Bilingual Infrastructure Engineer- Japanese

Job Title: Ruby on Rails Developer

Location: Chennai (Work From Office, yes, we love seeing your face!)

Experience: 2-3 years (You’ve got some experience, and we’re here to help you grow even more!)

About the Company:

F22 Labs is a startup software studio based out of Chennai. We are the rocket fuel for other startups across the world, powering them with extremely high-quality software. We help entrepreneurs build their vision into beautiful software products (web/mobile). If you're into creating beautiful software and solving real problems, you’ll fit right in with us. Let’s make cool things happen!

Position Overview:

As a Ruby on Rails Developer at F22 Labs, you’ll be doing more than just coding—you’ll be shaping the future of software. We’re looking for someone who’s passionate about building high-performance, scalable apps and loves solving tricky problems. You’ll work alongside a team of super smart engineers, contributing to innovative web applications that make a difference to the startups we support. With the experience under your belt, you’ll hit the ground running and make an impact right away. Oh, and we like to have fun while we’re at it!

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain elegant, scalable, and efficient web applications using Ruby on Rails (because clean code is the best code).
• Write code that’s as smooth as butter—maintainable, scalable, testable, and efficient (we all love a tidy codebase).
• Handle background jobs and multi-threading like a pro, making sure the app performs like a rockstar.
• Integrate third-party services and APIs, and make everything work like magic behind the scenes.
• Optimize and manage databases—you’ll be the DBMS guru ensuring queries are sharp and snappy.
• Speed up our apps using Redis caching (because nobody likes waiting for slow apps!).
• Deploy and manage applications on AWS S3—we love our cloud!
• Troubleshoot and fix production issues faster than a speeding bullet (or at least faster than the user can notice!).
• Collaborate with the product team to craft features that are both powerful and user-friendly.
• Bring your creative ideas to the table and help us improve our projects. We love fresh perspectives!

Qualifications and Requirements:

• 2-3 years of experience working with Ruby on Rails (you’ve already mastered the basics, now let’s level up!).
• A strong understanding of DBMS and building efficient databases (you know the database world inside out).
• Hands-on experience with background jobs and multi-threading to make apps run faster than a cheetah on energy drinks.
• Solid knowledge of Redis (Caching) to make sure our apps don’t break a sweat.
• Experience deploying applications on AWS S3 (cloud is life!).
• Comfortable with Git and collaborating with a team (no lone wolves here!).
• Great debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills—basically, you can fix any bug like a superhero.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and how they make everything click together.
• Excellent communication skills—because we want to hear your ideas, loud and clear!

Good to Have Skills (Extra Cool Points!):

• Experience with Node.js or Django (extra frameworks, extra cool).
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (flexible data storage for the win).
• A significant knowledge of DevOps knowledge (help us deploy like the pros we are).

Why Join Us (Perks & Benefits):

• Health insurance (because we want you at your best, inside and out).
• Flexible work timings (get your work done, but do it your way).
• Better-than-market compensation (we know you’re worth it!).
• A supercharged learning culture—grow your skills fast.
• Rapid career growth opportunities—move up faster than a rocket in the sky.
• Work with interesting, fun, and quirky colleagues who make every day feel like an adventure.
• Learn from the best in the industry (and maybe teach us something cool too).

Selection Process:

• Online Assessment
• 1-2 rounds of interviews (no need to stress, we’re all about getting to know you).

• 2.5+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Experience in AWS.
• Hands on experience on Relationl Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 2+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus.

What’s the opportunity?

Are you a backend developer looking to fast-track your learning and growth? Have you looked at world-class products like Asana, Notion, or Airtable, and felt “I wish I were part of the early team that built these products”?

We’re a team that has previously built and rolled out globally successful SaaS products used by tens of thousands of customers. We’re laser-focused on delivering a world-class product again, and looking for an ambitious backend engineer to join our existing team of 9 engineers. 

If it excites you to think of a fast-paced start-up environment, building something big from scratch, breaking down new problems, creating new APIs, working on performance issues, getting hands-on with DevOps initiatives, and showcasing demos of your work every Friday with a happy and passionate team, then this is the right opportunity for you.

Some of the tech problems you get to work on as a backend engineer would be to build the backend for a modern spreadsheet experience from scratch, work on infra as code, write robust code that is fault-tolerant, work on performant code that adheres to SLOs set by the organization.

About you:

● 3- 5 years of experience

● Expertise in the following areas ○ Java ○ HTTP Protocol

● You’ve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks/products ○ Spring ○ PostgreSQL ○ Redis ○ Docker ○ Message brokers ○ GitHub

● These non-functional areas are familiar to you ○ Performance ○ Debugging ○ Log management

Nice to have:

● Familiarity with AWS

What’s in it for me?

● Great opportunity: We genuinely care about everyone we hire. You’ll learn new things and grow no matter how experienced you are; you will be working with founders who have more than three decades of collective experience in building significant B2B SaaS startups.

● Great team: Work with a world-class, high-velocity team that truly embodies the values of empathy, curiosity, and customer-centricity. Check out the MTT(Meet The Team) videos on our LinkedIn.

● Great culture: An open, fun, and exciting startup culture that empowers its people to champion big problems with the freedom to think and innovate.

● Growth: You could easily and quickly transition into other roles you might like.

● Impact: You get to be part of a global, passionate team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment. The team has a work philosophy of being high on ambition, ownership, and a bias for action.

● Monetary rewards and benefits: Competitive stipend, flexible leave policy, and more

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Python Developer to join our team. As a Senior Python Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality code for our software projects. You should have strong expertise in Python programming and extensive experience with microservices architecture. Your role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, implementing best practices, and ensuring the delivery of robust and scalable solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and maintain high-quality Python code for our software projects.
• Design and implement microservices architecture for scalable and efficient applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other developers, to understand requirements and deliver optimal solutions.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges and performance issues.
• Optimize existing code and improve system performance.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and propose innovative solutions.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in Python development and microservices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 2+ years of professional experience as a Python developer, with a focus on building robust and scalable applications.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and experience working with related technologies (e.g., Docker, AWS, service discovery,Jenkins).
• Solid knowledge of Python frameworks (e.g. Django) and libraries commonly used in microservices development.
• Experience in developing RESTful APIs and working with third-party API integrations.
• Proficiency in database systems, such as MySQL or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to handle complex technical challenges.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS).
• Knowledge of message queue systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS).
• Familiarity with tools (e.g., Airflow, ELK).
• Previous experience in mentoring and providing technical guidance to junior developers.
• Contributions to open-source projects or active participation in developer communities.

Job Role:

As a senior R&D Java Engineer, you will work in a highly collaborative, dynamic environment. Your work will impact a lot to make world bit safer place. You’ll design creative solutions to problems faced by companies due to cyber attacks. You will work closely with other partners such as product and pre-sales managers, UI developers, and other software engineers to develop new product offerings and improve the efficiency of the solution.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, modify, and implement, the software components of Nimesa Product.
• Assist QA Engineers with the creation and review of the test cases
• Write junits and test automation if anything required to have the coverage
• Assist other Engineers with the creation of detailed software design specifications.
• Keep an eye out for technology trends, and open-source projects that can be used.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or relevant fields.
• At least 3+ years experience in end-end software development for large design and coordinating project teams in the SaaS industry.
• Software development experience with Java and Spring / Springboot, RabbitMQ, MYSQL etc
• Must have worked on fairly complex products from scratch
• Strong knowledge of data structure, multithreading and other comp science concepts (SQL or NoSQL)
• Excellent social and communication skills
• Demonstrated expertise in building Web Applications, Enterprise Applications, Web Services, and Management at scale is a requirement.
• Experience with Design patterns
• Knowledge of cloud-based architectures, deployment and operational aspects of Amazon Web Services cloud

• Implement best practices for the engineering team across code hygiene, overall architecture design, testing, and deployment activities
• Drive technical decisions for building data pipelines, data lakes, and analyst access.
• Act as a leader within the engineering team, providing support and mentorship for teammates across functions
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent job experience
• Experienced developer in large data environments
• Experience using Git productively in a team environment
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Amazon Web Services
• Ability to sit with business or technical SMEs to listen, learn and propose technical solutions to business problems

·       Experience using and adapting to new technologies

·       Take and understand business requirements and goals

·       Work collaboratively with project managers and stakeholders to make sure that all aspects of the project are delivered as planned

·       Strong SQL skills with MySQL or PostgreSQL

• Experience with non-relational databases and their role in web architectures desired

 Knowledge and Experience:

• Good experience with Elixir and functional programming a plus

• Several years of python experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational skills

Proven verbal and written cross-department and customer communication skills

Desired candidates must have 2-6 years experience as NodeJs Developer. If the candidate is not able to relocate to Gurgaon then we can also provide permanent Work from home for this position.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding functional and business requirements and translate them into effective code
• Provide support till deployment of code into production.
• Ownership for ensuring code optimization, problem diagnosis, and on-time delivery
• Implement solutions as per the pre-defined framework /guidelines and adherence to processes
• Finding an optimal solution for the problem statement
• Conduct peer code review.

What candidate should know about:

• Excellent hands-on experience with Node.Js, Express.Js, JavaScript
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Excellent hands-on experience with MongoDB, Mongo aggregation, MySQL
• Ability to build REST services, Authentications, MVC applications
• Excellent Object Oriented Programming skills and ability to write modular, secure, scalable, and maintainable code
• Experience with Elastic Search, Redis.
• Knowledge about AWS components (S3, EC2, Cloudfront, Redis Clusters, etc.)
• Self-learning abilities are required
• Familiarity with upcoming new technologies is a strong plus

About SteelEye

SteelEye is a fast growing FinTech company based in London and has offices in Bangalore and Paris, that offers a data platform to help financial institutions such as Investment Banks, Hedge Funds, Brokerage Firms, Asset Management Firms to comply with financial regulations in the European Union. Our clients can aggregate, search, surveillance and report on trade, communications and market data. SteelEye also enables customers to gain powerful insights from their data, helping them to trade with greater efficiency and profitability. The company has a highly experienced management team and a strong board, who have decades of technology and management experience and worked in senior positions at many leading international financial businesses. We are looking to hire a seasoned SRE to join us as we start on our next phase of growth. We have a culture of openness, collaboration, and the passion to get things done whilst appreciating the importance of a good work life balance.

Being part of a start-up can be equally exciting as it is challenging. You will be part of the SteelEye team not just because of your talent but also because of your entrepreneurial flare which we thrive on at SteelEye. This means we want you to be curious, contribute, ask questions and share ideas. We encourage you to get involved in helping shape our business.

What you’ll do

• Deliver plugins for our Python-based ETL pipelines.
• Deliver Python microservices for provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Implement algorithms to analyse large data sets.
• Draft design documents that translate requirements into code.
• Deal with challenges associated with handling large volumes of data.
• Assume responsibilities from technical design through technical client support.
• Manage expectations with internal stakeholders and context-switch in a fast paced environment.
• Thrive in an environment that uses AWS and Elasticsearch extensively.
• Keep abreast of technology and contribute to the engineering strategy.
• Champion best development practices and provide mentorship.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in o Python 3.
• o Python libraries used for data (such as pandas, numpy).
• o AWS.
• o Elasticsearch.
• o Performance tuning.
• o Object Oriented Design and Modelling.
• o Delivering complex software, ideally in a FinTech setting.
• o CI/CD tools.
• Knowledge of design patterns.
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Demonstrable desire to learn and grow.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Mature collaboration and mentoring abilities.

About SteelEye Culture

• Work from home until you are vaccinated against COVID-19
• Top of the line health insurance • Order discounted meals every day from a dedicated portal
• Fair and simple salary structure
• 30+ holidays in a year
• Fresh fruits every day
• Centrally located. 5 mins to the nearest metro station (MG Road)
• Measured on output and not input