Database Developer (PostgreSQL)

About Astra:

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 9300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview:

As a back-end engineer you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the platform/dashboard backend. This would involve developing & maintaining RESTful services for vulnerability management, scan orchestration, inventory management and platform features such as on-boarding, trust centers, certificates, payment integrations, vulnerability ingestion, authentication etc. 

You should have a strong background in backend programming (Symfony preferred, or Laravel) and have experience with an event driven, async & distributed architecture. 

During the first 6 months of your role, you will be involved in the 0->1 journey of two of our upcoming products in our platform along with the respective product owners.

Love solving hard problems? Want to build high impact products rooted in first principles? Is coding your poetry? Join us in shaping the future of cyber security.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Symfony PHP framework. What you create is also what you own.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Collaborate with scanner teams to orchestrate scans, ingest vulnerabilities, configure scanners etc.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code.
• Optimize and refactor existing code to improve performance and reliability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Triage, troubleshoot and upgrade existing systems.
• Ship code to production multiple times a day/week.
• Ensure timely delivery of the features.
• Test your own features, and write test cases for continuous automated testing.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices and standards.

What we are looking for:

• 3 years experience in a similar role or similar working experience.
• Strong background in PHP backend programming. Symfony preferred, or Laravel.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Experience with an event driven (subscribers/listeners), async (MessageHandlers & job queues) & distributed (load-balanced) architecture.
• Experience with PostgreSQL database and data modeling.
• Understanding of concepts such as Dependency Injection, ORM, data validation, error handling etc.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions (good to have).
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional remote teams.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in software development, security, and compliance.
• Knowledge of application & infrastructure security - helps you stand out. 

What We offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company, and working on hard problems that matter.
• Fully remote, agile working environment.
• Good engineering culture with full ownership in design, development, release lifecycle.
• A wholesome opportunity where you get to build things from scratch, improve and ship code to production in hours, not weeks.
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business.
• Experience with the security side of things.
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (next one is to Wayanad).
• Open and supportive culture.
• Health insurance & other benefits for you and your spouse. Maternity benefits included.

• Develop, test, and maintain server-side applications using Node.js and related technologies.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices architecture to support frontend functionality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Optimize application performance, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor junior developers, and ensure adherence to best practices.
• Stay updated with emerging backend technologies and methodologies to improve development processes.

Mandatory

• SaaS experience of 2 years with total development experience of 4 years
• Must have worked in a smaller company of less than 100
• Should have built solutions/softwares end to end and not just as a part of bigger team
• Should see themselves going deeper into the same role even 5 years down the line
• Should have knowledge on Node.js, MongoDB, and AWS
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, event-driven architecture, and Node.js design patterns.
• Proficiency in working with databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or MySQL.
• Experience with API development, including RESTful services and microservices.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex server-side issues.

Essential

• Proficiency with version control systems like Git.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Knowledge of system design and scalable architecture.
• Understanding of security best practices and implementing secure APIs.

Good to Have

• Experience with GraphQL and related backend technologies.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with message brokers like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Experience with platforms like Shopify, BigCommerce, or other e-commerce technologies.
• Exposure to frontend technologies such as React for better cross-functional collaboration.

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Node.js Developer with at least 4 years of professional experience to join our team. As a Node.js Developer, you will be responsible for developing robust and scalable web applications using JavaScript and various frameworks.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Production platform hands-on experience involving Node JS & REST API.

• Hands-on production platform experience working with micro-service back-end architecture.

• Working knowledge of GRPC, HTTPS, and GRAPHQ protocols.

• Well-versed in cloud deployment of code blocks.

• Experience with JS testing and code analysis frameworks such as Mocha.

• Utilize modern JavaScript frameworks such as Express.js and Sails.js to build efficient and scalable applications.

• Work with databases like MongoDB and PostgreSQL using Mongoose and Sequelize ORM.

• Integrate messaging systems like Kafka and RabbitMQ for reliable event-driven communication.

• Write unit tests using Mocha, Chai, and Jest frameworks to ensure code quality and reliability.

• Utilize AWS S3 bucket for secure and scalable storage of data and media files.

• Collaborate with QA engineers to perform thorough testing and bug fixes.

• Work with third-party APIs such as Postman, Twilio, SendGrid, Firebase, and KeyCloak for various integrations.

BE / B-Tech degree and 2+ years of work experience, or ME / MS degree and 2+  years of work experience, in Computer Science.

• Strong programming skills in Python/Django
• Experience with Angular, JavaScript frameworks/libraries
• Hands on experience with MySQL, PostGreSQL or other RDBMS
• Experience with Web application security and Secure coding practices
• Strong Analytical thinking and problem solving ability
• Familiarity with software collaboration tools – GIT
• Ability to work with a distributed and diverse team of researchers and developers.
• Excellent English language communication skills, both written and verbal.
• High level of innovation and motivation

About PoshVine: 

PoshVine aspires to become the world's leading transaction-driven loyalty and engagement platform by providing a mutually beneficial ecosystem for people, banks and retailers. Our products around programmatic offers, rewards, and loyalty help retailers increase contextual engagement and financial institutions increase share of spends, while end-users maximize their rewards and savings. PoshVine works with all the global payment networks and many marquee financial institutions, including 7 of the top 10 banks in India. 

Backend Development at PoshVine:

We are building payment-linked real-time engagement tools embedded within banking and payment journeys. Our core engineering team strives to build solid backend foundations, infrastructure and a solid network of microservices. Apart from regular work, you can expect:

• Freedom to evaluate and introduce new tools, libraries and coding standards.
• Work on developer productivity and platform tooling.
• Evangelise tech and share knowledge in internal and external forums.
• Contribute to Product and Design ideas and implement them like it’s your own product. 

Roles & Responsibilities: 

1. Be involved in product and design decisions, and drive implementations. 
2. Help us scale the payment-linked loyalty infrastructure to every payment product used in India. Develop platform features for/with reusable code.
3. Work with IT/tech SPOCs from Banks and Fintechs to achieve seamless API integrations, resolve concerns, and move forward with program delivery and implementation. 
4. Tag team with internal and external stakeholders to problem solve and work with banks to test out UAT/Production and create a rollout plan for the same. 
5. Perform in-depth research and identify sources off production issues surrounding the application. 
6. Make architectural decisions (microservices, choice of development frameworks and tools, database optimisations, load handling)
7. Proficient in Full stack development skills spanning the entire spectrum from:

1. Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL
2. Backend: Ruby on Rails
3. Front End: Web Development frameworks  (Angular / React / Vue JS)
4. Deployment: Capistrano, Chef, AWS, EC2, Git

You’ll be a good fit if you possess: 

1. A strong product design sense.
2. Good experience in working with Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Python.
3. Proven ability to understand end user requirements, formulate use cases and come up with effective solutions.
4. Good understanding of REST APIs and the web in general.
5. Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion.
6. A willingness to learn new technology, whatever lets you deliver the best product.
7. Possess excellent data management skills: 
1. How to structure databases that can scale
2. How to optimise database queries
3. Complying with the latest regulations around data for each geography
4. Managing the infrastructure that the data resides on to ensure 99.9% uptime across geographies
8. You are comfortable working on CI/CD toolchain, Kubernetes, etc.
9. 3+ years of experience. 

Type: Individual contributor with good hands on proficiency. 

Must have

• Strong proficiency in at least one of  Java, Ruby, Python
• Exposure to databases: any of  PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache Cassandra
• Any NoSQL database experience is a plus
• Exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure: EC2 or S3 
• Proficiency with Git
• MUST: Using REST to make API calls. 

Great to have: 

• Experience working with one or more middleware, enterprise bus, queueing frameworks
• Any of Memcached/Redis, Apache Kafka / RabbitMQ / PubSub+ / AmazonMQ

Soft skills:

• Appreciation for clean and well documented code

What will you do at Tradyl:

(Examples for illustration only)

• Build a shipping service module that is called by our website to query shipping rates from India to a destination country. Configure this to so that an Ops person can update shipping costs as and when they change. Own deployment and monitoring of this service. 
• Use Zapier to build a workflow to export a MixPanel report into a Google sheet every day.
• Change our supplier portal (built on bubble.io) to make an API call to our customer facing site, whenever a supplier modifies his profile.
• Write an alert mechanism that identifies catalogues with insufficient information and makes them non discoverable, which can run every day.
• Work with Business Team to design a workflow for product inwarding using Airtable. Write a small app within Airtable so that whenever a product is updated as “shipped” in airtable, it updates the customer facing website.
• Use an open source dashboarding framework to create a quick dashboard to track important business events. 

https://www.alivecor.com/">AliveCor, the pioneer of the smartphone EKG, with millions of EKGs from a large and growing user base, seeks a Senior Software Engineer (Backend). You will be an integral member of our engineering team.

• Software Engineer on the backend team working in the following environment: Go, Ruby on Rails, TDD/BDD with RSpec, PostgreSQL, Heroku, AWS. 
• Responsible for developing industry-leading applications transforming the healthcare industry and consumers use.
• Work with our mobile and front-end teams to build new functionality in our consumer and clinician-facing applications.
• Work with our Data Science and AI team to improve functionality of our cloud algorithms and services.
• Create and maintain tools used by internal teams for customer service, monitoring, and R&D.
• Maintain and continuously improve our backend infrastructure to remedy technical limitations before they become an issue.

• Senior Software Engineer ready to build highly visible apps
• Engineers who can raise the skill level of their teammates
• Experience working with Go and Rails
• Experience implementing Service Oriented Architecture or Microservices
• Good intuition for weighing trade-offs
• Product instincts, work with our product and design teams to understand customer pain points, come up with solutions, and then prototype, iterate, and launch frequently
• Eagerness and willingness to learn new technologies
• Experience with build process automation and CI/CD
• Ability to work independently on projects and communicate with cross functional teams to deliver products on time

AliveCor is on a mission to define modern healthcare through data, design and disruption. We’ve pioneered the creation of FDA-cleared machine-learning techniques, transformed wearable medtech to put proactive heart care at everyone’s fingertips. Kardia is the most clinically validated mobile EKG technology. AliveCor was named as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Health for 2017 by Fast Company as part of the publication’s annual ranking of the world’s Most Innovative Companies. AliveCor was awarded the 2015 Tech Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and one of the 50 Smartest Companies in 2015 by the MIT Technology Review. AliveCor recently announced a collaboration with Mayo Clinic that will result in new machine learning capabilities to unlock previously hidden health indicators in EKG data, potentially improving heart health as well as overall health care for a variety of conditions. AliveCor is a privately held company headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

AliveCor is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, colour, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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