Backend Developer

Skills : Node.js, React, RESTful API, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Exp : 5+ Yrs

Np : Immediate Joiners

Location – Hyderabad and Chennai.

Skill Requirements:

• Proven software development experience in PHP.
• Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services.
• Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, Ebay etc).
• Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

Responsibility 

• Designing and building the website front-end.
• Creating the website architecture.
• Designing and managing the website back-end including database and server integration.
• Generating WordPress themes and plugins.
• Conducting website performance tests.
• Troubleshooting content issues.
• Conducting WordPress training with the client.
• Monitoring the performance of the live website.

Eligibility

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Proven work experience as a WordPress developer.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, HTML5, and jQuery.
• Knowledge of code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, and SVN.
• Experience working with debugging tools such as Chrome Inspector and Firebug.
• Good understanding of website architecture and aesthetics.
• Ability to manage projects.
• Good communication skills.

About us:

Strata is a commercial real estate investment platform that offers investors the opportunity to invest in pre-leased commercial assets such as offices, warehouses, and retail spaces across India.

We are one of the fastest-growing PropTech platforms in India and are backed by Elevation Capital, Mayfield, Kotak Investment Advisors, Gruhas (a venture by Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha) and DLF Family Office.

Our headquarter is in Bangalore, India.

We are a small yet close-knit team of 35+ people.

About you:

You have a knack for product and strongly equipped with engineering skills to make it a reality. You don’t jump into implementation unless you have clearly understood the problem/requirements and have a written design. You don’t hesitate asking questions and giving critical reviews while respecting others’ opinions. You are a fearless engineer, and not afraid to fail, not on production though ;) You have a strong sense of ownership. You have a startup experience. You don’t feel annoyed if required to work on off days in case of production incidents (no development).

Your responsibilities:

You will primarily work on the backend maintaining the existing platform and writing new enhancements and features. Apart from your own features, as a senior member of the team you will be expected to be actively involved in overall design discussions and peer code reviews. You will factor in extensibility, maintainability, scalability and security in designs and code. You will ensure that best engineering practices are followed. You will support your team members when they are facing challenges, and mentor them when appropriate. You will strive for overall engineering excellence.

Must-have Skills:

• 4-8 years of total experience
• 2+ years of experience in Django and DRF. You must be pro at it. The team will be looking up to you for making most out of DRF.
• Designing and building  scalable web applications
• Good understanding of REST principles
• SQL database design and queries
• Working knowledge of AWS

Good-To-Have Skills:

• Angular or any other JavaScript frontend framework
• Designing microservices
• DevOps experience

FAQ's.

1. Your technology ingredients?

Programming languages:
Our backend is written in Python using Django framework. And the frontend is in AngularJS. Currently there is no mobile app.

Infrastructure:
We are an AWS shop and use their services for most needs, Docker for containerization and ECS as orchestrator, RDS as database, S3 for storage and SQS as messaging backend.

Other tools:
BitBucket for Git and CI/CD pipeline, Trello for project management; and Google Meets and Slack for communication.

2. Your hiring plan?

Currently the engineering team comprises of 3 engineers, and we plan to grow it to 8 by the end of 2021.

3. Your Interview process?

We will try to finish the process within two weeks. In case we can’t go ahead with  your candidature, we will clearly and immediately let you know. But in case of competing applications, we may request you to wait for a week or two.

1. 15 minutes introductory call to discuss requirements and expectations
2. 30 minutes online coding assignment on a screen sharing session
3. 1 hour technical interview covering problem solving, code review and aptitude
4. 15 minutes call with co-founder for final discussion

In case of inability to come to a conclusion from either side, we may go for an additional round.

4. Your WFH and WFO policy?

Due to Covid-19 the team is working from home and will continue till March-2022. After that we will work from the Bangalore or Pune office (yet to be finalised). You should be open to relocate to any of the cities.

5. Your funding status?

In March 2020, Strata raised $1.5 million in seed funding; and $6 million in Series-A in July 2021.

Job Description -

We are looking to hire an experienced Magento Developer to build and maintain eCommerce websites for our clients.

Role Responsibilities:

●▪Meeting with the design team to discuss the needs of the company

●▪Building and configuring Magento 2x eCommerce websites

●▪Coding of the Magento templates

●▪Developing Magento modules in PHP using best practices

●▪Designing themes and interfaces

●▪Setting performance tasks and goals

●▪Troubleshooting integration issues

●▪Updating website features and security patches

Technical & Professional Requirements:

●▪Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

●▪Experienced in Magento (eCommerce CMS) 1-3 years (Familiar with Zend Framework)

●▪Experience with Magento modules and has customized the same

●▪Advanced knowledge of Magento, JavaScript, HTML, PHP, CSS, and MySQL

●▪Experience with complete eCommerce lifecycle development

●▪Understanding of modern UI/UX trends

●▪Should be capable of integrating open source scripts and tools

●▪Experience with software development tools like Jira,git,selenium

Strong attention to detail

●▪Ability to project-manage and work to strict deadlines

●▪Ability to work in a team environment

Service Line/Domain: Information Technology.

• Good rate of pay .  Developers have a higher starting wage bracket all around the world.
• The skills are transferable .  The skills you acquire will never be out of use.
• Work anywhere .  As a developer you aren’t limited to a particular region or country as 1’s and 0’s are understood everywhere.
• Comfortable Working Environment .  Wherever you go, you’ll have an air conditioned office, fast internet and a powerful laptop. What more does a man need?
• Constant learning  curve .  You will only get better with passing time as you will be in sync with the technological changes.
• You can be as creative as you want . Each day you create something from nothing. The only thing that  limits you will be your imagination.
• Maternity/paternity leave. Pursue career goals while growing your family.
• Professional development.   Get opportunities for professional development, to master new skills and to grow into other roles.