifecycle of the projects.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Assist in troubleshooting any production issues.
• Working within an existing code base and also writing code from scratch.
• Good team player -collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
• Commitment to meet corporate goals and tight deadlines.

Key Skills:- HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, JavaScript, PHP, Core PHP, knowledge of MVC framework, database, MySQL, Laravel Framework, Rest APIs, 3rd party tool integration, OOPs programing concept.

Experience:- 3+ Years’ experience.

Education Qualification:- B.E./B.Tech. /MCA or equivalent in computer science or a related field.