Lead Backend engineer

We are looking to hire a Senior Backend Developer, with over 4+ years of experience, to directly work with the CTO and contribute in building and developing new products and feature sets for NostraGamus. The work will entail the opportunity to explore and utilise the latest developments in the world of technology, and formulate ways to incorporate them into day to day work to create stellar products. The candidate must have had significant exposure in building real products, including working with various stakeholders across product and marketing teams. Prior knowledge in building games at scale is highly desirable, but not necessarily.

The following skillsets are highly essential:

1. Expertise in Node Js&Javascript, and hobbyist interest in few other languages like Python, Ruby, PHP. Must have done C/C++ programming in school/college
2. Deep knowledge on Database systems, especially PostgreSQL, and any noSQL clones, including knowledge to optimise
3. Awareness of Docker, virtualization, Redis or similar caching toolsets
4. Absolute mastery in using Unix based systems and Bash. Ability to work in seamlessly in headless environments is a must.
5. Disciplined in approaching problems, ability to maintain composure under catastrophic failures and propensity to work under deadlines

Bonus Points :

1. Passionate about building new products - having done a few personal projects, regardless of success achieved or goals completed.
2. Prior knowledge in building games at scale.
3. Good understanding in AWS and its various services - EC2, ECS, RDS, SQS, Elastic Beanstalk, Elasticache, Route53.
4. Strong interest in Mathematics, Probability Theory, Statistics, Machine Learning and ability to apply math in real-world applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required:

• At least 2.5 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
• Experience building a large-scale social or location-based app.

About Us:

Developed in formal collaboration with the University of Cambridge in May 2000, HeyMath! is an Ed-Tech company whose mission is to Raise the Game in Maths for school systems around the world. We do this using technology to deliver engaging teaching methodologies and personalised learning paths for students. HeyMath! has been successfully adopted by CBSE schools since 2004, with positive outcomes for the entire ecosystem.

Check us out at www.heymath.com

We plan to work mainly from home in 2022 and the virtual office atmosphere is collegiate, informal and friendly, with small high-impact teams making a difference to customers.

What we are looking for:

Experience in building and re-engineering cloud based solutions on AWS.

Strong knowledge of Object Oriented Programming(OOPS) and design patterns is a must. Hands-on development on Spring MVC framework.

Experience working on Java 8 or above.

Must have very good knowledge of RDBMS such as MySQL and performance tuning of the same.

Exposure to server-side and client-side caching mechanisms. Ability to debug the applications and provide instant workable solutions.

Experience working on Elastic Search / Kafka / Kubernetes or all is a nice to have.

Requirements

Salary up to 60 LPA (depending upon your experience)

5+ years of solid experience with a wide range of web, backend, or mobile technologies.
● Mastery of Ruby on Rails in a cloud-based ecosystem
● Experience presenting technical solutions to peers and managers.
● A proven track record of designing scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Experience coordinating development efforts across multiple managing projects in
parallel.
● Experience working with off-shore/outsourced developers across different time zones.
● Experience with code review tools and practices to ensure best practices are followed
and code quality gates are achieved.
● Experience with creating documentation, unit tests, integration tests, security, and load
tests.
● Solid Understanding of GitOps principles.
Nice to have:
● Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
● Comfortable with open source monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
● Experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, and Digital Ocean

Navia Life Care is looking for a young, energetic, and passionate backend developer for a full-time role, and available to join immediately. 

They will be expected to fulfill the following responsibilities :

Backend developer responsibilities :

- Design and build system backend on Python, Django and PostgreSQL

- Experience with Machine Learning, Data Analytics will be a Plus

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.

- Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.

- Help improve code quality through writing unit tests, automation and performing code reviews

- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

- Handle software updates, patches, and bug fixes.

- Develop applications for time-sensitive projects while considering business/system requirements.

- Continually learn about new programming languages, operating system updates, and other information that will affect the functions of applications in development.

- Integrate with our front-end and mobile applications

- Participate in brainstorming sessions and have the chance to contribute innovative and original ideas to our technology, algorithms and product

Requirements :

- Minimum 1 to 5 years working experience in Python, DJango, and other related technologies

- Have published one or more Android apps on the Google Play store

- Experience with third-party libraries and APIs, WebRTC etc.

- Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies

- Excellent ability to develop and understand algorithms.

- Opportunity to join a fast-growing and funded healthcare startup, and direct reporting to the Chief Technology Officer.

- We provide a flexible and innovation-driven work environment, with a 5-day working week, and competitive compensation packages.

Experience: 2 - 5 years

Talents from Product/eComm/Internet firms Only

Key Skills: Spring boot, RESTful web services, JSON, Servlet, JSP, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka, AWS Solr, Design Patterns, Java, Distributed systems, AWS

Looking for team members passionate about building platforms for next billion users and re-imagine the e-commerce for mobile-first users. You will be building solutions for personalization, logistics, search & discovery, payments, fraud prevention, and scalability that works and solve problems elegantly

Responsibilities:

• Develop server-side components, REST APIs

• Assume ownership for existing and new modules including design, development, and unit testing for enhancements of existing modules and development of new modules.

• Analyse problems logically and exercise sound judgment in defining, evaluating, and solving difficult technical and operational problems where solutions may be of a precedent-establishing nature.

• Lead the design and architectural improvements

• Participate and collaborate with team members in design discussions, determines areas of complexity, potential risks to successful implementation, suggest enhancements to architecture, implement POCs, and enhance application.

• Reduce technical debt with quality coding

 
Requirements:

• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BS or MS in CS or related field) from IITs and Premier Engineering College.

• Excellent Object Orientation, coupled with excellent problem solving and debugging skills.

• Highly skilled at Java and related technologies, including Java Frameworks like Spring-boot or Drop wizard, RESTful web services, JSON, Servlet, JSP, MySQL, MongoDB, Kafka, AWS Solr.

• Must have hands-on experience in building scalable and secure back end systems.

• Have hands-on experience with systems that are asynchronous, RESTful and demand concurrency

• Good to have knowledge of best software engineering practices for all stages of the software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, testing, deployment.

• Experience level: 2-5 years of software development experience in Java with web architecture and scalable design