Backend Engineer | Team Lead

About Us

Aura is developing a platform to help companies/communities mint, buy, trade and sell NFTs in the easiest manner possible. Developing a state of the art store front customized to the community and a user friendly interface to unlock the digital growth of companies in the gaming, art, music, etc space by leveraging the power of NFTs. We are assembling a high performing team from the tech ecosystem to build this product and compete with the likes of NBA TopShot.

Requirements:

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developers with server side logic
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Design and implementation of data storage solutions

Skills and Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in Node.js. Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as LESS and SASS
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Proficient understanding of security principles
• Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
• Must have an understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases like Postgres, MySQL, Mongodb etc.
• Must have an understanding of Cloud: AWS or GCP
• Must have a good understanding of data structures and Algorithms

Benefits:

• Work on the cutting edge of blockchain technology and the upcoming use-case of NFTs (Non Fungible Token)
• Be a part of an early stage startup with funding from founders of Polygon

Technical Lead - .NET

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver technical systems
• Maintain adherence to architectural standards/principles, global product-specific guidelines, usability design standards, etc.
• Participate in the development and review of documents to comply with SDLC methodologies [e.g., Engineering Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), estimation, Solution Design Document (SDD) and Software Architecture Documents (SAD)]
• Provide support and documentation to assist in sustaining the project during the transition to production where necessary
• Adhere to Application Engineering methodologies, standards, code reviews
• Provide feedback regarding application engineering methodologies, standards, and leading practices when appropriate
• Identify potential points of contention for missed activities and notify project leadership of situation and remediation plan
• Minimize technical exposure and risk on projects
• Provide technical guidance to development team members
• Technical deliverables (i.e., code and documentation) on projects assigned
• Translate detailed Requirements and Design and Solution Architecture deliverables into detailed design specifications
• Maintain effective and consistent communication within the team, with peers, the leadership team, and the peers in other IT groups
• Proactively raise issues to Technical and Group Leads when necessary
• Produce high-quality application engineering deliverables in accordance with the project timeline
• Build and unit test a project to detailed design specifications
• Provide thought leadership and technical guidance to engineering staff
• Review of code completed
• Review performance of developers
• Proactively anticipate project issues before they occur; define the problem; identify possible causes; work with the team to identify solutions; select and implement the most appropriate solution
• Apply judgment in implementing Application Engineering methodologies, processes, and practices to specific requirements of projects/programs which may include product design engineering, information security, code maintainability and reliability

Requirements:

Must Have:

• Bachelor’s OR master’s degree in a technical field and/or equivalent work experience
• At least 3 years acting a senior architecture / technical lead role in a comparable organization
• Significant experience of deploying large, enterprise-wide implementations to significant user volumes
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience leading a team of developers - defining work breakdown structures/tasks, assigning the teamwork items, monitoring, and ensuring quality and adherence to standards etc.
• At least 8 years of relevant hands-on work experience building, integrating, and delivering enterprise-wide web and windows applications using Microsoft and other technologies for large organizations on complex projects
• 8+ years of ASP.Net MVC, ASP.Net experience
• 8+ years of experience of working with applications that have a SQL Server backend
• 5+ years of experience with Object-Relational Mappers such as Entity Framework, ADO.NET, Dapper
• Expert level knowledge of .NET Web API is required. .NET Core knowledge is preferred, but Web API experience with legacy .NET is ok
• 5+ years of experience with GIT
• 3+ years of experience of Azure Devops
• In-depth knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) principles, and familiarity with many design patterns for Software applications.
• Demonstrated expertise in application design and construction, work breakdown structure of items, design and code reviews, unit test and build activities, deployment and performance related activities, documentation, support, and training/mentoring
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Nice to have:

• Ideally experience working with SSRS, SSIS
• Experience with MongoDB or another document database would be a plus
• Knowledge and experience with working on N-Tier applications.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships
• Experience working on projects following Agile methodologies would be ideal
• Experience working with Azure or other cloud providers would be ideal
• Ability to work within diverse, global, virtual teams.
• Proven ability to thrive under pressure
• Some experience with design and prototyping tools and diagramming is desired

About the team

Vakilsearch is on a mission to make Legal Simple. We are the leaders in Indian Legal, Tax and Compliance. Our mission is simplifying businesses to be in compliance with Government through end to end process and workflow automation. This is the key initiative of Vakilsearch as we look to revolutionize legal space in India.

We are a technology-driven platform, offering services that cover the legal needs of start-ups and established businesses. Some of our services include incorporation, government registrations & filings, accounting, documentation and annual compliances. In addition, we offer a wide range of services to individuals, such as property agreements and tax filings. Our mission is to provide one-click access to individuals and businesses for all their legal and professional needs.

• Strong proficiency with JavaScript
• Strong knowledge in JavaScript Object Oriented Programming
• Strong Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks such as Express
• Good Understanding of the nature of asynchronous programming model
• Good Understanding of callbacks and event emitters
• Good Experience in Node.js Module/Library development
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Working experience with MongoDB or equivalent nosql data store

Your Responsibilities:

• Own the backend stack – Node.Js based, that powers our product
• Collaborate with Backend Developers (Python), Front-end developers, DevOps, and Data Scientists to design and implement new features
• Build and maintain several REST’ful Services/Endpoints which will be used both internally and externally in a Macroservices/Distributed services environment.
• Deploy and monitor the Services/Endpoints ensuring availability and scalability(ability to handle 100X traffic)
• Work on full project lifecycle starting from requirements gathering/understanding the problem to deploying and maintaining the project.

Skills that you bring Along:

• A minimum 8+ years of extensive work experience with Node.Js and related frameworks – particularly Express.Js.
• Extensive experience in designing and maintaining REST’ful API endpoints
• Extensive experience with databases such as Postgres and Mongo.
• Extensive experience in Cloud Infrastructure (AWS based) – e.g. AWS API Gateway, Lambda Functions etc.
• Experience with cache like Redis and/or Memory cache
• Good experience in Microservices/Macroservices or Event driven Architectures
• Good experience with design patterns
• Experience in writing advanced SQL-queries, good knowledge of PL/SQL
• Good understanding of Software Design Principles and domain-driven design
• Good experience with Continuous Delivery and Containerization(Docker)
• Ideally maintaining infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex topics in a simple manner

• Works towards developing Stable & Efficient Applications for
• Responsible for developing Applications which are Stable, Efficient and if required cross   
• Responsible to create Native Applications for Android to achieve best performance.
• Responsible for understanding best UI Practices
• Responsible for creating Application UI utilizing latest Google UI Guide lines.
• Qualification: B.E. / B.Tech / M.C.A. in Computer Sciences.
• Should have Experience of at least one production environment Application in Google Play Store. GIT, Agile Frameworks, Jenkins
• Must have Java, Android, C, and C++.