Backend - Node Js Developer

Software Architect

Bangalore, India / Engineering/ Full-time

Job Overview:

As a Software Architect, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend solutions for our software applications. You will be responsible for making strategic technical decisions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality software products with scalable backend infrastructure. 

Responsibilities:

• System Architecture:
• Design and architect scalable, efficient, and maintainable backend systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Technical Leadership:
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team, ensuring best practices and coding standards are followed.
• Mentor and coach team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Backend Development:
• Lead the development of backend components, modules, and features primarily on Ruby on Rails tech stack and also be open to contribute in other tech stacks based on Java/Kotlin and Python.
• Implement and maintain APIs, data models, and database structures to support application functionality.
• Performance Optimization:
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring optimal system response times and resource utilization.
• Implement caching strategies and other performance optimization techniques.
• Collaboration:
• Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to integrate frontend and backend components seamlessly.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to standards, and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Security and Compliance:
• Implement and enforce security best practices to safeguard sensitive data.
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure compliance and security standards are met.
• Documentation:
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for the backend architecture, APIs, and development processes.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the evolution of development methodologies and practices.

Qualifications:

• Overall 10+ years of experience, with 2+ years as a Software Architect with a focus on backend development using Ruby on Rails.
• In-depth knowledge of Ruby on Rails framework, database design, and API development.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with performance optimization, scalability, and security considerations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to mentor and guide development teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Bonus points:

• Familiarity with front-end technologies and frameworks(ReactJs).
• Experience with other programming languages.(Kotlin/Python)
• Experience with cloud platforms and microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.(AWS, Kubernetes, )

Join us in revolutionizing the way software solutions are developed, and contribute to building cutting-edge applications that make a positive impact on our users and the industry.

Founded in 2018, HighLevel LLC (http://www.gohighlevel.com">www.gohighlevel.com) is a two tier B2B SaaS Platform focussed on Marketing Agencies. We aspire to be a one stop solution for marketing agencies. We enable agencies to serve their clients with ease using the best cutting edge tools of the industry. Our clientele includes digital marketing agencies, Ads agencies, SEO agencies, Call center / Sales agencies and freelancers. We operate across niches like real-estate, dental & medical, local businesses, e-commerce, professional services and field services. 

Our platform comprises various product areas including CRM, funnel builder, website builder, forms & surveys, WordPress hosting, email marketing, telephony, reviews management, omni-box communications, social media, invoicing & payments to name a few. We currently service over 15,000 agencies and 120,000 small & medium businesses with a 200+ strong team that works remotely across 15 nations. 

We encourage you to check out our youtube channel to learn more about our platform - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFiV4qDX5ipE-DQcsm1j4g">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFiV4qDX5ipE-DQcsm1j4g 

HighLevel is an exciting place to work because of the passionate, driven team that we have. At HighLevel

• It’s never somebody else’s job
• We are passionately focused on adding value for our users
• We deliver fast using lean principles. We go to market in weeks instead of quarters
• A good idea always gets tested
• We take care of our team so our team can take care of our users
• We embrace that improvement is constant and iterative
• You will learn how to scale B2B SaaS Startup and build relevant, impactful products for customers

We are seeking a Software Engineer to help develop and grow our FB and Google Ad Reporting Platform. This person will help contribute to new core features and maintenance of our Reporting platform, which allows our end users to integrate with numerous business partners such as Google Ads, Google Analytics, Facebook Ads and Twilio. Additionally, this person will also serve as a voice on the team, helping support both the team members and the product itself.

• Deliver incredible products -  We’re a product-first company, and we aren’t satisfied until we’ve built a product so clearly superior that customers have no reason to consider anything else
• Shared responsibility - We collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers across HighLevel, as equals, to provide optimal production services to our customers. This role will interface with many other product teams to ensure we are meeting their needs.
• Be a strong technical contributor - As an individual contributor, you’ll write testable, maintainable, scalable code and deploy it frequently. You’ll review the code of other developers, and be open to feedback about your own.
• Communicate well -  Writing documentation of your new APIs will be critical to the success of this new service. You will also work with our product team to understand the long term product roadmap so we will never be boxed in by new feature requests. Our code reviews seek understanding of the change.
• Be a good teammate - You'll be helpful, open-minded, respectful, and collaborative. You'll support your teammates and challenge them to do their best work.
• Learn - Regardless of your level of experience or seniority, you'll work to improve your skills and learn more about our customers and their needs. It is very necessary to have basic knowledge about Google Ads, Google Conversion, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Facebook Ads, Facebook Pixel and UTM Parameters.

• Facebook Graph API, Google Adwords API
• Understanding of Google and Facebook ad setup
• Node.js
• JavaScript, TypeScript, Python
• MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Firestore
• Google Cloud Platform products (Appengine, Cloud Tasks, PubSub, GKE, etc) and basic understanding of DevOps

We require you to be willing and able to do all of the things in the previous sections. Beyond that, there are a handful of things that may make you a better fit but please apply even if you don’t check all of these boxes. If you've got analogous experience or a track record of being able to pick things up quickly, please tell us in your application!

We’re looking for knowledge and experience with the following:

• Building scalable web applications with Node.js 
• Participating in making technical design decisions
• Architecting and designing new microservices
• Mentoring and coaching other engineers
• Extensive API experience as such to prevent serious API security risks
• Reviewing code in a way that empowers your teammates while improving our codebase
• Building software-as-a-service platforms, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses
• Writing unit tests to ensure good code quality and sufficient coverage

• Experienced backend developer with extensive work on nodejs and backbonejs along with good English spoken language.
• Develop new user-facing features
• Build structured, reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Maintain, contribute and adhere to our programming best practices and guidelines
• Advanced understanding of emerging web technologies

Key Functions & Roles of the Candidate:

• Would be part of core technical team and will be updating the product with new and challenging tasks
• Good understanding of the concepts behind models, collections, and views
• Familiarity with input validation techniques and approaches
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Enthusiasm for innovation in the tech industry, including continuous learning and improvement

Specific Skill Set:

• Salesforce Implementation or Knowledge
• Node.js, MongoDB, Heroku API
• API and NODE.JS is a must

• A Golang developer role is to build optimized, scalable, and modular software using required technologies. You are tasked with developing and coding back-end components and connecting applications to other web services.

• Research and test new technologies
• Collaborating with others to build and develop a quality
• Monitoring and Oversee company’s data
• Managing users and user roles
• Detecting, announcing, and correcting errors
• Proposing alternative solutions

• To cooperate with other stakeholder to design, develop, test, release and improve services
• Maintain development standards, practices & principles
• Build scalable and maintainable software
• Analytical approach on what and how

• At least 4 years of experience with Golang.
• Have expertise in implementing micro services (using tools and technologies for messaging, RPC, containerization, etc.)
• Experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases, ability to write complex queries and optimize them
• Understanding of containerization technologies (Docker, RKT, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Basic experience with CI/CD systems (Jenkins, TeamCity, GoCD, Concourse, etc.)
• Basic experience working with AWS/Google Cloud

Requirement:-
1. Strong PHP Core programming expertise
2. MySQL DB Model Design and Programming expertise
3. Strong skills in either Joomla or WordPress - at least one is needed.
4. Working know how of HTML 5/ CSS 3
5. Knowledge of SVN or any other version control tools
6. Must have solid REST/API implementation and integration concepts.

Preferred addons :-
1. Good to have Frontend Skills in - Javascript/JQuery/Bootstrap/Angular
2. Experience in common third-party social APIs (google, Facebook, eBay etc)
3. Experience with Payment Gateway integration with APIs like (paypal, payza, authorise.net, Firstdata, Ipayout, Stripe etc)
4. Any experience in Ionic / PhoneGap is a plus

Benefits
1. 6 months of probation period.
2. Working Days: Monday-Friday (As per International Standards).
3. Working Timings: 9 hours per day including break of 1 hour
4. Opportunities to learn and grow.