Lead Backend Engineer

We are looking for a backend developer to join our team who shares our passion for making the lives of API developers and consumers easier. If you love thinking big and delving deep and enjoy envisioning truly elegant solutions, this role is definitely for you.


What you will be Doing

- You will abstract away complex data interactions with easy-to-use APIs that will power several mobile and web applications.
- You will also own, scale, and maintain the computational and storage infrastructure for the various micro-services and long-running jobs, designed and implemented by you and the team.
- We will look to you to make key decisions on the technology stack, architecture, networking, and security. We love working with bleeding-edge technology, especially if it improves the malleability, and simplicity of our deliverables.


What you need

- The ideal Backend Engineers are polyglots who are fluent in HTTP and core CS concepts such as algorithms, data structures, and programming paradigms, and always pick the right tools for the right job.
- They have a keen eye for common security vulnerabilities and how to act on them (example: DDOS attacks, SQL Injection etc.).
- They understand what it takes to work in a startup environment and know when to trade performance for simplicity.
- They fail fast, learn faster, and execute in time.
- Strong communication skills, get-things-done attitude, and empathy
- Strong sense of ownership, drive and obsessive attention to detail.
- Comfortable with iterative development practices and code reviews
- Previous experience as part of a product-oriented team is a plus


Technical Skillsets:

NodeJS + Javascript, GoLang, Typescript + Nodejs, Clojure/Haskell/F#/Scala (languages/environments)
Koa, Express, Play (frameworks)
Asynchronous Programming Frameworks (Akka, Nodejs, Tornado)
MongoDB, postgres, Bigtable, Dynamo (databases)
Apache Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ (queues)
FunctionalProgramming, FRP (functional reactive)
microservices, multi-tenant, distributed-systems, distributed-computing, event-sourcing

Good to have Skillsets:
Clojure/Haskell/F#/Scala
Apache Kafka, NATS
FunctionalProgramming, FRP (functional reactive)
event-sourcing
Koa


Why you should consider this role seriously?

- We have an audacious vision of helping companies fight counterfeiting and managing their supply chain more efficiently
- We have built a product and solved problems for some of the largest brands in the country and tested platform at scale (With our tags present in over 50 Million products already). We have plans to grow 10x in the next 1 year
- Ownership of key problems. Fast-paced environment
- We are a well-balanced team of experienced entrepreneurs and are backed by top investors across India and the Silicon Valley (Venture Highway, Startup Buddy etc.)
- Competitive market salary
- Opportunity to work directly with the CEO, COO, CTO of the company
- A chance to interact with top-notch executives from multiple industries
- Open vacation policy (and we really mean it!)
- Open Pantry
- As a team, we love to travel :). An off-site every quarter

Planning to Apply? Consider this:

Make sure you go through this section very carefully before applying. Here are the most crucial aspects on which we evaluate on:

1: FIT: “We’re on a crusade for something greater than any one of us”!

We are a tight-knit team that works and plays together where ‘fit’ is the most important point that you need to keep in mind while evaluating us- we will be spending a majority of our time together, in office, on calls, even weekends (sometimes) so you’ll really need to assess whether this is the right place for YOU to be in. Are you able to relate to or feel passionate about the problems we’re solving?

2: INTENT: “You won’t just be working with us, you would be investing in us!”

‘Why’ do you want to work with us? Why an early stage startup? Why Original4Sure? We are an industrious team, working tirelessly to achieve our goals so the work hours will be long and with it will come with a steep learning curve. Joining an early stage startup also means you’ll be asked to take on new things with little guidance and you’ll have to figure stuff out on your own, and in doing so, help shape the future of the company. Does that sound scary, exciting, both?

3: CAPABILITY: “Get work done!”

As long as you are working as hard as you can and giving it your best all day, every day, we will get along just fine. No one ever built one of the most valuable businesses in the World without the core team having to make a few sacrifices along the journey. It could be lesser time spent with your family or loved ones or finding lesser time to do to watch TV shows! But that's a call you need to make.

About the Role :

We are searching for an organized, ambitious Tech Lead with hands-on experience in .NET and data management methods with MongoDB, SQL.

In this role, you should be able to write functional code with a sharp eye for spotting defects. You should be a team player and an excellent communicator. If you are also passionate about the .NET framework and software design/architecture, we- d like to meet you.

Your goal will be to help internal teams to design, develop and maintain software.

Responsibilities and Duties :

- Writing clean, scalable code using .NET programming languages.

- Working on Architecture and Standards team to validate designs and standards.

- Perform coding, bug verification, unit testing, and integration testing.

- Build high-quality scalable and predictable web applications on the .NET Technology stack and maintain internal and external facing web applications.

- Creating and integrating services and APIs using Web API 2 for various products and applications.

- Working on system architecture and databasing in MySQL and NoSQL.

- Make regular modifications to existing software for error correction, adaptation to new hardware, and improving overall function and performance

- Evaluate new code for reliable architecture, stability, reusability, performance, automation, security, and metrics

- Using JSON to store and transport data.

- Working with other team members and the team lead using Project Management Tools and Version Source Control to create industry-leading technological products.

Skills required:

- 4 - 7 years of experience in MongoDB.

- Candidate should have 2 years of experience as a tech lead.

 

- Tech Lead should have AWS Cloud working experience.

- Knowledge of .NET development and lifecycle methods in C# Language.

- Experience in making Web API 2 including routes, class components, async methods, parallel programming, authentication, and authorization, etc.

- Experience and hands-on knowledge of data management methods with MongoDB, MySQL, or NoSQL, etc.

- Should have experience and understanding of using JSON.

- Familiarity with working with .NET Framework, JavaScript, HTML. Knowledge of .NET Core is preferred.

- Knowledge and experience working with AWS Cloud and cloud computing techniques is an added advantage, but not a requirement.

- Having a BSc Degree in Computer Science is optional but should have some educational knowledge of computer science

Role: The role of lead is not a textbook checklist, however, there are technical responsibilities that a team must fulfill and we expect the tech lead to ensure these responsibilities are covered and be able to cover them themselves if needed. We expect tech leads to taking a collaborative approach to leading their team. This is especially important when considering the amount of experience that each of our consultants brings. Given this, we expect you to: ● Respect the other members of your team and recognise you don’t always know best. ● Spot gaps in team capability and figure out how to fix them as a team. ● Be hands on, able and willing to contribute to development, however, don’t expect to be coding all of the time. ● Encourage the team to be proactive, give them responsibility. Responsibilities ● Have a clear understanding of the deployment architecture ● Have a clear understanding of the build pipeline ● Understand how you get changes into production ● Understand how all parts of the system work together ● Facilitate technical communication with other teams, both within your engagement and across other EE clients. ● Actively seek to remove knowledge silos within the team ● Ensure you have a release / branching strategy in place ● Act as the primary point of contact for your team when communicating with other teams ● Ensure there is a technical vision for the team ● Liaise with environment specialists to ensure smooth deployments to production ● Encourage the team to follow good development practices aligned to EE technical values ● Feedback to the delivery lead or engagement manager on the quality of your team (good and bad) ● Recognise team members that have the potential to grow into team leads ● Ensure the use of new technologies or dependencies does not block the team. ● Ensure the team keeps necessary architectural documents up to date ● Keep an eye on the long term consequences of architectural choices, and remind others when necessary ● Build good relationships with your team members. Act as a mentor when required ● Keep the client informed and engaged in the technical side of the project ● Build relationships across your client community Technologies / Experience The successful candidate must have the following experience: ● Worked as the tech lead of a development/delivery team in a large organisation ● Have worked with a variety of different technical architect roles ● Be deeply proficient in at least one programming language ● Be comfortable using other languages and evidence using multiple languages ● Have hands-on experience with some form of configuration management tooling, e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet ● Have hands-on experience of at least one continuous integration and continuous delivery technology, e.g. Jenkins, Go, Team City or Bamboo. ● Full stack development experience from user interface through to data persistence ● A strong proponent of XP practices such as TDD ● Working with a delivery team to formulate an automated test strategy ● Worked as part of a number of agile delivery teams and seen a number of different approaches to delivery ● Good appreciation of secure coding practices and end to end system security The following exposure will also be looked on favorably: ● Performing an ‘architect’ role, while retaining hands-on involvement ● Working with cloud hosting platforms such as AWS, Rackspace, Azure etc. ● Infrastructure management technologies such as Cloud Formation or Terraform

About Us Remember the days when the phone rang and you didn’t know who it was? If it was the company you always dreamt working for? A call from a hospital trying to tell you someone close to you got sick? Or just that stubborn sales guy. Our mission is to make it possible for you to know who’s trying to contact you, and also tell you when not to pick up. We want to remove all uncertainty, making your communication safe and efficient by separating the important stuff from the noise and create trust, no matter if it’s in the beginning of a call, in the middle of a transaction or at the end of a signature. We are building a platform which empowers our users to take control of their own digital identity and making their communication more safe and efficient. We are a diverse organization with over 160 of the best minds coming from different backgrounds, joining hands to ensure our vision of building trust everywhere. Truecaller is one of the fastest growing tech companies in the world. We have 100 million daily active users around the world with the strongest presence in South Asia, Middle East and North Africa. We are backed by some of the most prominent investors in the world such as Sequoia Capital, Atomico, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Your Mission We’re looking for someone who has an interest in system architecture, but a passion for getting things done. You’re smart enough to work at top companies, but you’re picky about finding the right role. You’re experienced, but you also like to learn new things. And you want to work with smart people and have fun building something great. Your challenge will be to build a scalable and reliable system, while facing quickly growing global traffic. This will include producing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for large systems and coping with the challenges of working in a distributed and highly concurrent environment. You will also be coding new features and have an active role in the definition of the backend architecture; which includes designing microservices and researching about new alternatives and technologies together with the platform team. Your skills As far as your skills, we’d love to hear about: JVM – tuning and optimizing Scala and/or Java Play Framework Non-relational Databases Microservices architecture and patterns DevOps and Continuous Delivery Good English skills, oral and written Some other technologies that we use: Reactive systems Cassandra Apache Kafka Kubernetes Docker Spark Google Cloud Platform We all live and act after our values Get Sh*t done, Be Fearless, Help Each Other and Never Give up and expect you to do it as well. Applying This position is located in Bengaluru, India We only accept applications in English. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or marital status. Make the right call, send us your application today!

We're bringing India's k-12 education system into the 21st century. We are hackers, designers, business developers, marketers, hailing from institutions like St. Stephens, IIT Kanpur with past work experience at Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Apple, Amazon, McKinsey & Co, Bain, Goldman Sachs, and more. We were founded by an MIT computer science / Harvard MBA alumnus, and the former CEO of Apple India. For the past few years, we've brought project-based learning to thousands of k-12 students across the nation via coding and app development workshops. Today we're building interactive online learning platforms to scale these powerful learning experiences to millions. We're just getting started. Come be a part of the fun. WHAT WE'RE BUILDING: Gamified, intelligent virtual classrooms where students earn while they learn from live teachers (rather than pre-recorded videos). We use technology to give teachers and students superpowers, rather than replacing teachers with static vids. Features include real-time analytics for teachers (e.g. student engagement and understanding), rewards for peer learning (students earn when they help each other, answer quizzes correctly, are punctual, etc.), and personalization to account for students learning at different paces. TECH STACK: Node.js, Express, MongoDB on the backend, and React on the front-end. We make heavy use of socket.io (web sockets) and WebRTC for updating state of classrooms, for real-time messaging, and live audio/video/screen sharing. ABOUT YOU: - You're awesome at javascript, and have been coding with Node.js / Express for 2+ years - You have implemented a React front-end on at least one other live, production-grade web application being used by real people for a real use-case. - You love to code, even when nobody is forcing you / asking you to. You build things for fun, and you stay aware of what's happening in tech. - You can operate at all levels of the stack, and you care about user experience / user-centric design. - You have experience with web sockets - Huge plus: Dev Ops i.e. you know how to build / configure scalable architectures for Node.js and web socket apps. This is a full-time job based out of Camp K12's Gurgaon office. We work 6 days a week. If you're interested, start by sending us web links of what you've built in the past.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Develop our core web application using service-oriented architecture exposing APIs for internal and external clients. Implement architecture and design patterns to help ensure that systems scale. Establish processes and best practices around development standards. Review product requirements in order to give development estimates and product feedback. Apply technical expertise to challenging architecture and design problems. SKILLS / COMPETENCIES: 4+ years experience in developing enterprise-grade web applications. Experience with software design patterns like MVC, MVVM, etc. Experience working with .NET Core, MVC, Web API and Entity Framework. Strong knowledge of Web Standards and Technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Angular is an added advantage. Experience building applications using service-oriented architecture, web services and APIs. Knowledge of SQL, database design and LINQ. Hands-on experience on Microsoft Azure is an added advantage. Experience working in an Agile environment (SCRUM certification a major plus). Proponent of continuous integration, unit testing (mandatory) and automation. Strong English communication skills, both written and spoken. Ability to work and communicate clearly and efficiently with team members.