Lead Full Stack Developer

Job Overview:

We are seeking a skilled Senior Python Full Stack Developer with a strong background in application architecture and design. The ideal candidate will be proficient in Python, with extensive experience in web frameworks such as Django or Flask along with front-end technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You'll play a key role in designing scalable applications, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leveraging cloud technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust web applications using Python and frameworks like Django or Flask.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to define application architecture and ensure scalability and performance.
• Implement responsive user interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Utilize AWS cloud services to deploy and manage applications effectively.
• Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate them with Kubernetes.
• Ensure seamless communication with databases, optimizing queries and data models as necessary.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, adhering to best practices.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application issues in a timely manner.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in Python development (5+ years preferred).
• Strong application architecture and design skills.
• Proficiency in Django or Flask frameworks.
• Hands-on experience in front-end technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, RDS, etc.).
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Proficiency of database communication, including SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
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Job Description

The Opportunity

The Springboard engineering team is looking for software engineers with strong backend & frontend technical expertise. In this role, you would be responsible for building exciting features aimed at improving our student experience and expanding our student base, using the latest technologies like GenAI, as relevant. You would also contribute to making our platform more robust, flexible and scalable. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful impact as well as grow in your career.

We are looking for engineers with different levels of experience and expertise. Depending on your proficiency levels, you will join our team as a Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for the Springboard platform, which enriches the learning experience of thousands through human guided learning at scale
• Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues and so on
• Contribute to the platform architecture through redesign of complex features based on evolving business needs
• Influence and establish best engineering practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools
• Provide technical mentoring to team members

You

• You have experience with web application development, on both, backend and frontend.
• You have a solid understanding of software design principles and best practices.
• You have hands-on experience in,
• Coding and debugging complex systems, with frontend integration.
• Code review, responsible for production deployments.
• Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
• Re-architecting / re-designing complex systems / features (i.e. managing technical debt).
• Defining and following best practices for frontend and backend systems.
• You have excellent problem solving skills and are comfortable handling ambiguity.
• You are able to analyze various alternatives and reach optimal decisions. 
• You are willing to challenge the status quo, express your opinion and drive change.
• You are able to plan reasonably complex pieces of work and can handle changing priorities, unknowns and challenges with support. You want to contribute to the platform roadmap, aligning with the organization priorities and goals.
• You enjoy mentoring others and helping them solve challenging problems.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. You are able to communicate with various stakeholders to understand their requirements.
• You are a proponent of quality - building best practices, introducing new processes and improvements to make the team more efficient.

Non-negotiables

Must have

• Expertise in Backend development (Python & Django experience preferred)
• Expertise in Frontend development (AngularJS / ReactJS / VueJS experience preferred)
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Experience building multiple significant features for web applications

Good to have

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (or any cloud platform)
• Experience working with any Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas
• Experience working with GenAI ecosystem, including usage of AI tools such as code completion
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and applications deployed on Kubernetes
• Experience with refactoring (redesigning complex systems / features, breaking monolith into services)
• Experience working with NoSQL databases
• Experience with Web performance optimization, SEO, Gatsby and FE Analytics
• Delivery skills, specifically planning open ended projects
• Mentoring skills

Expectations

• Able to work with open ended problems and come up with efficient solutions
• Able to communicate effectively with business stakeholders to clarify requirements for small to medium tasks and own end to end delivery
• Able to communicate estimations, plan deviations and blockers in an efficient and timely manner to all project stakeholders

Principal Software Engineer

Opportunity in this role / Why should you join here?

You will enjoy working with us if you are looking to work in a stimulating, flexible, open environment. You will experience ownership and independence at the same time providing technical solutions that work.

You will be part of the madness and thrill of growing the business from scratch. You get to make decisions, fail fast and learn fast. You get to contribute, add value to the organization by thinking like an entrepreneur. You are supported by the best talent in the industry and work with creative teams. You are rewarded as you go on proving yourself.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science or related field
• At least 6+ years of experience with at least 4 years of software application design experience
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• A full stack generalist with experience in both front-end and back-end technologies
• Proven experience in high-level programming languages, like Java and Development of scalable Web Applications and Web Services
• Experience in JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React, NodeJS
• Passion for delivering products end-to-end, from ideation to implementation
• Proven experience building complex web applications and micro services
• Strong experience with Spring Boot stack (spring cloud, spring-data)
• Extensive experience in developing and consuming REST APIs
• Experience in PHP is a plus advantage

Responsibilities:

• Participate in design reviews and recommend improvements
• Provide technical guidance in software design and development activities
• Recommend new technologies to ensure quality and improve productivity
• Support in all phases of SDLC and ensure delivery of high-quality products
• Analyse business requirements and design/develop most effective technical solution
• Analyse and troubleshoot application issues in a timely fashion
• Work with other engineers in planning, prioritising and executing assigned tasks within deadlines

x• Work with QA team in preparing test cases and assist in automation

• Mentor other Engineers as and when required
• Assist in maintenances and upgrades of existing software applications
• Assist in risk assessment and mitigation activities.
• Assist in technical audits and make sure to implement audit recommendations.

Technical & Professional Requirements

• MERN stack developer should have the ability to translate Wireframes and PSD Designs into functional web apps.
• Binding of UI elements to JavaScript object models
• Creating RESTful services with Node.js
• MERN stack developer must have proven experience in front & back-end development
• Work in a cross-functional team to deliver a complete user experience
• Reactjs Nodejs developer must know MongoDB, Express, Node.js, & React.
• Write code that is cross-platform and cross-device compatible
• MERN full stack developer must have the ability to wear many hats and learn new technologies quickly
• Understanding & proficiency in REST APIs.
• Integration of data storage solutions [RDBMS, NoSQL DB]

Responsibilities & Skills

• MERN Fullstack eCommerce developer is responsible for writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementation of security and data protection
• MERN software developer must have good communication & interpersonal skills

• Leadership skills
• Lead and grow a team of 10+ developers.
• Self-motivated to keep optimizing and deliver best-in-class results.
• Deep thought and attention to detail.
• Strong technical and communication skills
• Well-versed with the latest tech: AWS, Postgres, Devops, Nodejs, Reactjs

Acrobyte Technologies, founded by an IIT Delhi alumni, has been Actively Learn's technology partner for over six years. Actively Learn is an educational technology company, based out of Seattle, USA, founded by a Harvard educated former Microsoft director and an education PhD who also founded a private school in Virginia.

We’ve built a digital, award-winning, reading platform, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Science Foundation, that is used in over 45,000 schools and by 150,000 teachers in the USA and overseas. Actively Learn is part of Achieve3000, a leading education platform that provides differentiated reading and instruction with over 2 million students using the platform. Actively Learn also serves as the innovation arm, leading new technology initiatives for the company.

Technology Stack

React JS, Typescript, Backbone JS, Node JS, C#, .NET, MySql, AWS, Mocha and Chai, JMeter, Neoload Selenium, Katalon.

Job Requirements

• 2+ years JavaScript experience
• 2+ years frontend React JS framework experience
• 1+ years of backend development experience (Node JS, C# dot NET, Java, Python, etc)
• 2+ years relational database experience (MySql, MSSQL, or PostgreSQL)
• Computer Science or related Engineering degree from a top-tier college

Job Highlights

• Do you like solving real life problems using technology? Actively Learn is on a mission to make students read for depth. Come join us on our journey.
• We are a small and skilled team. You will get to learn the complete life cycle of building a successful product.
• Opportunity to play multiple roles on the Engineering team (front-end development, back-end development, testing, devops, automation) and develop those skills.
• We maintain the strictest and highest code quality standards and take pride in that. There will be a huge learning in how to think and write clean code.
• Being an efficient agile company we work on various technologies and part of the role will be to research latest technologies and lead implementation.
• Flexible and fun work environment focused on innovation and creativity. We work out of 91 Springboard, the biggest co-working space in India, which allows for networking and collaboration opportunities.
• Highly competitive salary.
• Opportunity to travel to USA and work closely with the Seattle team.

Description

We are looking for an experienced IT MEAN Stack Developer who has an indepth knowledge and skills encompassing the front end, back end, language, Server, API, Database, DevOps processes.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Developing front end website architecture
• Designing user interactions on web pages
• Developing back end website applications
• Creating servers and databases for functionality
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

Technical Experience/skills & Qualifications required:

• Degree in Computer Science
• 6 to 8 years of experience in Information Technology with atleast 4+ years in MEAN stack development
• Highly experienced with back-end programming languages Ex: Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, JavaScript etc
• Proficient experience using advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, ReactJS, Node JS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, etc.
• Development experience for both mobile and desktop.
• Understanding of server-side languages including such-as Jade, EJS, Jinja, etc.
• Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications
• Experience in development using the DevOps tools like Kubernetes, GitHub, Jenkins
• Experience in developing applications on the cloud platform especially AWS
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB
• Understanding and implementation of security and data protection.
• Experience working with JIRA and Gitlab
• Maintain code integrity and organization
• Experience working with graphic designers and converting designs to visual elements.

• At least 2+ years of product development experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance java enterprise applications
• Extensive knowledge in Object-Oriented Programming and Design
• Extensive knowledge of Java, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Struts
• Exposure to or experience with Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins etc.
• Experience with HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, DOM, Reactjs
• Extensive knowledge in creating and consuming RESTful API
• Extensive knowledge in automated unit testing using JUnit
• Experience in AWS infrastructure
• Knowledge in writing SQL queries and interacting with database systems such as Oracle, SQL Server,
• Thorough orientation towards Code reviews, Coding standards, Design Standards, and Code Documentation
• Knowledge in design patterns
• Knowledge of Data modeling in RDBMS or NoSQL databases
• A proactive approach to identify alternatives for a given problem statement
• Should have worked on enterprise-class applications
• Should have worked in an Agile environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills