Java Lead

About Digit88

Digit88 empowers digital transformation for innovative and high growth B2B and B2C SaaS companies as their trusted offshore software product engineering partner! 

We are a lean mid-stage software company, with a team of 75+ fantastic technologists, backed by executives with deep understanding of and extensive experience in consumer and enterprise product development across large corporations and startups. We build highly efficient and effective engineering teams that solve real and complex problems for our partners. 

With more than 50+ years of collective experience in areas ranging from B2B and B2C SaaS, web and mobile apps, e-commerce platforms and solutions, custom enterprise SaaS platforms and domains spread across Conversational AI, Chatbots, IoT, Health-tech, ESG/Energy Analytics, Data Engineering, the founding team thrives in a fast paced and challenging environment that allows us to showcase our best. 

The Vision: To be the most trusted technology partner to innovative software product companies world-wide

The Opportunity: 

As the Engineering Manager, you will own, drive product engineering projects / programs and deliver to global enterprise customers. You will be part of the Digit88 leadership team to drive engineering and business excellence, build high performance teams, develop innovative culture to delight customers. You will provide thought leadership in technology and engineering practices to customers as well as the teams. 

What you'll do:

• Work closely with product managers to finalize and translate requirements into actionable plans for the engineering team.
• Guide the engineering team in architecture, design, and development of innovative solutions.
• Unblock engineers during development and provide technical support and mentorship as needed.
• Lead and manage a team of 10 senior engineers, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Define and monitor development timelines to ensure conformance and timely delivery of projects.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and best practices across the engineering team.
• Collaborate with US product management and senior management to align engineering efforts with business goals.
• Ensure high-quality software delivery by implementing and upholding best practices in coding, testing, and DevOps.
• Maintain strong communication with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and senior management.

What makes you a great fit:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or a similar leadership role.
• Strong technical expertise in Java, microservices, messaging, and DevOps practices.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams, with a track record of successful project delivery.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with US product management and senior management.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with evolving requirements.
• Passion for innovation and staying up-to-date with emerging technologies.

Benefits/Culture @ Digit88: 

● Comprehensive Insurance (Life, Health, Accident) 

● Flexible Work Model 

● Accelerated learning & non-linear growth 

● Flat organisation structure driven by ownership and accountability. 

● Opportunity to own and be a part of some of the most innovative and promising AI/SaaS product companies in North America and around the world. 

● Accomplished Global Peers - Working with some of the best engineers/professionals globally from the likes of Apple, Amazon, IBM Research, Adobe and other innovative product companies 

● Ability to make a global impact with your work, leading innovations in Conversational AI, Energy/Utilities, ESG, HealthTech, IoT, PLM and more. 

You will work with a founding team of serial entrepreneurs with multiple successful exits to their credit. The learning will be immense just as will the challenges. 

This is the right time to join us and partner in our growth!

• Solid experience in PHP/Frameworks of PHP (Laravel,Codeignitor,etc)
• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript, jQuery
• Experience in working with REST APIs and AJAX
• Good understanding of database design and optimization
• Experience of responsive and mobile-first design platforms like Bootstrap
• Knowledge of version control systems like GIT
• In-depth understanding of Agile development process

Desired Candidate Profile and skill set:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant software development experience.
• Good Knowledge of E-commerce websites and WordPress
• Experience in ReactJs and Redux, React-Native would be a plus

WordPress: As a WordPress Developer, you will be responsible for designing and developing engaging and responsive websites using WordPress. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality web solutions that align with our goal.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain custom WordPress themes and plugins, ensuring responsive design and optimal performance.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers to convert designs into functional websites while maintaining visual and brand consistency.
• Customize and extend existing WordPress functionalities to meet specific project requirements.
• Optimize website performance, including page load times, user experience, and mobile responsiveness.
• Debug and troubleshoot website issues and implement timely solutions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Web Development, or a related field (preferred but not required).
• Proven experience as a WordPress Developer with a strong portfolio showcasing previous projects.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and MySQL.
• Experience with responsive design principles and frameworks.
• Solid understanding of web performance optimization techniques.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Please NOTE:

• Basic hands-on experience in ReactJS is a MUST. (6 Months+)
• MINIMUM total experience of 5 Years

Job Summary:

Futuresafe Technologies, having a long-term agreement with US-based SiteRecon Inc, requires a Senior Backend Engineer.

We are looking for an avid programmer and an engineer who is enthusiastic about building high-performance products. Someone who is aspiring to become an industry tech leader in the GIS stack. Knowing about GIS is optional if you can learn and adapt quickly. The candidate will facilitate requirement analysis, provide feedback and enhance software frameworks. The candidate is expected to demonstrate a sound knowledge of Python Frameworks and its internal

Responsibilities:

• Own, execute, and deliver products/features end-to-end from planning to design to development to deployment
• Contribute towards technical architecture – including coding framework, cloud administration, security, etc.
• Writing reusable, testable, well-documented, and efficient code
• Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Integrate software components and third-party programs
• Possess strong problem-solving and decision-making skills while using good judgment
• Ability to work independently and multi-task effectively
• Fast learner and stays up-to-date on emerging technologies
• Be the go-to person for the team for guidance and be able to mentor and delegate tasks to junior team members

Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of experience in building products
• Solid experience in any Python framework and its internals – Django, Flask, FastAPI, Web2Py, CherryPy, etc
• Decent experience in building ReactJS Applications - creating pure components, HOCs, Hooks
• Good understanding of OOPs concepts, Design patterns, and SOLID principles
• Experience with REST API construction, documentation, and architecture, including API description specs like open API
• Very good understanding of working with SQL databases (preferably PostgreSQL) and relevant ORMs Knowledge
• Memory management, multithreaded programming, and background processing
• Flexibility to understand and adopt pre-existing code
• Ability to prioritize tasks and quickly adjust in a rapidly changing environment

We'd be impressed if you also have –

• Database architecture and design would be a plus
• Understanding of Microservices Architecture, API gateways, Application security, etc
• Experience with GCP core services like Cloud Engine, Firebase, Pub/Sub, Load Balancers, etc
• Familiarity with caching technologies
• Exposure to Unix systems and servers

About Siterecon:

SiteRecon is helping property maintenance contractors in the US to automate property mapping and site visits through our mapping platform, giving back time, speeding up their sales process, and increasing their profitability. We are building the next-generation property intelligence platform and looking for people to help out on our mission to revolutionize how businesses make decisions in North America.

To learn more about the team & our origin story - https://order.siterecon.ai/about-us

To learn more about what we do for our customers - https://order.siterecon.ai

About the team:

Started by IIT Delhi alumni who have worked with multinationals in satellite imaging, e-commerce, and edtech sectors. 

Meet our team - https://order.siterecon.ai/team

About Product:

SiteRecon is the Amazon + Google Docs combination for maps. Users place an order to create a map. State-of-the-art AI does our data delivery with a humans-in-the-loop pipeline. This becomes the basemap to create survey notes, operations plans, cost estimates, and so on.

About the Market:

Although our technology applies to many applications especially related to the site-based operations industry, our Primary market is the landscaping industry in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The combined size of Industry in these 3 countries alone makes up a staggering $140B.

• Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms
• Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team
• Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications
• Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools
• Utilize backend data services and contribute to increase existing data services API
• Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from concept stage to delivery and post launch support
• Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues
• Document the development process, architecture, and standard components
• Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as liaison between development staff and project manager

• End-to-end full-stack development experience
• Full hands-on experience with at least one of the following languages Java, PHP, Python, .NET and code repositories like GIT, SVN
• Expertise with HTML5, JQuery, CSS
• Proficiency with front-end JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React, etc.
• Experience of designing and developing APIs in a micro-service architecture
• Experience with webserver technologies like Node.js, J2EE, Apache etc.
• Good understanding and working experience with either relational or non-relational databases like Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Mongo DB, Cassandra
• Good understanding of the changing trends of user interface guidelines for mobile apps and be able to transform apps to newer form factors
• Hands-on with Native UI Components
• Familiar with Cloud components & deployment procedures.
• Familiar with code repository

Key Responsibilities:

• The Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC) Developer is expected to be able to perform all aspects of the development tasks, including front- end, back- end, and database development.
• Develop web sites, applications and rich multi- media experiences according to the brief and technical specifications.
• Must have experience and knowledge in Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC)/Symphony Framework.
• The applicant is expected to possess strong problem-solving skills programming, testing and troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency in Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC)/Symphony framework(s), jQuery, JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, HTML, MySQL/Postgre SQL/Mongo DB.
• Eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment.
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality.
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming using HMVC framework.
• Good knowledge of the common Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC)/Symphony framework(s) or web server exploits and their solutions.
• Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms.
• Familiar with REST API's and Integration with third-party API's.
• Hands on Experience in an e-commerce environment would be an added advantage.
• Adhering to project coding standards and recommending improvements.
• Modifying existing software to correct errors, allowing it to function in new operating environments.

Additional Technical skillset:

• AWS/Azure deployments and architecture.
• Knowledge of Web RTC.
• API
• Financial and Accounting related product knowledge.

Mandatory Skills :

Laravel/CodeIgniter (HMVC)/Symphony framework(s), CSS, HTML, MySQL/Postgre SQL/Mongo DB, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX

Education

UG: B.Sc. in Any Specialization, B.Tech/B.E. in Any Specialization, BCA in Computers

PG: Any Postgraduate in Any Specialization

Doctorate: Doctorate Not Required.

Job Type: Full-time