Backend/Fullstack Developer

Job Description:

Responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining full-fledged software platforms that can function independently without relying on third-party applications. Work on both the front-end and back-end development processes, using a range of technologies and languages such as Java, Springboot, microservices, cloud with Angular or react.

Essential functions:

• Strategic Architectural Design Lead the design and development of complex, enterprise-level software systems.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend optimal architectural patterns.
• Ensure software solutions align with business requirements and long-term goals.
• Technical Leadership Mentor and guide junior developers on best practices and coding standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to coordinate development efforts.
• Make data-driven decisions to optimize system performance and scalability.
• FullStack Development Hands-on coding and implementation of front-end, back-end, and database components.
• Develop robust APIs, microservices, and cloud-native applications.
• Implement security measures and ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Continuous Improvement Identify opportunities to refactor and modernize existing systems.
• Automate deployment pipelines and streamline DevOps processes.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to the team.
• Knowledge Sharing Document technical specifications, design patterns, and implementation details.
• Conduct training sessions and workshops to upskill the development team.
• Stay-up-dated on the latest Java ecosystem and share industry insights.

Qualifications/ Experience & Skills:

• Computer engineering/ Computer Science OR equivalent degree.
• 10-15 Years of total experience.
• As an experienced Full Stack Architect, individuals would be responsible for driving the technical vision, leading the development team, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable software solutions that meet business objectives.
• Notice period: immediate - 30 days would be preferred.

Would be a plus :

• Experience in Enterprise architecture

Position Overview: 

We are searching for an experienced Senior MERN Stack Developer to lead our development 

efforts. Your expertise will drive the creation of cutting-edge web applications while 

mentoring junior developers and contributing to technical strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and participate in the architecture, design, and development of complex 

applications.

• Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering skill development and growth.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical roadmaps and strategies.

• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.

• Stay updated with emerging technologies and advocate for their integration.

• Develop and maintain robust and scalable web applications using the MERN stack.

• Collaborate with front-end and back-end developers to define and implement 

innovative solutions.

• Design and implement RESTful APIs for seamless integration between front-end and 

back-end systems.

• Work closely with UI/UX designers to create responsive and visually appealing user 

interfaces.

• Troubleshoot, debug and optimize code to ensure high performance and reliability.

• Implement security and data protection measures in line with industry best practices.

• Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in web development.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

• Proven experience as a Senior MERN Stack Developer.

• Strong proficiency in React.js, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB.

• Strong proficiency in Typescript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

• Familiarity with front-end frameworks like Bootstrap, Material-UI, etc.

• Experience with version control systems, such as Git.

• Knowledge of database design and management, including both SQL and NoSQL 

databases.

• Leadership skills and the ability to guide and inspire a team.

• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a strategic mindset.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

• Knowledge of AWS and s3 cloud storage

Location: The position is based in Hyderabad.

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**Responsibilities:**

- Lead the backend development team, providing mentorship and guidance to junior developers.

- Design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems using Node.js and NestJS with TypeScript.

- Implement event sourcing and message queue solutions using technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.

- Utilize strong PostgreSQL knowledge to design, optimize, and manage databases effectively.

- Implement DevOps practices and tools to ensure continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), containerization with Docker, and orchestration with Kubernetes.

- Collaborate closely with frontend developers to integrate backend services with user interfaces seamlessly.

- Lead and contribute to architectural discussions and decisions to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of our systems.

- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues promptly, demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

- 5+ years of experience in software development, with a significant focus on backend technologies.

- Proven leadership experience as a team lead or senior developer, with a track record of mentoring junior developers and leading successful projects.

- Profound expertise in Node.js and NestJS with TypeScript.

- Experience with event sourcing and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).

- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, including database design, optimization, and management.

- Solid understanding of DevOps practices and tools (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure).

- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including frontend developers.

- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.

- Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Full Stack Developer

Born at MIT, GeniusMesh is an executive networking, career coaching and recruitment platform. We are building our offshore team to support our growth. 

We are looking for a Full Stack Developer to produce scalable software solutions. You’ll be part of a cross-functional team responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.

As a Full Stack Developer, you should be comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks and third-party libraries. You should also be a team player with a knack for visual design and utility. You must be familiar with agile methodologies

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation
• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve SaaS offerings

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer
• Experience developing desktop and mobile applications
• Familiarity with common stacks
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. React, Node.js)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX design
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• Willing to learn new tools and technologies
• An analytical and entrepreneurial mindset
• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics or relevant field
• Willing to work in a fast paced innovative environment

1. To handle the full development cycle.

2. To be responsible for timely releases of the projects.

3. To have knowledge of server AWS.

4. Knowledge of W3C standards and best practices.

5. Experience in working on Linux (Installing and configuring packages like apache, Nginx, virtual hosts, etc)

6. Ability to translate business requirements into system design and perform as per the needs

7. Knowledge of Git.

In Brief
Urgent Hiring • Re-location Required
Company Founded 2018 • 1-5 employees
Internet and Technology Startup • Bootstrapped

About us
Based out of Egypt and with presence in the GCC, Quesst Technologies is an early Internet and Tech Startup committed to helping thousands of nationals, residents and travelers in the MENA region, saving them time and effort in seeking reliable and credible knowledge within their communities and localities.

Quesst, the company's flagship platform, is a hyper-local Q&A and knowledge sharing platform that offers the necessary infrastructure for users seeking information to meet, share, engage and interact with one another and with verified subject matter experts.

Who we're looking for
Ideally the successful candidate will have experience in the start-up world and is in a position for a new challenge to take this company to the next level. Someone who is passionate about delivering a scalable and highly performant state-of-the-art cloud-based platforms built with technologies utilizing the JavaScript ecosystem, AI/ML and the latest web technologies to help solve exciting real world problems.

We are looking for an agile and entrepreneurial leader with strong people leadership and technical capability who has a problem-solving and analytical aptitude, excellent communication and presentation skills, is familiar with statistics, has a business acumen, independent, positive can-do attitude, and passion for excellence to the workplace.

Your role and our tech stack
Reporting to the founder, you will be expected to develop, deploy and oversee the execution of the tech strategy, product road-map and operations to ensure alignment with our businesses goals as we grow and scale. You will play a key part in the organisation's success, taking the current MVP and developing it further to move the company through to early stage funding and into profit.

Quesst's is built using React.js [Frontend], Node.js [Backend], PostgreSQL [DB], Amazon EC2 [Application Hosting], Amazon S3 [Media Storage Service], and Amazon SES [Email Sending Service]. You will be responsible for implementing full-stack features and collaborate with other team members to plan each sprint. You’ll be working across the entire system architecture and be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining restful APIs, micro-services and databases.

Your key responsibilities

• Develop, improve and optimize the structure, quality, and extensibility of current software technologies, codebases and databases
• Prototype ideas to quickly access viability and iterate based on feedback from the team
• Build robust, web-based applications interacting with databases, file-systems and APIs
• Write custom code or integrate open source technologies as needed to find solutions to problems
• Design and build effective APIs; Create servers and databases for functionality
• Design client-side and server-side architecture; Design the data model ensuring scalability
• Accurately translate screen designs into functional front-end code; Develop features and with a mobile responsive design
• Write high-quality, extensible, testable and reusable code and libraries; Conduct code reviews and establishment of best practices
• Participate in planning activities; Estimate accurate stores for new features and design product features
• Help define processes and build tools as needed to scale the solution and the team
• Create and lead the product road-map; Proactively breakdown work, manage development sprints, identify risks and explore solutions
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency; Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software; Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving
• Steer the business on timescales, prioritization and costs on competing development requirements
• Drive rigorous, and weekly product releases and lead required integration efforts with partners and/or third-party software services
• Guide the development in design, architecture and platform choices with strong focus on quality, speed, stability and scalability
• Identify and establish best practices and frameworks keeping in mind parameters of performance, responsiveness, security, maintainability, extensibility, and reuse; Work collaboratively in a lean and agile environment; Write technical documentation
• Recommend and implement new technologies, improvement of existing tech and set-up and future-proofing our technology that can help the company optimize efficiency and productivity and lead edge thinking and knowledge of innovative technologies i.e. AI, ML, blockchain, etc..

Your qualifications

• Minimum of BSc in Computer Science/IT/Electronics/Software Engineering or a comparable degree program
• Proven experience of 2-5 years of full-stack development of web applications; 2+ years building front-end interfaces with React.js & Redux workflows and 2+ years building back-end and maintaining server applications on Node.js, PostgreSQL and designing APIs
• Expert in traditional web-dev stack (HTML5, CSS3, JS); Strong in core JavaScript (ES5, ES6, ESNext, TypeORM and Typescript) and JS object model
• Experience with Linux environments and using the shell and command line terminals (preferred)
• Professional coding experience in object-oriented and scripting languages; Extensive experience building client-side web applications using React
• Proficient with:
  • JavaScript Frameworks (ReactJS/NextJS/Redux) and Node.js Frameworks (Express.js)
  • Client-side MVC frameworks such as NodeJS, React JS, NextJS, Redux, and AngularJS; Knowledge of isomorphic React
  • Configuration of various servers to run web application servers, databases, etc.; Web server technologies like Nginx, NodeJS, Apache, etc.
  • Frontend CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Material UI and preprocessors like SASS and SCSS/LESS
  • Writing and integrating middleware; Experience with Redux Saga and Thunk
  • Architecture, design, queries of Relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL and other RDBMS)
  • Modern JS tooling (NPM, Webpack, Babel, ESLint and Prettier)
  • Developer tools, such as Visual Studio Code
  • Code versioning tools and Git version control systems (Github); Containerization systems (Docker)
  • Strong in data structures, XML technologies, JSON parsing
  • Caching frameworks and mechanisms, work-task queues, transactions and messaging queues (Redis, Memcached, RabbitMQ and others)
  • Building real-time applications using Web Sockets (Socket.io)
  • Web and mobile push notifications and cloud message APIs (GCM, APNS, OneSignal, etc.)
  • Setting up cron jobs and schedule task execution
  • Handling Services, RESTful, APIs, third party libraries and APIs (Google APIs, AWS, Zendesk, etc.)

• Experience with API gateway, distributed infrastructure architectures and applications tuning/profiling; Experience working with microservices
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments; Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
• Experience with REST API and web service construction, integration and architecture and working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, Authentication and Security Technologies
• Familiarity with building secure systems (OWASP secure coding practices or similar)
• Architect and cloud-deploy applications on AWS and other cloud providers
• Deep understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Build and manage end-to-end and UI tests; Experience writing tests (unit, integration, functional, etc.), and using testing frameworks
• Build third-party integrations like Slack, Stripe, Google and supporting their workflow
• Provision DevOps tooling with continuous integration; Build modern Front-end build pipelines and tools
• Contribute to API documentation including API description languages like Swagger; Document and diagram functional flows and architectures
• Experience in building rich PWA applications; Experience in responsive design, cross browser compatibility and website performance
• Understanding of how browsers and DOM work; Understanding and experience with asynchronous processing, partial page refresh, DOM traversal and manipulation
• Expert level using Web Analytics tools (Google Analytics and others); Experience with open source software development
• Experience with localization and internationalization of applications (working with multi-site setups, multi-language, i18n, etc.)

Some desired extras and good to have skills

• Knowledge of cyber-security, malware analysis, threat detection and/or sandboxing technology
• Preferably has knowledge of working in big data (Spark, Kafka, Hadoop) and machine learning ecosystems
• Strong background in security and data analytics and on-premise data experience
• Experience and familiarity with:
  • Architecture, design, queries and aggregation of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra and others)
  • Elasticsearch and ELK stack
  • Developing integrations for global OTAs
  • OpenAPI
• Knowledge of multiple backend languages and framework

We offer you

• A unique entrepreneurial opportunity to build something from the ground up and scale it up to a major regionally recognizable brand
• A great learning curve in a collaborative environment with no barriers for initiatives
• Leading compensation package including salary free of local taxes, accommodation allowance for local hire or shared accommodation for international hire, free medical care from company physician, free government healthcare membership, transport allowance, paid airfare to the country of origin, paid leave and end of service according to local labor law.

Your professional career growth opportunities
As you help us grow Quesst, we will help you grow and professionally develop. Joining us at this stage, you will have the opportunity to be part of the core team if you prove you have what it takes and will be given the opportunity to:

• Lead and develop a technical strategy for the company, which involves goal setting, discussing options, and analyzing risks with the management team, CEO and board members
• An opportunity to build and manage a business unit from scratch and scale it up to success at a regional level
• Attract and retain top tech talent, mentor and manage the team as it grows
• Develop and manage KPIs for the tech team and create a challenging work environment

Have we caught your attention?
Send us your application including your resume, salary expectations and earliest starting date.

We’re looking forward to your application!