Backend Developer

About Us

At Toddle, we are on a mission to help schools around the world deliver better learning. We are a team of 2x founders – before founding Toddle, we set up a network of preschools and schools in India. We continue to operate these preschools and schools as it gives us a unique vantage

point into the challenges faced by schools.

Our belief is that real impact in education can only be achieved by improving schools. That’s because children spend more than 80% of their learning time in school and schools are here to stay as schools are not just about teaching & learning, they also play a pivotal social role in our lives. So while most Edtech companies are trying to solve for education by working outside the school system, we think that the focus needs to be on taking our schools to the next level.

Our first product is a collaboration platform for teaching teams – we say that Toddle is to teaching, what Figma is to design. In its current version, Toddle empowers teachers to work together and better across all stages of the teaching-learning process – right from curriculum

planning and assessments to progress-tracking and family communication.

Here are some key facts about us:

1. Currently used by 1,000+ schools and 30,000+ teachers from 107 countries

2. Global revenue – 40% from Americas, 30% from EMEA, 30% from APAC

3. NRR > 115%

4. NPS > 70

5. Annual churn < 5%

6. Inbound led GTM motion fuelled by positive word of mouth

We love solving for

1. Creating delightful experiences that help teaching teams collaborate better & be more effective

2. Building tools that help teachers personalise learning for their students

3. Helping teachers around the world connect with each other meaningfully

We are at a series A stage right now, growing fast in the SAAS Ed-tech space, and have been funded by Sequoia, Matrix, Beenext, and Better Capital among others.

Here’s what you’ll be doing

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Backend engineer, one who partners with us in creating beautiful products for teachers, students and parents alike. As a Backend engineer, you will play a major role in designing, developing and deploying high-quality web platforms. In

this multifaceted role, you will get the opportunity to work along curriculum experts, teachers, and students, and user-test the product in real school settings.

Required Skills:

Frameworks & Technologies: Node.js, Express, GraphQL, JWT

Database: SQL query writing and optimisation.

Tools: Git basics, Scripting basics

Good to have:

DevOps experience with AWS, CI/CD

Working experience in PostgreSQL

Is this someone that looks like you?

• Education: B.E/B.Tech degree

• Experience: 1 to 3 years of relevant working experience (SaaS preferred)

• Soft Skills: Having a bias towards action, a good sense of design, empathy, and good communication skills

• We deeply value building the right culture at Toddle, and these are a few things that we look for in each hire - Coach-ability, Curiosity, Ownership, Hustle and Humility

Excited about the role?

Here are a few more benefits:

1. Work from anywhere - Work from where you like - home, co-working space, cafe or the hills

2. Exposure to diverse learning opportunities

Work across different projects & teams to develop skills outside of your core expertise

Access to a small budget towards learning (e.g. books, online courses, substacks)

3. Uncapped leave policy

We trust you fully on your commitment to our mission and your judgement on planning your time and taking leaves:

No cap on the number of sick or casual leaves

Special paid leaves for childbirth, wedding etc.

And if in any circumstance you feel burnt out - there is a little something for this too!

No questions asked menstrual leave

4. Flexible working hours - Block “no-meeting hours” to enable uninterrupted focused work

5. No bell curve performance evaluations

6. And yes, a super fun and smart group of folks to collaborate and grow with.

Still with us? Here’s the process:

1. Shortlisting:

• Apply for the role.

• We’ll check out your application and assess it for a fit

• You will hear back from us within 2-3 days of the submission if shortlisted

2. Once shortlisted, we usually do about 2-3 rounds of interviews, a written assignment, and deep reference checks.

3. We value everyone’s time hence we make it a point to communicate proactively at all stages of your application. You can always reach out to us for any questions.

About the company
Currently we are hiring for a VC backed startup a fast growing fintech startup based in Bangalore.

It is a super app to digitize India’s 50M+ sales agents where they can get access to relevant products & services, receive training through interactive videos on “how to sell, what to sell and whom to sell”, and earn money. For businesses, we help them save a huge effort in managing and training these agents and help them increase their reach to every nook and corner of the country.

India is a trust deficit market which cannot be accessed through Internet Marketing on Facebook and Google as the majority of the customers need training, push, motivation and a primer on why and how to use a product.

To solve this problem, traditional industries like BFSI, Telecom, Automobile, Real Estate etc. use 50M+ frontline sales executives to drive distribution. We believe that not just for these traditional industries but also for emerging companies in FinTech, EdTech etc these agents will play a pivotal role in accessing trust deficit customers.

They have grown to a  100,000+ agent network across India (growing 50% MoM) & are funded by tier1 VC’s and angels in India.

Summary of Role

As a lead of the consumer products software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of the software applications.

Responsibilities:

• Overlook development of all consumer products in JAVA
• Lead a team of 4-5 developers
• Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
• Focus on code maintainability and performance of application
• Provide technical advice and assists in solving programming problems
• Continuously create new and interactive features that would help to improve user experience and user engagement.
• Assist with troubleshooting of issues as needed
• Lead the design and architecture of software solutions
• Assist in developing and maintaining continuous integration pipelines

Required Skills for this Role:

• JAVA
• Spring/Spring Boot
• Hibernate
• Linux
• REST
• Kafka
• Mysql
• AWS
• ELK Stack (Elasticsearch)
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Team Leadership experience of at least 3 year

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in Java based technologies
• Experience in designing databases and system architecture
• Experience in building products from scratch at well funded start-ups
• Team Lead/Team Manager experience of at least 3 years

JOB DESCRIPTION 

DYT - Do Your Thng, is an app, where all social media users can share brands they love with their followers and earn money while doing so! We believe everyone is an influencer. Our aim is to democratise social media and allow people to be rewarded for the content they post. How does DYT help you? It accelerates your career through collaboration opportunities with top brands and gives you access to a community full of experts in the influencer space. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Expert in Python with knowledge of Python best practices (PEP8) 
• Strong knowledge of python web frameworks such as Django, Flask • Strong knowledge of building RESTful APIs using Django Rest Framework • Good Understanding of Django ORM Libraries 
• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system • Strong experience on Linux 
• Solid database skills in a relational database (i.e. PostgresSQL,MYSql) • Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes • Strong unit test and debugging skills 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (git) 
• Experience deploying on AWS is desirable 
• Experience with Docker,Test Drive Development will be a plus 
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, influence and communication skills • Experience in designing scalable micro-services is desirable 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• 0-1 years of experience as a backend developer 
• At least one product build and published 
• SKILLS Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle 
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code 
• Work well under pressure and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality • Work with distributed development teams 

Work as a member of a team responsible for developing a HIPAA compliant secure care coordination platform in accordance with established processes. You will apply your knowledge of building scalable, distributed applications and have the opportunity to work with new technologies & frameworks such as Spring Cloud Netflix, AWS, Azure, NoSQL DB.

Essential Functions include but are not limited to the following. 

You will be expected to:

• Contribute to all phases in the software lifecycle – requirements analysis, solution design, development, and deployment
• Maintain high quality standards for the work undertaken and be responsible for the quality of deliverables
• Ensure assigned projects are developed in accordance with established engineering processes, adhering to scope, schedule constraints and agile project plans
• Guide/mentor the less experienced team members
• Participate in code reviews
• Work effectively as part of a distributed team
• Document the features worked by him/her

Key technical expertise areas expected for this role:

Strong programming skills in Java 8(+) with clear understanding of Object-Oriented and Functional programming. 

• Experience on REST API Programming based on a Microservices Architecture
• Good Understanding of Databases (MySQL & Mongo) and proficiency in database schema designing & writing efficient SQL Queries 
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Demonstrable ability to learn new programming languages and frameworks quickly
• Experience with distributed systems with specific focus on security and scalability
• Experience with modern cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure

Additional areas that would add value:

• Spring Cloud 
• Experience working with AES 256 based encryption algorithms
• Strong understanding of Design Patterns & their application in system design
• Using DevOps & Infrastructure tooling such as GoCD/Jenkins, Git
• Experience working on  projects, preferably in the healthcare domain
• Experience working with Virtualization and Containerization technologies including Docker, Kubernetes.
• Automated Unit/Integration testing
• Experience working with Linux and Shell scripting 
• Frontend web development with JavaScript frameworks like AngularJS
• Test Driven & Behavior Driven Development
• Experience working in Agile Scrum/Kanban methodologies

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors or Master’s in Computer Science or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience

• Well versed in Core Java, OOPs concepts, collections, multi-threading, concurrency, lambdas, and streams.
• Hands-on knowledge of Spring Core, MVC, JPA, Security, transaction
• Working knowledge of REST API designing as well as development, using Spring.
• Exposure to Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift for the microservices environment.
• Savvy with SQL and database concepts.
• Ability to use frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, etc., for implementing unit testing.
• Sound understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git/bit bucket with Maven.
• Should have worked in a CI/CD environment with TeamCity/Jenkins.

Job Description

• Develop p2p infrastructure systems to support blockchain interoperability
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
• Coding with concurrency, efficiency and scalability as primary motive
• Rigor on Unit testing, coverage and best practices
• Document systems, build runbooks, and automate those processes
• Being hands on by writing, testing, and deploying high-performance networking code.

Required qualifications

1+ years of experience in Golang, Strong knowledge of Go programming language, paradigms, constructs, and idioms, willingness to learn on the go, ability to write clean code, a strong sense of responsibility.

Tech Stack

Go, git, linux, bash, ability to work with Docker.

Nice to have

Experience developing in c++, cryptography and system software development experience,understanding of design patterns, understanding of operating systems, networks.