Head - Products/Solutions Officer

Responsibilities

• Develop new user-facing features using React.js and RESTful APIs using Node.js and MongoDB
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Collaborate with team members, e.g designer, product and other stakeholders to ensure quality in product.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS

Qualifications

• At least 3-6 years of experience in MERN stack
• Proficiency with React.js, Node.js, MongoDB, and Express.js
• Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, and RDS, SQS, Lambda
• Understanding of RESTful API design principles
• Understanding of Agile software development methodologies
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Become an expert in our technology and platforms
• Provide top-tier, highly skilled and attentive support to our consumer app teams.
• Perform production support, troubleshooting and maintenance tasks with a focus on quality and timeliness
• Work with the Implementations and Delivery Teams on defect resolution and solution delivery
• As an active member of the backend team you would utilize and promote best practices and standards
• You’ll develop new technical skills and gain industry knowledge
• You’ll provide occasional “after-hours” incident response and support
• Maintain software to integrate with internal back-end systems
• Build tools to reduce occurence of errors and improve customer experience
• Manage system troubleshooting and maintenance.

Required skills and qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience supporting Web and Backend based application software and environments preferred

• Ability to prioritize effectively and handle shifting priorities professionally

• Experience with version management systems like GIT, Subversion

• Knowledge on Payment gateways (Razorpay, Juspay)

• Experience with web application servers, basic idea on AWS and Azure

• Databases (SQL and NoSQL) and SQL query language.

• Good understanding of Networking principles.

• An understanding and background with Object Oriented Programming languages

• Required Full stack development knowledge.

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelor of science degree (or equivalent) in computer science, engineering, or relevant field

Job Description:

We are looking for a talented Full Stack Developer with a strong background in Node.js, React.js, and AWS to contribute to the development and maintenance of our web applications. As a Full Stack Developer, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy scalable and high-performance software solutions.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate requirements into technical specifications and deliver high-quality software solutions.

Develop and maintain web applications using Node.js and React.js frameworks.

Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code to ensure the reliability and maintainability of the software.

Implement responsive user interfaces, ensuring a seamless user experience across different devices and platforms.

Integrate third-party APIs and services to enhance application functionality.

Design and optimize databases to ensure efficient data storage and retrieval.

Deploy and manage applications on AWS cloud infrastructure, utilizing services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, and API Gateway.

Monitor and troubleshoot application performance, identify and resolve issues proactively.

Conduct code reviews to maintain code quality standards and provide constructive feedback to team members.

Stay up to date with the latest trends and best practices in web development and cloud technologies.

Requirements:

Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer, working with Node.js and React.js in a professional setting.

Strong proficiency in JavaScript and familiarity with modern front-end frameworks and libraries.

Experience with AWS services, such as EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudFormation.

Knowledge of database systems, both SQL and NoSQL, and the ability to design efficient data models.

Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development methodologies.

Ability to write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, following best practices and coding standards.

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work well in a team.

• Key Result Areas

1. End to end ownership in the consumer facing B2C tech team and deliver solutions to solve business problems.

1. Advanced Javascript, CSS, HTML 5, D/XHTML, XML, JSON, DOM Concepts

1. Must have worked on a SPA framework: ReactJS, Node JS, AngularJS or InfernoJS

1. Own the development methodology. Align with the executive team to improve the development process, prioritize projects and manage multiple work streams

1. Extensive Work with open-source technologies and built services architecture as this will prove to be an invaluable asset in building solutions.

1. Lead a team of Software Developers, Server Engineers and QA Engineers, establishing development practices and standards

1. Extensive skill on React JS, Node JS

1. Experience on various PHP frameworks like Cakephp, Laravel, CI etc would be plus

1. Work with scrum teams and product managers using agile methodologies to deliver high quality solutions on time
2. Jumping on a call with clients to understand the requirement and profile them the right solution, helping formulate an effective solution and turning it into a working application
3. Conducting website performance and unit tests
4. Heavy involvement in the requirements gathering, development and operational stages of new projects
5. Troubleshoot and debug related application defects with existing and new applications
6. Work collaboratively with the frontend team and other team members, train other members and get trained if required

Development of Web based Applications using latest technologies like, AngularJS, Node.js, SQL Developer, MongoDb. Designing and developing user interfaces using AngularJS best practices. Adapting interface for modern internet applications using the latest front-end technologies, Writing JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, Developing product analysis tasks.

About us

Villa Plus is UK's leading villa holiday tour operator, providing holiday makers the ability to book their own private villas across Europe. Customers have a choice of close to 2000 villas in 19 destinations with option of booking flights, car hire, transfers and travel insurance. Over the last 33 years Villa Plus has catered for holidays for nearly 200,000 customers and it manages about 50,000 bookings annually online.

Our digital platform, http://www.villaplus.com">www.villaplus.com runs totally in Azure Cloud. A headless CMS platform is used for non-villa marketing content.  Ash software is value-added partner and technical arm of Villa Plus which aims at delivering delightful experience to customers.

Experience:
7+ years in Product development

Qualification:

• Bachelor / Masters degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years of professional experience in software development

Our team is highly motivated and is looking for a senior engineer who can steer the team technically in our vision.

Strong belief in software craftsmanship and practicing it in day-to-day work, expert in Microsoft .NET technology stack is a must.

A good team player with expertise working as part of Agile teams. Hands-on experience in practicing Scrum, XP and Kanban.

• Strong hands-on experience in web development using ASP.NET MVC and C#.
• Usage of SQL and no SQL databases
• Hands on experience in test-driven development and DevOps practices
• Strong design capabilities, following SOLID principles using C#
• Well-versed with pair-programming
• Working on solutions hosted in cloud environments (AWS or Azure)
• Implementation of Continuous Delivery processes
• Usage of Git
• Good understanding of Behaviour-driven development and domain-driven design

The following would be beneficial:

• Working in the travel and hospitality domain including:

• .Net core 2.0, Web API
• Scripting Languages like Typescript or JavaScript
• Frontend: Angular7
• Automating business processes
• Integration with 3^rd party systems
• Customer management, including CRM solutions
• Content management
• SEO
• Booking and post sales flows, web and mobile solutions

Are you interested in working from home office?

• Comprehensive experience working with remote teams
• Excellent communicator
• Self-managed
• Open to travel to Pune office occasionally

Responsibilities:

• Contribution to the product roadmap in one-week sprint model
• Helping your team to deliver at high velocity
• Practice and promote Agile practices
• Continuously learn and deliver incremental business value
• Use Continuous Delivery Practices
• Select the best tools to solve the problems at hand
• Mentor junior team members
• Effective collaboration and removal of silos
• Build high availability solutions.
• Development of asynchronous and/or multi-tiered scalable applications

Job Location Pune

• Are you a software craftsman and passionate coder with a proven track record of successful deliveries?
• Are you interested in a high growth career opportunity and enjoy building software that brings smiles to our customers?

Then you are someone who will enjoy this incredibly challenging role with us.