Backend Developer

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

• 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 / Information Science (BE / BTech) or Master’s in Computer Applications (MCA) Experience:
• Two to five years general software engineering experience
• Experience in web development using the Ruby on Rails web application framework
• At least two years of Ruby on Rails programming experience
• Thorough understanding of the philosophy and design of Ruby on Rails
• Desktop publishing skills: HTML5, xHTML, CSS

Knowledge of:

• JavaScript and JavaScript libraries: jQuery, Plugins etc.
• Unix and Linux systems
• Relational databases: SQL, etc.
• Frameworks: Active record, etc.
• Servers: Nginx, Mongrel, Webrick
• Performance management using New Relic, Web Page Test tools
• SEO rules, minification, rails asset pipelines
• REST APIs and their usage

Highly preferred experience:

• Ability to work with the Amazon EC2, S3, and EBS services
• NoSQL databases: MongoDB, Memcached, CouchDB
• Git, SVN
• Proactive and resourceful person who achieves tasks with minimal oversight
• Team player with the ability and desire to become an integral part of a fast-paced team
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in parallel

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the backend systems for our first product
• Build reliable, secure and performant backend systems
• Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team
• Mentor and provide feedback to teammates

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Deep and wide knowledge of Java ecosystem
• Can write code that is readable, maintainable, secure and performant
• Know the importance of tests and how to approach writing different types of tests
• Good intuition for REST API design
• Deep understanding of relational databases, transactions, entity-relationship modeling
• Comfortable writing highly concurrent systems
• Experienced in using profilers, tuning garbage collection, optimizing SQL queries

Desired Skills and Experience

• Golang , Java , Python , Ruby