Cassandra Architecture

Looking for candidates only with tier 1 colleges OR have experience in a product-based company.

 

Desired Skills :

● Experience with data modeling and SQL/NoSQL databases

● Experience with distributed systems and microservices

● Good experience in working with any of Java/SpringBoot, GoLang or NodeJS

● Excellent problem solving and debugging skills

● Passionate about the experience of software engineering as much as the output

● A strong sense of ownership

● Ability to communicate your ideas and approach to solving problems with clarity

1. Work closely with senior engineers to design, implement and deploy applications that impact the business with an emphasis on mobile, payments, and product website development
2. Design software and make technology choices across the stack (from data storage to application to front-end)
3. Understand a range of tier-1 systems/services that power our product to make scalable changes to critical path code
4. Own the design and delivery of an integral piece of a tier-1 system or application
5. Work closely with product managers, UX designers, and end users and integrate software components into a fully functional system
6. Work on the management and execution of project plans and delivery commitments
7. Take ownership of product/feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production
8. Ensure the developed features are scalable and highly available with no quality concerns
9. Work closely with senior engineers for refining and implementation
10. Manage and execute project plans and delivery commitments
11. Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies, and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts

High-quality source code to program complete applications within deadlines

- Strong integration and architectural knowledge with Agile methodology

- Working closely with other developers, UX designers, business, Testing Team and systems analysts

- Demonstrated experience in leading medium- to large-scale projects to successful completion and implementation

- Involvement in Team management activities with their own work (like code review, team guidance/mentoring, status reporting)

- Build API’s that integrate with all majors ERP, CRM, and other systems

- Be the first point of escalation for technical issues and resolve issues working with stakeholders

- Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and deliver multiple projects simultaneously

- Find bugs and offer timely solutions / Perform unit and integration testing before launch

About Us :

- At TailNode, we are at the bleeding edge of this change.

- We conceptualize and develop products that are aimed to enable this transformation of the political architecture of the country.

- We leverage the best practices and insights of the technology world and apply them in our unique way to deliver impact on a massive scale.

- We want to offer you a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of this massive change and build new and exciting products with us.

Responsibilities :

- Designing, building, and maintaining high performance, reusable, scalable and robust services and applications

- Developing and managing databases and reporting tools

- Building intelligent messaging bots using web APIs

- Designing and developing robust RESTful APIs and other interfaces

- Integrating data storage solutions.

Required Skills :

- Ability to write clean, structured code in Ruby/Python with documentation.

- Proficiency in at least one Ruby frameworks (Ruby on Rails or Sinatra) or Python framework (Django or Flask)

- Clear understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.

- Ability to write well defined test cases using Minitest, RSpec or Unit testing framework.

- Experience in one of the following database technologies - MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra.

- Proficiency in working with complex SQL queries.

- Knowledge of design patterns, architectural best practices.

- Familiarity with RESTful web services.

- Knowledge of version control tools like Git, SVN etc.

- Working experience with Cloud Services like Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud is a plus.

Required Qualifications :

- A Bachelors or a Masters degree in Computer Science or relevant field.

- Experience of 3-5 years in software development.

Note : Other language candidates may apply only if they're expecting to work primarily on Ruby/Python.

Primary responsibilities:

 

• Architect, Design and Build high performance Search systems for personalization, optimization, and targeting
• Designing systems with Solr, Akka, Cassandra, Kafka
• Algorithmic development with primary focus Machine Learning
• Working with rapid and innovative development methodologies like: Kanban, Continuous Integration and Daily deployments
• Participation in design and code reviews and recommend improvements
• Unit testing with JUnit, Performance testing and tuning
• Coordination with internal and external teams
• Mentoring junior engineers
• Participate in Product roadmap and Prioritization discussions and decisions
• Evangelize the solution with Professional services and Customer Success teams

 

Minimum requirements:

 

• Tech/M.Tech in computer Engineering or related fields or MCA
• At least 10-14 years of software development experience
• Expert in Java, Scala or any other object oriented language
• Proficient in SQL concepts (HiveQL or Postgres a plus)
• Additional language skills for scripting and rapid application development

 

Desired skills and experience:

 

• Working with large data sets in the PBs
• Familiarity with UNIX (systems skills a plus)
• Working experience in Solr, Cassandra, and Kafka
• Working in a distributed environment and has dealt with challenges around scaling and performance
• Working with distributed teams across multiple locations

Architectural:

Design and implement a software architecture

Select a technology stack

Design and configure infrastructure

Select a development toolkit (IDE, etc.)

Design and implement a database design

Improve and optimise the application architecture

Ensure scalability of the application

Ensure scalability of the infrastructure

Explore new technologies and decide whether to implement them

 

Strategy, planning, and design:

• Take end-to-end ownership of the product, identify technology requirements, define the future product vision, create preliminary design concepts for add-on modules and shape overall technology and product roadmap by collaborating with the founders, business development, and marketing team.
• Ensure user oriented design is the primary approach to product development across multiple screens, based on user behaviour data and direct customer feedback.

 

Implementation and deployment:

• Manage Product Release, QA cycles, feature implementation and on time delivery through in-house team and vendors.
• Collaborate with team and customers to define use cases.
• Creation of wireframes/prototypes, site maps and user-flows for web and mobile platforms.

 

Operational management :

• Support marketing by implementing technical requirements for SEO/product analytics.
• Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration & system testing.
• Rigorously monitor key performance metrics and coordinate with various teams to take corrective actions if needed.
• Establish and forecast ROI of features and succinctly articulate competitive advantage.
• Set-up data collection and analysis system in collaboration with CEO to track key performance.

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Strong fundamentals in computer science/engineering and algorithm design.

Practical knowledge of computer software algorithms in machine/deep learning, NLP, Computer Vision etc.

 

Personal Requirements:

• Min of 7+ years of Hands on experience in Web app development, payment gateways 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.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and utilise emerging technologies.
• Sincere passion to use disruptive technologies that can be globally significant

Cogoport is looking for a tech enthusiast who is capable of building creative features that positively impact hundreds of millions of international customers, and is highly motivated with a passion for building high-level systems that scale to hundreds of millions of transactions.

Ideal candidate should be able to guide multiple projects at once in a dynamic and expeditious environment. You will be responsible for developing a world-class product with clean, well-documented code and at the same time ensuring high performance & scalability using proper design principles. You will be responsible for writing server-side web application logic as well as for the integration of the front-end part. Needless to mention you have demonstrated ability towards urgency, ownership, sharing success and competent enough to excel prevailing engineering velocity at Cogoport.

You should be a modern thinker and believer of manager and hierarchy free organisation like Cogoport. The ideal candidate would be assessed basis the defined role fitment. Critical is that you are curious and learner to be able to seek out and evaluate new ideas and bringing them back into the organisation. If you have outstanding programming skills and a great passion for developing beautiful, innovative applications, then let's get in touch!

1. Problem Solving: You should have the rigour and discipline to approach most of the problems and ensure the delivery of quality work ahead of timelines. You are able to look at a problem, define and brainstorm ways to achieve an optimal solution and pick the best engineering approach to bring the software productivity.

2. Architectural Design: You should have in-depth knowledge to design highly scalable architecture. You have strong experience in building products ensuring scalability in tech architecture & design implementation.

3. Database: Should have strong expertise in the database to manipulate data in the software system to minimize data redundancy and maximize the speed of retrieval. Knowledge of MongoDB, MySql, PostgreSQL database is preferred.

4. Algorithm Skills: You should be adept in all algorithm aspects to define an efficient way of solving the problem. You will solve complex problems with algorithms embedded in logical thinking and creating the most efficient and optimum code.

5. Code Quality: Enhancing the code quality by structuring the code & making sure that all the guidelines are followed to ensure enhancing code efficiency & reduction of code failure & bug rectification.

6. Product Inclination: A Software Engineer not only gets involved in coding but should equally understand the product/feature to think & cover all the possible business edge cases coming on the way.

What will you do?

• You will be responsible for the design and development of large-scale, multi-tenant, distributed systems using scalable, fault-tolerant architecture with distributed queues (kafka), distributed caches (redis), high volume data stores (MongoDB, Cassandra, elasticsearch), container-centric deployments (kubernetes).
• Write Java codes using best practices with high quality standards.
• Participate in code reviews and deep dive into design discussions.

Role : Solution Architect Responsibilities : - Design simple architecture for complex business requirements and software - Understand the Product architecture and customize it as per customer requirements. - Design and Implement Web APIs considering service management aspects of orchestration, choreography, security, hosting and analytics. - Work with cross-functional teams from product management, Leads, QA, Design, and customers. - Talk to CIOs and CTOs of Customer, understand their technical requirements and provide solutions. - Provide technical leadership and prove to be a role model for other team members. - Coach and mentor other engineers in technology and process. - Travel to customer locations and might need to work onsite in India and outside India. Basic Qualification : - Bachelors/Masters in Engineering from a premier institute. - Total 6-10 years of experience in the software industry with a minimum of 2 years as an Architect - Passion for engineering and solving complex problems to delight customers - Experience of working with open source and PaaS - Hands on experience on cloud and dockers - Hands on Experience on Java, Spring boot, Microservices, Integration Patterns, Databases. - Prior experience on integration with external systems like CRM, ERPs, Core Banking, BPMs, Core Insurance, etc. - Experience in Performance and security. Preferred Qualification : - Prior experience in the Banking industry, especially Lending. - Prior experience of using Open Source software. - Experience in building complex and core financial enterprise software.