Full Stack Developer

We are seeking a highly skilled MERN full-stack staff engineer (Architect) to join our dynamic team. This role demands extensive experience in both frontend and backend development, along with a strong grasp of cloud technologies and database management. You will work closely with the Engineering team, Product team, and other stakeholders to design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions. As a technical leader, you will ensure adherence to best practices, provide mentorship, and drive cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Engineering Group and Product team to understand requirements and design comprehensive solutions.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability, and security.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Build high-quality, reusable code for both frontend and backend applications.
• Document and communicate application design, topologies, and architecture clearly to peers and the business.
• Work closely with User Experience, Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing teams to create outstanding web experiences.
• Partner with Engineering and other teams to develop new frameworks, feature sets, and functionalities.
• Lead and coach team members, promoting thought leadership and project excellence.
• Provide technical leadership, ensuring adherence to best software engineering practices, such as TDD, continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.

Must have experience requirements:

• Education and experience:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10+ years of professional experience in full-stack development.
• Technical Requirements:
• Proficiency in JavaScript, including ES6 and beyond, asynchronous programming, closures, and prototypal inheritance.
• Expertise in modern front-end frameworks/libraries (React, Vue.js).
• Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, and pre-processing platforms like SASS or LESS.
• Experience with responsive and adaptive design principles.
• Knowledge of front-end build tools like Webpack, Babel, and npm/yarn.
• Proficiency in Node.js and frameworks like Express.js, Koa, or NestJS.
• Experience with RESTful API design and development.
• Experience with Serverless.(Lambda, CloudFunctions)
• Experience with GraphQL.
• Experience with SQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis).
• Experience with caching & search frameworks. (Redis, ElasticSearch)
• Proficiency in database schema design and optimization.
• Experience with containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Proficiency in testing frameworks and libraries (Jest, vitest, Cypress, Storybook).
• Strong debugging skills using tools like Chrome DevTools, Node.js debugger.
• Expertise in using Git and platforms like GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
• Understanding of web security best practices (OWASP).
• Experience with authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth, JWT).
• System Security, Scalability, System Performance experience

Leadership & Team:

• Proven track record of delivering complex projects successfully.
• Ability to conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Experience in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Ability to manage project timelines and deliverables effectively.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Experience in working with cross-functional teams (designers, product managers, QA).
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and frameworks.

Perks:

• Day off on the 3rd Friday of every month (one long weekend each month)
• Monthly Wellness Reimbursement Program to promote health well-being
• Monthly Office Commutation Reimbursement Program
• Paid paternity and maternity leaves

Full Stack Engineer

Job Description

 As a Full stack developer he/she should be able to provide scalable software solutions

 He/she be a part of cross-functional team that’s responsible for the full

SDLC, from conception to deployment.

 Design and architect highly scalable web services applications

 Develop and maintain all server-side network components

 Collaborate with front-end developers on the integration of elements Architect

Content Management Solution and scalable API platform

 Design back-end services for various business processes

 Partner with third-party technology services and make strategic inputs.

 Develop high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient

code

 Create workflows and solutions involving search, recommendations, rights

management, monetization, identity management, SSO, authorization,

authentication, etc.

 Work with large datasets and optimize server-side performance

 Implement effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage

solutions

 Run diagnostic tests, repair defects, and provide technical support

 Experience in writing backend API services in a serverless framework would be

preferred.

 Knowledge of microservice architecture is required

 Collaborate with the tech and product teams to drive execution across all platforms

while balancing short-term requirements with long-term objectives

Requirements

 4-7 years of Knowledge of Node.js and ReactJS frameworks

 Experience in creating and maintaining efficient NoSQl databases GRPC and Json

Elasticsearch

 Experience in AWS environment, cloud deployments and lambda

 DevOps and web security

 API development and deployment

 Unit and integration testing

Role: Full Stack Web Developer (full time, remote)

Job description:
Ycenter is looking for a Full Stack Developer to join its Digital Innovations and product development team. This is a fully remote, full time position. You will be employed under the Ycenter India office.

We’re looking for a dynamic coder and problem-solver to work with our Digital Innovations team and help build web products that solve complex global problems for our clients. Preferably a Full Stack Developer / Software Engineer with 2-4 years of experience in building & maintaining web applications, not afraid of taking on new challenges in a fast paced startup environment, able to take leadership decisions independently (read: without a boss) and an obsession for effective & timely communication.

Why you should work with us:

1. If you’ve ever felt that technology should be used for social good, or wanted to create measurable impact through your work, this is the opportunity
2. Be a part of a global team of engineers, entrepreneurs, researchers, designers, and a bot to tackle complex business & social problems for our clients. Past clients include Abbott Global Healthcare, US Department of Commerce, GODAN (Global Open Data For Agriculture & Nutrition), Microsoft and United Nations.
3. Work directly with Ycenter’s leadership team and grab optional opportunities to learn Design Thinking, Leadership and Entrepreneurship (read: what makes a startup successful. We will tell you from experience)
4. Work on end-to-end projects that add real value to your portfolio.
5. We care about you as a person and the work you do, more than spreadsheets and corporate KPIs. In fact if you love spreadsheets, this role is not for you.
6. We are obsessed about pop culture, good movies, TV shows, books and music. We will probably judge you by your Netflix Watch History more than your CV.

Responsibilities:

1. Build end-to-end web applications and test for performance based on predefined scope.
2. Work with Ycenter's leadership team to integrate business requirements with technical architecture and understand the product development roadmap.
3. Analyze & optimize user metrics, system performance and database security.
4. Work with Ycenter’s leadership team to conduct user research and design UX/UI.
5. Optimize search engine performance.
6. Maintain third-party API integrations & help automate client business processes. 

Skills & technologies: 

• Should be proficient in at least one object oriented programming language: C++ / Java / Python / JavaScript
• Skilled at and experienced in web application development with the following full-stack competency:

1. Preferred stack: MERN (MongoDB, ExpressJS, React, NodeJS)
   Alternate stack: LAMP with Laravel framework
2. Should be familiar with building Progressive Web Applications using custom service workers for offline functionality
3. Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning 
4. Proficient in frontend development using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, JSON
5. Knowledge of Javascript-based data visualization & graph libraries
6. Knowledge of and experience in server-side scripting and process automation
7. Knowledge of and experience in MySQL database operations & optimization.
8. Knowledge of and experience in building & handling REST APIs
9. Knowledge of and experience in server environment setup & application deployment in either AWS or Microsoft Azure
10. Knowledge of building Python-based applications is a bonus but not a requirement

• Should have experience with UI/UX design
• Should be familiar with the Git version control system.
• Should be experienced in application testing (manual) and CI/CD workflow
• Should be comfortable working with DevOps processes using Agile methodology

Your Key Responsibilities

You will build robust, secure and scalable micro-services

• You will be responsible to implement RESTful service
• You will take ownership to build scalable, reliable and performant code that complies with our internal code guidelines
• Take part in code reviews and architecture development
• You will influence how we build individual features and products, and bring in best practices and patterns that can be used for engineering lifecycle
• You will be driving architecture and design discussions and will be responsible to run and maintain good infrastructure

What to Bring

B.Tech/ B.E. in Computer Science from a reputed college or related technical discipline with 5-8 years of experience in software development

• Knowledge for data structure and an eye for architecture
• Familiar with Git Architecture
• Experience with reactive programming
• Experience in building RESTful APIs with monitoring, fault tolerance and metrics
• Exposure to relational and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis)
• Exposure to server-side services using ElasticSearch and ESB - Camel, ActiveMQ
• Experience in MEAN stack development
• Strong experience with AWS Stack

Strong experience on core Java (Version >=1.8 )

Strong experience on Spring ecosystem (Core, MVC, data, JPA, transaction management, security, AOP, Batch & Boot). Comfortable performing integration tests in Spring context.

Strong experience on JDBC and DB concepts.

Experience of TDD/BDD approach and prior experience working with CI/CD tools (Maven, Git, jenkins)

Strong experience on ORM (hibernate) and PL/SQL procedures

Knowledge of some of UI latest languages / frameworks ( Html5, Angular 4+)

Knowledge of SOA/Microservices (REST, Soap) and its challenges

Strong knowledge on APP server (Tomcat, Weblogic)

Strong knowledge on Microservices

Exposure on Digital stack

-          UX/UI

-          API

-          Machine Learning

-          Big Data

-          Cloud/Docker/IaaS/PaaS

Knowledge on Java Swing

Experience delivering sound development, testing, implementation, deployment and support strategies in complex distributed environments.

Knowledge on production monitoring tools.

Good experience in leading change within a team, especially around testing and quality practices.

Team player, who relentlessly involves others and shares knowledge with them

Should have experience of participant in design reviews and code reviews.

Curiosity in all the latest trends and ready to do POCs with new technical stack