Jr. Software Developer

Job Title: Backend Developer

Location: In-Office, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Backend Developer with a minimum of 1 year of experience in product building to join our dynamic and innovative team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust backend systems that drive our applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend components, and your expertise will be critical in architecting scalable, secure, and high-performance backend solutions.

Annual Compensation: 6-10 LPA

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient backend systems and APIs using NodeJS.
• Architect and implement complex backend solutions, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend developers, and other stakeholders to deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions.
• Design and optimize data storage solutions using relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis).
• Promoting a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Implement and enforce best practices for code quality, security, and performance optimization.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage, including unit testing, and implement various testing methodologies and tools to validate application functionality.
• Utilize cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) for infrastructure deployment, management, and optimization.
• Conduct system design reviews and contribute to architectural discussions.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation within the team.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms and ensure data encryption for sensitive information.
• Design and develop event-driven applications utilizing serverless computing principles to enhance scalability and efficiency.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 1 year of proven experience as a Backend Developer, with a strong portfolio of product-building projects.
• Extensive experience with JavaScript backend frameworks (e.g., Express, Socket) and a deep understanding of their ecosystems.
• Strong expertise in SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL and MongoDB) with a focus on data modeling and scalability.
• Practical experience with Redis and caching mechanisms to enhance application performance.
• Proficient in RESTful API design and development, with a strong understanding of API security best practices.
• In-depth knowledge of asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture.
• Familiarity with the entire web stack, including protocols, web server optimization techniques, and performance tuning.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is highly desirable.
• Proven experience working with cloud technologies (AWS/GCP/Azure) and understanding of cloud architecture principles.
• Strong understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications and microservices architecture.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment and lead projects to successful completion.

Role: SDE 3- Senior Sofware Engineer (Backend)

Salary: INR 15 to INR 25L per annum

Performance Bonus: Up to 10% of the base salary can be added

Location: Hulimavu, Bangalore, India

Experience: 5-8 years

About AbleCredit:

AbleCredit is on a mission to solve the Credit Gap of emerging economies. 

In India alone, the Credit Gap is over USD 5T (Trillion!). This is the single largest contributor to poverty, poor genie index and lack of opportunities. 

Ablecredit is a rare startup because we are probably the only revenue generating GenAI startup in India.

Key Responsibilities:

• Solving highly complex technical challenges and driving large-scale projects; developing robust and scalable web applications using Node.js, MongoDB
• Participate in system design, architecture, and help build scalable, high-performance systems
• Mentor junior engineers (SDEs and SDE-2s), driving technical decisions, and leading entire projects or initiatives
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Architect efficient and reusable back-end systems and optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and best practices in web development.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in backend web development.
• Proficiency in Node.js and typescript along with their core principles.
• Experience with server-side frameworks such as Express.js.
• Familiarity with database systems such as MongoDB, or PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs and asynchronous request handling.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders.

Highlights:

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• PTO & Holidays
• Life Insurance
• Opportunity to work with a revenue generating Gen AI startup
• Flexible hours and an extremely positive work environment

Note on Compensation Policy:

Hiring and nurturing the best talent is the central part of our business focus. As a result, we try an provide not just better than market salary, but have a stong, performance-based incentive structure for all the employees. The quoted salary is based on our best understanding of the market and is subject to increase for the right candidate depending upon their fitment, skills, and experience.

Our Tech Stack :

- PHP, Code igniter, MVC Framework

- Node JS, React JS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

- Ajax, JQuery - Redis, SQL/Maria DB

- Linux

Few Challenges we are working on right now:

- Working on various optimization to improve page speed.

- Improving Server Response & Load balancing.

- Server side development on various projects.

- Customized CRM to increase leads handled per salesperson to double a day.

- Create a platform for users to create

Job Objectives:

- Integration of user

- facing elements developed by front

- end developers with server

- side logic

- Optimize web applications to maximize speed and scale. Support diverse clients from high

- powered desktop computers to small mobile devices

- Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability

- Implementation of security and data protection

- Collaborate with senior management, operations & business team

- Building Rest APIs and maintain Database optimizations

Looking For:

- Great understanding of Node, react, Express, Socket.io, MVVM framework

- Worked on e- commerce website, server handling and deployments scripts

- The one who has worked on customer facing product for 2 years

- Strong knowledge of MEAN stack ( Min 1 yr professional working experience) with basic understanding of LAMP

- Experience designing scalable, fault tolerant systems and databases.

Required Education:

B.Tech./ BE - Computer, IT, Electronics only

Required Skills:

• 2+ year of experience in Development in JAVA technology.
• Strong Java Basics
• SpringBoot or Spring MVC
• Hands on experience on Relationl Databases (SQL query or Hibernate) + Mongo (JSON parsing)
• Proficient in REST API development
• Messaging Queue (RabitMQ or Kafka)
• Microservices
• Any Caching Mechanism
• Good at problem solving

Good to Have Skills:

• 4+ years of experience in using Java/J2EE tech stacks
• 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 mentorship/coaching is highly desirable.
• Understanding of AI/ML algorithms is a plus

Prefer Immediate Joiners with Node experience only
Minimum 2 Years of experience in NodeJS. Minimum 1 Year experience in MongoDB Minimum 1 Year of experience in ElasticSearch.