Full Stack Tech Lead

We are founded by a team from Harvard and IIT, is a global

education venture teaching school children 1000+ essential modern subjects (Crypto, Climate,Space, etc.) and 21st-century skills (Critical Thinking and Communication). With students from 20+ countries, the academy has quickly grown its global footprint. We have small group online live sessions, pre, and post-class world-class self-learning content for children to grow 10X confident in the real world.

Job Details: Full Stack Engineer - FSE - 2

Role Scope: We are looking for an experienced WordPress developer to join our Technology team. As a full-stack developer, you will work closely with our Design, Product, and Technical Architectural members to develop features, migrate existing environments to a better

architecture, maintain ESA LMS environment that focus on the educational needs of Parent and Students globally. Working at Early Steps Academy is one of the best opportunities to get first-hand experience in an early-stage startup, explore different domains, and achieve your career goals.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

● A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

● Strong programming skills in PHP

● Hands-on expertise in building reusable components and independently publishable

packages

● Strong experience in WordPress, LearnDash, HTML, Typescript/Javascript and CSS

frameworks

● Practitioner of IaC (AWS), CI/CD, Containerization(Docker), Accessibility, Server Side

Rendering, Pre-rendering, Serverless and Agile

● Ability to adapt quickly to a new direction

• 2 years of strong development background building complex applications.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Experience building applications using NodeJS and frameworks such as Express.
• Thorough understanding of React.js and NodeJS including its core principles.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial).
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Strong experience with MongoDB, Postgres
• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Thorough understanding of React.js & popular Workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in professional Web Development
• Proven software development experience in Core PHP, Codeigniter, WordPress; Laravel is a plus.
• Must have 2+ yrs experience in VueJs.
• Experience in ReactJs, NodeJs is a plus.
• Excellent Software Design and Architecting capabilities
• Complete familiarity with client-side scripting and Angular JS, Ember JS , JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery.
• Complete familiarity and expertise in web markup, including HTML5, CSS3.
• Expertise in third party API integration - payment gateways, Storage, Streaming services, etc.
• Complete familiarity and experience working with JSON / XML and REST API structure
• Familiar with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment technologies such as Bitbucket, Jenkins and Git
• AWS/Google Cloud Deployment is a must; Devops capability is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services.
• Sound Database experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL experience
• A sound knowledge of Object-Oriented (OOPS) Programming & Design Pattern.
• Agile and Iterative (TDD) development expertise.

• Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, scalable, extensible, and maintainable code as well as perform code review.
• Lead a team of highly efficient developers working on agile development practices including sprint planning.
• Apply design principles and patterns in creating enterprise-level solutions, as needed.
• Design products, services, and systems that are resilient to the iteration and change required by the needs of the business.
• Research new technologies and development methodologies to drive efficiency and improve customer experience.
• Coordinated with the US-led product and sales team to strategize and carry out the development of custom features and functionality requests.

• 3+ years of experience as a Full stack developer.
• Extensive experience working with NodeJS platforms.
• Expertise in building robust REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Hands-on experience with frameworks like ExpressJS, NextJS, and Fastify.
• Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL and Redis.
• Hands-on experience in working with React-related libraries like Redux,
• MaterialUI and frameworks like NextJS.
• Strong hands-on experience with source code management systems like git.
• Working knowledge of WebSocket technologies.

• We offer the best market salaries for ideal candidates.
• Our culture is focused on talent development with semi-annually promotion cycles and company-sponsored certifications.
• The opportunity to work with and lead cutting-edge technologies.
• Opportunity to earn company stock options.
• Mediclaim hospitalization insurance for self, spouse, two children, and parents.

Role and Responsibilities

•  Working with front-end developers and providing server-side algorithms of user-facing web application elements.
• Coding and creating functional web applications, optimizing code for increasing response time and efficiency.
• Analyzing the goals and requirements, efficiently handling bugs and errors, and finding effective solutions for the same.
•  Interacting with the database for storing data and ensuring that every user has access to what they search.
•  Accomplishing the projects and goals within deadline.
• Managing APIs that are executed across the devices.
•  Involving in defining the architecture of the system.

Required skills

• In-depth knowledge of PHP and related frameworks like Laravel, Codeigniter, Yii. Competent in Ruby, Python, nodeJs, and Java will be an added advantage.
• Good Communication, Analytical, Logical, and Leadership skills.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies, such as Angular, React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript will be preferred.
• Capable of managing a hosting environment along with database administration such as MySQL, Oracle.
• Excellent knowledge of APIs (REST, SOAP) and Web services.
• Ability to scale applications to handle the load changes.
• Knowledge of accessibility and security compliance.
• Good to have experience in version control, such as GIT.

**Work remotely / Work From Home with BigStep Technologies throughout your tenure**

Desired candidates must have 7+ years of total experience in backend development with good expertise in MEAN Stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, Node.js) and JavaScript, along with strong development and coding skills, good analytical and problem-solving skills.

Roles and Responsibilities :

What You'll Do

• Create the system architecture for any product from scratch as well as drive it for more than one development teams
• Design and deliver solutions that enable fast and efficient deployment of quality code to production
• Document the architectural blueprint and end to end design through flowcharts and diagrams.
• Set coding standards for development teams and ensure all released code is following standards
• Oversee the code review process, performing reviews when necessary
• Establish strong communication channels and relationships with the development teams, supporting them throughout the release cycle
• Continuously evaluate the existing software to identify areas of improvement and ensure architectural integrity as additional features are added.
• Lead DevOps and implement tooling and process improvements when you identify gaps
• Work with various stakeholders and identify the scope of the work, provide high level estimations, create a timeline and come up with the approach and design for the same.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes to ensure the highest quality product platform.
• Coach and mentor the development teams to improve the overall expertise and skills of the team.
• Take care of the development of critical components and POCs for new technologies to be used.
• Deliver high quality deliverables individually/as a team adhering to industry best practices.
• Troubleshoot any errors or issues that arise in the application/infrastructure components quickly and efficiently.

What You Bring

• 7+ years in software development or product engineering
• Proficient in MEAN Stack
• Good experience in backend development with Node.js
• Expertise in developing RESTful APIs
• Have created multi-transactional and highly redundant systems from ideation to production
• Customer-centric mindset
• Expertise in Agile SCRUM best practices
• Expertise in implementing front-end of applications using HTML5, Angular.js
• Proficient in MVC, OOPS concepts, Web Development Concepts, HTML, JSON, REST API development
• Strong coding skills, good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to break down complex technical concepts into something digestible by non-technical stakeholders

Blue9 Technologies looking for a Full Stack Developer to produce scalable software solutions. You’ll be part of a cross-functional team that’s responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.

As a Full Stack Developer, you should be comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks and third-party libraries. You should also be a team player with a knack for visual design and utility.

If you’re also familiar with Agile methodologies, we’d like to meet you.

Responsibilities

1. Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
2. Design client-side and server-side architecture
3. Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
4. Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
5. Write effective APIs
6. Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
7. Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
8. Create security and data protection settings
9. Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
10. Write technical documentation
11. Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

Requirements

1. Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
2. Experience developing desktop and mobile applications
3. Familiarity with common stacks (.net & PHP)
4. Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
5. Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
6. Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache), and UI/UX design
7. Excellent communication and teamwork skills
8. Great attention to detail
9. Organizational skills
10. An analytical mind