Backend Developer

About us

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 8300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview

As an SDE 2 Back-end Engineer at Astra, you will play a crucial role in the development of a new vulnerability scanner from scratch. You will be architecting & engineering a scalable technical solution from the ground-up.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals, collaborating to deliver innovative solutions and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in vulnerability scanning. The role requires deep collaboration with the founders, product, engineering & security teams.

Join our team and contribute to the development of a cutting-edge SaaS security platform, where high-quality engineering and continuous learning are at the core of everything we do.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• You will be joining our Vulnerability Scanner team which builds a security engine to identify vulnerabilities in technical infrastructure.
• You will be the technical product owner of the scanner, which would involve managing a lean team of backend engineers to ensure smooth implementation of the technical product roadmap.
• Research about security vulnerabilities, CVEs, and zero-days affecting cloud/web/API infrastructure.
• Work in an agile environment of engineers to architect, design, develop and build our microservice infrastructure.
• You will research, design, code, troubleshoot and support (on-call). What you create is also what you own.
• Writing secure, high quality, modular, testable & well documented code for features outlined in every sprint.
• Design and implement APIs in support of other services with a highly scalable, flexible, and secure backend using GoLang
• Hands-on experience with creating production-ready code & optimizing it by identifying and correcting bottlenecks.
• Driving strict code review standards among the team.
• Ensuring timely delivery of the features/products
• Working with product managers to ensure product delivery status is transparent & the end product always looks like how it was imagined
• Work closely with Security & Product teams in writing vulnerability detection rules, APIs etc.

Required Qualifications & Skills: 

• Strong 2-4 years relevant development experience in GoLang
• Experience in building a technical product from idea to production.
• Design and build highly scalable and maintainable systems in Golang
• Expertise in Goroutines and Channels to write efficient code utilizing multi-core CPU optimally
• Must have hands-on experience with managing AWS/Google Cloud infrastructure
• Hands on experience in creating low latency high throughput REST APIs
• Write test suites and maintain code coverage above 80%
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
• Good to have experience in Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
• Good understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms and Operating Systems.
• Understanding of cloud/web security concepts would be an added advantage

What We Offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company
• Fully remote & agile working environment
• A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you get to build things from scratch, improve and influence product design decisions
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business
• Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally
• Experience with security side of things
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (last one was Chikmangaluru)
• Open and supportive culture 

We are looking for a Senior Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well. Collaborate with front-end and back-end developers and designers to build website following client requirements.

Responsibilities

• Create clear, simple, and reusable code
• Develop all server-side logic, including data storage to optimize website performance
• Identify programming bottlenecks and bugs and find fixes
• Test, update and validate web applications to be used on different web browsers
• Execute automated testing platforms and system tests
• Familiarity with front-end technologies
• Attention to detail, especially in identifying and fixing errors.

Required Skills

• 3+ Years of experience in back-end development
• Knowledge and experience in Node js and Mongo DB
• Experience in Microservices Architecture

Responsibilities

- Software Engineering

- Design and develop highly scalable, available, reliable, secure and fault tolerant systems with minimal

guidance for a market leader in the logistics industry

- Partner with team members on functional and nonfunctional requirements and spread design

philosophy, goals and improve the code quality across the team

- Research new technologies and tools that enable building the next generation of our services

- Provide technology leadership to the team and foster engineering excellence

- Product Delivery

- Partner with product managers to define and execute on the feature roadmap

- Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design

- Coordinate with various cross functional teams on planning and execution

- Maintaining automated build / test / deployment environments

Qualifications

- Software Engineering

- Should have at least 4 years of hands on experience in designing, developing, testing and deploying

applications on Java, Ruby, Kotlin, Python, Node or Go for large scale applications

- Deep knowledge of one of the programming language they have experience in

- Proficient in OOP and Design Patterns, experience with functional programming would be a plus

- Data modelling experience in Relational Databases

- Ability to design and implement low latency RESTful services

- Product Delivery

- Ability to scope, review and refine user stories for technical completeness and to alleviate dependency

risks.

- Well versed in working with agile methodologies which includes phases such as design, development,

code review, testing and release management

- Ability to have worked in a CI/CD environment, with hands on experience with Git or any similar source

code management tools

- Product Maintenance

- Experience troubleshooting server performance issues such as memory tuning, GC tuning, resource leaks

etc

- Continuously refactor applications to ensure high quality design.

Required Skills:

• 4+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 4+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

Neokred is a FinTech company based in Bangalore and an ISO 9001 | 27001 & 20000-1 and PCIDSS certified firm in Information and Data security. The company builds Consumer Tech for Financial Infrastructure stack to provide curated versions of embedded banking in the payment ecosystem. We've created a platform which enables Corporates, Banks, FinTech’s, Retail Companies, and Start-ups to launch their own banking services or financial products, such as issuance of co-branded cards, facilitating lending, and virtual bank accounts and KYC for their customers or employees with the help of low code plug and play technology stack.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE:

We are looking for an analytical, result driven Senior Java Developer who will use his or her understanding of programming languages and tools to build and analyse codes, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create more seamless experience for users. 

Your KRAs will include the following:

• You will design, build, and own APIs and Services, which will be the core of the product.
• You will participate in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages and better assist other team members.
• You will part of developing ideas for new programs, products or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• You will have to take lead on projects, compile and analyse data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas of improvement. 

YOU SHOULD POSSESS: 

• Minimum 4+ years of experience with Proficient understanding of Java, Hibernate, Springboot.
• luency in JAVA, Operating System may be required and Experience on Database such as MySQL or Postgre SQL.
• Proficiency with Springboot, Spring Security and Hibernate.
• Strong understanding of Computer Science Fundamentals, Data Structures and Algorithms, SOLID Design Principles and REST Patterns.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience and process improvement. • Excellent project and time management skills.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group. 

• Ownership of product/feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production.
• Ensuring the developed features are scalable and highly available with no quality concerns.
• Work closely with senior engineers for refining the design and implementation.
• Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments.
• Assist directly and indirectly in the continual hiring and development of technical talent.
• Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts.
• Contribute intellectual property through patents.

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of Software Development experience.
• Strong knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms and CS fundamentals.
• Strong coding and problem solving skills.

• Experience working with service oriented architectures and web-based solutions.
• Experience in eCommerce and deep hands-on technical expertise
• Experience working on the AWS technologies.
• Experience with NoSQL and relational databases.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working on Agile processes (Scrum, Kanban).

• 5+yrs with WINDOWS DRIVER DEVELOPMENT in is MUST

• Hands on EXP in C++ Programming is MUST

• Understanding of FIRMWARE and HARDWARE DESIGN principles.

• EXP in LAPTOP and DESKTOP domain

• Hands on EXP in JENKIN and GITHUB

• EXP or understanding of FIRMWARE DESIGN TOOLS and LANGUAGES.