Lead Backend Engineer

Zolvit is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Backend Software Engineer to join ourgrowing engineering team. As a key member of the team, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable backend systems that

power our core platform. You will have the opportunity to work on challenging problems at scale and contribute to a product that will potentially power millions of businesses in India.

Responsibilities:

● Design, develop, and deploy robust and scalable backend services using Ruby on Rails, NodeJS, and Java.

● Contribute to the evolution of our microservices architecture, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and performance.

● Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, adhering to best practices and codingstandards.

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, frontend, and QA, to deliver high-quality products.

● Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing sessions.

● Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, promoting automation and continuous delivery.

● Monitor and optimize the performance of backend systems, proactively identifying and resolving issues.

● Champion a quality-driven development approach, including unit testing, integration testing, and performance testing.

● Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends in backend development.

Qualifications:

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical

experience.

● Proven experience in backend software engineering, building and scaling distributed

systems.

● Strong proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages: Node.js,

Ruby on Rails, Java.

● Solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles and design patterns.

● Hands-on experience designing and implementing microservices at scale.

● Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL,

MongoDB, ElasticSearch.

● Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like

Kubernetes is a plus.

● Familiarity with AWS cloud services is a plus

● Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).

● A strong understanding of computer science fundamentals with excellent

problem-solving and analytical skills.

● A proactive and collaborative approach to work.

● A passion for building high-quality software and a commitment to continuous

improvement.

● Experience working in an Agile environment.

Bonus Points:

● Experience with AWS, Redis, Kafka.

● Exposure to building and deploying ML models in the cloud.

● Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

About the Role

We are actively seeking talented Senior Python Developers to join our ambitious team dedicated to pushing the frontiers of AI technology. This opportunity is tailored for professionals who thrive on developing innovative solutions and who aspire to be at the forefront of AI advancements. You will work with different companies in the US who are looking to develop both commercial and research AI solutions.

Required Skills:

• Write effective Python code to tackle complex issues
• Use business sense and analytical abilities to glean valuable insights from public databases 
• Clearly express the reasoning and logic when writing code in Jupyter notebooks or other suitable mediums
• Extensive experience working with Python 
• Proficiency with the language's syntax and conventions
• Previous experience tackling algorithmic problems
• Nice to have some prior Software Quality Assurance and Test Planning experience
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills

The ideal candidates should be able to

• Clearly explain their strategies for problem-solving.
• Design practical solutions in code.
• Develop test cases to validate their solutions.
• Debug and refine their solutions for improvement.

• Good experience in Javabackend/J2EE, Eclipse, Javascript, XML, Data Structures, Database 
• Should have good experience working in Springboot.
• Good experience in JSON / RESTful API / Web Services.
• Experience with Design Patterns.
• Experience in AWS and Queuing systems is an advantage
• Basic estimation experience
• Self starter and quick learner
• Should be able to work in a growing environment that is very dynamic and challenging
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Highly self motivated and directed
• Ability to work without a lot of supervision
• Experience in working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.

Synapsica is a growth stage HealthTech startup founded by alumni from IIT Kharagpur, AIIMS New Delhi, and IIM Ahmedabad. We believe healthcare needs to be transparent and objective, while being affordable. Every patient has the right to know exactly what is happening in their bodies and they don’t have to rely on cryptic 2 liners given to them as diagnosis.

Towards this aim, we are building an artificial intelligence enabled cloud based platform to analyze medical images and create 2.0 of advanced radiologist reporting.

We are backed by YCombinator and other marquee investors from India, US and Japan. We are proud to have GE, AIIMS, the Spinal Kinetics as our partners.

Join us, if you find this as exciting as we do!

Description:

Synapsica is looking for a Node.js/Python developer who is passionate about designing and implementing scalable solutions with highest quality. You will be responsible for creating high performance, responsive, and secure server-side programs to manage Synapsica platform. You will be responsible for designing, managing and supporting cloud platform and scaling our database. This role is ideal for you if you have a background in bakcned development and are looking for the next level of career growth in a fast paced, learning based and merit driven work environment.

Responsibilities:
- Design and development of our new platform modules from scratch. 
- Hands on implementation of our APIs and integrations. 
- Design, scaling and integration of new/existing databases.
- Ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability
- Design and construction of our REST APIs with best secutiry mechanisms.
- Design and implementation of continuous integration and deployment pipelines in tandem with the respective team members.
- Performance tuning and improvements in large scale systems.
- Ensuring responsiveness and cross-platform compatibility of applications.
- Owning and delivering end-to-end products, features, enhancements.

Requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science or related discipline with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
- At least 4+ years of experience with writing Python/NodeJS/PHP/Ruby on Rails. 
- Prior experience of database design and management in MongoDB, including being up on the latest practices and associated versions.
- Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing large complex business flows and dealing with huge amount of data.
- Familiarity with AWS (or equivalent) ecosystem with end-to-end cloud deployment.
- Experience implementing code level unit tests.
- Proficiency with Git / Version control.
- Appreciation for clean and well documented code
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Good problem solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Very high sense of ownership.
- Deep interest and passion for technology

• 3+ years of recent hands-on Java development
• Java, Python, JavaScript programming languages
• Fluency with RESTful APIs, AngularJS, HTML5 and CSS
• Great understanding of designing for performance, scalability, and reliability of data intensive application
• Understanding of database fundamentals and advanced SQL knowledge
• In-depth understanding of object oriented programming concepts and design patterns
• Ability to communicate clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, verbally and in writing
• Understanding of full software development life cycle, agile development and continuous integration
• Experience in Agile methodologies including Scrum and Kanban

What puts you over the top:

• Exposure to various technologies like Spring Boot, Microservices, Kubernetes and also some frontend technologies like React.js, Node.js or other UI frameworks.

●  Experience in AdTech or Programmatic

MUST HAVE GOOD EXPERIENCE IN SPRING BOOT, NODE JS, ANGULAR JS, REACT JS, JAVASCRIPT,JAVA, HTML/CSS.

Minimum 5-7years of professional experience building web-applications
Strong experience in backend development
Strong experience in AI/Machine Learning development, Data Analysis/Processing
Experience in creating robust and secure REST APIs
Hands-on exposure to RDBMS like PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB etc.
Proficiency with one or more programming languages from Java, Python, Node/JavaScript
Solid familiarity working with cloud and related technologies, AWS, GCP and Azure cloud environments
Ability to do very quick research in unknown technologies
Startup mindset, comfort with chaos and multi-tasking ability
Strong programming fundamentals in Data Structures, Algorithms
An eye for writing performance optimum code in any tool set

Ideal candidate must have :

- 2+ years of experience in writing code

- Ability to meet tight deadlines

- Can work independently and be a team contributor

- Must have good knowledge of Node, Python and Scripting languages

- Experience in one or more of RDBMS - PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle

- Experience with NoSQL and real-time DB - Firebase/Firestore or MongoDB

- Must be able to write concise and high-quality API

- Must be a quick learner, curious and ambitious