Senior Backend Developer

Job Description

About the Role

• Initiate and drive technical decisions on a multi-functional, Agile team alongside

product management, product design, and engineering

• Work closely with product to translate abstract business and product requirements

into crisp technical specifications along with a delivery roadmap

• Resolve blockers and help the team stay productive

• Perform code and design reviews

• Take part in building the team and iterating on hiring processes

Must have Requirements for the Role

• 8+ years of experience in a highly technical role at hyper-growth startup or fast-paced

company and 2+ years of experience leading a team

• Production level experience with Node.js or Go mandatory.

• Experience building highly available and performant applications in any major

programming language (e.g. Node.js, Go, Javascript)

• In-depth knowledge and experience working with major cloud platform (e.g. AWS

(must have experience))

• Experience leading product teams

• You are a good communicator who can explain technical concepts to product

managers, designers, support and other engineers

• Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a team environment and with

geographically distributed teams

• In-depth knowledge of database and web security

How We Define Success:

• Ensure the projects are delivered within reasonable timelines that meet the

acceptance criteria set by the stakeholders

• Ensure technical debt is being measured and tackled

• Ensure the non-functional requirements are being taken into account while delivering

features: performance, security and testing

Nice To Have, but Not Required:

• Good understanding of GCP, Azure

• Worked in a early-stage startup environment

• Good understanding of micro services

We are looking for Sr. Node Js Developer

Experience - 3-5 years 

Location - Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Work from Office)

5 Days working 

Should have good communication skills.

Requirements:

•API Development

• Mongodb or Firebase

•Designing and developing user interfaces using Angular OR JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks

•Good understanding of AJAX and JavaScript, TypeScript Dom manipulation Techniques

•Experience with RESTful services

•Expert in any one of the modern JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks (AngularJS, JQuery, ReactJS)

•Knowledge of Node.js, Express and frameworks available for it

•Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds

Skills: 

Strong knowledge of MYSQL/PostGreSQL; Knowledge of MongoDB, Redis, Couch DB is preferred. 

Expertise in application development, databases, version control, and deployment. Skill - Node.js, 

Experience of AWS or GCP - especially services such as Lambda or google app engine 

Solid grasp of Service-oriented architecture. Web Services implementation on a medium to large scale 

Solid understanding of scaling mobile app services. Having worked the backend of an Android app is preferred 

Culture: 

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision 

Happy to deal with, and contribute to, an environment of daily builds Has worked in small teams, is versatile. Work within short timelines and be receptive to business needs. Can work closely with Digital, Product, Operations teams. 

Desirable Social Attributes: 

Has contributed to one or more Open Source projects through own initiative. Has provided a high quality answer to a question posted on StackOverflow. 

Role: 

As a Software Developer who would work independently, the candidate is expected actively acquire problems and deliver solutions as well as guide the team technically. Such a problem solver would obviously be a self starter with a high level of curiosity rather than a programming language specialist. 

He/she would be required to produce software of the highest quality through self-discipline, clear and engaged communication, and attention to detail. The role would include custom web application development on (most typically on Node.js and PHP/Python), databases (most typically MySql and MongoDb), version control (github), testing (necessarily through test scripts written before code is written), daily builds and eventual deployment onto AWS or GCP. 

Attributes of the ideal candidate: 

Highly productive software developer with the proven aptitude to understand and apply technology 

Determination to succeed despite obstacles and challenges, and a positive attitude favoring achievement of goals over open-ended investigation 

Always learning, evolving, and sharing what you know 

Inspired by complex, varied problems and rapid change 

Open-minded, flexible, and curious about new and better ideas

Job Description

We are looking for experienced backend developers to join our core engineering team for building and scaling low latency, fault tolerant and robust systems. It's an ideal opportunity for self-driven individuals who love to find innovative solutions.

Daily Responsibilities

• Own and manage team processes, releases, and systems
• Work with the product and business teams to identify scopes of improvements
• Architect solutions for new features and scaling existing infrastructure
• Identify engineering targets, monitoring, reports, alerts requirements
• Create microservices and tools, manage servers (AWS), create reports etc.
• Ensure the performance and security of the application/systems.

Requirements

• Must have a good understanding of client and server architecture
• Must have a good understanding of Node.js, MongoDB, Express
• Must be proficient with git
• Must be familiar with ES7 syntax and TypeScript
• Must have knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

5 years of architecture, design and programming experience preferably in fast-paced dynamic environment

Strong application design and implementation skills, solid understanding of the entire development cycle.

Strong background in Java/J2EE based application

Strong background in Spring/Spring boot based application

Strong background in Microservices based application

Experience working with Apache and/or Tomcat

Experience in transforming requirements to software design

Strong Experience with developing Java SAAS web applications.

Working experience in Industry Standard protocols related API Security including OAuth

Demonstrate strong design and programming skills using JSON, Web Services, XML, XSLT, PL/SQL in Unix and Windows environments.

Strong background working with Linux/UNIX environments.

Strong Shell scripting experience.

Working knowledge with Oracle, DB2 or MongoDB databases.

 Passion to stay on top of the latest happenings in the tech world and an attitude to discuss and bring those into play.  Strong agile/scrum development experience

 Strong collaboration and communication skills within distributed project teams

 Excellent written and verbal communication skills