Backend Engineer

Job Title: Backend Developer

Experience: 2+ Years

Location: Bangalore, India

Elocity is a cleantech start-up striving to make the world a better place through technology innovations. We are building a global infrastructure for making the transition to electric vehicles viable, affordable, and

sustainable by working closely with the utilities, governments, and public.

Headquartered out of Canada, we are a team of highly specialized domain experts and problem solvers enabling utilities, public and private sector entities to successfully manage the demands of electric vehicle charging and its infrastructure needs to pave the way for electromobility in future.

To know more visit https://elocitytech.com/

Responsibilities:

• Determines technical feasibility of features or solutions by evaluating problem, customer

requirements, possible solutions and technology requirements.

• Exercises judgement in prioritizing tasks and selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

• Create low-level design of modules of a software application through proper documentation and

diagrams.

• Develops software solutions by studying requirements, clarifying customer/user needs, analysing data

and processes and following established software development practices and processes.

• Develops proof of concepts for technical evaluation and early customer feedback

• Updates and shares knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming

techniques, and computing technology; reading professional publications

• Networks with internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.

Skills:

• Good command in JavaScript/TypeScript. Knowledge of Java/Python will be a plus.

• Experience in Debugging/troubleshooting TypeScript code.

• Experience in API development (REST/GraphQL etc)

• Experience in development of Web and Mobile(android/iOS) applications

• Exposure of Parallel and Asynchronous programming

• Experience in writing Unit tests (Jest or any similar framework)

• Should be proficient in relational Database concepts (Postgres etc.)

• Knowledge of Non-relational Databases would be a plus.

• Good Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming Concepts.

• Good Understanding of Design Patterns.

• Good command of Data structures, Algorithms and Complexity.

• Good at problem solving and analytical skills.

• Experience with Source Code Versioning systems (Git etc)

• Understanding of Micro services Architecture would be a plus

Key Responsibilities: 

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required: 

• At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.