Fullstack Developer (MEAN Stack)

Davis Index is a leading market intelligence platform and publication that specializes in providing accurate and up-to-date price benchmarks for ferrous and non-ferrous scrap, as well as primary metals. Our dedicated team of reporters, analysts, and data specialists publishes and processes over 1,400 proprietary price indexes, metals futures prices, and other reference data. In addition, we offer market intelligence, news, and analysis through an industry-leading technology platform. With a global presence across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa, our team of over 50 professionals works tirelessly to deliver essential market insights to our valued clients.

Job Overview:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic Full Stack Intern to join our development team. This is a fantastic opportunity for students or recent graduates who have a passion for coding and want to gain hands-on experience in developing web applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of web applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js).
• Collaborate with the team to design, develop, and test new features.
• Work with Python for backend integrations and scripting.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues in existing applications.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Proficiency in React and Express.js.
• Working knowledge of Python.
• Completed 1-2 small to mid-level MERN stack projects.
• Strong communication skills and a positive attitude.

 Application Process:

1. Candidates must submit their project portfolio showcasing the MERN stack projects they have worked on.
2. Shortlisted candidates will be given a beginner-level technical test to assess their skills.
3. Candidates should demonstrate strong communication skills and enthusiasm during the interview process.

Your Day-to-Day Role:

• Design and implement web applications from initial concept, architecture design, to completed, operational software.
• Lead complex engineering tasks where you’ll act as the technical authority.
• Contribute to code reviews and continuous integration.
• Adapt and apply cutting edge technologies.
• Collaborate with other engineers, designers, and product owners to define elegant customer solutions.
• Ensure robustness by writing automation tests for your code.

What Are We Looking For:

At least 3 years of professional experience in Fullstack development.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Robust experience in MERN Stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, NodeJS). Expertise in ReactJS, Redux, HTML, CSS.
• Proficiency in Javascript (ES6) and TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience in Socket Implementation.
• Solid understanding of GIT and its workflows.

Good to Have Skills (Optional)

• Familiarity with Material UI.
• Experience with HTML Canvas APIs (Ex: KonvaJS for canvas drawing).
• Basic understanding of AWS services (S3, Redis, Lambda, Messaging services, etc.). 

Linarc is a Silicon Valley startup and has an engineering office in Chennai, India. We are building the first integrated project management and operations support platform for the field services industry.

We are looking for an experienced backend engineer to build the heart of our platform and services. We value skills over credentials, building things rather than what college or company you worked at and expertise over experience.

What does an ideal candidate look like?

• You have worked in a team to develop complex apps. Experience building SaaS apps is a strong plus. You can work on both backend and frontend, and you specialise in frontend engineering.
• You have 3+ years of full stack development experience, a large part of which is deep frontend development.
• You have extensive knowledge of one of Vue.js, React or Angular. We use Vue.js, but are open to working with people who have worked on modern JS stacks.
• You have extensive experience of working with RESTful APIs.
• Deep understanding of Git and other collaboration tools. Do you know and use git-flow? Do you have strong opinions about git branching and release strategies? Do you use CI? Good, we would love to talk to you.

• We would love it if you have experience with one or more of Firebase/Redis/Mongo/Postgres and other backend experience, but this is not required.
• We would love it if you have experience with AWS OR other public cloud providers, but this is not required.
• High capacity for precision and attention to detail
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• Can work independently and  should have experience in managing a  team of front end developers.

• 8+ years of industry work experience
• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• 3+ years of web application development with JavaScript as full stack
• Full stack experience designing and building scalable applications from end-to-end 
• Excellent JavaScript / Typescript skills
• Strong proficiency in React (hooks knowledge is plus)
• Strong proficiency in Nodejs
• Good HTML5 / CSS3 skills with expertise on responsive web design 
• Must have Design and development experience in Micro services using NodeJS and TypeScript
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, mongoose, aggregation framework and Redis 
• Experience with Web sockets and related frameworks (e.g. Socket.IO) 
• Experience in using and developing GraphQL APIs
• Experience in performance tuning
• Knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, Mercurial or SVN.
• Open minded to take up any challenge, research and provide solutions Great attention to detail

• Testing libraries – jest, testing-library is plus
• TDD / BDD experience is plus
• Experience with AWS, K8S, CI/CD is plus
• Familiar with SDLC methodologies like SCRUM, AGILE, Continuous Integration

• Design – Analyze, design & document the system / solution based on the business needs which is scalable, resilient and maintainable with low overhead for both client and server side
• Problem solving – Solve the challenges and problems faced by team by guiding and team with best practices
• Coordinate - Communicate system requirements to developers; explain system structure to them and provide assistance

• • Code Reviews – Perform code reviews 

• • Planning – Plan and assign tasks to team members

• Architect, design and build complex, highly scalable, high performance enterprise applications
• Lead, mentor and work with a team of engineers to deliver on clients application expectations
• Work with clients engineering needs and deliver on requirements in a team environment
• Accelerate development velocity for all engineers and deliver continuous improvements to the teams process and codebase
• Build automation to prevent and/or remediate service problems from becoming production incidents