Expert Node.JS developer

Hiring for the position of Full Stack Developer  / Senior Full Stack Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users.

Your primary focus will be the development of all server side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the frontend elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of frontend technologies is necessary as well.

We are looking to recruit a candidate for a role that will require:

• Create and consume restful APIs
• Design, develop, and maintain internal and external applications
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules
• Write high quality, structured application/interface code and documentation
• Identify solutions through research and collaboration that resolves the root of problems as they arise
• Define functional and technical requirements for application software to develop skills and knowledge
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

Requirement

∙ Proficient in Node.JS and ReactJS development stack

∙ 2+ years’ experience designing, querying, and updating databases in MySQL/nosql

∙ Basic understanding of web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX etc.

∙ Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

∙ Good to have knowledge of AWS, Redis, ElasticSearch

Education: Min. Graduate in related discipline

Work experience: 2 years relevant experience

As an IT Technical Lead, you will play a crucial role in managing and leading a team of IT professionals. You will be responsible for providing technical guidance, overseeing project execution, and ensuring the successful delivery of IT solutions. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation, implementing best practices, and maintaining a high level of technical excellence within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership: Lead a team of IT professionals, including developers, engineers, and support staff. Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to ensure team members' growth and success. Foster a collaborative and positive work environment.

Technical Strategy and Planning: Develop and implement a strategic technical roadmap aligned with the organization's goals and objectives. Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends, and assess their applicability to the organization's IT infrastructure. Make recommendations for technology adoption or enhancements.

Project Management: Oversee the execution of IT projects, including resource allocation, task assignments, and timelines. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define project scope, and ensure successful project delivery. Monitor project progress, identify and mitigate risks, and resolve issues as they arise.

Technical Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in various IT domains, such as software development, infrastructure management, cybersecurity, and data management. Stay informed about industry best practices and provide guidance on technical standards, frameworks, and methodologies. Conduct research and evaluation of new technologies to support business objectives.

Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, product managers, and other IT teams. Effectively communicate technical concepts and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Foster strong relationships with external vendors and partners.

Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: Assist in troubleshooting complex technical issues and provide guidance to team members in resolving them. Identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and develop preventive measures to avoid similar issues in the future. Ensure the timely resolution of critical incidents.

Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the IT department by identifying areas for optimization, streamlining processes, and implementing automation where applicable. Promote a culture of innovation, learning, and knowledge sharing within the team.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Proven experience in a technical leadership role, managing and leading a team of IT professionals.

Strong technical background in one or more IT domains, such as software development, infrastructure management, cybersecurity, or data management.

In-depth knowledge of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and trends.

Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, implement process improvements, and foster a culture of continuous learning.

We are now looking for,

Senior SW Developer – IoT Platform Development

to join the team of experts at the KONE Services & Solutions R&D. You will work together with other professionals to develop advanced KONE digital solutions that leverage the latest in cloud and connectivity technologies.

You are a cloud development expert who is passionate about designing and implementing solutions for our connectivity solutions. You are familiar with the software development patterns and can turn the architectural plans to concrete SW designs. You understand and appreciate the modern SW development practices. You work at your best when you are working with people, and you enjoy helping others.

You will work in a key role inside our Agile SW development team. Your closest colleagues will be other developers, test professionals and the PO of the team. You will be part of KONE Technology and Innovation unit’s IoT Tribe.

Main responsibilities include,

• Producing more efficient software designs for new features in our IoT platform tribe
• Developing clean and efficient code based on the specifications.
• Unit and Integration Testing for the developed code and integrate with code coverage tools.
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Recommend and execute improvement for the existing offerings from the IoT platform.
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting.
• Participating in knowledge sharing and demos

To be successful in this role,

• Having a degree in Computer Science or equivalent with minimum 5+ years of relevant working experience.
• More than 3 years proven experience in developing high volume scalable cloud solutions utilizing platforms like Amazon AWS with IoT domain.
• Having hands on development experience with Java, Node JS and TypeScript.
• Experience working with MVC, WEB API, RESTful services with IoT domain

• Team player with capabilities to take the lead and develop own competencies around the core knowledge is a must.
• Understanding of React JS is an added advantage.

• Strong experience with Serverless Cloud Compute Services with AWS or Azure

• Experience in working with AWS platform and its core services like Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, CDK, SQS, S3 etc., or its equivalent Azure services
• Understanding of Serverless design, network security, cloud design patterns, high availability and secure systems.

• Hands on experience with both SQL and No-SQL databases.
• Experience on DevOps ways of working with good understanding on CI/CD

• Develop website and its successful deployment as per requirements
• Translate storyboards and wireframes to create functional and high-performing websites
• Write, execute, and maintain clean, reusable, and scalable code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implement security and data protection
• Ensure to code that is platform and device agnostic
• Collaborate with other team members for the design and content of the website
• Integration testing to ensure the quality and robustness of code
• Monitoring website traffic with Google analytics to ensure high GTmetrix score
• Maintain well-documented, reusable, and transferrable code
• Troubleshooting and debugging

Required Skills:

• .NET Core 
• C#
• Web API
• Aware of Microservice concepts
• MongoDB 
• Excellent communication
  
  

Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux knowledge is desirable. Having worked in a product development environment is desirable. Having worked in the finance and banking domain is desirable.

This is a remote working position with preference to applicants who can start immideatly.

Mandate Strengths

1. Handsome experience in React and Typescript
2. Full Stack development
3. Passion towards Code Review
4. Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, web technologies, and design patterns
5. Calm under pressure
6. Hungry to improve

Required Skills and Stack

• Expertise in Java / Typescript / ES6+
• Extensive experience with one of the following - Node.js / Spring / Serverless or Enterprise Java-based server technology
• Experience with React 16+
• Version Control - Git
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Contributing to technical and implementation discussions
• Attention to detail and ability to maintain comprehensive documentation
• Ability to meet deadlines consistently and communicate status effectively.

Ideal skills:

1) 2-5 years of professional JavaScript development experience

2) Understanding of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds

3) Comfortable working through the entire stack from the user interface through systems levels

4) Understanding accessibility and security compliance

5) Strong Logical and Analytical Skills

6) Experience in consuming web services (REST) and processing data (JSON)

7) Experience with SQLite, NoSQL, Redis or other databases

8) Proven experience in building API services using NodeJS Express and related frameworks

9) Good understanding of NodeJS asynchronous runtime

10) Good understanding of JS concepts on callbacks and closures

11) Experience in debugging issues related to memory leaks

12) Experience in building highly scalable and high throughput services with sub-second response times

13) Experience with ElasticSearch/Solr

14) Experience working in a collaborative team environment

15) Ability to understand and analyse issues across multiple vendors and interfaces

16) Experience with NoSQL queries

17) Experience with AWS

18) Experience with Android Development

19) Experience in managing/mentoring small teams

In depth knowledge of all of the above is not mandatory but the nature of the work will involve learning and getting involved with all of the above. You would be working directly with key members of the management team to define and drive technical strategy.

Experience in the mobile space is mandatory. Please only apply if you have been part of building a mobile product. Since our product is mobile only, it is essential that you understand implications on the front end.