Backend Developer

Roles and Responsibilities

Job Title: Backend Developer

Experience: 2+ Years

Location: Bangalore, India

Elocity is a cleantech start-up striving to make the world a better place through technology innovations. We are building a global infrastructure for making the transition to electric vehicles viable, affordable, and

sustainable by working closely with the utilities, governments, and public.

Headquartered out of Canada, we are a team of highly specialized domain experts and problem solvers enabling utilities, public and private sector entities to successfully manage the demands of electric vehicle charging and its infrastructure needs to pave the way for electromobility in future.

To know more visit https://elocitytech.com/

Responsibilities:

• Determines technical feasibility of features or solutions by evaluating problem, customer

requirements, possible solutions and technology requirements.

• Exercises judgement in prioritizing tasks and selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

• Create low-level design of modules of a software application through proper documentation and

diagrams.

• Develops software solutions by studying requirements, clarifying customer/user needs, analysing data

and processes and following established software development practices and processes.

• Develops proof of concepts for technical evaluation and early customer feedback

• Updates and shares knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming

techniques, and computing technology; reading professional publications

• Networks with internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.

Skills:

• Good command in JavaScript/TypeScript. Knowledge of Java/Python will be a plus.

• Experience in Debugging/troubleshooting TypeScript code.

• Experience in API development (REST/GraphQL etc)

• Experience in development of Web and Mobile(android/iOS) applications

• Exposure of Parallel and Asynchronous programming

• Experience in writing Unit tests (Jest or any similar framework)

• Should be proficient in relational Database concepts (Postgres etc.)

• Knowledge of Non-relational Databases would be a plus.

• Good Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming Concepts.

• Good Understanding of Design Patterns.

• Good command of Data structures, Algorithms and Complexity.

• Good at problem solving and analytical skills.

• Experience with Source Code Versioning systems (Git etc)

• Understanding of Micro services Architecture would be a plus

Requirement Analysis

• Programming/Software Development
• Developer Testing
• Code Review
• Client Handling

1. Building REST API's & Services In Django Framework
2. Building reusable code and libraries for future use
3. Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
4. Implementation of security and data protection
5. Design and implementation of the database schema
6. Design and implementation of data storage solutions
7. Implementing CI/CD pipeline

• Proficient knowledge of a back-end programming language Python
• Hands-on experience with Python Frameworks like Django
• Proficient knowledge of MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes (Relational & NoSQL)
• Understanding of queueing systems like Redis/AWS SQS
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Data migration, transformation, and scripting
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

• Experience in Docker
• HandsOn Knowledge with implementing CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in managing applications on AWS
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling application to support load changes
• Product wide application-level thinking on API and data modeling

We are looking for a seasoned technology professional who can use their experience to build effective teams, high-performance culture, scalable processes and mentor aspiring talent. The candidate must be entrepreneurial, hands-on in technology, must have experience with design, development, and delivery of mobile apps, web applications and tech platforms, at scale. It is highly important for the candidate to have experience with eCommerce and is expected to have some experience in the retail sector, building technology systems and platforms.

The person is expected to be a technology leader with the capability of building and leading a high-performance engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Provide Technical authority in prospective meetings with other departments and provide guidance to developers
• Provide Hands-on Technical leadership, in the development, operation, and improvement of services
• Work with the wider team to ensure high-quality code is delivered in line with the project goals and delivery cycles
• Work with product managers to understand user needs for new/existing services
• Work closely with designers to deliver rapid prototypes as well as production code to ensure high accessibility standards are upheld. We expect familiarity with modern frameworks and languages, as well as best practices such as Clean Code, TDD, BDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and DevOps
• Attract, hire, retain and develop top-notch engineering/technology talent
• Implement technology product(s) as per the product requirements, using appropriate technologies
• The company’s tech-stack comprises Node.js (for Backend), MongoDB as the Database (MEAN stack), and Native App development (for iOS and Android)
• Communicate business goals to the engineers. Keep them focused on building the right product and in the right manner. Ensure that engineering is always adding business value and communicate this value to the business leaders
• Be an individual contributor if necessary. Engineering managers could spend ~20% of their time coding and contribute to the code base
• Perform regular code review of the code being developed by your team, to maintain the high quality of code

Qualification

• Computer Science & Engineering education/degree from an internationally recognized top technology institute or university
• 8-10 years of overall experience in the delivery of quality scalable and extensible software. Should currently be leading a team of top-notch developers as an Engineering Manager or Technical Architect.
• Experience of leading product development in B2C startups
• 4+ years of experience in architecting, designing, developing, and scaling high-quality mobile apps and end-to-end systems (consumer-facing and business-facing systems), under tight timelines and delivery pressure
• Experience with backend software development at a high scale. Experience with distributed systems, service-oriented architecture (SOA), and microservices design.
• Capacity to take the complete responsibility of developing and delivering a product-mobile apps and backend. Has good design sense. Has to experience with Node.js.
• Knowledge of new and cutting-edge technologies & tools. Experience working on complex projects having Analytics, Data-Science and Machine Learning components.