Golang Engineer

About Shopalyst:

Shopalyst offers a Discovery Commerce platform for digital marketers. Combining data, AI and deep integrations with digital media and e-commerce platforms, Shopalyst connects people with products they love. More than 500 marquee brands leverage our SaaS platform for data driven marketing and sales in 30 countries across Asia, Europe and Americas. We have offices in Fremont CA, Bangalore, and Trivandrum. Our company is backed by Kalaari Capital.

About the Role: Software Engineer (Python)

We are currently looking for people to join our Engineering team where internet scale, reliability, security, high performance and self-management drives almost every design decision that we take. This role will be based out of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

We are looking for Software Engineers to help us build functional products and applications. Software Engineers responsibilities include participating in software design, writing clean and efficient code adhering to coding standards, guidelines & best practices for various applications, running tests to improve system functionality, performance & security and documenting design and code.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop robust and scalable server-side applications using Node.js.
• Utilize Python to write batch jobs and scripts for various automation tasks, ensuring efficiency and reliability.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve bugs and other performance issues to maintain system stability.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and compliance with coding standards.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Mentor junior developers and share knowledge to foster a collaborative learning environment.

Must Have requirements

• Strong understanding of Node.js and its core concepts, such as event-driven. architecture, asynchronous programming, and callbacks.
• Proficiency in Python, with a strong understanding of its ecosystem, libraries, and frameworks.
• Proven 1-5 years of experience working as a Node.js/Python Developer or in a similar role.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Strong working knowledge in any NoSQL (preferable)or relational databases
• Good exposure to working on Linux/Unix systems.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git)

Nice to have requirements

• Proficiency in TypeScript to write scalable and maintainable code.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS.
• Basic understanding of GoLang/Java as a coding language

Summary: 

You will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and optimizing smart contracts and zero-knowledge proof (ZK) circuits using Solidity and Rust programming languages. You will work closely with our development team to build scalable and secure blockchain solutions that leverage zero-knowledge proofs for privacy and scalability enhancements. 

It is an amazing opportunity to work on cutting edge fintech Key 

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy smart contracts on Ethereum and other blockchain platforms using Solidity. 
• Implement zero-knowledge proof circuits and protocols in Rust for privacy-preserving and scalable blockchain applications. 
• Collaborate with the research team to explore and implement cutting-edge cryptographic techniques for zero-knowledge proofs. 
• Optimize smart contracts and zero-knowledge proof circuits for performance, scalability, and security. 
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure the quality and robustness of the codebase. 
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in blockchain technology, zero-knowledge proofs, and decentralized finance (DeFi). 
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including software engineers, and product managers to deliver high-quality blockchain solutions. 
• Contribute to the development of technical documentation, including specifications, architecture diagrams, and developer guides.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, implement and maintain application software
• Take part in software and architectural development activities
• Debug application issues and helping support respond to client queries
• Participate in application development meetings
• Provide accurate estimates, clearly communicate status of tasks and identification of risks
• Commitment to accomplishing the task at hand and identify the fastest and most reliable way to solve a problem
• Performance tuning of application code at different service levels
• Interact with customers of the application and help address issues reported

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 1-3 years of experience with Java and Spring frameworks.
• Having good knowledge in a scripting language like python is a plus
• Experience with Spring and Hibernate/ ORM
• Understanding of relational database and normal forms
• Understanding of NoSQL / RDBMS (Mongo or Postgres) and ability to write optimized and high performing queries
• Strong understanding of Java concurrency, concurrency patterns, experience building thread safe code
• Experience building RESTful web services
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and time management skills
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Experience with GIT as a VCS, Unix based systems
• Experience with NoSQL Database is a plus
• Following are a set of 'good to have' skills React AWS Bitbucket, JIRA

• Analyzing website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

PHP Developer Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

We are a Fintech Start up targeting to capture $ 900 BN consumer payment &lending opportunity. We are building platform of the future in which the offline / online merchants would be able to expand their consumer base. We also empower merchants to collect payment digitally and help build their identity through our offerings.

Consumers would be able to make their purchase decisions and would get the options to convert their purchases in to easy EMIs

• Developing front end website architecture
• Designing user interactions on web pages
• Developing back end website applications
• Creating servers and databases for functionality
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product
• Designing and developing APIs
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

• Java 8 and above
• Experiencein databases Mongodb, MySQL, SQL Oracle etc.
• Working knowledge in IOC Container / Spring boot& ORM, Spring Security, AOP JMS.
• Experience in Microservices, Eureka, Zuul, Ribbon would be an added advantage.
• Experience with build tools like Ant, Gradle or Maven and troubleshoot build issues.
• Should have exposure to GIT, Jira etc..
• Develops resealable frameworks/components and POCs based on Product Architecture RoadMap.
• Uses best practices during web services implementations and works with the REST
• Strong analytic problem-solving skills.
• Proactive work ethic.

• Using the latest technologies to solve real problems for our customers at a massive scale
• Collaborating closely with other engineers as a valuable member of a cross-functional team
• Sharing your knowledge and building creative solutions while helping the team evolve best practices
• Designing, developing, and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability
• Taking end-to-end responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, including taking part in an on-call rotation

Who you are

• A minimum of B.S. degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or 5+ years in a similar position
• Able to adapt, change and grow quickly as we scale the organization
• Passionate about engineering practices like agile, continuous delivery, test-driven development, traceability, and observability
• Growth mentality is curious and not afraid to be experimental.
• You share your ideas and continuously improve yourself and the team around you
• Solid experience as an Engineer designing, developing and maintaining API driven solutions
• Strong communication skills, high integrity, and great attention to detail

You’ll get to work with:

• Docker and Kubernetes
• Go and/or PHP
• PostgreSQL, Elastic Search, RabbitMQ
• Memcache, Redis
• Microservices architecture
• ELK, Jaeger, Prometheus & Grafana