Data Architect

About Shopalyst:

Shopalyst offers a Discovery Commerce platform for digital marketers. Combining data, AI and deep integrations with digital media and e-commerce platforms, Shopalyst connects people with products they love. More than 500 marquee brands leverage our SaaS platform for data driven marketing and sales in 30 countries across Asia, Europe and Americas. We have offices in Fremont CA, Bangalore, and Trivandrum. Our company is backed by Kalaari Capital.

About the Role: Software Engineer (Python)

We are currently looking for people to join our Engineering team where internet scale, reliability, security, high performance and self-management drives almost every design decision that we take. This role will be based out of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

We are looking for Software Engineers to help us build functional products and applications. Software Engineers responsibilities include participating in software design, writing clean and efficient code adhering to coding standards, guidelines & best practices for various applications, running tests to improve system functionality, performance & security and documenting design and code.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop robust and scalable server-side applications using Node.js.
• Utilize Python to write batch jobs and scripts for various automation tasks, ensuring efficiency and reliability.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve bugs and other performance issues to maintain system stability.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and compliance with coding standards.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Mentor junior developers and share knowledge to foster a collaborative learning environment.

Must Have requirements

• Strong understanding of Node.js and its core concepts, such as event-driven. architecture, asynchronous programming, and callbacks.
• Proficiency in Python, with a strong understanding of its ecosystem, libraries, and frameworks.
• Proven 1-5 years of experience working as a Node.js/Python Developer or in a similar role.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Strong working knowledge in any NoSQL (preferable)or relational databases
• Good exposure to working on Linux/Unix systems.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git)

Nice to have requirements

• Proficiency in TypeScript to write scalable and maintainable code.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS.
• Basic understanding of GoLang/Java as a coding language

• Recruiting and interviewing skills
• Phone, MS Teams, and online meeting platform skills
• Familiarity with relevant HR Terms
• Good Communication and interpersonal skills
•  IT Recruitment experience.

Job description

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Responsibilities:

• Developing all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database(s), and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end & Back-end.
• Addressing architectural problems like scalability, availability, etc., and providing solutions for them.
• Developing Database models, APIs, and processes.
• Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
• Understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Implement user interface components for JavaScript-based web and mobile applications using the React.js open-source library ecosystem.
• Code debugging and performance testing.
• Dealing with clients associated with different projects.
• Developing new user-facing features using React.js.
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance and responsiveness across all devices and browsers.
• Dealing with clients associated with different projects.
• Developing new user-facing features using React.js & Node.js.
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Translating designs and wireframes into high-quality code.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Implement user interface components for JavaScript-based web and mobile applications using the React.js & Node.js open source library ecosystem.
• Code debugging and performance testing.

Required Skills:

• Good Experience with Node.js backend development platforms & MongoDB
• Good Experience with JavaScript frameworks and tools such as React.js, Redux, Amber, Web pack, Enzyme, and Flux.
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance.
• Handling of Asynchronous tasks in frontend and backend both.
• Good to have experience in creating and using Image APIs.
• Prior experience with deployment on AWS and Heroku servers.
• Have good knowledge of Version Control Tools.
• Experience with RESTful APIs
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Bootstrap, HTML & CSS is a must to know.
• Having an understanding of React.js and its core principles is an added advantage.
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux) is an added advantage
• Experience with handling data structures.
• Experience with React.js frontend development platforms.

What we offer:

• A dynamic and collaborative team.
• Tech start-up environment to develop and shape an ambitious business
• Competitive success-oriented remuneration package

• 3+ years’ experience in manual and automated QA for Web, iOS, and Android
• Analyzing user’s stories and/use cases/requirements for validity and feasibility
• collaborate closely with other team members and departments
• Can be able to write all test cases independently
• execute all levels of testing (System, Integration, Regression, and Security)
• Be proactive in identifying issues, deep dive, troubleshoot, communicate to stakeholders and escalation of issues and providing status reports
• Sense of ownership and drive and a willingness to accept the challenge of daily deadlines is essential
• Design and develop automation scripts when needed

What you need to have:

Are you passionate about using technology to make people's lives better? Are you interested in becoming a part of one of the hottest trends in the world of start-ups today? Are you excited about joining the online ultra-fast grocery delivery service business pioneer and driving the trend forward? Then this may be the right opportunity for you.

1. Lead over a product in the Technology department.
2. Self-sufficiently lead the software development lifecycle: technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring.
3. Work with cross-functional teams effectively to enable business growth.
4. Recruit, train, retain, and simply make Blok a great yet challenging place to work for the people in your team.
5. Mentor team, resulting in trickle-down happiness and efficiency.
   
   Requirements

1. You have at least 2 years of experience in a managerial position in a technology company.
2. You’ve designed, built, scaled, and maintained production services, and know-how to compose a service-oriented architecture. You’ll lead by example by executing when necessary.
3. Bias towards action. You believe that speed and quality aren't mutually exclusive. You've shown good judgment about shipping as fast as possible while still making sure that products are built in a sustainable, responsible way. You embrace the agile software development mindset.
4. Hiring prowess. You're a strong leader who can attract talent around the world, raising the bar for excellence. You retained, mentored, and hired senior engineers and managers with a track record of building productive, world-class engineering teams.
5. Mentorship. You know that the most important part of your job is setting the team up for success. Through motivating, mentoring, teaching, and reviewing, you help other specialists make sound architectural decisions, improve their code quality, and get out of their comfort zone.
6. You have the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with others at all levels within the organization. You have experience with effectively creating alignments with multiple teams and operating well in ambiguity.
7. Dedication. You care tremendously about keeping the experience consistent for users. You are your harshest critic and hold yourself personally accountable, jumping in and taking ownership of problems that might not even be in your team's scope.
8. Experience within our tech-stack (Microservices, Node.js, Java, React, MongoDB, Kotlin, Swift, Redis, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, WebSockets, etc.)
   
   Who You Are

1. Passionate about technology and making an impact.
2. A perpetual learner, who stretches their boundaries and enjoys new ideas.
3. A doer who takes initiative regardless of boundaries empowers their teams and works well in a cross-functional set-up.