Fullstack PHP Developer

About Astra:

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 9300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview:

As a back-end engineer you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the platform/dashboard backend. This would involve developing & maintaining RESTful services for vulnerability management, scan orchestration, inventory management and platform features such as on-boarding, trust centers, certificates, payment integrations, vulnerability ingestion, authentication etc. 

You should have a strong background in backend programming (Symfony preferred, or Laravel) and have experience with an event driven, async & distributed architecture. 

During the first 6 months of your role, you will be involved in the 0->1 journey of two of our upcoming products in our platform along with the respective product owners.

Love solving hard problems? Want to build high impact products rooted in first principles? Is coding your poetry? Join us in shaping the future of cyber security.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Symfony PHP framework. What you create is also what you own.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Collaborate with scanner teams to orchestrate scans, ingest vulnerabilities, configure scanners etc.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code.
• Optimize and refactor existing code to improve performance and reliability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Triage, troubleshoot and upgrade existing systems.
• Ship code to production multiple times a day/week.
• Ensure timely delivery of the features.
• Test your own features, and write test cases for continuous automated testing.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices and standards.

What we are looking for:

• 3 years experience in a similar role or similar working experience.
• Strong background in PHP backend programming. Symfony preferred, or Laravel.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns.
• Experience with an event driven (subscribers/listeners), async (MessageHandlers & job queues) & distributed (load-balanced) architecture.
• Experience with PostgreSQL database and data modeling.
• Understanding of concepts such as Dependency Injection, ORM, data validation, error handling etc.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions (good to have).
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically about technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional remote teams.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality software products on schedule.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in software development, security, and compliance.
• Knowledge of application & infrastructure security - helps you stand out. 

What We offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company, and working on hard problems that matter.
• Fully remote, agile working environment.
• Good engineering culture with full ownership in design, development, release lifecycle.
• A wholesome opportunity where you get to build things from scratch, improve and ship code to production in hours, not weeks.
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business.
• Experience with the security side of things.
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (next one is to Wayanad).
• Open and supportive culture.
• Health insurance & other benefits for you and your spouse. Maternity benefits included.

Build and maintain products. Build products and features, through inception, design, implementation and launch, working closely with multiple disciplines across the company. You will spend the majority of your time working on critical projects which require focus on integrations, scalability, and performance. You will also be the first line of defense in ensuring that the product features are achievable and have a clear purpose, trimming off unnecessary detailing, especially in the earliest stages. Align across teams and stakeholders. Play a key role in ensuring that objectives and expectations are aligned across multiple concurrent products. You are expected to break down features within each project and prioritize tasks based on the expertise of the team, keeping redundancy in mind. 

Maintain a high bar for code quality and future proofing. Implement processes for checking in code that maintains a high bar of code quality. You are expected to optimize for a solution that affords the best user experience in a reasonable amount of time while ensuring to allow for adequate security, ability to scale in the future etc. 

Responsibilities

● Design, build and maintain scalable, secure web services and distributed systems

● Design and develop robust solutions for client onboarding, portfolio analytics, tokenized security issuance, authentication, and security

● Build solutions to integrate with APIs of external solutions providers including crypto custodians, exchanges, fund admins etc.

● Architecting and building frontend features in React.js

● Ensuring a highly performant and responsive UI

● Help maintain existing codebase, infrastructure, test coverage, and documentation

● Communicate requirements effectively within and across teams

● Independently work and lead project initiatives in a fast paced environment

Requirements

● 5+ years of work experience as a Senior Software Engineer or similarly senior member of a fast scaling company, ideally building products from ideation to launch with a strong engineering team. Web3 based experience preferred.

● Have experience in rapid prototyping of features across various products. Demonstrable open source contributions and experience with Git advantageous.

● Professional experience with Python, Javascript, Typescript, or Go

● Must have experience building and/or integrating with RESTful APIs

● Working knowledge of Django, FastAPI, or React.js and Redux

● Working knowledge various frontend frameworks and languages such as HTML, CSS

● Experience monitoring and scaling microservice-oriented systems

● Familiarity with websocket architecture and implementation

● Experience working with cloud-native AWS infrastructure and/or Kubernetes

● Team-building and technical leadership experience

● Being nimble and reacting quickly to changing business conditions

● BTech in Computer Science or a related field (Masters is a plus

Benefits

● Competitive salary, benefits & participation in the firm's ESOP program

● Be part of something exciting. Rare opportunity to come in early and build the next generation of institutional grade financial services.

● International work environment and flat organization. Possibility for relocation and international transfers mid-career

Position : Senior Java Backend Developer

Job Location: Navi Mumbai / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Pune

Job Description :

At least 5 years of professional experience in developing backend applications using Java

- Proficiency in using Spring Boot, Hibernate, RESTful APIs, microservices and other modern web technologies

- Experience in working with relational and non-relational databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, Redis etc.

- Exp on Azure Cloud.

- Experience in using DevOps tools such as Docker, Jenkins etc.

- Knowledge of GraphQL and how to use it with Java

- Knowledge of best practices and principles of software engineering such as SOLID, design patterns, code quality, testing etc.

- Familiarity with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team

- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Experience: 2-5 Years experience

Skills:

Core PHP (Knowledge of functions, Methods, PHP OOPS Concept, Ajax, MySQL, Jquery), Javascript, Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, MVC Structure 

Knowledge about socket

1. Contribute to the development of Web Applications Mobile restful APIs.
2. Help scale our mobile team processes by practicing "Clean Code" principles for app architecture, branching/versioning, release train, Test Driven Development.
3. Advocate for the Web platform e.g: evaluating new frameworks, leading the technical vision at Sri Aurobindo Society
4. Deliver applications with enhanced features and capabilities, while also maintaining and continually improving turnaround time and quality
5. Mentor and lead a team of developers; Lead code reviews and team meetings
6. Keep track and reviews existing projects to identify bottlenecks, bugs, performance issues and involve the team to study and learn from existing projects.
7. Proficient in one core codebase (CodeIgnitor, Drupal, Laravel, Magento); Laravel is mandatory
8. Thoroughly test work prior to deployment into production.
9. Accurately estimate the amount of effort required to complete a task.
10. Troubleshoot and fix any issues relating to PHP programs
11. Ensure smooth operations of web processes and infrastructure
12. Take up system analysis, design, documenting responsibilities, and get it done in time. He/ she should be able to perform code analyzing and reading exercises for current and previous projects

Responsibilities

• Deliver products on scope, time and with the highest quality
• Set up coding standards and processes in the team 
• Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, scalable architecture and modular design
• Lead efforts of a rapidly growing engineering team of strong individual contributors
• Lead design and code reviews and ensure high quality in implementation
• Ensure performance and security criteria are met
• Communicate technical directions to all levels within the company
• Report the status of work and present solutions 
• Contribute to organization-level goals like talent hiring, people skill development, etc.

Qualifications

Required Experience

• Love for Software and the Microsoft tech stack.
• 4+ years of experience with .NET, C#, ASP.NET, Microsoft Azure, etc
• Passion for upcoming tech; experience/tinkering with ASP.NET Core, Azure Cosmos DB, etc
• Basic SQL programming 
• Ability to work with client-side scripting languages; newer frameworks and paradigms such as React, Flutter or Angular
• 2+ years of experience developing large/complex application end-to-end

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in Web Development is required.
• Strong middle-tier development (API's).
• Should be hands-on with the technical deliverables.
• Very strong software engineering - design, development and testing, experience.
• Good understanding of design / architectural patterns and automation platforms.

Other Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication, team skills
• Ability to handle ambiguity and collaborate across multiple groups
• Ability to manage multiple projects/tasks concurrently and drive them to success
• Facilitate collaboration in cross-company discussions (i.e. vendor teams)
• Sound problem resolution, judgment, negotiating and decision making skills
• Excellence in strategic thinking, leadership and be able to influence without authority.
• Ability to rapidly assimilate new information and techniques