Backend Developer - Node JS

What does the role look like?
Software Development Engineers will be responsible to participate in all stages of
the software product development life cycle. This will include analyzing system
and user requirements, designing software flowcharts, writing clean Java code,
troubleshooting bugs, and running tests to improve system functionality.
An ideal candidate would be someone who has proficiency in Java technologies,
good analytical skills, the ability to anticipate issues and frame remedial actions,
and excellent teamwork skills.

What will you be doing?
● Write simple, efficient, and maintainable code.
● Design, develop, scale and maintain backend services in Java
● Manage individual priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
● Validating the functionality and security of the application.
● Function well in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
● Ensuring best coding standards and practices to improve and maintain
quality.
● Meeting with the engineering and product team to discuss project definitions
and goals.

What will you need ?
● Bachelor/Master degree in CS or related field from a reputed college
● Sound knowledge of Java technologies.
● Solid grip on the programming basics like DS and algorithms, OOPS.
● Understanding & experience with software design pattern, restful APIs and
microservice architecture
● Experience with software design and application programming.
● Prior experience in start-ups or health-tech will be a plus

About us :

We are building 25+ years of strong regional business acumen, deep relations, and experienced management to revolutionaries trade through comprehensive digital platform and to fulfill the needs of consumers, retailers, suppliers, distributors and manufacturers through digital brands with a vision to disrupt, build, and own the retail business value chain in each market.

We at the present have our presence in UAE, India, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Job Description :

* Advanced web development in PHP (OOP) at least 3 years or more!
* Advanced experience with newest version of Laravel or Symfony framework
* Advanced knowledge with Git, MySQL DB (AWS RDS), Amazon S3 storage service, memory cache (Redis).
* Advanced knowledge with writing REST APIs.
* Good knowledge of SOLID, DRY and KISS coding principle.
* Good experience with Linux, Amazon Web Services and Docker.
* Basic knowledge of Design Patterns in PHP.
* Some work should be done using jQuery, HTML and XML standards.
* You enjoy analyzing all the facts and information.
* In depth knowledge of MySQL database.

Perks of working with us :

- Objectives are set to help you align and contribute to the mission

- Ample opportunities for interacting with customers, product managers and the leadership

- You will self-asses your progress while managers will guide you through continuous feedforward.

- Leverage and build strong connections across communities of interests

- Pick your Mentor to help you navigate the present and drive your future

- Continuous learning and upskilling through Nexversity

- Flexibility to move across functions, skills and technologies

- Hybrid work mode to drive balance

Job Summary
We are looking for a passionate backend developer with 2-3 years of experience who loves challenges and building something from ground-up. Past track record of building a statistical tool will be an advantage

Responsibilities and Duties
- Design of system and architecture for all features and problems
- Translate high level business problems into scalable design and code
- Maintain existing backend code and infrastructure
- Working with team to solve problems and discuss new ideas
- Smart system design smart having a balance between speed of implementation and scalability
- Ownership of projects or codes written

Qualifications and Skills
- Passion to work for startup and aptitude for fast learning
- In-depth understanding of Django and Django Rest Framework
- Expertise in python
- Basic machine learning knowledge, Company will help the candidate to upskill
- Ability to write clean, scalable, robust code
- Understanding of complete lifecycle of software development
- Basic knowledge of front-end development
- Good understanding of restful api design
- Working knowledge of AWS (EC2, RDS and Postgresql)
- Familiarity deploying SAAS solution with Amazon AWS and Docker (Kubernetes) etc

Roles and Responsibilities

● Leads more than one projects end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution. ● Manages stakeholder expectations and offers scalable, reliable, performant and easy to maintain solutions ● Consistently delivers complex, well backed and bug-free products in time ● Consistently takes well thought technical/design decisions ● Develops expertise in more than one area and shares knowledge with others. able to mentor/train in areas which are new to them. ● Drives people to solve engineering challenges ● Enjoys high respect of Tech and other cross functional teams ● Demonstrates effective communication with project team, management and internal/external clients as necessary. ● Surfaces both technical and non-technical team challenges and helps resolve them ● Champion for SDLC best practices and high quality standards ● Significantly contributes in hiring high performance candidates

 

 

Experience &   Skills

● Expert at in RoR, Golang, NodeJS or Python. Good to have exposure to ML. ● Must have experience in cloud computing ● Operates independently with almost no oversight ● Is able to apply domain expertise to think critically and make wise decisions for the team, taking into account tradeoffs and constraints. ● Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks ● Has delivered multiple projects with end-to-end engineering ownership ● Keeps track of new technology/tools and embraces them as necessary ● 12+ years of experience in product driven organization ● A Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering from a reputed institute (preferably IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes)

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar.
• At least two years' experience as a Node.js developer.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
• Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Great organizational and time management skills.
• Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours.

Technology Vision

The B2B manufacturing industry has a lack of digitisation globally. NowPurchase is building layers of technology to help improve the productivity and profits of the manufacturer. For this we are building the OS (Operating System) that will seamlessly connect factory equipment such as furnaces and spectrometers to our software systems that provide real time optimisations.

The end-game is to use this interconnected system to do great production planning and autonomous procurement of their raw materials. The Heart of NowPurchase will be a marketplace consisting of these smart factories and raw material suppliers.

Here a video that explains our product journey:

https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21">https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21

This is fully a remote role, but the employer needs to fly down to the office in Kolkata for 5–6 days every month. Plane tickets and accommodation will be reimbursed by the company.

Role Description

NowPurchase is looking to add an immensely talented Senior Backend Engineer that will help us invent, design, refine and deliver products that will meet the above vision.

- Expect to build a lot of services and APIs in the cloud and stand-alone IoT devices to serve both the browser as well as native IoT enabled terminals that will be placed at the manufacturers' premises.
- Expect designing algorithms that model the metallurgy of the manufacturing processes as well as using tools such as linear programming, machine learning etc.
- You need to lead the backend team to make sure they are delivering high quality code and is constantly inspired to experiment with tools to push out MVPs.

What are the expectations from this role?

- Deliver high quality modular code deployed to serve web, mobile and native IoT enabled terminals that leverage REST-based services and real time sockets. This would include algorithms for real time optimizations that are critical for the manufacturing process.
- You are empowered to work directly with leadership and the product team to make decisions about your code and future of the product.
- Have a strong emphasis on shipping features quickly without sacrificing code quality. Be ready to build a lot of MVPs that will go through iteration or be completely scrapped depending on the outcome at the customer end.
- Own your Agile projects and lead the team from software design to implementation and deployment. Maintain sprints, delivery timelines and contribute to better managing the engineering team.
- Collaborate on the end to end design and implementation of the platform, including data modeling, systems architecture, data security, access controls, architecture, user experience, deployment, automation, and monitoring.
- Maintain a high level of data integrity, quality and security checks.
- Develop data pipelines and RESTful services that are distributed, robust and highly performant.
- Build a culture of simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code that other developers emulate and you ensure through thorough code reviews and processes.

Qualifications and Experience

- 4+ years of demonstrated software engineering experience in an agile environment designing, architecting and implementing robust scalable systems preferably for modern SaaS application
- 1+ years of technical leadership experience
- Experience with modern server-side programming languages such as Python, Scala, Go. Experience with web frameworks such as Django Rest Framework, Flask.
- Experience with architecting asynchronous services with design patters leveraging PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Celery for storage and multi-tenant servers over AWS Elastic BeanStalk.

Compensation & Benefits

- **Cash Compensation:** As per industry standards & pedigree of candidate
- **ESOPs:** 10% of NowPurchase is dedicated to current & future team members. Your package would entail some ESOPs so that you own a part of the company and grow along with it.
- **Medical Insurance:** Benefits of group insurance of 3 lakhs for family including parents, spouse, children
- **Generous leave structure and WFHs** including Marriage, Maternity & Paternity leaves
- **Complete Relocation Expenses:** We are building a unicorn out of the city of Joy (Kolkata). We will pay for everything you spend to relocate here.

**Possible Growth path**

Senior Backend End Engineer > Engineering Manager > VP of Engineering

**Tech Stack**

- React/Redux
- Python/Django/Celery
- Git, AWS, ELB (Elastic Beanstalk), Netlify
- PostgreSQL/Redis/S3

## **Hiring Process**

1. Screening of applicants & initial telephonic call with Manager -HR
2. F2F/Video Interview with Engineering Manager and Cofounder CTO
3. Take home written assessment
4. F2F/Video Interview with Cofounder CEO
5. Email communication on final feedback

The end to end process shall take less than 10 days. We pride ourselves on being transparent & moving fast.

*Candidates who accept an offer may join within 1 hour, 1 week or up to 45days of signing - though, we have a preference for as short a gap period between signing and joining since we're at the most exciting part of our journey - laying the foundation for the NowPurchase platform!*

Responsibilities:

• Crawl the internet/intranet for issues people are facing and convert them in to stuctured data that would be consumed downstream.
• Familiar with the software development life cycle (SDLC) from analysis to deployment.
• Comply with coding standards and technical design.
• Adapts structured coding styles for easy review, testing, and maintainability of the code.
• Integrate the developed functionality and/or component into a fully functional system.
• Ensure unit and integration level verification plans are in place and adheres to the great quality of code at all times.
• Actively participate in troubleshooting, debugging and updating current live system.
• Verify user feedback in making the system more stable and easy.
• Work closely with analysts, designers, and other peer developers.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
• Understanding of OOPS concepts, Persistence, Threading.
• Good understanding of version control system (GIT).
• Knowledgeable in data structures and algorithms.
• A background in Engineering with sound oral and written communication skills.
• 6+ years of experience working on the server-side.
• Exposure to API designing, scalable architecture, and thorough understanding of systems.
• Great database modeling skills.
• Working knowledge of Databases, both relational (such as PostgreSQL) and in-memory database (such as Redis).
• Good understanding of web stack and how all the pieces fit together.
• Experience with open-source projects.
• Experience in designing interactive applications.