Java L3 Support Engineer

About us

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 8300+ 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 an SDE 2 Back-end Engineer at Astra, you will play a crucial role in the development of a new vulnerability scanner from scratch. You will be architecting & engineering a scalable technical solution from the ground-up.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals, collaborating to deliver innovative solutions and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in vulnerability scanning. The role requires deep collaboration with the founders, product, engineering & security teams.

Join our team and contribute to the development of a cutting-edge SaaS security platform, where high-quality engineering and continuous learning are at the core of everything we do.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• You will be joining our Vulnerability Scanner team which builds a security engine to identify vulnerabilities in technical infrastructure.
• You will be the technical product owner of the scanner, which would involve managing a lean team of backend engineers to ensure smooth implementation of the technical product roadmap.
• Research about security vulnerabilities, CVEs, and zero-days affecting cloud/web/API infrastructure.
• Work in an agile environment of engineers to architect, design, develop and build our microservice infrastructure.
• You will research, design, code, troubleshoot and support (on-call). What you create is also what you own.
• Writing secure, high quality, modular, testable & well documented code for features outlined in every sprint.
• Design and implement APIs in support of other services with a highly scalable, flexible, and secure backend using GoLang
• Hands-on experience with creating production-ready code & optimizing it by identifying and correcting bottlenecks.
• Driving strict code review standards among the team.
• Ensuring timely delivery of the features/products
• Working with product managers to ensure product delivery status is transparent & the end product always looks like how it was imagined
• Work closely with Security & Product teams in writing vulnerability detection rules, APIs etc.

Required Qualifications & Skills: 

• Strong 2-4 years relevant development experience in GoLang
• Experience in building a technical product from idea to production.
• Design and build highly scalable and maintainable systems in Golang
• Expertise in Goroutines and Channels to write efficient code utilizing multi-core CPU optimally
• Must have hands-on experience with managing AWS/Google Cloud infrastructure
• Hands on experience in creating low latency high throughput REST APIs
• Write test suites and maintain code coverage above 80%
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
• Good to have experience in Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
• Good understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms and Operating Systems.
• Understanding of cloud/web security concepts would be an added advantage

What We Offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company
• Fully remote & agile working environment
• A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you get to build things from scratch, improve and influence product design decisions
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business
• Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally
• Experience with security side of things
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (last one was Chikmangaluru)
• Open and supportive culture 

- Strong knowledge of 'Swift' programming language, knowledge of Objective C is a plus.
- Knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithm design, database, and efficient data storage.
- Strong knowledge of design patterns like Creational, Structural and MVVM, MVP, MVC, etc.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end service.
- Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
- Experience with google map and location-based app.
- Knowledge of the open-source libraries available for common tasks.

Must have Skills:

- Excellent knowledge in Swift, Objective-C, or cocoa Touch should have strong understanding of mobile application specific concepts.
- Strong knowledge of data structure and algo.

Key Responsibilities:

- Communicate and actively participate in client call and understand requirements.
- Able to troubleshoot and debug the code, write code with best coding practice, and perform unit & Integration testing.
- Collaborate with the technical team to build and migrate applications.
- Design and build advanced iOS applications.
- Work on Bug fixing and improving application performance.

This is a fulltime onsite trainer cum developer role. To prepare placement students with the technical knowledge, skills, and confidence required to succeed in campus recruitment drives, technical interviews, and entry-level job roles in the industry.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong ability to facilitate meetings with individuals and groups to gather, understand, and articulate their business needs.

• Experience in working at Client site, gathering requirements, and translation of business requirement to solutions

• Extensively work on office 365, SharePoint Online, SharePoint 2016, SharePoint Server 2013 SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, ASP.Net using C#, SQL Server, T-SQL queries, REACT, SPFx.

• Proven ability to interact with end users and gather and document complex user / business requirements

• Strong hands-on experience on issue tracking tools like TFS, Azure DevOps, GIT. as well as exposure to configuration management, deployment, and application rollouts.

• Quickly learn and master new technology; equally successful in both team and self-directed settings; and proficient in a range of computer systems, languages, tools, and methodologies

• Having experience in designing, developing, and testing client applications as part of software development cycle using an agile development approach.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and perform as part of a team.

• Excellent analytical, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills, Able to interact with individuals at all levels.

Mandatory Skills

• Experience in Technical Writing/Information Development
• Experience writing topic-based and task-oriented documentation according to company style guidelines, requiring minimal editing from senior ID staff
• Experience developing enterprise systems software documentation for users and system administrators
• General knowledge on DITA concepts and IDCMS: ID (Information Development) Lifecycle and Content Management System
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills
• MS Word

Roles, Responsibilities

• Effectively collaborate with project stakeholders to scope ID work
• Attend ID and Dev core meetings to understand ID requirements and plan, write and maintain concise but complete internal and external technical information (end user manuals, troubleshooting topics, compliance documentation, API descriptions) in compliance with client and team guidelines
• Independently research for relevant information and perform content reviews
• Work alongside multiple teams in a fast-paced agile environment towards providing high quality written content.
• Follow recommended style and business guidelines; using approved templates
• Being technically savvy in the areas of documentation by being hands-on with new and current product features
• Being proficient in usage of documentation tools & systems and aware of new technologies in documentation, industry best practices.
• Delivering the work allocated in time and with quality including translations and documentation build packages

What are we looking for?

A passionate backend developer Node.js specifically.

Who Should apply?

Apply only If you

● Think you are atleast 8 on 10 in Node.js

● And have been coding in Node.js for 3+ years

● Are super enthusiastic about building something that adds immense value to the lives of atleast 10Mn people

● Have built things single handedly

● Have immense hunger to learn, grow and prove yourself

Shortlisting Criteria

You will have to do a coding test.

We respect your time and are in no way doubting your skills, but that’s how you would like to hire someone in your team, right?

Why work with us?

Infinite freedom & ownership.

Work directly with the founders.

Zerodha the most profitable startup in the country, only has a 30 member tech team. We’re presently a 4 member tech team, you will be number 5.

Like you, we too love solving for time and space complexities.

What is the company about?

We are creating a stock market of creators.

Where Social Media Influencers can get funded by their fans and in return issue them coins which represent a stake in their future income.Imagine if you had invested in Tanmay Bhatt or CarryMinati 5 years back

Responsibilities for NodeJS Dev

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic.

Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.

Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.

Implementation of security and data protection.

Integration of data storage solutions redis, mongodb.

Skill Requirement:

Strong proficiency with JavaScript or TypeScript.

Strong Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it such as Express, StrongLoop.

Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.

Good understanding of server-side templating languages.

Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors such as Stylus, Less.

Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.

Understanding accessibility and security compliance.

User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.

Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.

Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.

Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.

Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

Role Value: By developing highly performant, robust and scalable web services and back-ends, you will have an impact on the latency and accuracy. You will add value to our organization by mentoring and guiding engineers. By spotting opportunities in new technologies and identifying areas where they could be leveraged, you will have a deep impact on our tech stack and the way it benefits the business.

Role: You will work with stakeholders to identify the business problem, and then develop layered architectures that can be delivered in an incremental fashion. You will demonstrate a combination of technical leadership and business acumen by making appropriate trade-offs of technical integrity, complexity, time to market and cost. You are a stellar engineer and will write production quality code 70-80% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features spanning across systems in a manner that satisfies requirements of performance, scale, security and robustness
• Contribute to improvement of technology and execution processes in the company
• Collaborate in setting technology standards with technology leaders across the company
• Serve as a knowledge centre on current and emerging technologies, and help train others when required
• Foster a strong technical culture by mentoring other engineers
• Keep up to date with the latest technologies, evaluate new tools
• Should open to work on Golang.

Relevant Experience and Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in system-level design of large scale distributed systems on OOPs, and experience with web services and service oriented architectures
• Have 7 - 13 years of professional experience in software development.
• Extensive experience with modern open source systems including relational / non relational data stores.
• Experience with AWS stack, at least the common datastores and services
• Experience with containerization technologies and concepts including Docker
• Basic knowledge about security concepts and secure coding
• Excellent analytical, conceptual and communication skills in spoken and written English.

Progression

• At Devtron Labs you have the opportunity to work in a collaborative and trusting environment allowing you to turn your ideas into reality
• be part of a strong team, where everyone’s opinion matters
• have flexible working hours, and learning & development opportunities
• We trust on you because we are having fully remote work culture
• work in a meritocracy, where you grow professionally by excelling at work

Equal Opportunities: Devtron Labs is, and always will be, committed to diversity and inclusion. We seek Devtronians from all backgrounds to join our teams and encourage everyone to bring their authentic, original and best selves to work.