Backend Engineer

Job brief
We are looking for a Java and Oracle SQL developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprisegrade applications. You will be part of a PwC utility team and will work on critical applications. Candidate roles and
responsibilities include managing Java/Java EE application development and SQL codes, while providing expertise in the
full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.
Candidate responsibilities include designing, developing and delivering high-volume, low-latency applications.
Responsibilities
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code
• Direct dealing with client and understand their requirements
• Ensure designs are in compliance with client requirement and specifications
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Prepare report and presentation based on client requirement
Requirements
• B.E./B.Tech.
• Three years of experience after B.E./B.Tech.
• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, Oracle SQL, PL/SQL and query development including server
maintenance
• Experience in developing reports by extracting data from database
• Experience in MS Excel, Word and Power Point
• Experience with test-driven development
• Experience in Power Utility (Discom) domain and Power BI will be preferred

Job Description :

- Developing chatbots and voice assistants on various platforms for diverse business use-cases

- Work on a chatbot framework/architecture using an open-source tool or library

- Implement Natural Language Processing (NLP) for chatbots

- Integration of chatbots with Management Dashboards and CRMs

- Resolve complex technical design issues by analyzing the logs, debugging code, and identifying technical issues/challenges/bugs in the process

- Deploy applications using CI/CD tools

- Designing and building highly scalable AI and ML solutions

- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

- Open-minded, flexible, and willing to adapt to changing situations

- Ability to work independently as well as on a team and learn from colleagues

- High adaptability in a dynamic start-up environment.

- Experience with bot multi-lingual utilization (preferred)

- Experience with bot human escalation

- Ability to optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability

- Come up with new approaches and ideas to improve the current performance of Chatbots across multiple domains and build a highly personalized user experience.

QUALIFICATIONS : B. Tech/ B.E. /M. Tech or a related technical discipline from reputed universities

SKILLS REQUIRED :

- Minimum 3+ years- of experience in Chatbot Development using the Rasa open-source framework.

- Hands-on experience building and deploying chatbots.

- Experience in Conversational AI platforms for enterprises using ML and Deep Learning.

- Experience with both text to speech and vice versa transformation incorporation.

- Should have a good understanding of various Chatbot frameworks/platforms/libraries.

- Build and evolve/train the NLP platform from natural language text data being gathered from users on a daily basis.

- Code using primarily Python.

- Experience with bots for platforms like Facebook Messenger, Slack, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc.

- Knowledge of digital assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, etc.

- Experience in applying different NLP techniques to problems such as text. classification, text summarization, question & answering, information retrieval, knowledge extraction, and conversational bots design potentially with both traditional & Deep Learning

- Techniques - NLP Skills/Tools: NLP, HMM, MEMM, P/LSA, CRF, LDA, Semantic Hashing, Word2Vec, Seq2Seq, spaCy, Nltk, Gensim, Core NLP, NLU, NLG, etc.

- Should be familiar with these terms: Tokenization, N-Grams, Stemmers, lemmatization, Part of speech tagging, entity resolution, ontology, lexicology, phonetics, intents, entities, and context.

- Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL Databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, PostgreSQL

- Experience with working on public cloud services such as Digital Ocean, AWS, Azure, or GCP.

- Knowledge of Linux shell commands.

- Integration with Chat/Social software like Facebook Messenger, Twitter, SMS.

- Integration with Enterprise systems like Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce, Zendesk, Zoho, etc.

MUST HAVE :

- Strong foundation in the python programming language.

- Experience with various chatbot frameworks especially Rasa and Dialogflow.

- Strong understanding of other AI tools and applications like TensorFlow, Spacy, and Google Cloud ML is a BIG plus.

- Experience with RESTful services.

- Good understanding of HTTPS and Enterprise security.

·         Degree in Computer Science/Engineer.
·         3+ years of Java backed application development and implementation experience.
·         Minimum of one year of experience in Cloud, AWS Engineering & Development .
·         Demonstrated knowledge of Distributed and Scalable systems.
·         Experience on AWS Services is a big plus, such as EC2, ECS, ECR, Lambda, Elastic Cache, API Gateway.
·         Knowledge about API design standards, patterns and best-practices especially Swagger and OpenAPI 3.0, REST, SOAP, MQ, JSON, Microservices etc.
·         Java Microservices, RESTful Web Services.
·         Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Hibernate.
·         JMS, queues, JBoss/Wildfly.
·         Tools - JUnit, Easymock, Mockito, Docker, Kubernetes, Teraform.

We are looking for Young, Energetic and Experienced Professionals who can join our Team as Senior Database Developer.
• Experience in Database Development and Support in MS SQL Server environments.
• Hands-on End to End Database Development encompassing Database Design and Development
working with cross-functional teams.
• Hands-on experience of Transact SQL(T-SQL) utilizing SQL Server 2016 and above.
• Excellent understanding of T-SQL programming
• Hands-on experience in SQL - writing hands on experience in complex stored procedure, function,
triggers
• Sound knowledge of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)
• Develop, implement and optimize stored procedures and functions using T-SQL
Review and interpret ongoing business report requirements
• Analyze existing SQL queries for performance improvements.
• Develop procedures and scripts for data migration Provide timely scheduled manage

Esper is an inventive startup, and the industry’s first DevOps SaaS platform designed to provide a simple, safe and secure way for engineering and DevOps teams to release applications and manage smart Android devices in production. We’re on a mission to let software teams ship without worrying about hardware. Our device infrastructure enables developer, mid-market orgs, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver their software as a service. Backed by Madrona Ventures, Esper.io has rapidly-growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative major brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, and healthcare.

Esper is looking for a software engineer to transform the customer experience
for developers and engineering teams using the platform of services to deploy
and build out their device fleets. You and your team will own services that will
enable customers to develop and customize their development process, along
with easing their use of Continuous Integration techniques for their software. We
need a leader that is experienced in delivering scalable multi-region fault tolerant
systems, is passionate about the developer tools space, is excited to have
software developers as their customers, and is obsessed about creating
compelling customer experiences.

In this role you will contribute to a critical and highly-visible function within the
Esper business. You will be given the opportunity to autonomously deliver the
technical direction of the service, and the feature roadmap. You will work with
extraordinary talent and have the opportunity to hire and shape the team to best
execute on the product. If you’re excited to have a large impact on Esper and the
device industry, you’ll find this role to be engaging, challenging, and full of
opportunities to learn and grow.

Key Responsibilities

Help drive business decisions with your technical input
Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software
solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and
security.
Use software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of
quality for all of the team deliverables
Write high quality distributed system software
Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff.

Basic Qualifications

2 -4 years of professional software development experience
You’ve designed, built, scaled and maintained production services, and know how to compose a service oriented architecture.
Degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
You write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers
You are comfortable with programming languages like Go, Python, Java
You’ve good understanding of databases system like Postgres. Extensive Knowledge about Postgres is a big plus.
You’ve have worked with Docker, Kubernetes and have fundamental understanding of distributed systems like Kafka, Elasticsearch

Preferred Qualifications

Experience taking a lead role developing complex software systems that have successfully been delivered to customers.
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs and product strategy.
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing and operations
Demonstrated ability to mentor junior software engineers in all aspects of their engineering skill-sets.

What we think makes us special

Esper is a fast-growing, well-funded company where everyone matters and you can see your impact daily. We trust our teammates and offer intense ownership and therefore accountability. We’re inventing the future and building something special. The team really enjoys what we do and cares about your input. We don’t hire just to fill a spot, we want you to make a difference.

As you help us build this special company, Esper will take care of you. We offer flexible vacation, regular hack-days, competitive pay and benefits, and room for advancement. We hire capable veterans so we avoid the drama and trust in each other’s work. Our worldwide footprint mixes different cultures for a unique experience. We also like to have fun because we play just as hard as we work.

• 2+ years of experience in Python, Django, Mongo, Express, MySQL, etc
• Have built applications capable of serving high volume with low latency in production
• Following practices of agile development with continuous integration/deployment
• Experience in deploying applications in AWS cloud
• Knowledge in building applications for Fintech/payments domain is a bonus
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS or equivalent from a reputed institution
• Self-starter, hustler, and a desire to achieve greatness is a MUST
• Immediate joining preferred
• You will have the flexibility to design the application and systems from the ground up.
• Your primary responsibility is to implement business logic in the backend and create awesome restful APIs for seamless integration with our mobile front end.