Lead Consultant - Application Developer

Required Qualifications

● Experience: 5-8 years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong

background in developing and deploying scalable applications.

● Technical Skills:

○ Architecture: Demonstrated experience in architecture/ system design for scale,

preferably as a digital public good

○ Full Stack: Extensive experience with full-stack development, including mobile

app development and backend technologies.

○ App Development: Hands-on experience building and launching mobile

applications, preferably for Android.

○ Cloud Infrastructure: Familiarity with cloud platforms and containerization

technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

○ (Bonus) ML Ops: Proven experience with ML Ops practices and tools.

● Soft Skills:

○ Experience in hiring team members

○ A proactive and independent problem-solver, comfortable working in a fast-paced

environment.

○ Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor junior

engineers.

○ A strong desire to use technology for social good.

Preferred Qualifications

● Experience working in a startup or smaller team environment.

● Familiarity with the healthcare or public health sector.

● Experience in developing applications for low-resource environments.

● Experience with data management in privacy and security-sensitive applications.

Based on experience, developers will be responsible for building various elements of a music app for an international client. Urgent requirement and immediate joining as project is already underway.

Job Requirements

•   3+ years of experience with custom application development.
•   Must be dedicated, passionate, and hard-working. Attitude is everything.
•   Must be able to work with a team and collaborate. Hard workers and self-starters please apply.
•   We are looking for a creative and efficient problem solver.

Technical Requirements

•   Experience working within Agile development environments.
•   Experience with Node.js, PHP, Laravel, React.js, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3.
•   Experience with Redux, Redux Saga
•   OAuth and JWT Tokens experience is a plus.
•   Experience with the Next.js and Nest.js framework is a plus.
• Advanced Laravel Experience (Middleware, Collections, Policies, and Service Containers).
•   Experience with unit testing (PHP Unit).
•   Experience with MySQL profiling and query optimization.
•   Solid working experience building RESTful APIs.
•   Active experience integrating custom code with 3rd party web services.
•   Hands-on experience with tools such as Git and Jira.
•   Experience working in the AWS (Amazon Web Services) ecosystem.

 Job Duties

•   Work with a team of developers, BA, PM, QA, etc. to execute strategies and implement solutions to build quality business software applications.

•   Develop front-end and back-end components for large data-driven applications.
•   Review features requests, provide feedback, and develop/maintain features for web applications. 
•   Document your development process and development components. 
•   Work with other developers to complete tasks and share ideas.

• High School diploma or GED required 
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience designing and building scalable web based applications 
• Experience with RESTful web services, Java/Spring framework, NodeJS applications, React & Vue Frameworks 
• Strong relational database modeling and SQL experience (Oracle, MSSQL)f 
• Solid knowledge of testing principle and ability to build comprehensive test suite  
• Demonstrated UI design and UX sensibilities 
• Experience in scripting against Windows/Linux i.e. PowerShell, VB or Unix Shell Script, Python  
• Ability to coordinate the release/deployment process and versioning, code, configuration management 
• Experience with Git/Bitbucket and Opensource Tools and Agile methodologies 
• Experience leading software developers on development best practices as a technical lead 
• Experience with using JIRA (for defect tracking and for ITSM ticketing with Incident/Problem/Change)  

Responsibilities-

• Deliver technical strategies and solutions, application development, and end-users services
• Lead projects to implement new or enhance existing functionalities including articulating requirements and translating them into effective technical solutions
• Build and maintain strong relationships and partnerships with team members across globe and customer stakeholders
• Work collaboratively as a team player to develop mutually acceptable solutions, and act as a mentor to the team
• Solve problems and provide support, taking responsibility to make decisions when appropriate
• Effectively communicate with team members and customers, Be able to articulate technology to a non-technical audience
• Build relationships with technical team members in all offices
• Track and manage dependencies across lines of business and platforms, Maintain technical risks register with mitigations
• Create or maintain architectural artifacts like architectural overview, architectural decisions, integrations diagram, non-functional requirements
• Collaborate with other technical team members and create a forum for sharing knowledge
• Come up with innovative ideas to improve quality in delivery
• Deploy, administer and support Microservices components in a RedHat OpenShift environment
• Should be hands-on and be ready to write complex code while mentoring junior developers to learn
• Thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment and lead by example

• 15-20 years experience working on projects utilizing: Java, Web Development/REST (preferably with Spring), Linux, JUnit, Mocking, Maven, JavaScript, GIT
• Experience in the following areas are preferred – Microservices, Spring Boot, Spring Security with OAuth2, SOAP and SOAP UI, Jenkins configuration, AngularJS, RedHat PaaS (RHEL, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Camel, Fuse)
• Well versed in front end and back end development
• Good understanding of encryption technology
• Knowledge of infrastructure especially cloud infrastructure is desirable
• Should be conversant with DevOps methodologies
• At least 3 years of experience as a technical lead – coaching, presenting architectural/design elements to customers and team members
• Should possess strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Should have experience reviewing code for team members and etching out a concrete code quality plan
• Should have at least two years of experience working on projects using Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Should have 2+ years of experience using JUnit on projects
• Consistent incorporation of best practices and standards while coding; in particular: secure coding practices
• Good Exposure to building secure and scalable applications
• At least 4+ years handling customers directly should have presented architecture artifacts and technical solutions to customers and influenced customers
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills – should be able to influence customer stakeholders and senior management
• Team player and ability to work proactively, provide mentorship and directions to the team and making technical decisions independently

• BE/MCA or equivalent area
• 15-20 years of software industry experience

• Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high-availability and performance.
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Writing well designed, testable, efficient code.