Backend Engineer

Job Title: Senior Node.js Developer

Company: P99soft

Locations: Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad

Experience: 5+ years

Job Type: Full-time

About P99soft:

P99soft is a dynamic and innovative software development company dedicated to creating cutting-edge solutions for our clients. We take pride in fostering a collaborative and forward-thinking environment. As we continue to grow, we are seeking an experienced Senior Node.js Developer to join our team.

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Node.js Developer at P99soft, you will be a key contributor to our development team. Your responsibilities will include:

Backend Development: Lead the development of robust and scalable backend solutions using Node.js.

Architecture and Design: Make critical decisions regarding the architecture and design of Node.js applications, ensuring high performance and maintainability.

API Development: Design and implement RESTful APIs to support various front-end functionalities.

Database Integration: Collaborate with database administrators and integrate databases into Node.js applications.

Code Review: Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and provide constructive feedback to team members.

Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers, contributing to the growth and skill development of the team.

Requirements:

To be successful in this role, you should have:

4+ years of Node.js Development Experience: Proven experience in developing backend solutions using Node.js.

JavaScript Mastery: Strong command of JavaScript and its asynchronous nature.

Recommended Experience: Proficiency in Node.js, Typescript, React, and MongoDB.

Additional Skills (Plus):

Experience in Next.js, NestJS, Fastify, React Native, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS.

Customer Interaction (Plus): Experience working directly with customers is a plus.

Additional Experience (Plus):

• API development or database design experience.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to collaborate effectively with team members and clients.

• Good understanding and experience of HTML / CSS / JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with ES6 / ES7 / ES8 features.
• Thorough understanding of the Request Lifecycle (including Event Queue, Event Loop, Worker Threads, etc).
• Familiarity with security principles including SSL protocols, data encryption, XSS, CSRF.
• Expertise in Web Services / REST APIs will be beneficial.
• Proficiency in Linux and deployment on Linux are valuable.
• Knowledge about ORM like Sequelize and ODM like Mongoose and the ability to handle DB transactions is a necessity.
• Experience with Angular JS / React JS will be an added advantage.
• Expertise with RDBMS like MySQL / PostgreSQL will be a plus.
• Knowledge of AWS services like S3, EC2 will be helpful.
• Understanding of Agile and CI/CD will be of value.

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The Opening
We are presently seeking for our next enthusiastic, talented, and driven Python Backend Engineer to start right away. We'd want you to

• Be excited about building a next-generation intelligence platform
• Possess a can-do attitude and be open to new challenges
• Value working with a great team - self-assured, creative, and insightful individuals who work together to achieve amazing things
• Be willing to explore, learn, and contribute new ideas to the platform, thereby improving it
• Be high on self-belief and enthusiasm to work in a startup culture - small team, fast-paced work environment

As the Python Backend Engineer in https://www.ynos.in/" target="_blank">YNOS, you will

• Create reusable optimised code and libraries
• Deploy task management systems and automate routine tasks
• Build performant apps that adhere to the best practices, therefore increasing latency, performance, and scalability
• Improve the existing codebase while reducing technical debt
• Take charge of all elements of the application, including architecture, quality, and efficiency

• Proficient understanding of Python language
• Expertise in developing web apps and APIs using Python frameworks like Flask with an overall grasp of client-server interactions
• Familiarity with task management systems and process automation
• Comfortable with using Command Line and Linux systems
• Experience and understanding of version control systems like git, svn, etc
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Good to have

• Expertise in other backend frameworks viz. Django, NodeJS, Go, Rust etc
• Knowledge of data-modelling, data-wrangling & data-mining techniques
• Experience with data visualisation tools & libraries such as Plotly, Seaborn etc
• Exposure to Statistical and Machine Learning (ML) techniques, particularly in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Familiarity with front-end tools & frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JS, React, Vue, and others

Work location, Job type & Salary

• Our office is located at https://respark.iitm.ac.in/" target="_blank">IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, surrounded by the beautiful IITM Campus!
• This is a full-time position and we’d like you to relocate to Chennai
• Expected salary range ₹6L - ₹8L per annum

• 4+ years of experience with Node.js
• Expertise in Typescript, AWS, Firebase, MongoDB, and Express

You will be bringing:

• Hands-on experience in writing applications using Node.js (including Socket.io and Express or similar)
• Excellent knowledge of a few of the available databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, etc.
• Proficiency in application deployment on Linux or Ubuntu environments
• Proficiency in JavaScript languages like React and/or Angular, along with a comprehensive experience in open-source frameworks
• Experience in server-client architecture project(s)
• Ability to prioritize in a chaotic and ambiguous environment
• An open, growth mindset when giving and receiving feedback

As Back end developer, we expect you to be motivated in solving real-life complex problems and create compelling experiences for our Resellers. Being a small company we have a culture of creative problem solving, intellectual design, fast-paced development, and passionate product delivery. Enhance or build Restful web services for our mobile app.

Responsibilities:

• Develop server-side components, REST APIs
• Assume ownership for existing and new modules including design, development, and unit testing for enhancements of existing modules and development of new modules.
• Analyse problems logically and exercise sound judgment in defining, evaluating, and solving difficult technical and operational problems where solutions may be of a precedent-establishing nature.
• Lead the design and architectural improvements
• Participate and collaborate with team members in design discussions, determines areas of complexity, potential risks to successful implementation, suggest enhancements to architecture, implement POCs, and enhance application.
• Reduce technical debt with quality coding

Requirements:

• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BS or MS in CS or related field) from IITs and Premier Engineering College.
• Excellent Object Orientation, coupled with excellent problem solving and debugging skills.
• Highly skilled at Java and related technologies, including Java Frameworks like Spring-boot or Drop wizard, RESTful web services, JSON, Servlet, JSP, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka, AWS Solr.
• Must have hands-on experience in building scalable and secure back end systems.
• Have hands-on experience with systems that are asynchronous, RESTful and demand concurrency
• Good to have knowledge of best software engineering practices for all stages of the software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, testing, deployment.

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions

Skills And Qualifications

• Practical knowledge and understanding of web applications.
• 3+ years of good hands-on experience in Python, with knowledge of Django
• Good hands-on experience in SQL Database (MYSQL / Postgres)
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools GIT.
• Has experience of working in an Agile Environment. Fluent in English (written and oral) Fluency in a second language is preferred.
• Comfortable working remotely with great communication skills for a remote work environment.

Bonus Qualifications

• Knowledge of any cloud. ( Especially Azure )

About Univariety

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Job Details

Job Description

• Design and build web applications
• Work with business stakeholders, managers & other developers to create solutions to business problems.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance

Ideal candidate must have following skills/experience

• Expert level understanding of object-oriented web development in PHP
• Good understanding of Object-Oriented Architecture & Design
• Profound knowledge of any PHP framework like Yii
• Excellent JavaScript competence and command over JQuery
• Excellent understanding of any RDBMS like Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL
• Knowledge of Web Services and micro services
• Hands on experience with CSS & frameworks like Bootstrap/Material
• Experience with GIT & continuous integration
• Practical experience with well-implemented Scrum

Candidates with following skills/experience are preferred along with must have silks above

• Experience on Yii framework (PHP)
• Experience with AngularJs
• Experience with MongoDB
• Write elegant, well-documented code
• Experience in setting up, managing servers & continuous integration
• Should have good interpersonal skills, communication (verbal & written) skills and ability to work independently