Lead Java Engineer

About OJ Commerce: 

OJ Commerce is a fast-growing, profitable online retailer based in Florida, USA with a full-fledged India office based in Chennai driven by a sophisticated, data-driven system to run the operations with virtually no human intervention. We strive to be the best-in-class ecommerce company delivering exceptional value to customers by leveraging technology, innovation and brand-partnerships to provide a seamless & enjoyable shopping of high-quality products at the best prices to our customers.

Responsibilities:

Work with business-stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype, build and deploy it.

CRUD the backend code you own keeping maintenance, performance and security in mind.

Keep up breast of latest technologies and its ecosystem and adopt ones that aid safe product delivery at speed.

Automate the boring and mundane stuff for you prefer to be productive than being busy.

We are flat. Be responsible for professional growth of self and the team. 

• Tune application for performance.
• Take initiatives and manage change to work towards business goals at speed without compromising safety.
• Coach full-stack developers on backend skills.
• Provides problem resolution support, specific to application issues, identifies and resolves problems in application software, determines symptoms and ensures accurate problem definition

Develop functional, architectural and other documentation as required for productive functioning of teams.

• Be the brand ambassador for OJ Commerce by speaking at meetups, conferences, etc.
• We are fluid. Be ready for changing dynamics in responsibilities from time to time. Exciting isn't?
• Take the lead in digital transformation of legacy applications.

What you need to shine?

• You have the prior experience in modernising legacy applications.
• You are a passionate hands-on developer with deep experience in building enterprise grade software in Microsoft ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, SOA, Micro-Services and RESTful Services with knowledge of SQL Server database.
• You have the ability to see and work on the big picture (Application Architecture) and devilish details (Complex Code).
• Strong experience in developing web applications using C#, VB.Net, .NET, LINQ, Net Framework 4.0, MVC 3/4/5, ASP.NET Web API, .Net Core etc.
• You are Cloud savvy, preferably Google Cloud.
• You have rich experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with good knowledge of practical design-patterns and its applications.

Hands-on experience in building SOA or Micro-services preferably on .NET Core.

Proven Architectural skills with high standards in Code quality

Knowledge of ReactJS/Typescript would be added advantage.

Practical experience in Agile development methodologies of using CI/CD.

Extreme Programming (TDD) experience is sought after by us.

What we Offer

• Greenfield opportunity to transform legacy backend applications to latest technology stack.
• Fast-paced start-up environment: This is not for the faint hearted; you need grit and passion as much as you need the core skills.
• Work in an interdisciplinary team where learning from one another and developing solutions cross-functionally is a key part of our culture.
• Golden opportunity to make history by making big business impact.
• Competitive salary to take good care of self and family.
• Insurance Benefits: Medical and Accident cover.
• Flexible Working Hours

Job Description

The candidates for senior development role will perform the following responsibilities:

• Mentor and lead a team of developers.
• Accept ownership of teams projects and deliverables
• Should derive and design technical specifications from general product requirements.
• Advise ways and means to obtain performance metrics of applications and optimize applications. 
• Experience own and work on end to end on an application.
• Set Milestones and deadline.
• Must possess excellent attention to detail and be able to familiarize and quickly learn new Software/ framework/ languages/ technology with ease.
• Excel in solving complex problems and exhibit independent decision making. 
• Act as an information resource and the subject matter expert for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Experience delivering software in a scrum /agile environment.

Job Brief

The job requires .Net Sr Backend Developer. This Developer is expected to have strong technical skills, work closely with the other team members in development and ability to work stand alone. Ability to work on a small team with minimal supervision, Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality

Skills Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field plus 3-5 Years of .Net relevant experience
• Familiarity with the .NET framework, SQL Server, and design/architectural patterns (e.g. Model-View-Controller (MVC))
• Knowledge of .NET languages (e.g. C#, Visual Basic .NET)
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC)
• Understanding of Agile methodologies
• Good knowledge of databases like MySql, SQL. Ability to write optimized SQL queries and good knowledge of Stored Procedures.
• Sound knowledge of testing frameworks like NUnit, XUnit or MS test.
• Strong attention to detail
• Basic understanding of MultiThreading concepts
• Sound knowledge of Linq.
• Proven knowledge of WCF or Restful Web service creation
• Basic knowledge of frontend scripting languages like JavaScript, jQuery
• Sound knowledge of Design principle, OOPs concepts & Solid Principle
• Sound knowledge of Entity framework
• Experience with GitHub, Tortoise SVN Version Control
• Strong attention to detail
• Knack for writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code
• Sound analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
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Responsibilities

• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to mitigate and address these issues
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• Utilizing Microsoft's .NET infrastructure to create software solutions that meet clients' requirements.
• Collaborating with coworkers to facilitate the creation of large, complex developments, as required.
• Reformulating existing code to ensure adherence to stipulated guidelines.
• Checking your code to detect and remedy errors and omissions.
• Testing your outputs to ensure that they are in excellent working order.
• Deploying developments and monitoring uptake by the target audience.
• Using clients' feedback to inform the creation of subsequent versions of each development.
• Remaining abreast of coding and technological changes that will impact your work.

• 4 to 6 years plus experience in having implemented Hybris Commerce Solution.
• Working experience in Java, Spring, and Hibernate is a must
• Working experience of customizing Hybris Accelerators
• Proficient in Hybris core concepts and commerce concepts including, but not limited to, Hybris PCM Data Modeling, Endeca/SOLR, WCMS/ Customer Experience Manager, Cockpits, Cron jobs, internationalization, personalization, security concepts, and REST.
• Proficient in the catalog, order management, promotions, B2B commerce.
• Should have experience in handling multi/Omni-channel architecture through related Hybris Channel management modules.
• Good understanding of integration patterns/methodologies of Hybris with Organic SEO Search, Faceted Search, and Commerce Search.
• Should have exposure on the continuous integration build tools and code quality tools
• Working experience of Integration with external services such as payment gateways, Order management solution using Web services such as REST and SOAP
• Working experience of SOLR Search Engine is a plus

About Hop:

We are a London, UK based FinTech startup with a subsidiary in India. Hop is working towards building the next generation digital banking platform for seamless and economical currency exchange, with technology at the crux of it. In a technology driven era, many financial services platforms still lack the customer experience and are cumbersome to use. Hop aims at building a ‘state of the art’ tech-centric, customer focused solution.

moneyHOP is India’s first cross-border neo-bank providing millennials the ability to ‘Send’ & ‘Spend’ conveniently and economically across the globe using HOPRemit (An online remittance portal) and HOP app + Card (A multi-currency bank account).

This position is a crucially important position in the firm and the person hired will have the liberty to drive the product and provide direction in line with business needs.

About Individual

Looking for an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about technology and has worked with either a start-up or a blue-chip firm in the past.

The candidate needs to be a multi-tasker, highly self-motivated, self-starter and have the ability to work in a high stress environment. He/she should be tech savvy and willing to embrace new technology comfortably.

Ideally, the candidate should have experience working with the technology stack in the scalable and high growth mobile application software.

General Skills

• 1-2 years of experience in backend development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Behaviour Driven Development and experience in programming and testing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Dependability
• Accountability and Ownership
• Right attitude and growth mindset
• Trust-worthiness
• Ability to embrace new technologies
• Ability to get work done
• Has good code reviewing skills for conformance.
• Has good software testing skills and good code writing skills.

Technical Skills

• Exposure with back-end programming languages with hands on JAVA, Node JS etc along with Spring framework.
• Database administration and management of a hosting environment such as AWS.
• Sound understanding of relational and non-relational DB systems such as MySQL, Post-gres, MongoDB etc.
• Has experience dealing with JIRA (issue tracking tools), Confluence (knowledge management) tools.
• Experience with building and maintaining microservices.
• Experience with building and integrating the core system with external APIS.
• Good to have: Domain knowledge in the BFSI tech stack.
• Has handled scalability and worked on backend security protocols.
• Has worked on both mobile and web development.
• Has experience and inclination to work on architectural design and review.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities 

1. Contribute in all phases of the software development life cycle.
2. Partake in software and architectural development activities.
3. Conduct software analysis, programming, unit-testing and debugging.
4. Transforming requirements into functional modules.
5. Recommend changes to improve established application processes.
6. Work quickly with a clear bias towards actions and continuous development.
7. Participate in regular code reviews of peers and be open to pairing when necessary.