Backend Developer

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain server-side applications, APIs, and databases.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Develop RESTful APIs, GraphQL, or other web services that integrate with databases and external services.
• Write clean, efficient, and reusable code while following best practices for backend development.
• Optimize applications for speed and scalability.
• Ensure the security of applications, databases, and data handling practices.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in production and development environments.
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure the reliability and stability of the backend code.
• Work with databases (SQL or NoSQL) and optimize database queries for performance.
• Implement caching mechanisms to improve application performance.
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Design and Development:

• Develop and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable backend code using [mention specific programming languages and frameworks, e.g., Python, Node.js, Java, Go, Ruby on Rails, Django, Flask, Express.js, Spring Boot].
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and other web services.
• Build and manage databases (SQL or NoSQL) and data pipelines.
• Implement and maintain server-side logic and business rules.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code.

Database Management:

• Design and optimize database schemas.
• Write and optimize SQL queries.
• Manage database performance and scalability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and maintain server-side components, APIs, and microservices.
• Design and implement database schemas, optimize queries, and ensure database performance and scalability.
• Work with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Implement data storage solutions, ensuring efficiency and scalability.
• Maintain code quality, organization, and automation through version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Ensure the performance, security, and scalability of the application infrastructure.
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code with good documentation.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across the stack, focusing on the backend.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement deployment and CI/CD pipelines.
• Stay updated with the latest backend technologies and industry trends.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Backend Developer to join our dynamic engineering team. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend systems that power our[product/service]. You will be responsible for leading complex projects, mentoring junior developers, and contributing to architectural decisions.   

Responsibilities:

• Design and Development:
• Design, develop, and implement high-performance, scalable, and secure backend services and APIs.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards.
• Optimize application performance and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Architecture and Planning:
• Contribute to the design and architecture of backend systems.
• Participate in technical planning and estimation of projects.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools.
• Create and maintain technical documentation.
• Leadership and Mentorship:
• Lead and mentor junior backend developers, providing technical guidance and support.
• Drive best practices in software development and code quality.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including frontend developers, product managers, and QA engineers.
• Lead complex projects from conception to completion.
• Database Management:
• Design and optimize database schemas.
• Write complex SQL queries and stored procedures.
• Ensure data integrity and security.

Egen is a data engineering and cloud modernization firm helping industry-leading companies achieve digital breakthroughs and deliver for the future, today. We are catalysts for change who create digital breakthroughs at warp speed. Our team of cloud and data engineering experts are trusted by top clients in pursuit of the extraordinary. An Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company 7 times, and recently recognized on the Crain’s Chicago Business Fast 50 list, Egen has also been recognized as a great place to work 3 times.

You will join a team of insatiably curious data engineers, software architects, and product experts who never settle for "good enough". Our Java Platform team's tech stack is based on Java8 (Spring Boot) and RESTful web services. We typically build and deploy applications as cloud-native Kubernetes microservices and integrate with scalable technologies such as Kafka in Docker container environments. Our developers work in an agile process to efficiently deliver high value data driven applications and product packages.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Information Technology and Management, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Have experience working and strong understanding of object-oriented programing and cloud technologies
• End to end experience delivering production ready code with Java8, Spring Boot, Spring Data, and API libraries
• Strong experience with unit and integration testing of the Spring Boot APIs.
• Strong understanding and production experience of RESTful API's and microservice architecture.
• Strong understanding of SQL databases and NoSQL databases and experience with writing abstraction layers to communicate with the databases.

Nice to have's (but not required):

• Exposure to Kotlin or other JVM programming languages
• Strong understanding and production experience working with Docker container environments
• Strong understanding and production experience working with Kafka
• Cloud Environments: AWS, GCP or Azure

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As discussed please find below the job description and other needed details

“Squadcast is an incident-management platform for software teams of all sizes and shapes”

Our product helps global organizations adopt Site Reliability Engineering practices to improve their incident resolution metrics and ultimately, the reliability of their systems. If you're excited about engaging user experiences, snappy interfaces, and trustworthy systems, we should talk!

We ideate fast, embrace change, and take risks. From scaling our business model to expanding our offerings, the day-to-day at Squadcast offers endless professional growth opportunities. Our engineers work on state-of-the-art tech stacks with a high degree of autonomy.

Position : Backend SDE3

Experience : 8 to 11 Years

Work Mode: Remote work

Location : Bangalore

Role & Responsibilities :

• Work with a team of skilled engineers to improve the Squadcast product.
• Control what you work on, how you deliver and the roadmap of the product.
• Solve service reliability problems for teams and companies worldwide.
• Build delightful experiences and scalable, reliable systems for fellow engineers, the end users of our platform.
• Plan & develop tooling, processes and technical improvements to improve the multiple codebases.
• Work closely with the product team to plan, spec and deliver features, bugfixes and documentation.
• Work with the SRE and Customer Success teams to help customers and troubleshoot issues during our paid on-call rotations.
• Build, deploy and manage services and Backend Coding using Go/Node.

You may be a fit for this role if you:

• Are passionate about building products for fellow engineers.
• Are you a full-stack engineer, or a frontend/backend engineer interested in expanding to other areas of the stack?
• Either has experience in our tech stack or wants to work on it. We care about your general engineering skills and learning abilities more than your current tech stack.
• Communicate proactively and work autonomously, requiring minimal supervision or follow-up.
• I like to collaborate and pair with other engineers.
• Want to own features end-to-end: bring your ideas to the stakeholders, build consensus, plan, implement, deploy and release.

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• Strong knowledge of WordPress Platform
• Expertise in WordPress Custom Theme Development and Plugin Development
• Expertise in WP Plugin Integration (WooCommerce, WPML, Membership plugins etc)
• Should understand how to make WordPress manageable from admin panel
• Understands WP architecture and knows how to perform database and code optimization for WordPress
• Expertise in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
• Proficiency in PHP/MYSQL and AJAX
• A thorough understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues
• Strong understanding of responsive web design techniques
• An ability to work on multiple projects and tasks at the same time
• Great attention to detail, highly organized
• A positive and upbeat attitude with the ability to learn quickly
• Minimum 4 years of experience in WordPress Development
• Experience with Magento, and Shopify (preferred)
• Excellent written and spoken English
• The ability to adapt to a diverse and multicultural environment
• A reliable workstation with a fast computer, microphone and speakers, reliable internet and power for working remotely

YOUR DUTIES AND TASKS:

• Developing and providing maintenance support for WordPress sites
• Developing custom themes and plugins
• Migrating websites from other platforms to WordPress
• Integrating and setting up plugins like WPML, WooCommerce, Membership, etc.
• Optimizing page speed of WordPress sites
• Implementing SEO/CRO best practices in WordPress sites
• Transforming complex PSD layouts into pixel-perfect presentation layer HTML5/CSS3 templates
• Creating responsive website designs
• Working under tight deadlines
• Handling multiple projects at the same time
• Producing high-quality work with a strong focus on detail