Backend Engineeer (Node.JS)

 

If you're an experienced back-end developer with experience using serverless architecture (AWS Lambda, DynamoDB) and microservices, this could be the ideal job for you!

 

You'll be at a senior position, developing & maintaining microservices, business logic, and optimization/maintenance of the global database(s) to ensure a high performance & responsiveness to requests from the front-end.

 

Language:

Node.js/Tyepscript

 

Resposibilities:

Building stable, testable, and reusable code libraries for future use.

Write & maintain REST APIs for front-end consumption.

Managing deployments, code pushes (CI/CD pipelines).

Ongoing optimization of backend applications for maximum speed and scalability.

Implementation of security and data protection.

Design and implementation of data storage solutions.

 

Ideal Candidate:

At least 3-4+ years of server-side programming experience.

Solid experience working with NoSQL databases & microservices architecture.

Solid experience with version control (we use Github).

Decent experience with serverless architecture, code deployment and cloud platforms like AWS.

GOOD TO HAVE: Any experience working with fintech projects.

 

The Role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic Technology Lead (Python or Node), who adopts a hands-on approach and loves to build scalable, distributed and large web / mobile products. You would be responsible for designing the architecture, reviewing the code, building the technology and deploying web/mobile applications.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product development from scratch.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Architect scalable software solutions and mentor a team of high performing developers.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, SCRUM ceremonies, and troubleshoot to ensure uptime for live systems etc.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field from a premier college.  
• Prior 4+ years of experience in back-end development (Python/ Golang) in a start-up or a dynamic work environment.
• Good exposure in writing and optimizing SQL for high-performance systems.
• Understanding of asyncio and eventloop/ uvloop concepts. Knowledge of frameworks such as Quart/ Fastapi/ Starlette is preferred.
• Knowledge of AWS; Caching technologies like Redis, Memcache; ELK; mySQL Databases, etc.
• Strong understanding of System Design, Microservice Architecture, Kafka, Pub/Sub, Message queues, and in-memory data stores etc.
• Customer oriented, responsive to changes, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

We offer an innovative, fast paced, and entrepreneurial work environment where you’ll be at the centre of leading change by leveraging technology and creating boundless impact in the FinTech ecosystem.

Your Duties
Include One Will Have To Implement, Develop, According To Corporate Coding Standards. Responsible For The Quality Of Code And Applications. Coordinate With Other Team Members To Ensure That All Repositories Are In Sync. Upload Documents In Appropriate Folders At Proper Locations. Required To Attend The Morning/Client/Conference Calls. Regularly Update Your Skills. Provide Recommendations For Continuous Improvement. SKILLS Must Have Experience With The Latest Angular Framework 2/4/6/7/8/9 Must Have Strong TypeScript And JavaScript Knowledge Should Be Comfortable With RxJS And Angular CLI Should Have A Solid Understanding Of CSS3 And HTML5 Must Have Automated Testing (Unit/Integration/Etc.) (Karma Jasmine, Etc.) Should Have Knowledge NGRX Or Redux Cross-Browser Compatibility And Have High Performance Across The Board Coordinating The Workflow Between The Graphic Designer And HTML Working Knowledge Of NodeJS

We are looking for a backend developer to join our team who shares our passion for making the
lives of API developers and consumers easier. If you love thinking big and delving deep and
enjoy envisioning truly elegant solutions, this role is definitely for you.
What you will be Doing
- You will abstract away complex data interactions with easy-to-use APIs that will power several
mobile and web applications.
- You will also own, scale, and maintain the computational and storage infrastructure for the
various micro-services and long-running jobs, designed and implemented by you and the team.
- We will look to you to make key decisions on the technology stack, architecture, networking,
and security. We love working with bleeding-edge technology, especially if it improves the
malleability, and simplicity of our deliverables.
What you need
- The ideal Backend Engineers are polyglots who are fluent in HTTP and core CS concepts such
as algorithms, data structures, and programming paradigms, and always pick the right tools for
the right job.
- They have a keen eye for common security vulnerabilities and how to act on them (example:
DDOS attacks, SQL Injection etc.).
- They understand what it takes to work in a startup environment and know when to trade
performance for simplicity.
- They fail fast, learn faster, and execute in time.
- Strong communication skills, get-things-done attitude, and empathy
- Strong sense of ownership, drive and obsessive attention to detail.
- Comfortable with iterative development practices and code reviews
- Previous experience as part of a product-oriented team is a plus
Technical Skillsets:
NodeJS + Javascript, GoLang, Typescript + Nodejs, Clojure/Haskell/F#/Scala
(languages/environments)
Koa, Express, Play (frameworks)
Asynchronous Programming Frameworks (Akka, Nodejs, Tornado)
MongoDB, postgres, Bigtable, Dynamo (databases)
Apache Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ (queues)
FunctionalProgramming, FRP (functional reactive)
microservices, multi-tenant, distributed-systems, distributed-computing, event-sourcing
Good to have Skillsets:
Clojure/Haskell/F#/Scala
Apache Kafka, NATS
FunctionalProgramming, FRP (functional reactive)
event-sourcing
Koa
Why you should consider this role seriously?
- We have an audacious vision of helping companies fight counterfeiting and managing their
supply chain more efficiently
- We have built a product and solved problems for some of the largest brands in the country and
tested platform at scale (With our tags present in over 50 Million products already). We have
plans to grow 10x in the next 1 year
- Ownership of key problems. Fast-paced environment
- We are a well-balanced team of experienced entrepreneurs and are backed by top investors
across India and the Silicon Valley (Venture Highway, Startup Buddy etc.)
- Competitive market salary
- Opportunity to work directly with the CEO, COO, CTO of the company
- A chance to interact with top-notch executives from multiple industries
- Open vacation policy (and we really mean it!)
- Open Pantry
- As a team, we love to travel :). An off-site every quarter

We are looking for a RoR front-end developer with 2-8yrs of experience.
Expertise in Angular JS, Node JS, React JS.

Following are the things that we are looking for in our NodeJS developer:

• Full SDLC knowledge, preferably in an agile environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Strong critical thinking & problem solving skills.
• Understanding of Unix / Linux based systems.
• Hands-on exposure to deeply linked relational databases – preferably in MySQL
• Ability to take a feature or product through the full Software Development Life Cycle.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to both collaborate well and also the ability to convey technical ideas and concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Identify the interaction needs and how the API. must be developed based on design comps, product specs, etc.
• Continuously evaluate and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Address and prioritize production level bugs and application performance improvements.
• An adaptable attitude and understanding of the agile methodology.
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and release new features.

Position Title: Lead Product Engineer – Node.js

 

Company Overview:

AskSid was founded by two ex-Mindtree employees, who dreamt of bridging the communication gap in online retail consumer service at a global level. In a span of 4 years, AskSid has been repeatedly recognized and celebrated as a gamechanger in the retail space. From Nasscom declaring us as the No. 1 emerging SaaS company in India in 2019, to being named the “Most Innovative AI company” by CII and Accenture Ventures, we have carved out a definitive niche for ourselves. In 2021, AskSid officially became a Techstars Hub71 Accelerator portfolio company.

We are specialists when it comes to vertical AI for the retail domain and continually work towards innovating to make our customer’s lives easier through AI. We are looking for Engineers with a passion to build world-class technology products of internet-scale SaaS products.

Job purpose: 

Design, engineer, and maintain our proprietary framework, APIs, and technology components of a SaaS software product with the ability to scale it to millions of requests and thousands of concurrent users. 

Responsibilities

• Covert product feature requirements to software design that meets defined quality, maintainability, scalability, and performance KPIs
• Full stack engineering i.e. design, engineer, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain software components to QA and Production environments
• Conform, maintain, and improve continuous integration and delivery lifecycle processes
• Automation of engineering and production activities

Knowledge and skills

Education and Experience

• JavaScript (ES6) / TypeScript
• Node.js - RESTful services and frameworks development
• Microsoft Bot Framework 
• Dependency Management using NPM / Yarn
• Databases : MongoDB / Elastic Search
• Version Control : Git
• Engineering – CI, CD

Must have Technology Skills 

• JavaScript (ES6) / TypeScript
• Node.js - RESTful services and frameworks development
• Microsoft Bot Framework 
• Dependency Management using NPM / Yarn
• Databases : MongoDB / Elastic Search
• Version Control : Git
• Engineering – CI, CD

Good to have Technology Skills

• Cache frameworks – Hibernate / Redis
• Stream / Queue processing platforms: Kafka / Fluentd
• Cloud Computing – Azure / AWS, Dockerization

We are looking for experienced (2-5 years) web developers who have

knowledge of MERN stack and would like to facilitate, design and drive

learning for Product Engineering Program at SOAL

 

 

About You

 

You're a programmer who's been in the industry a few years, and have built

great products, but are ready to change gears. Maybe it's for short term, but

the prospect of teaching -- leveraging your experience and expertise to help

people change their lives -- is exciting.

 

Alternatively, you’ve been working in education for a few years but are ready

to explore the world of technology. The prospect of learning programming

excites you and you would like to leverage your experience in teaching to help

students become better developers and learners of technology.

 

Responsibilities

 

The instructional team for each program is made up of Catalysts and Guides

lead by an Educator. Educator responsibilities include, but are not limited to

the following:

 

- Deliver engaging and effective lesson topics to students

- Design, define and facilitate evaluations and assessments of projects and

individual student progress

- Collect and analyze student achievement data in order to implement

changes to existing curriculum and learning methodologies

- Contribute to the development of internal software tools

- Participate in coaching and professional development to continue growing

your skills

- Work and teach at SOAL (T-Hub, Hyderabad) during the hours 10:00 am -

7:00 pm daily in addition to occasional special events outside of these hours

Ideal Candidate

 

- 3+ years of production level development experience

- Comfort with speaking to and fielding questions about technical topics

- Drive and motivation to deep-dive into unfamiliar topics

- Ability to break down and explain complex topics

- Familiarity with best practices in project management and workfl- Ability to collect and analyze data in order to iterate in short, rapid cycles

- Ability to ramp-up on processes and tools quickly

- A deep understanding of JavaScript/MERN stack

 

Experience with Express JS ( preferred 1+, less than a year also

works)

Experience with Sequelize

Experience with Typescript will be great

- Experience of new age platforms and products such as Slack, Trello, Github,

Docker, Heroku etc. is a plus

 

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

Ideal candidates will add some of the following:

- A curious interest in computer programming and its concepts

- Interested in understanding and researching on new age learning

methodologies and their applications

- Teaching experience (Schools, higher education, M.A.D, TeachForIndia etc.)

or experience mentoring other developers

- Track record of open-source contributions

- Blog posts, published tutorials, or screencasts explaining a concept

- Experience speaking or presenting at technical conferences

About Us:Paysense is Nexus and Jungle funded startup focussed on improving the financial lives of the indian consumer. In an exclusive partnership with India Infoline (IIFL ~$600 mn networth), we are reinventing credit and access to it for the next billion Indian consumers. Traditional banks and lending institutions in India are serving less than 5% of all credit requirements. Primary sources of data on consumer spend and credit behaviour either do not exist, or, are fundamentally broken. We saw this as a challenging opportunity to build out large scale credit system from scratch. Our team comprises of engineers, data scientists and product leaders from Stanford, IIT and UCLA; and we are looking for mission driven team mates who are ambitious, work hard, are super smart and yet humble. If this sounds like you, we’d love to have a chat.About the job:- Backend development at Paysense means writing web systems that receive and process millions of requests per minute. - You will write code that stores and analyzes large scale data in milliseconds: architect and develop data processing and warehouse systems- Develop internal and external platform that powers next generation of credit lending systems- Design tech to build graph/network connecting users- Write systems that are integrated with all leading banks, bureaus and financial institutions.About you:- 2+ years of experience with one of the following is must: Python/Java/nodeJS.- Strong experience with Postgres or another SQL RDBMS.- Working knowledge of AWS or other cloud service.- Experience working in finance domain is a plus.- Experience with Python, Django, or data science toolkits (pandas, scikit, sparkML) is a plus.- Strong CS fundamentals - algorithms, database and systems design.- Degree in CS/Maths from tier-1 engineering institutes.

Your Mission As a Senior Node.js developer, you will be working directly with our team towards the development of our products, in Node.js, Angularjs, MySQL and more. You are expert in Core JavaScript development and have a sharp knowledge on how to use the object model of JavaScript at best to make your code tidy and reusable. You will use MEAN Stack (MongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js, Node.js) along with Redis for queue management and MySQL for fast transactions. You have a strong product vision, to such an extent that you will be able to turn one line of requirements into a fully fledged feature. We deal with million of billions of records. Think “big data”. You will ensure that your code and queries are properly optimized so as to keep the app quick and responsive – and the servers up! We are deeply versed in reusability (so that we never have to reinvent the wheel). You know about the best Node.js plugins that you can find through npm to fulfill your needs, and you will build reusable components that you will leverage across the codebase. We love to take a step back from our day-to-day activities to improve our product. You will be part of this ongoing process. Your Profile You are first and foremost passionate about product development and digital technologies. You must have completed successful projects with a strong Node.js code Required Skills: core JavaScript experience; Node.js, APIs and modules; experience in handling databases and unit testing is also important. Competencies: excellent bug hunter; good judgement and decision making skills; responsible and motivated; passionate about learning new things. Experience in localisation will be appreciated. Motivated and ready to working in a truly international setting with people from all around the world.