Backend Developer

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About Us

Binocs.co empowers institutional lenders with next-generation loan management software, streamlining the entire loan lifecycle and facilitating seamless interaction among stakeholders.

Team: Binocs.co is led by a passionate team with extensive experience in financial technology, lending, AI, and software development.

Investors: Our journey is backed by renowned investors who share our vision for transforming the loan management landscape: Beenext, Arkam Ventures, Accel, Saison Capital, Blume Ventures, Premji Invest, and Better Capital.

What we're looking for

We seek a motivated, talented, and intelligent individual who shares our vision of being a changemaker. We value individuals dissatisfied with the status quo, strive to make improvements, and envision making significant contributions. We look for those who embrace challenges and dedicate themselves to solutions. We seek individuals who push for data-driven decisions, are unconstrained by titles, and value collaboration. We are building a fast-paced team to shape various business and technology aspects.

Responsibilities

• Be a part of the initial team to define and set up a best-in-class digital platform for the Private Credit industry, and take full ownership of the components of the digital platform
• You will build robust and scalable web-based applications and need to think of platforms & reuse
• Driving and active contribution to High-Level Designs(HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
• Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Mentor team members in adopting effective coding practices. Conduct comprehensive code reviews, focusing on both functional and non-functional aspects.
• Ensure the security, performance, and reliability of backend systems through proper testing, monitoring, and optimization.
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and agile development processes to maintain code quality and project timelines.
• Simply, be an owner of the platform and do whatever it takes to get the required output for customers
• Be curious about product problems and have an open mind to dive into new domains eg: gen-AI.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest development trends, tools, and technologies.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in backend development, with a strong track record of successfully architecting and implementing scalable and high-performance backend systems.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g.,Python, Golang, Node.js, Java) & tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.
• Good understanding of databases (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g. MongoDB, Elasticsearch, etc)
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles and best practices.
• Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming
• Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and huge passion and ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces.
• Experience of cloud computing platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Knowledge of Test Driven Development

Good to have

• Experience with microservices architecture
• Knowledge of serverless computing and event-driven architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions)
• Understanding of DevOps practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD).
• Contributions to open-source projects or active participation in developer communities.
• Experience working LLMs and AI technologies

Benefits

By joining Binocs, you’ll become part of a vibrant and dynamic team dedicated to disrupting the fintech space with cutting-edge solutions. We offer a stimulating work environment where innovation is at the heart of everything we do. Our competitive compensation package, inclusive of equity, is designed to reward your contributions to our success.

• 2 - 5 years of hands-on experience with Mongo DB as a Developer.
• Deploy and create MongoDB clusters with appropriate configuration once the machines are provisioned
• Be able to script, and have programming ability with MongoDB shell and/or other programming languages
• Configure and monitor replica sets and Sharded Clusters
• Ability and experience in working with applications that work with MongoDB such as Java, Node.js and/or others
• Experience with MongoDB security, managing roles and permissions
• Experience with MongoDB backups and restores, manually and using MongoDB and other tools
• Knowledge and experience in working with MongoDB Ops Manager and/or Cloud manager
• Knowledge and/or experience working with MongoDB Atlas
• Knowledge of at least one DevOps tool such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible or similar
• Experience with ORM tools such as spring data is preferred.

We are looking to hire a talented PHP developer to manage our back-end services and ensure a seamless interchange of data between the server and our users. As a PHP developer, you will be responsible for developing and coding all server-side logic. You will also be required to maintain the central database and respond to requests from front-end developers.

To ensure success as a PHP developer, you should have in-depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP programming, an understanding of MVC designs, and working

Knowledge of front-end technologies including HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3. Ultimately, a top-level PHP Developer can design and build efficient PHP modules while seamlessly integrating front-end technologies.

• Analyzing website and application
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized
• Troubleshooting application and code
• Integrating data storage
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web
• Updating and altering application features to enhance

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP
• Previous experience creating scalable
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL
• Ability to project
• Good problem-solving skills

• Strong proficiency with JavaScript 
• Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it 
• A good understanding of the nature of asynchronous programming, its challenges, and workarounds
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages 
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors 
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance 
• Experience in user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Proficiency in API integrations
• Understanding of fundamental design and architecture principles to scale an application
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• A degree in any discipline
• Good communication and team skills
• Ability to listen to the requirements of team members and clients and translate them into great solutions

• Design and develop cloud native enterprise applications 
• Define and establish conventions, standards and best practices for the SDLC process and ensure that quality control is of paramount importance at each step of the development life cycle
• Develop reusable frameworks and libraries that can drastically accelerate new application development in the future
• Participate in the requirement analysis and gathering process and also perform sit-withs with business teams to ensure there is full clarity of the problem statement
• Actively engage wih infrastructure team and take ownership of DevOps processes to ensure that build and deployment processes are efficient and optimal.
• Actively engage with project stakeholders to ensure all are in sync with the progress, risks and issues
• Quickly learn and adopt cutting edge technologies to help keep the org ahead of the curve