Backend Developer

[Senior NodeJS Developer] JP Funware & Technologies

Our Vision

JP Funware & Technologies is a new India-based online gaming company foraying into real money gaming with a portfolio that spans skill games (RummyXL) and many more upcoming ultimate games. The company specializes in technology and artificial intelligence to provide amazing game-playing experiences across its platforms. The Company for a future where the platform can deliver a culturally relevant and enjoyable experience in the Indian gaming environment, with features like easy payment withdrawal, less commission, and much more

The Role

JP Funware & Technologies is looking for a Senior NodeJS Developer passionate about working on core system architecture and cutting-edge technology with the experience and knack for real-money gaming. The ideal candidate should have experience in developing high-performance, scalable and secure applications using Node.js. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining server-side applications, implementing new features and fixing bugs, and collaborating with other team members to ensure the success of the project.

Key Responsibilities

·       Creating and maintaining server-side application logic.

·       Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.

·       Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.

·       Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.

·       Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.

·       Collaborate with front-end developers on combining their front-end elements and components with the server side.

·       Work on security and data protection.

·       Incorporate data storage solutions (MongoDB).

·       Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.

·       Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.

·       Design and optimize applications for high performance, high availability, and low latency

·       Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.

·       Troubleshoot and debug applications.

·       Familiarity with how to create scalable Node.js applications.

Key skills and Experience Required

·       At least 6 years of experience in developing Node.js applications.

·       Strong understanding of JavaScript and Node.js.

·       Experience with popular Node.js frameworks such as Express, Koa, or NestJS.

·       Strong knowledge of database technologies such as MongoDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.

·       Experience with Git and version control.

·       Extensive knowledge of socket.io libraries, and frameworks (Express).

·       Working knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.

·       Familiarity with how to create scalable Node.js applications.

·       Great organizational and time management skills.

·       Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

·       Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

·       Master's degree in computer science, information science, or related field (preferred)

Why Explore a Career at JPFT

·      Disproportionate Learning

All you need to bring to the table is a passion for Real Money Games and/or Tech. The responsibility for your growth and managing your learning curve is totally ours. Real money games are one of the most challenging businesses from a Tech & Operations point of view and we intend to expose our employees to various facets of their domain to make them rich with hands-on experience.

·      Work-Life Balance

We do not glorify working overtime in the name of "startup hustle / hyper growth mindset". Efficiency is best driven when there is a solid work-life balance for our team members and we swear by this principle.

·      Wealth Creation

Attractive compensation way above the market along with our generous bonus policy helps us in helping our younger and more passionate team members focus on wealth creation at the very stage of joining the organization.

·      Peace of Mind

Flexible work culture and openness have been an integral part of our company structure from the beginning. We believe in taking care of your mental, physical, and emotional well-being.

It is a golden opportunity to be a part of the team and embark on a two-fold journey - enhancing the sports engagement of an average Indian and being the best RMG tech organization in the country. If you love sports and are passionate about technology and RMG, THIS IS THE PLACE for you!

Benefits at JPFT

Competitive Pay Packages || Swanky & vibrant workspace in Gurgaon || Investment in Learning & Development / Training || Employee Friendly Work Practices || Flexible Leave Policy || Company Laptop || Annual Offsite || Solve Challenging Problems|| High Scope of Innovation

Interview Process JPFT

· Exploratory Call by the HR Team

 The uniqueness of the hiring process at JPFT is that at least ONE Founder will be present in all your interviews. This ensures the candidate gets a very strategic view of where the company aims to be in the medium/long term.

· One Technical Round – The technical round is to gauge & understand competence on the desired skill set and alignment from a technical standpoint.

· Final Round with the Founding Team to understand alignment on the vision and long-term plans of the organization.

JPFT's Tech Stack

NodeJS

Redis

Socet.io

MongoDB

AWS

Unity, C#

• Design and build user-facing products, owning the entire process from gathering functional requirements from teams, through testing and staging, to deploying in a Python based stack
• Guide the team in making technical trade-offs
• Proactively identify bottlenecks, areas for improvement and put forth a plan to course-correct
• Design and implement maintainable backend services, including data processing pipelines, APIs and internal tools
• Coordinating with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions

Job Responsibilities
● Implement and maintain Django-based applications

● Use server-side logic to integrate user-facing elements.

● Develop software related to asset management

● Write and implement software solutions that integrate different systems.

● Identify and suggest various opportunities to improve efficiency and functionality.

● Coordinating the workflow between the graphic designer, the HTML coder, and yourself

● Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components

● Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

● Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.

● Should have the ability to work with old and new versions of django.

● Understand existing code base and adapt to business needs as required

Required Skills
● 3 years experience in software industry

● Minimum 2 year experience in Python

● Minimum 1 Year experience in Django

● Basic understanding of front end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery

● Ability to build user interfaces using the latest web standards

● Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python

● Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes

● Strong unit test and debugging skills

● Experience working in Linux

● Excellent problem solving skills

● Excellent verbal and written communication skills

● Ability to work well in a team development environment

Who are we?

Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) has been set up by IIT Madras to provide thought leadership and intellectual impact to the start-up and innovation ecosystem. CREST has embarked on an ambitious mission of becoming one of the top global research centres in the area of start-ups and innovation. The core of CREST is the development of an AI-driven Intelligent
Information Platform that would enable cutting edge research as well as influence policy and practice like never before
With the recent exponential growth in the start-up and innovation ecosystem, new data-driven approaches would play a critical part in sustaining the current growth curve. The objective of CREST would be to become the gold standard of information and intelligence on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Private Equity investments in India

The Opening
We are currently looking for our next passionate, skilled and motivated Python developer, who can join us immediately. The candidate should
● Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
● Have a can-do attitude and ready for challenges
● Value working with a greatteam - confident, creative and thoughtful people who come together to achieve great things
● Be eager to experiment, learn and bring new things, improving the platform
● Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup-like culture - small team, fast-paced work environment If this is you, we're excited to interact!

As the Data Science Engineer in CREST, you will

● Write reusable code and build libraries for future use
● Establish solid data-pipelines and automate routine tasks
● Develop & deploy custom Machine Learning (ML) models using the latest
research in ML and Natural Language Processing (NLP)
● Build performant applications following best practices, maximizing speed and scalability
● Improve upon the existing codebase mitigating technical debt
● Take ownership of all aspects of the application - architecture, quality and efficiency
Requirements
● Proficient understanding of Python language
● Expertise with data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
● Familiar with Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes and hands-on experience with packages like Pandas, Numpy etc
● Experience with data visualisation tools and libraries like Plotly, Seaborn etc
● Good understanding of advanced Statistical and ML techniques on
regression, classification, forecasting etc
● Skilled in NLP and specifically ML applications in NLP like information
extraction, feature engineering, classification, building language models etc
● Should provide direction and mentorship to junior team members
● Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from premier educational institutions
● Minimum 2 years of experience (research or professional) in the
above-mentioned areas
Good to have
● Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
● Experience and knowledge in version control systems like git, svn, etc
● Knowledge in developing & deploying web apps & web APIs with an overall understanding of client-server interactions
● Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB
Job type
● Full time, on-site
● Immediate joiner
● Initial appointment for 1 year, it would be renewed subsequently based on performance

Work location
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India - 600036

Why work with us?
● Get to interact with the best of the minds. IIT Madras has been ranked as the
top university in India for 5 years in a row
● Be at the forefront of the Entrepreneurial ecosystem in India
● Enormous opportunities for learning

• Work with stakeholders and fellow developers.
• Design and implement Python code using the Django framework.
• Identify and fix bottlenecks that may arise from inefficient code.
• Identify and fix software bugs.
• Create a wide variety of unit tests to verify the functionality of software.
• Manage the security of the platform.
• Write detailed documentation around the code.
• Knowledge of front end languages.

THE POSITION:

- 3+ years of relevant experience in designing & implementing scalable, resilient backend microservices

- Expert at any backend programming language (Python/GoLang preferrable) and has exposure to API design and scalable architecture

- Hands-on experience on a couple of RDBMS/NoSQL/In-memory DBs

- Great database modelling skills

- Ability to choose the right algorithm, data-structure, and design pattern for the given problem statement

- Knowledge of any cloud based platform like AWS or GCP and scaling on the go

- Understanding of various application security principles and experience with building applications secure by design

QUALIFICATION:

                - We don't care about which college you are from, if you have the power to convert coffee into code, we got you.

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help us build the tools, services, and applications that will enable us to be the planet’s most patient-focused pharmacy. You will work on projects ranging from greenfield initiatives to matured products with an active user base. 

• Collaborate with engineering team to design and implement products using event driven micro-services architecture.
• Interact with Product Managers and key stake-holders on regular basis to understand and execute Product vision.
• Take charge of end-to-end feature development, right from proof-of-concept to production deployment and support
• Brainstorm and lead continuous improvement projects for product
• Providing feedback to peer developers on code quality and development standards.
• Mentoring team on strong coding and design standards.
• Setting the bar high for development practises while striking the right balance between pragmatism and perfection for code and processes.
• Effectively document API's and services using Swagger/OpenAPI, visualize flow and dependencies using diagrams, and create technical documents on engineering wikis.
• Present crisp and clear feature demos to stakeholders.

Some of our opensource projects- https://meet.google.com/linkredirect?authuser=0&;dest=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fmedly">https://github.com/medly

We don’t expect anybody to be an expert on all of these, but you should be deeply familiar with some, and a self-starting learner who isn’t afraid to ask for help:

• Polyglot Development (at least 1 more lang apart from Java and JavaScript)
• At least one JVM language
• Functional Programming, 
• OO Design, Clean Code, SOLID principles
• Solid grasp on HTTP, and REST
• Web based SaaS product development
• Deployment to AWS or any cloud
• Test Driven Development, 
• Security Compliance like HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC2
• Git, Linux, CI/CD, Gradle, IDEA
• Security based on OAuth2 / OIDC
• SQL and NoSQL DBs like PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, ElasticSearch
• Docker
• SQL Migration tools like Liquibase, Flyway
• Semantic Versioning, Feature Toggles, PR, Feature Branches

• 3+ Years of experience mainly on Backend Development using any two languages (Java, Kotlin, NodeJS, Ruby etc.)
• Minimum a bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering or any related field.

• Develop service/APIs using Kotlin/Micronaut Node/Serverless
• Aurora Serverless PostgreSQL DB
• AWS, Lambda, API Gateway, Amplify, Cognito, Okta
• Github, Github Actions, SonarCloud
• Database versioning using tools like Liquibase
• Terraform to manage infra
• Cloudwatch/AWS X-Ray to monitor the infra
• Opportunity to make Open Source Contribution