Locus is a global decision- making platform in the supply chain that uses deep learning and proprietary algorithms to provide route optimization, real-time tracking, insights and analytics, beat optimization, efficient warehouse management, vehicle allocation and utilization, intuitive 3D packing and measurement of packages. Locus automates human decisions required to transport a package or a person, between any two points on earth, delivering gains along efficiency, consistency, and transparency in operations.
Locus, which has achieved a peak of 1 million orders processed in a day (200,000 orders an hour) and is trained & tested on over 100 million+ order deliveries, works in 75 cities across the globe. Locus works with several large-scale market leaders like Urban Ladder, Tata Group of Companies, Droplet, Licious, Rollick, Lenskart, other global FMCG, pharma, e-commerce, 3PL and logistics conglomerates.
Locus is backed by some of the biggest names in the market and recently raised $22 MN in Series B funding and also $4 Mn in a pre-Series B round. Earlier, In 2016, Locus raised $2.75 Mn (INR 18.3 Cr) in a Series A funding.
Locus was started by Nishith Rastogi and Geet Garg, two ex-Amazon engineers on a mission to democratize logistics intelligence for businesses across industries. Nishith was profiled by Forbes Asia in their ’30 Under 30’ 2018 list. Geet, on the other hand, holds a dual degree (BTech and MTech) in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. Our team constitutes of engineers from Indian Institute of Technology and Birla Institute of Technology & Science- Pilani, and Data Scientists with PhDs from Carnegie Mellon University and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Our multifaced product and business team is led by senior members from Barclays, Google & Goldman Sachs with immense operational execution experience.
Job Description
- Design & implement backend APIs at Locus.sh
- Mentor junior developers technically.
- Actively work to reduce tech debt in the Locus backend
- Work towards more stability & scalability of the backend
- Tech stack - Java, AWS, Aurora etc.
Eligibility
- 4-8 years of product company experience
- OOP implementation experience. Programming language does not matter, We use Java internally but have hired folks from non Java background.
- Hands on experience in SQL, Dynamo DB, Postgres etc preferred.
- Prior experience building REST APIs
- Advanced understanding of AWS stack
- Prior knowledge of solving problems at scale.
Perks:
- Healthy catered meals at office
- You decide your own Work From Home (WFH) and Out Of Office (OOO)
- Pet-friendly - bring your pets to the office any day. Locus family already has a Rottweiler and a Beagle
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Role: Backend Developer
Role & Responsibilities / What you will do?
- Participate in design and implementation of the overallBackend architecture.
- Understand Architecture Requirements and ensure effective Design, Development,
- In depth knowledge of NodeJS, ExpressJs. (plus point if having knowledge of GOLang)
- In depth knowledge of Databases like MongoDB, MySQL, CouchBase, Cassandra and search engine like elastic
- OTT Streaming platform knowledge includes functional areas such as - Media Processing ,Content Management system
- Problem Solving – Ownership, Proactive and Systematic approach.
- Enable absorption of latest technologies in the product line.
- Ensure best practices in software development are institutionalized.
- Problems across multiple environments and operating platforms.
- Validation, Testing and Performance, monitoring etc
Requirements / What you should have?
- Understanding and knowledge of Front end is plus point.
- Continuous integration (Jenkins) and version control (Git) etc.
- Good Error and Exceptional Handling Skills.
- Identify bottlenecks and bugs and recommend system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development.
- Contributing to team meetings, troubleshooting development and production
The Role:
We are looking for an enthusiastic Software Engineer (Backend-Python), who adopts a hands-on approach and loves to build scalable, distributed and large web / mobile products. You would be responsible for designing the architecture, reviewing the code, building the technology and deploying web/mobile applications.
Responsibilities:
- Own the product development from
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant
- Contribute to discussion on software
- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, SCRUM ceremonies, and troubleshooting to ensure uptime for live systems
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field from a premier
- Prior 2-7 years of experience in back-end development (Python/ Django/ Golang) in a start-up or a dynamic work
- Good exposure in writing and optimizing SQL for high-performance
- Understanding of asyncio and eventloop/ uvloop concepts. Knowledge of frameworks such as Quart/ Fastapi/ Starlette is
- Knowledge of AWS; Caching technologies like Redis, Memcache; ELK; mySQL Databases, etc.
- Strong understanding of System Design, Microservice Architecture, Kafka, Pub/Sub, Message queues, and in-memory data stores
- Customer oriented, responsive to changes, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
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Design and implement APIs and backend systems to support the functionality of our live stream shopping mobile application
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Integrate with third-party services and APIs to enable features such as payment processing, real-time inventory updates, and user authentication
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Collaborate with the front-end development team to ensure smooth and seamless integration between the front-end and backend systems
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Monitor and optimize the performance and scalability of our backend systems to ensure a seamless user experience
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Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
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Stay up-to-date with industry best practices and new technologies
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Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
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3+ years of experience in backend development
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Strong knowledge of at least one programming language, such as Java, Python, or Ruby
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Experience with RESTful APIs and microservices
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Experience with database design and SQL
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Experience with cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform
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Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
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Experience with AWS
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Experience with live stream technology or e-commerce platforms
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Experience with agile development methodologies
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Experience with containerization and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Java / J2ee Development environments
- Eclipse or similar tooling
- Very Strong Web front end development including JavaScript, Angular, React, etc.
- Develop REST based microservices using Spring, SpringBoot, SpringCloud, SpringListener, SpringMVC, JavaScript, HTML, XML, JUNITS Cloud, container image development and container orchestration
Skills Required:
- Angular, Spring Springboot, SQL Server
Experience Preferred:
- Looking for a full stack developer with Strong Front end experience, Spring Springboot, SQL Server, GCP
Position : Database Programmer:
Job Description / Required Skills
- Strong experience in Database design for complex web and mobile application, including writing complex store procedures, function, triggers and ad-hoc queries.
- Hands-on development experience with T-SQL.
- Strong experience on Database designing, normalization, optimization and performance tuning.
- Experience in advanced SQL programming, problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Experience in security, troubleshooting and optimizing the performance of databases and stored procedures.
- Experience in Refactoring/troubleshooting existing databases as needed.
- Deep understanding of referential integrity and indexing.
- Assisting with production database issues and helping to troubleshoot and isolate the root cause of issues and provide issue resolution by interacting with Developers.
- Ability to estimate development tasks accurately and meet agreed upon deadlines.
- Understanding of code promotion, version control and QA procedures.
- Good Communication skills.
Technical Skills:
- MySql, MS-SQL, SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server Profiler.
- PostgreSQL
- DCL, DDL, DML Scripts.
- T-SQL, SSRS and SSIS
- OS Environments: Windows XP/Windows 7, Windows Server 2003/2008
Experience : 3 to 4 years
Qualification : B. Tech/BE/MCA/MSC Computers
Location : Mumbai
Responsibilities
- Server Side Programming Languages: PHP & Laravel (MUST)
- Framework: Express, Sails.js, Laravel, Node.js .
- Web Server technologies: Apache, Nginx.
- Database creation and integration: MySQL (MUST), PostgreSQL, MongoDb.
- Cloud computing integration e. g., public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, or private cloud environments.
- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic.
- Optimisation of the application for maximum speed and scalability.
- Implementation of security and data protection.
- Design and implementation of data storage solutions.
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
- Setup and administration of backups.
- Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
Requirements
- Knowledge of presenting data in different formats
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science with minimum 5+ years of industry experience.
- Technical depth across multiple languages.
- Able to meet deadlines.
- Leadership experience.
- Strong communications skills.
- Proficient in writing REST APIs.
• Should have 5+ years of work experience in design, develop, Code and Unit Test web and desktop-based applications written in .Net framework starting from 4.x and above.
• Strong analytical skills to understand a given requirement and provide work estimates.
• Strong Object-Oriented Programming knowledge.
• Strong experience with Static Code Analyzers like Fortify.
• Should have good understanding of web servers such as IIS and Front-end such as HTML’s and Razor based engines.
• Strong debugging skills using .net front end and backend.
• Strong coding experience and thorough understanding of programming languages such as C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net, ADO.Net, JQuery, JavaScript, Traditional Web Services, WCF, Web API and other Scripting languages such as pythons.
• Strong working knowledge on various design patterns such as MVC, MVVM, DDD, Repository Pattern and any custom/hybrid framework as designed by the Architects.
• Should have a strong working knowledge of Azure DevOps.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of data sharing medium using JSON, XML and other media types.
• Strong knowledge on Entity Framework (6 and above) and other ORM such as Dapper.
• Strong knowledge and programming skills in Database such SQL SERVER, Oracle, My SQL and SQL Express. Additionally, nice to know-how knowledge in MS ACCESS.
• Strong knowledge and coding experience in REST based web services and service-oriented design patterns using WCF and other API’s.
• Should have used IDE such as Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code for Front-end development.
• 1+ years of building SPA web solutions using Angular 6/7/8 , BackBone, Bootstrap
• 5+ years building HTML5 complaint pages
• 3+ years of experience using TypeScript
• 3+ years of writing automated testing using Jamine or others
Day to Day job Duties: (what this person will do on a daily/weekly basis)
• Co-ordinate/mentor other Junior developers on a day to day basis.
• Understand the use cases/User Story, code and develop on a designed platform/pattern.
• Strict adherence to coding standards.
• Participate self-code review/peer reviews and correct errors wherever applicable before checking in the final code into the Branch/code repo.
• Create code documentations wherever applicable and as set guidelines by the team.
• Create and perform Unit Tests wherever applicable as set guidelines by the team.
• Provide feedback and assist in estimation planning.
• Merge code branches as and when required.
• Create and publish release documentations and application deployments as and when requested.
• Report out statuses to the leads onshore daily during the Stand-up calls.
• Additionally, update efforts on a given work item on everyday basis.
• Provide true estimates on work assigned prior development. Also ask questions/provide comments on User Stories/work items assigned.
• Be a team player and flexible towards availability in case of any urgent issues that need immediate attention.
• Plan out vacations in advance (min. 2 weeks of adv. Notice).
Nice to have(not a must) experience, skills
• Good understanding of Service Workers.
• Prior coding experience using FORTRAN.
• Experience on 3rd party tools like Spire.Pdf, PDF.Js.
• Knowledge of Rapid application development framework like DevExpress, Code on Time, HighCharts.
• Knowledge of code clean up tools like CodeMaid.
• Knowledge of Power BI and O365 Suites of applications.
• knowledge of SQL Data tools like SSIS and SSRS.