Java Developer

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Springboard engineering team is looking for software engineers with strong backend & frontend technical expertise. In this role, you would be responsible for building exciting features aimed at improving our student experience and expanding our student base, using the latest technologies like GenAI, as relevant. You would also contribute to making our platform more robust, flexible and scalable. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful impact as well as grow in your career.

We are looking for engineers with different levels of experience and expertise. Depending on your proficiency levels, you will join our team as a Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for the Springboard platform, which enriches the learning experience of thousands through human guided learning at scale
• Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues and so on
• Contribute to the platform architecture through redesign of complex features based on evolving business needs
• Influence and establish best engineering practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools
• Provide technical mentoring to team members

You

• You have experience with web application development, on both, backend and frontend.
• You have a solid understanding of software design principles and best practices.
• You have hands-on experience in,
• Coding and debugging complex systems, with frontend integration.
• Code review, responsible for production deployments.
• Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
• Re-architecting / re-designing complex systems / features (i.e. managing technical debt).
• Defining and following best practices for frontend and backend systems.
• You have excellent problem solving skills and are comfortable handling ambiguity.
• You are able to analyze various alternatives and reach optimal decisions. 
• You are willing to challenge the status quo, express your opinion and drive change.
• You are able to plan reasonably complex pieces of work and can handle changing priorities, unknowns and challenges with support. You want to contribute to the platform roadmap, aligning with the organization priorities and goals.
• You enjoy mentoring others and helping them solve challenging problems.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. You are able to communicate with various stakeholders to understand their requirements.
• You are a proponent of quality - building best practices, introducing new processes and improvements to make the team more efficient.

Non-negotiables

Must have

• Expertise in Backend development (Python & Django experience preferred)
• Expertise in Frontend development (AngularJS / ReactJS / VueJS experience preferred)
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Experience building multiple significant features for web applications

Good to have

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (or any cloud platform)
• Experience working with any Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas
• Experience working with GenAI ecosystem, including usage of AI tools such as code completion
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and applications deployed on Kubernetes
• Experience with refactoring (redesigning complex systems / features, breaking monolith into services)
• Experience working with NoSQL databases
• Experience with Web performance optimization, SEO, Gatsby and FE Analytics
• Delivery skills, specifically planning open ended projects
• Mentoring skills

Expectations

• Able to work with open ended problems and come up with efficient solutions
• Able to communicate effectively with business stakeholders to clarify requirements for small to medium tasks and own end to end delivery
• Able to communicate estimations, plan deviations and blockers in an efficient and timely manner to all project stakeholders

• We are looking for a Full-Stack Developer with exceptional development skills, who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. You’ll be part of a cross-functional, remote 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.

About Company

Our client delivers personalised luxury interior design to India’s discerning homeowners and corporates. Led by highly admired luxury brand builders, internationally trained designers, world-class technology professionals and curated teams of turnkey project execution specialists. We seek perfection in design and are committed to bringing back trust and excitement in the design process.  

Qualifications

• Software developer with skills to develop front-end and back-end systems in Web site development.
• The candidate number has hands-on experience in handling and developing code in JavaScript, React, HTML, PHP, MySQL, APACHE & NGINX to develop web-based applications.
• Knowledge of designing the user interface, developing servers and database designs & coding for mobile platforms would be added advantage.
• Work Experience: 6-7 Years

Requirements

•  Design and implementation of the overall web architecture.
•  “Pixel-perfect” implementation of our approved user interface.
•  Expertise in front-end technologies, including JavaScript,CSS3 and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as React Js, jQuery
•  Design and deployment of our database
•  Ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability
•  Design and construction of our REST API
•  Integrating our front-end UI with the constructed API
•  Design and implementation of continuous integration and deployment
•  Designing Database - Expertise in databases like MySQL, other databases like MongoDB , and PostgreSQL Will be a plus.
•  Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
•  Overseeing and guiding the analysing, writing, building, and deployment of software.

What skills we are looking for?

• Writing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Up to the latest practices,
•  A relevant back-end programming language experience
•  Database design and management, including being up on the latest practices and associated versions
• Server management and deployment for the relevant environment
•  Familiarity with a relevant and globally supported framework

both front-end and back-end like React, and Laravel.

• Thorough understanding of user experience and possibly even product strategy
•  Experience implementing testing platforms and unit tests

JOB DESCRIPTION

It is an app that allows offline businesses to sell their products and services online. On our app, the users can make beautiful product catalogues (catalogs) right from a smartphone and share with their customers easily on different social media apps such as Whatsapp Business, Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram etc. Praised by users all over India, thisapp has saved declining businesses by helping them transfer their shop online. The journey has just begun and we are on a mission to make India truly Digital. They are currently powering over 3.7 M ecommerce stores built by indian small businesses

and growing at a crazy rate.

We are looking for a full-stack developer to join our team who will be part of our new innovations team.

Responsibilities:

• Rapidly developing new user-facing features & product prototypes using React.js & Django.

• Will be responsible for new product prototypes, quick feature ideations & rapid response for critical issues

• Work on the their frontend store - Built with react & nextjs.
• Work on their backend - Built with Python Django & DRF
• Collaborate with existing team on our Android apps

Requirements:

• Familiarity with React & Next Js for frontend.
• Proficiency in backend development with Python Django & DRF
• Familiarity with Postgres, Elasticsearch & Mongo.
• Familiarity with Android app development with Native JAVA
• Familiarity with REST APIs architecture & working with third party APIs.