Backend Engineer

About us

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 8300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview

As an SDE 2 Back-end Engineer at Astra, you will play a crucial role in the development of a new vulnerability scanner from scratch. You will be architecting & engineering a scalable technical solution from the ground-up.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals, collaborating to deliver innovative solutions and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in vulnerability scanning. The role requires deep collaboration with the founders, product, engineering & security teams.

Join our team and contribute to the development of a cutting-edge SaaS security platform, where high-quality engineering and continuous learning are at the core of everything we do.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• You will be joining our Vulnerability Scanner team which builds a security engine to identify vulnerabilities in technical infrastructure.
• You will be the technical product owner of the scanner, which would involve managing a lean team of backend engineers to ensure smooth implementation of the technical product roadmap.
• Research about security vulnerabilities, CVEs, and zero-days affecting cloud/web/API infrastructure.
• Work in an agile environment of engineers to architect, design, develop and build our microservice infrastructure.
• You will research, design, code, troubleshoot and support (on-call). What you create is also what you own.
• Writing secure, high quality, modular, testable & well documented code for features outlined in every sprint.
• Design and implement APIs in support of other services with a highly scalable, flexible, and secure backend using GoLang
• Hands-on experience with creating production-ready code & optimizing it by identifying and correcting bottlenecks.
• Driving strict code review standards among the team.
• Ensuring timely delivery of the features/products
• Working with product managers to ensure product delivery status is transparent & the end product always looks like how it was imagined
• Work closely with Security & Product teams in writing vulnerability detection rules, APIs etc.

Required Qualifications & Skills: 

• Strong 2-4 years relevant development experience in GoLang
• Experience in building a technical product from idea to production.
• Design and build highly scalable and maintainable systems in Golang
• Expertise in Goroutines and Channels to write efficient code utilizing multi-core CPU optimally
• Must have hands-on experience with managing AWS/Google Cloud infrastructure
• Hands on experience in creating low latency high throughput REST APIs
• Write test suites and maintain code coverage above 80%
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
• Good to have experience in Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
• Good understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms and Operating Systems.
• Understanding of cloud/web security concepts would be an added advantage

What We Offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company
• Fully remote & agile working environment
• A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you get to build things from scratch, improve and influence product design decisions
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business
• Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally
• Experience with security side of things
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (last one was Chikmangaluru)
• Open and supportive culture 

We require Technical Lead is a highly resourceful and innovative developer with extensive experience in the layout, design and coding of websites specifically in PHP, Python and Node JS format. You must also possess a strong knowledge of web application development using PHP, Python or Node JS programming language and MySQL Server databases.

Responsibilities

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1. Document features, technical specifications & infrastructure.
2. Perform a mix of maintenance, enhancements, and new development as required
3. Take ownership of the project you will be working on
4. Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
5. Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies
6. Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
7. Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
8. A solid understanding of application design using Laravel, Node JS or Python
9. Knowledge of database design and querying using SQL.
10. Proficiency in HTML and JavaScript.
11. Practical experience using the MVC architecture.
12. Experience in creating REST APIs for web and mobile applications.
13. Architect, Develop, test and deploy robust products that are fast, scalable and highly responsive
14. Working experience with AWS.

Requirements:

1. 5+ years of experience in web development and software design.
2. Minimum 3+ years of experience of developing web applications using Laravel, PHP, Python, Node JS etc.
3. Expertise in Developing Web Applications using PHP programming language or Laravel Framework.
4. Expertise in working with MYSQL Database
5. Expertise developing REST APIs is a plus
6. Good to have front-end technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS), MongoDB, Elastic Search, AWS.
7. Willingness to work on No / Low Code platforms
8. Bonus: Experience working with Xano or other No / Low Code Platforms.

Job Description:

As a Software Development Engineer at Lyzer.io you will-

• Be a part of our initial core team to design and develop our platform
• Work on building scalable backend platform for seller apps, dashboards, analytics platform, product information management platform and several cross-platform software components
• Participate in the process to fundamentally change the food and grocery ecosystem in India, and impact billions of people through technology, mobile, and data science

An ideal candidate for this role is someone who has-

• BE/BTech degree in Computer Science from a respected engineering school
• 3-5 years of professional software development experience
• Relevant practical experience in Python Flask development as well as LAMP Stack
• Strong problem-solving skills and strong command on object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms and other computer science fundamentals.
• Strong coding skills – professional experience in developing production-quality
• Expertise in Web Services, Service-oriented architecture, Databases, MySQL, Distributed systems, Cloud
• Extreme software engineering skills to design and develop low-latency, high availability, internet-scale web services
• Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle and software engineering best practices
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Demonstrated ability to own software design and development end to end from requirements to launch.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new
• A startup mindset – An athlete who can run at the breakneck speed of a startup, yet someone who can bring method to madness through processes suitable for different stages of the company – early-stage prototyping and rapid experimentation, before product/market fit, after product/market fit, and
• Familiarity with Agile development, Scrums, continuous integration, and test-driven development processes
• Data-driven product development approach – strong focus on data-backed engineering
• Ability to develop products incrementally in fast iterations
• Ability to do collaborative problem solving and design/build chaos resilient systems
• Strong focus on software quality
• Ability to mentor junior developers, and help build an excellent engineering team
• Ability to be a talent magnet – attract great talent to join the core

We are looking for warriors who have the hunger to impact real lives and who can match our high bar on Core Values that we live by.

If you-

• can apply first principles thinking to solve problems
• can envision a great future that you want to create
• have the fire in your belly to get out of your cube and do something about your vision and passion
• want to work with some really smart people, and still raise the bar for all of us
• can have fun and help your colleagues have fun doing all of the above

Technical Experience :

• 2-6 years of Python working experience
• Expertise in at least one popular Python framework /Django/ Flask
• Knowledge of object-relational mapping d
• Familiarity with front-end technologies JavaScript and HTML5

Key Responsibilities :

• Write effective, scalable code
• Develop back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
• Integrate user-facing elements into applications
• Test and debug programs5 Improve functionality

Desired candidates must have 3-6 years of experience as NodeJs Developers.

If the candidate cannot relocate to Gurgaon, we can also provide permanent Work from home for this position.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding functional and business requirements and translate them into effective code
• Provide support till deployment of code into production.
• Ownership for ensuring code optimization, problem diagnosis, and on-time delivery
• Implement solutions as per the pre-defined framework /guidelines and adherence to processes
• Finding an optimal solution for the problem statement
• Conduct peer code review.

What candidate should know about:

• Excellent hands-on experience with Node.Js, Express.Js, JavaScript
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Excellent hands-on experience with MongoDB, Mongo aggregation, MySQL
• Ability to build REST services, Authentications, MVC applications
• Excellent Object Oriented Programming skills and ability to write modular, secure, scalable, and maintainable code
• Experience with Elastic Search, Redis.
• Knowledge about AWS components (S3, EC2, Cloudfront, Redis Clusters, etc.)
• Self-learning abilities are required
• Familiarity with upcoming new technologies is a strong plus

Hands -on experience with the following technologies is needed:

1. Good Knowledge of Python & Django Framework.
2. Experience in Git or any Version control systems.
3. Experience in SQL Databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL.
4. Knowledge of NoSQL Databases like Mongodb.
5. Worked on Django based live projects.
6. To implement microservices using Django rest framework.
7. Handling various technical aspects like coding of modules using the given design specifications
8. Debugging and fixing the defects as well as analyzing its root cause.
9. Deployment(AWS) and monitoring of the live project.
10. Mentoring junior developers.

Knowledge/Experience of AWS will be a big plus

Preferred Qualifications: 
B-Tech-IT/B-Tech -CSE/BCA or any degree in the relevant field

Required Experience: 
3 – 6 Years

Job description

Do you want to work with high traffic OLTP and OLAP systems that provide real value to retailers? Want to build real web applications that work across multiple channels and devices? In this critical role, the right candidate should have an entrepreneurial mind-set, have experience working across an application stack and a strong background in developing complex web experiences that are rich, responsive and interactive. The individual should have exhibited good technical leadership skills and be a highly motivated individual.

Role & Responsibility

• Exhibit strong technical knowledge, leadership skills and independent execution.
• A keen eye for good experiences. Understanding the experience from a customer perspective.
• Drive design discussion of complex features and own development of these modules across the application stack.
• Ability to adapt to changing business and product needs.
• Experience evolving the design and operation scale as new features are added to the product
• Mentor junior developers and ensure quality code output (via code reads, reading references, etc.) from them.
• Co-ordinate with internal teams and external partners in ensuring we build the best solution on time for the customer. Constantly looking at ways to innovate and improve the product.
• 8+ years of experience in Java & J2EE based Web Technologies & Frameworks with a focus in either Service Oriented Architecture or APIs. 
• Experience in designing scalable solutions in a large-scale distributed environment.
• Strong knowledge of web technologies, common web frameworks, networking, SQL and database technologies
• Well versed in software engineering principles, frameworks and technologies
• Strong debugging / troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to propose and defend solutions.
• Ability to work closely with product management, customer support, and  other engineering teams to continuously evolve and innovate the enterprise-class Products.

Responsibilities:

• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Own & build new modules/features end-to-end independently.
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Thorough understanding of Node.js, JavaScript, its quirks, and workarounds.
• Excellence in at least one framework like strongloop loopback, express.js, sail.js etc.
• Excellence in at least one Javascript framework like Angular, vue.js, Ember, React or Backbone.
• Basic architectural understanding of modern day web applications.
• Diligence for coding standards.
• Must be good with git and git workflow.
• Experience of external integrations is a plus.
• Working knowledge of AWS, GCC, Azure.
• Expertise with linux based systems.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like jenkins is a plus.
• Experience with testing and automation frameworks.
• Extensive understanding of RDBMS systems.
• Interpersonal Go-getter attitude and a passion for making killer web applications.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a high pressure environment.
• Ability to quickly understand complex problems and devise effective solutions.
• Knowledge of D3/NodeJS/AngularJS/lodash etc.
• Experience on Cloud as a platform or Infrastructure.
• Inclination to application design standards.