Data Scientist

Title: Sr Software Engineer, Backend

Level: L3 

Location: Hyderabad, India

Department: Engineering

Company

Talent Systems, LLC is the leading technology solution provider for casting and auditioning to the entertainment industry. Casting directors and agents worldwide use Talent Systems’ portfolio of products to source and manage talent across film, television, commercials, theater and digital projects, powering an unparalleled, global casting software ecosystem. 

We are headquartered in Los Angeles and operate in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and India. Our portfolio brands include Casting Networks, Spotlight, Cast It Systems, Cast It Talent, Casting Frontier, Staff Me Up, Cast It Reach & Tagmin.

Company Core Values

Job Description

We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our backend team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Node.js and TypeScript, with a solid understanding of backend development best practices. Experience with the AWS ecosystem and working knowledge of Elasticsearch or similar caching/search technologies is essential. Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and PostgreSQL is also required. Knowledge of React.js is a plus.

• Required:
• 5+ years of experience in backend software development.
• Strong proficiency with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Demonstrated experience in architecting and implementing microservice architectures.
• Extensive experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, etc.
• Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch or similar caching/search technologies.
• Proficient with Docker and container orchestration concepts.
• Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimization.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• Preferred:
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, including integration testing frameworks and best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems like Git.
• Familiarity with React.js is a plus but not mandatory.
• Ability to mentor and lead junior developers effectively.

• Soft skills:
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams from different cultures and geolocations. 
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a customer-first mindset.
• Design, and develop scalable and maintainable backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Drive the design and implementation of microservice-based architectures to support our platform’s scalability and reliability.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality, robust software solutions.
• Implement and optimize search and caching solutions using Elasticsearch or similar technologies.
• Build, maintain, and optimize containerized applications using Docker.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery.
• Utilize AWS services extensively to deploy, monitor, and scale backend applications.
• Design, optimize, and maintain PostgreSQL databases, including schema design and query performance tuning.
• Lead code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and promote best practices in software engineering and architecture.
• Deliver high-quality features on time by maintaining a balance between speed and precision.
• Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, and code reviews, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

RazerTech Consulting is mandated to hire a Technical Lead for a US based Tech Company that offers a cloud-based, AI?powered image editing and automation platform for leading brands in ecommerce, fashion, marketplaces & photo studios. The platform helps creatives and marketers produce stunningly consistent imagery and video content at scale.

Role Overview :

Were looking for a hands-on engineering lead to own the delivery of our GenAI-centric product from the backend up to the UI while integrating visual AI pipelines built by ML engineers. Youll be both a builder and a leader : writing clean Java and TypeScript/Node.js, scaling AWS-based systems, mentoring engineers, and making architectural decisions that stand the test of scale. Ideally, youre also familiar with Python for deploying ML pipelines.

(Note : This role requires both technical mastery and leadership skills - we're looking for someone who can write production code, make architectural decisions, and lead a team to success.)

What Youll Do :

• Lead development of the Java, Node.js and Python (FastAPI) backend services on AWS
• Build high-performance image processing pipelines using ImageMagick, SharpJS, and SVG manipulation
• Implement automated visual content generation using Headless Chrome and Puppeteer or similar tools.
• Deploy ML pipelines (built by the ML team) into containerized inference workflows using FastAPI, Docker, and GPU-enabled ECS EC2.
• Deploy and manage services on AWS ECS/Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, and GPU-powered EC2
• Contribute to React/TypeScript frontend when needed to accelerate product delivery
• Work closely with the founder, product, and UX teams to translate business needs and PRDs into features that drive productmarket fit.
• Make architecture and infrastructure decisions from media processing to task queues to storage
• Own the performance and cost-optimization of our AWS platform
• Hire and mentor junior/mid engineers over time
• Drive technical planning, sprint prioritization, and trade-off decisions

Must have Skills :

• Backend Development (57 years) : Java, Node.js, TypeScript, RESTful API, Docker
• AWS Expertise (5+ years) : AWS Lambda, ECS, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, IAM, roles
• Image Processing & Media Technologies : ImageMagick, SharpJS, SVG manipulation and programmatic generation, Headless Chrome, Puppeteer
• System Optimization & Middleware (35 years) : AWS cloud cost optimization, Celery, BullMQ, AWS Step Functions
• Frontend Development (23 years) : React, TypeScript, Redux, Context API, CI/CD pipelines.
• System Design & Architecture (46 years) : Event-driven architectures using queues, microservices-based systems, caching strategies (e.g., Redis, CDN edge caching)
• Leadership & Communication (23 years) : Lead engineering teams and drive project delivery

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain REST APIs
• Proficient in Python or any other programming language
• Experience in writing Unit/Integration tests.
• Experience with Distributed Version Control System.
• Elasticsearch or Solr experience.
• NOSQL experience- Cassandra, MongoDB.
• Experience in Message brokers - Rabbitmq.
• Experience with AWS Infrastructure, Lambda, Docker/Containers

Desired to have:

• Should be pragmatic and realize when a solution is over-engineered as well as knowing when to spend time on creating the right abstraction that allows us to move faster in the long run.
• Passion for your work and striving to do things “the right way”.
• Familiarity with Agile/Lean process.
• Willingness to work in a Startup environment.
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and a solid understanding of the full product development life cycle.
• Excellent knowledge of mobile user experience, information architecture and trends

• Develop new functionalities on the Company platform, in close collaboration with the Product team
• Analyse and correct anomalies across the various environments
• Propose and participate in the platform evolution
• Contribute to the platform architecture, ensure strong code quality (tests & code reviews) and adherence to best practices
• Mentor and support junior developers

CommerceIQ is a well funded fast growing enterprise SaaS platform that is helping brands grow and sell more on e-commerce channels through its machine learning technology. Are you excited about building distributed crawling engine at global scale that will crawl and parse 1000’s of websites with 10+ million crawls on a daily basis? Would you enjoy building something as ambitious as “Google/Facebook Ad platform” for Amazon (and other e-commerce retailers)? Does building a CI/CD and containerisation framework that will allow our products to be released and deployed every week across dozens of geographies and data centers seamlessly excite you? Do you find building machine learning models that will optimize billions of dollars in ad and promotions spend exhilarating? Do you find it super exciting to build a plug and play product UI platform where leaders of brands will spend hours daily (almost as much as an email inbox) to optimize their business? We can keep writing, but you will get the idea.

In our journey of building and scaling CommerceIQ, Engineers and data scientists in our team tackle these and many more problems daily. If you are as excited as we are after reading this, we would love to talk to you! 30+ global brands including Kellogg, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, MARS, Nestle, Logitech and many more trust our product to manage their growth on Amazon. If you are excited about building product that will write the script for how brands sell and grow on e-commerce channels please reach out to us.

Are you ready to power intelligent commerce? @CommerceIQ, you will :

• You will be responsible for developing, testing and releasing features within time and with high quality that will drive revenue and margin impact to top brands.

• You will be designing your own features keeping in mind the scale and high availability of the systems. • You will be working with the team and expected to perform code reviews, conduct design discussions and mentor other developers.

•You will be the owner of your feature and work directly with product teams to drive customer impact.

• You will be expected to participate in all phases of the software development cycle as part of a Scrum team.

Experience : 3+ Years in developing in designing and developing complex and scalable software modules..

Skillset : • The ideal candidate will be an experienced Java developer with exceptional software system design, problem solving, and object-oriented coding skills

• Experience with distributed transaction-processing systems or asynchronous messaging technology is required.

• Good understanding of system performance trade-offs, load balancing, and engineering for high availability.

• Obsessed about building quality software and owning end to end responsibility for the developed features.

• Understanding of enterprise information systems, service oriented architectures, and operational data stores is a plus

• BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or similar degree from a top tier institution

NewsBytes is India's only multi-lingual digital media company with the capability to produce content via an AI-based engine.
We are looking to hire a back-end developer who is proficient in PHP.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience
• Knowledge of PHP and Laravel Framework is a plus
• Basic understanding of CSS, JS, and HTML5
• The familiarity of Linux Environment is a plus
• Sound knowledge of design patterns and algorithms