Backend Engineer

About Strata

 

Strata is a commercial real estate investment platform that offers investors the opportunity to invest in pre-leased commercial assets such as offices, warehouses, and retail spaces across India.

We are one of the fastest-growing Fintech platforms in India and are backed by Elevation Capital, Mayfield, Kotak Investment Advisors, Gruhas (a venture by Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha), and DLF Family Office.

Our headquarter is in Bangalore, India.

We are a small yet close-knit team of 35+ people.

Job Description 

• Collaborate with a team of engineers and managers to create applications used by our Investors, Channel Partners and Operations Team
• Write clean, self-documenting code that follows best practices and design patterns
• Provide creative ideas to improve our product and technology
• Think beyond the specifics of a ticket in order to delight customers or grow the business
• Be a self-starter that can, at times, take initiative and execute on projects with little direction

Minimum qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience
• Expert in Python with knowledge on at least one industry standard framework like Django, Flask, etc.
• Solid knowledge of developing backend applications
• Have a strong demonstrated ability to ship high-quality products
• Self-motivated, collaborative, and diligent work ethic
• Experience using Docker and cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Database design skills

Skills and Responsibilities:
We are looking for an experienced individual to join our engineering teams as a python developer.
You would be responsible for developing solutions as per business requirements. Working closely with a global team of developers and product managers and develop the solution according to the business requirements.

Required/ Must have:
• Be passionate about programming
• Understand requirements, validate assumptions, and design and develop solutions independently for users
• Ability to learn new python skills to deliver solutions
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Identify and suggest various opportunities to improve efficiency and functionality.
• An ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
• Review existing python solutions for quality and provide feedback
• Agile methodology experience with able to translate user stories and features into python code
• Knowledge of Pandas and experience of automating Microsoft excel and preferably other office apps
• Be flexible to learn and undertake other responsibilities as required by the team

Preferable/Good to have:
• Good knowledge in writing QA test cases and performing QA is preferable
• Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions
• Write and implement software solutions that integrate different systems.
• Work experience with libraries: Win32, Openpyxl, Pypdf, Pandas, Selenium
• Hands on experience with Git repository
• SQL experience is preferred
• Good Interpersonal Skills & Ability to work Independently

What you need to have:

• Key expertise areas: Client Server realtime communication, MYSQL-POSTGRES database
• Web protocols like: HTTP, MQTT and Web Sockets, Deadlock detection and locking techniques for mutual exclusion, hyper thread and multi threading server model
• Cloud based application management and interfacing it with 3rd party services, Payment gateways and REST APIs.
• Candidates with experience in Golang will be preferred
• Working experience in a Product StartUp (Internet/E-commerce) building scalable applications.
• Hands on experience in system architecture and gaming apps
• Good spoken and written communication skills.
• Good team player.
• Sharp analytical abilities with proven design skills
• Able to think critically of the current system in terms of software development
• Expertise in Golang, AWS cloud computing, Frontend languages like HTML, CSS, Javascript

Job Highlights:

 We are looking for a Python Developer to join our engineering team and help us
developing software activities.
 Python Developer responsibilities include back-end components to improve
responsiveness and overall performance.

Experience:
 Expecting 3 to 6 years of experience.

Location:
 Egmore, Chennai.

Responsibilities:
 Write effective, scalable code
 Integrate user-facing elements into applications
 Improve functionality of existing systems
 Implement security and data protection solutions
 Assess and prioritize feature requests
 Coordinate with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide
technical solutions

Requirements
 Work experience as a Python Developer
 Expertise in at least one popular Python framework (like Django, Flask or Pyramid)
 Knowledge of object-relational mapping (ORM)
 Knowledge in Prosteg SQL
 Familiarity with front-end technologies (like JavaScript and HTML5+).

FreightCrate Technologies:

FreightCrate Technologies is a Logistics Technology company that aims to transform international shipping through innovative and cost-effective tech solutions that can mutually benefit exporters, importers and logistics service providers.  
Our web-platform, FreightCrate offers online tech-enabled quote and shipment management solutions for export and import businesses to and from more than 50,000 global locations.
We have had more than 50 media coverages including Entrepreneur, Maritime Gateway, Cargotalk, BW Disrupt, INC42, Silicon India, Tech Observer and several other newspapers and online magazines.

Our vision is to utilize cutting edge technology, engineering, deep learning and artificial intelligence to create an intelligent freight management system that can automate and optimize international trade operations for global businesses.


FOUNDERS:

Samir Lambay is the Co-Founder and CEO with an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School, London, UK with Distinction.
Samir has worked in the shipping and logistics industry across both family businesses and multinational companies. His most recent job was at DB Schenker Logistics (Part of Deutsche Bahn Group - Fortune 200) where he was the youngest Vertical Manager globally and won two awards including Vertical Manager of the year and a Global Award.


Ruchi Dogra is a Co-Founder & Director and is in charge of sales and marketing. She has worked for over 15 years across the top 3 logistics/supply chain companies globally. She set-up the hotel, wines and beverages vertical at Kuehne & Nagel and DB Schenker. Her latest assignment was at DHL Global Forwarding where she worked as a Vertical Manager for Engineering and Manufacturing; handling top Indian and multinational accounts including several Fortune 100 companies. She brings with her an extensive knowledge in strategy, sales, operations and customer service.


Title
Software Developer

Description

The Software Developer’s role is to develop new innovative programs to optimize and automate user experiences by creating high-quality, innovative and fully performing software that complies with coding standards and technical design.
Should be familiar with the software development life cycle (SDLC) from preliminary system analysis to tests and deployment. 

Compensation

As this is a new business the compensation is negotiable and we will make an offer depending on the experience of the candidate.

Responsibilities

• Design flowcharts, layouts and documentation to identify requirements and solutions
• Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications
• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Integrate software components and third-party programs and API’s
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting


Skill Sets:

• PHP/Python
• AWS & Cloud-computing
• Mysql/PostgreSql
• Memcache/Redis
• Frontend technologies HTML, CSS, JS, ReactJS, Vue.js
• Frameworks like Django
• DevOps
• ELK
• Tools like Datadog, NewRelic, etc
• Shell-scripting 
• Setting & managing dev/beta/prod environments
• Tools like Jenkins, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, etc.
• Knowledge of Solr/Elastic search will be an advantage

Personal Requirements:

• Min of 3+ years of Hands on experience in Web development, algorithm design, implementation, architecture design, product management, databases and UI/UX in consumer facing applications.
• Experience on projects involving engineering and algorithmic functions, machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence is very advantageous.
• Creative self-starter who is comfortable with both taking initiative and working in teams.
• Previous experience working on logistics technology products is advantageous but not mandatory.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and utilize emerging technologies.
• Sincere passion to use disruptive technologies that can be globally significant.

# In-depth knowledge in Core Python with Django building end to end applications development. # Experience in Web technologies-HTML, CSS, Javascript. # Database - SQL Server/PostGres/ No SQL database. # Good understanding of Algorithms, data structures. # Knowledge in ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries. # Experience in integrating multiple data sources and databases into one system. # Knowledge in version control tools like GIT. # Experience with various cloud technologies.

Are you a Software Engineer with extensive coding experience? Are you enthusiastic about writing modular, reliable, and efficient code? Do you love seeing your work impact the end-user directly? If so, let’s connect. We are looking for smart people who can use the best available tools to get things done quickly. About Zoliday: -------------------Zoliday is a modern, online business travel platform. We believe business travel should be smooth and efficient for both travellers and travel management teams. With Zoliday, companies can manage the complete cycle of business trips - from requests and bookings to expenses and reports - all on one portal. We use data, machine learning, and algorithms with consumer-grade UX to deliver significant improvement in time-to-book and give real-time recommendations and insights.We are a funded startup with years under our belt in the travel domain and partnerships with leading travel providers, hotel chains and GDS platforms. Our clients include prominent startups and leading FMCG companies.Your Role: --------------As a senior software engineer, you will have ownership of server-side architecture, development, and scaling. You will be part of the core engineering team working with the product team to design, build, and implement the product.Your responsibilities:---------------------------- - Product development in Python/Tornado/Django and Angular 6/7- Integrating APIs for booking, payment, and reports- Design, build, and test modules- Create and implement system architecture. Required Experience and Skills:------------------------------------------ - Extensive experience of building complex web products in a similar role (typically 4 years or more)- Full stack development experience or expertise in server-scaling will be preferred.- Agility and ability to deliver products quickly using open libraries, tools, modules.- Eager to learn and try out new technologies and frameworks.Our stack:--------------Applications and Platforms - Python, Tornado, Django, MySQL, Redis, Angular 6/7, jQueryDevops - Nginx, Ansible, Supervisor, EC2, RDS, CDN, SES, WebpackBenefits:------------ ESOP options

What is the Job Like?  Architect and build complex backend system for the products.  Architect data pipelines for analysis and feedback loops Who should apply for this role? (Experience required, skills, Roles, and Responsibilities)  Experience building production systems.  Experience in architecting complex backend systems.  If new to Golang ecosystem, deep experience with an equivalent web platform like Rails, Django etc is needed. And a willingness to shift to Golang ecosystem by learning new tools and frameworks.  Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.  Inclination to learn Golang Bonus points  Experience in building production systems in Go.  Experience in leading development efforts for a team.  Knowledge of Mobile app development platforms.  Open source contribution for the Projects.  Deep practical knowledge of Golang.

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