Java Lead

main objectives of the Senior Developer role

• Delivery of working software according to specifications
• Providing clarity on the progress of development work
• Assisting team members by sharing knowledge and coaching
• Suggesting process improvements with regard to team collaboration

The key requirements include the following:

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related field
• 7+ years of development experience with Python programming
• Experience in setting up CI/CD workflows
• Experience in drafting solution architecture
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Key expertise and experience:

• Understanding of application architecture built on AWS/Python/React/MongoDB technological stack
• Proven Python skills and experience with modules such as Flask and FastAPI
• Experience in building high-load applications in AWS Cloud, preferably in a micro-service architecture
• Experience in developing commercial software, preferably in the financial domain
• Proficiency in working with legacy code and acquiring domain knowledge
• Experience with MongoDB and/or other NoSQL databases
• Experience in creating and automating tests (pytest) and using containers (Docker)
• Proficiency in using Linux-based development environments with GitHub and CI/CD
• Familiarity with the Atlassian stack (JIRA/Confluence)
• Nice to have – experience in integration with ERP, CRM, and SAP
• Nice to have – experience in building financial systems/knowledge of enterprise economics

Knowledge of key processes:

• Scrum / Agile way of working 
• TDD/BDD
• CI/CD 

About Us

Our client is the ultimate secure platform to trade popular cryptocurrencies and earn an interest up to 17% p.a. on your crypto holdings. 

We offer  trading with the lowest fee in the market and offer the highest interest on your crypto assets to help compound your wealth, all on a single platform.

With our all-in-one trading and investment solutions, we empower users to navigate the crypto-verse.

Job Location: Bangalore

Role & Responsibilities

• 4+ years of recent hands-on coding and in-depth knowledge of building applications in the python framework.
• Have in-depth knowledge of development in Django framework, hands-on experience in working with WebSockets, deploying and managing applications in AWS.
• Have hands-on experience in working with storage, server, and client technologies
• Have testing, and debugging skills, and have experience in working with git, aws.
• Solid OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that’s extensible, reusable, and meets desired architectural objectives.
• Work with the product team to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and then translate that into a pragmatic and effective technical solution.
• Dive into difficult problems and successfully deliver results on schedule.
• Can take ownership of end to end system
• Firefight with the production issues
• Experience in a peak performance organization, preferably a tech startup

Required Skills:

• 2+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• Spring Boot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relational Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) or MongoDB (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 2+ years of experience in using Java
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast paced internet start-up environment.
• Experience in technical mentor ship/coaching is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications
• Integrate software components and third-party programs
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting

Requirements and skills

• 1-3 Years of Proven experience as a Backend Developer
• Tech Stack:

• AWS- Lambda, ECS, RDS Arora, RDS PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, APIG, Cloud Front
• NodeJS
• Typescript(optional)

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies
• Excellent communication skills
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude
• Attention to detail

Your Opportunity

• Own and drive business features into tech requirements
• Design & develop large scale real time server side systems
• Quickly create quality prototypes
• Staying updated on emerging technologies
• Ensuring that all deliverables adhere to our world class standards
• Promote coding best practices
• Mentor and develop junior developers in the team

Required Experience:

• 4+ years of relevant experience as described below
• Excellent grasp of Core Java, Multi Threading and OO design patterns
• Experience with Scala, functional, reactive programming and Akka/Play is a plus
• Excellent understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Solid grasp of large scale distributed real time systems
• Prior experience on building a scalable and resilient micro service
• Solid understanding of relational databases, NoSQL databases and Caching systems
• Good understanding of Big Data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop is a plus
• Experience on one of AWS, Azure or GCP

Who you are :

• You have excellent and effective communication and collaborative skills
• You love problem solving
• You stay up to date with the latest technologies and then apply them in real life
• You love paying attention to detail
• You thrive in meeting tight deadlines and prioritising workloads
• Ability to collaborate across multiple functions

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience within the field

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead one of the product verticals in the development of technology strategy, planning, hiring and execution of the next iteration of the WeInvest platform.

• Institutionalize a strong software engineering culture and facilitate a rapid, iterative, layered development approach.

• Be hands on with the coding, evaluate design and architecture choices, do in-depth code reviews, and implement standards and practices for software development.

• Inspire the engineering team to build quality, scalable code by pairing with team members periodically.

• Participate in the definition and management of high-quality product roadmaps based on business, product & tech strategy.

• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Masters /BE/ B.Tech from a reputed institute

• About 6-10 years professional experience in software development.

• Excellent logical and analytical reasoning capabilities combined with strong knowledge of core

computer science concepts like algorithms, data structures, software design patterns, OOP etc.

• Should have experience in all the phases of SDLC

• Must have experience in leading a team. (At least 2-3 people)

• Be an expert in ruby on rails with experience OR from Fintech, Wealth Management OR Investment

• Management Domain with experience in any of the programming languages (Java/Python/Ruby).

• Breadth of experience in multiple technologies, tools, frameworks and processes is a big plus.

• Excellent understanding of core computer science concepts like algorithms, data structure,

Software design patterns, OOP etc. Be able to lead the team in design & architecture discussions,

introduce new tools, concepts & process to the team and guide other members of the team.

• Experience working in an agile team with software engineering practices like automated testing,

test- driven-development, continuous integration etc is a big plus.

• Excellent oral and written communication.