

Job Description
- Design & implement backend APIs
- Mentor junior developers technically.
- Actively work to reduce tech debt in the 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.

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Should have hands-on experience in the following:
- Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using NodeJS and have at least 3 - 4
- years’ experience on the same.
- Should have excellent in-depth knowledge on Nodejs and Mongo DB.
- Working knowledge of RESTful web services.
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.
- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Good communication skills.
- Experience in working effectively within a team.
Responsibilities for Staff Engineer role:
- Having experience in Java along with Springboot, Micorservices, RDBMS
- Experience required: 6yrs to 8 yrs.

Description:
For over 10 years, Zscaler has been disrupting and transforming the security industry. Our 100% purpose-built cloud platform delivers the entire gateway security stack as a service through 150 global data centers to securely connect users to their applications, regardless of device, location, or network in over 185 countries protecting over 3,900 companies and have detected 100 Million threats/day.
We work in a fast-paced, dynamic and make it happen culture. Our people are some of the brightest and passionate in the industry that thrives on being the first to solve problems. We are always looking to hire highly passionate, collaborative and humble people that want to make a difference.
About the role :
This is a senior staff backend engineer role in the engineering team that designs, implements and maintains our state of the art product IllusionBLACK. The team is responsible for designing and implementing secure, highly performant and maintainable product.
Responsibilities:
- Architect, develop and maintain high performance, fault tolerant and scalable cloud hosted service using NodeJS
- End to end responsibility to continuously create and monitor the services you build
- Help design reusable and clean API's for our frontend React app
- Guide team members with handling complex issues
- You will also be responsible for database schema design and development of migration scripts
- Experiment with new technologies and ideas and help shape our stack and processes
Requirement:
- 10+ years professional SW development experience
- All our production applications are built with either Typescript or Python. You must have a strong understanding of NodeJS express apps written in Typescript and ES6
- Must have good experience with Python
- Solid experience with databases is a must. We use and love Postgres here at Smokescreen
- You should be able to design a complex database SQL schema normalized to 3NF on the back of a napkin at 3am in the morning
- Deep understanding and working knowledge of Redis cache
- Experience with Solr or Elasticsearch is a must. We use Solr for our event analytics exclusively
- Experience with AWS, Azure or GCP is a plus. We have a large distributed application running on AWS
- Experience with Docker/Swarm is a plus
- Experience in some stream processing platforms like Kafka/Redis stream is a plus
Key Responsibilities & Requirements
You should primarily be a backend developer or full stack developer, very good at code reviews and code optimization. Our products depend on processing large amounts of data and having fast response times is absolutely essential.
You will have the opportunity to
- Take responsibility of building systems for scale
- Manage our backend systems and database optimizations
- Assist in key decisions and design architecture that drives development across products
- Define processes and help with efficient functioning of the team
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure the products are scalable, maintainable and secure
What we expect from you:
- We work on Ruby on Rails but you can have 2+ years of experience as backend developer in any language
- Have a solid grasp of OOP, databases and automated testing methodologies.
- Know how to manage sprint and ensure tasks are completed within the timeline
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
- Strong understanding of SQL databases
- Proficient knowledge of various authentication methods like JWT, OAuth etc..
- Perform peer code reviews and Code audit - Analyze existing code and remediate performance issues within existing applications
Having seen over 10x growth in 2021 alone, we are expanding our scope of products to cater to the fast growing creator economy and help creators monetize in ways beyond influencer marketing. We are also looking at tremendous growth in the next few years, standing at the verge of building something huge!
Come join our team of developers if a fast learning environment in a high growth industry excites you.
About Winkl
Please check out our product before applying to this position -
* Website - https://winkl.co
* Team - https://winkl.co/about
* Android App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.winkl.app&hl=en
* iOS App - https://www.winkl.co/app
Winkl is a technology company that is changing how influencer marketing is done. From a manual process earlier to an automated and data-driven process with Winkl. More on this here.
Leveraging data & technology helps Winkl scale influencer marketing to a level that wasn't possible earlier. This has helped Winkl power influencer campaigns for top brands in India like Flipkart, Amazon etc.
Culture & Expectations
* At Winkl, no one tells you what to do. We don't micromanage. We don't spoon feed. As long as you're willing to learn new things, are proactive, initiate activities on your own, make mistakes and learn from them, take responsibility, stick to your word of getting things done, we think you'd be a great fit at Winkl.
* On a day to day basis, you'll get to be an important part of a high growth startup as it scales.
* You'll receive all possible support from your team at Winkl to help you succeed.
* Being highly accountable is a non-negotiable requirement
• Participation in the requirements analysis, design, development and testing of applications.
• The candidate is expected to write code himself/herself.
• The candidate is expected to write high level code, code review, unit testing and deployment.
• Practical application of design principles with a focus on the user experience, usability, template
designs, cross browser issues and client server concepts.
• Contributes to the development of project estimates, scheduling, and deliverables.
• Works closely with QA team to determine testing requirements to ensure full coverage and best
quality of product.
• There is also the opportunity to mentor and guide junior team members in excelling their jobs.
Job Specifications
• BE/B. Tech. Computer Science or MCA from a reputed University.
• 6+ Years of experience in software development, with emphasis on JAVA/J2EE Server side
programming.
• Hands on experience in Core Java, Multithreading, RMI, Socket programing, JDBC, NIO,
webservices and Design patterns.
• Should have Knowledge of distributed system, distributed caching, messaging frameworks, ESB
etc.
• Knowledge of Linux operating system and PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB/Cassandra database is
essential.
• Additionally, knowledge of HBase, Hadoop and Hive are desirable.
• Familiarity with message queue systems and AMQP and Kafka is desirable.
• Should have experience as a participant in Agile methodologies.
• Should have excellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills.
• This is not a Fullstack requirement, we are purely looking out for Backend resources
We're looking for Senior Node js backend developers with over 2+ years of experience and strong expertise in Javascript based development using Node js and Express. We are looking for cadidates who are go-getters and are leaning towards leadership positions. Candidates must have a proven history of building, scaling, optimising and securing Node js based backends and APIs using a microservice architecture.
Bonus Skill : Experience with ReactJs, Postgres
We would prefer candidates who can join immediately or are currently serving their notice period.
Key Skills Required
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A passion for Javascript based solutions and an extremely strong understanding of JavaScript
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Proficiency in Node js and Express based development
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Stong experience in building scalable REST APIs
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Experience in implenting API security using tokens, encryptions keys and other methods
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A proved history of building scalable and secure web applications and APIs with Node js using a microservice architecture
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Working experience with API Gateways
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Experience with Docker
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Experience in maintaining code via Git workflows
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Ability to work independantly or as a part of a team
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Ability to work in an Agile environment
Responsibilities
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Understanding requirement and congributing to engineering solutions at a conceptual stage to provide the best possible solution to the task/challenge
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Building high quality code using coding standards based on the SRS/Documentation
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Building component based, maintainable, scalable and reusable backend libraries/modules.
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Building & documenting scalable APIs on the Open Spec standard
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Unit testing development modules and APIs
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Conducting code reviews to ensure that the highest quality standard are maintained
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Securing backend applications and APIs using industry best practices
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Troubleshooting issues and fixing bugs raised by the QA team efficiently.
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Optimizing code
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Building and deploying the applications
Advanced proficiency in MEAN Stack (NodeJS, MongoDB, Express, Angular JS)
Proficiency and hands-on experience with one or more of the following: Backbone / Knockout JS / Ember JS / React JS
Knowledge of JQuery would be an added advantage
Thorough knowledge of software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, continuous integration and continuous delivery
Thorough knowledge of Node.JS, MongoDB, Angular JS, Express JS and JavaScript
Ability to plan core architecture, and to enhance it from time to time
Strong analytical mindset to derive actionable analytics from data




Skillset:
Python (Mandatory)
C,C++ (Good to have)
Thanks
Ravindra


Job Location: Bangalore
Experience : 3 – 8 Yrs
Qualification : IITs/NITs/IIITs/BITS, pliani, Tier1/II Engineering Colleges
Skills Required :
• Mandatory – Educational Background should be from Tier1/II institutes only.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of Technical education and work experience.
• Strong Object Oriented Design and skills (C/C++ and/or Java/C# on Unix/Linux/Windows platform).
• Solid software development background including design patterns, data structures & algorithms.
• Solid experience with distributed (multi-tiered) management systems, algorithms and relational databases.
• Proficiency using modern web development technologies and techniques including JavaScript, Ajax, Responsive Design Etc.
• Strong customer focus, ownership, urgency and drive.
• Having experience in Hospitality/Travel/Internet/Online/Start-up/IT/Logistic/Courier/Cargo/ Transportation would be preferable.




