Backend Developer

We're looking for a Backend Lead Engineer to join our Engineering Team. The Engineering Team forms the backbone of our core business. We build and iterate over our core platform that handles orders, payments, delivery promises, order tracking, logistics integrations to name a few. Our products are actively used by Fynd users, Operations, Delights, and Finance teams. Our team consists of generalist engineers who work on building REST APIs, Internal tools, and Infrastructure for all these users.

What will you do at Fynd?

• Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team.
• Managing and mentoring a team of 2-5 engineers, Delegating tasks, and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals.
• Build scalable and loosely coupled services to extend our platform
• Build bulletproof API integrations with third-party APIs for various use cases with the team.
• Evolve our Infrastructure and add a few more nines to our overall availability
• Have full autonomy and own your code, and decide on the technologies and tools to deliver as well operate large-scale applications on AWS
• Give back to the open-source community through contributions on code and blog posts
• This is a startup so everything can change as we experiment with more product improvements
• Write technical documentation

Some Specific Requirements

• Atleast 2+ years of Tech Lead Experience, 5+ years of Development Experience
• You have prior experience developing and working on consumer-facing web/app products
• Good understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms, and Operating Systems
• Hands-on experience in JavaScript / Python / Node.Js. Exceptions can be made if you’re really good at any other language with experience in building web-app based tech products
• Good knowledge of async programming using Callbacks, Promises, and Async/Await
• Experience in at least one of the following frameworks - Flask, Sanic, Fastapi would be plus
• Experience in at least one of the following frameworks - Express.js, Koa.js, Socket.io
• Hands-on experience with Frontend codebases using HTML, CSS, and AJAX. Plus knowledge of Frontend Frameworks and Experience in at least one of the following frameworks - React.Js, Angular, Vue.js.
• Deep knowledge of MongoDB, Redis, or MySQL
• Basic knowledge of event-based systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ
• You should have experience with deploying and scaling Microservices.
• You've worked with AWS services in the past and have experience with EC2, ELB, AutoScaling, CloudFront, S3
• Deep Knowledge of Cloud-Native Application Architecture: Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices

Responsibilities:

• Plan and design Python-based microservices as per given requirements.
• Write scalable and efficient code while managing co-workers, juniors, and cross-team communication for timely delivery.
• Conduct code reviews and manage development deployments.
• Provide support for UAT and production deployments.
• Participate in client calls and handle grievances related to built services.
• Work in an Agile development environment, following best practices.
• Stay updated with the latest technology trends in software and hardware and be capable of working across multiple technologies.

Requirements:

Must-Have:

• Languages & Frameworks: Python, FastAPI, Django, familiarity with web frameworks for development.
• Databases: PostgreSQL (schema designing, CRUD operations, ORM), Elasticsearch (loading/unloading data, query building), Redis.
• Workflow Automation & Broker: Working knowledge of Apache Airflow and Kafka.
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS S3, EC2, Docker, Docker-Compose.
• Soft Skills: Strong communication skills (English, Hindi), ability to create flow diagrams, UML diagrams, and deliver technical presentations.
• Development Methodologies: Experience working in an Agile environment.

Good to Have:

• Languages & Frameworks: Java, Spring Boot.
• Databases: MongoDB.
• Cloud Services: AWS Lambda.
• AI/ML & Big Data:
• Experience with Machine Learning libraries and frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras).
• Strong understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms, and Software Engineering principles.
• Familiarity with Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools (SpaCy, NLTK, Hugging Face).
• Working knowledge of Spark with PySpark for big data processing.

• Translation of complex functional requirements into technical requirements
• Design, develop and maintain complex systems using best of the breed development practices and technology.
• Responsible for the overall software development life cycle.
• Delivery of High Quality & Scalable systems and applications with a sharp focus on timelines.
• Being on the lookout for bettering the software engineering practices and tools within the organization
• Collaboration with other stakeholders to provide robust and well-rounded solutions
• Report on the status of product delivery and quality to management, customer support and product teams.

• Experience of 5+ years in designing & developing highly scalable, performant web applications
• Strong programming, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Strong Computer Science Fundamentals (Data structures and Algorithms)
• Sound understanding of object-oriented programming and excellent software design skills.
• Good experience of Restful services using Java Springboot
• Strong understanding of database design and SQL (PostgreSQL / MySQL) development
• Good to have knowledge of NoSQL technologies like Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra or any other NoSQL database
• Knowledge of design patterns and good to have experience of large-scale applications
• Should have experience in Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS or other Queueing systems.
• Experience of working with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Computing (GCP) would be considered as an advantage
• Experience of developing with Serverless Model will be an advantage.

Java
J2ee
working experience with one or more clouds

Understanding of design architecture

Experience with Traditional databases and nosql databases

Sound in Algorithms,data structures and problem solving 

Good at coding and design