Lead Javascript Full Stack Developer - Video Commerce-Gadget/ Shopify)

Position Overview: 

We are searching for an experienced Senior MERN Stack Developer to lead our development 

efforts. Your expertise will drive the creation of cutting-edge web applications while 

mentoring junior developers and contributing to technical strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and participate in the architecture, design, and development of complex 

applications.

• Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering skill development and growth.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical roadmaps and strategies.

• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.

• Stay updated with emerging technologies and advocate for their integration.

• Develop and maintain robust and scalable web applications using the MERN stack.

• Collaborate with front-end and back-end developers to define and implement 

innovative solutions.

• Design and implement RESTful APIs for seamless integration between front-end and 

back-end systems.

• Work closely with UI/UX designers to create responsive and visually appealing user 

interfaces.

• Troubleshoot, debug and optimize code to ensure high performance and reliability.

• Implement security and data protection measures in line with industry best practices.

• Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in web development.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

• Proven experience as a Senior MERN Stack Developer.

• Strong proficiency in React.js, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB.

• Strong proficiency in Typescript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

• Familiarity with front-end frameworks like Bootstrap, Material-UI, etc.

• Experience with version control systems, such as Git.

• Knowledge of database design and management, including both SQL and NoSQL 

databases.

• Leadership skills and the ability to guide and inspire a team.

• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a strategic mindset.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

• Knowledge of AWS and s3 cloud storage

Location: The position is based in Hyderabad.

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 Job Description 

We are looking for a full stack developer to produce scalable software solutions. You’ll be part of a cross-functional team that’s responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. As a full-stack developer, you should be comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks, and third-party libraries. You should also be a team player with a knack for visual design and utility. If you’re also familiar with Agile methodologies, we’d like to meet you. 

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Strong Web API & Application development experience - React/Angular/Vue. (Php/Python background is good to have) 
• Hands-on with REST API standards & ORM modelling 
• Experience in API gateway & Serverless functions implementations. 
• Experience in PWA, offline & real-time data modelling 
• Solid work experience with UI application development using standard patterns (MVC/MVP/MVVM) 
• Experience developing desktop and mobile applications (Responsive designs) 
• Experience in AWS App Sync & Amplify frameworks 
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery) 
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. Node.js, .Net Core, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. React, Vue.js & Angular) 
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MongoDB, MySQL, Cassandra, AWS Dynamo DB, Azure Cosmos Db), web servers (e.g. Nginx/Apache/AWS/Azure containers) and UI/UX design 
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills 
• Great attention to detail 
• Organizational skills 
• An analytical mind 
• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics or relevant field 

Desired Skills 

• GraphQL / Apollo server integration 
• Ability to understand Hybrid or cross-platform applications using IONIC, React Native, Flutter 
• Ability to develop any test tools in Mac/Desktop 
• Experience with communication and messaging applications 
• Experience with security software and solutions 
• Experience in Python / JavaScript is good to have Responsibilities 
• Develop modular, reusable components for projects with industry-grade coding skills. 
• Ensure Project/Solution is implemented with full OOAD & design patterns methodologies 
• Design and build applications primarily for Web platform. 
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications 
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features 
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs, Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

• Drive the architecture and design of large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed software applications, tools, systems and services using object-oriented design, distributed programming, Java/Node/ Python, .Net.
• Hands on experience in delivering high quality software products.
• Gather business and functional requirements from external and/or internal customers and end-users, and translate requirements into technical specifications to build robust, scalable, supportable solutions that work well between a ranges of complex systems.
• Serve as technical lead throughout the full development lifecycle, end-to-end, from scoping, planning, conception, design, implementation and testing, to documentation, delivery and maintenance.
• Provide design reviews for other engineers, including feedback on architecture and design issues, as well as integration, performance and scalability.
• Manage resources on multiple technical projects and ensure schedules, milestones, and priorities are compatible with technology and business goals.

Responsibilities

• Mentoring Team of Juniors, Code Reviews, and System Design Understanding
• Design and develop APIs using NodeJs, TypeScript, and deployment using the CICD pipeline.
• Apply code reviews and development quality reviews to make sure best practices are implemented
• Expertise with MySQL including the design of schemas and development for these databases
• Understanding of System Architectures, Design Patterns, and SOLID Principles
• Knowledge of git-based workflows such as git-flow, Proficient with code editors & linting tools

Requirements

• 2+ years of development experience with NodeJS, and Javascript frameworks related to the web stack
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Good to have

• Experience with AWS Microservices
• Experience with payment gateways
• Exposure to AWS Services, policies, and the DevOps pipeline is a plus.
• Expertise with React, Redux, Hooks, and its core principles

• Must have knowledge in Angular or React frontend and Node JS
• Write reusable, testable, efficient code
• Knowledge of creating front-end applications using HTML5, CSS, and Javascript.
• Candidates should have Knowledge of recent Angular versions and should be comfortable working independently.
• Should have working experience with database modeling, ability to plan DB schema and write queries with ease(MongoDB, MYSQL, Redis)
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Comfortable working with Git/Github
• Ability and willingness to manage multiple projects and tasks.

• Develop Magento extensions based on requirements given
• Customize 3rd party Magento extensions
• Diagnose and fix bugs in Magento websites
• Customize Magento functionalities by following Magento standards
• Optimize speed of Magento by identifying and fixing bottlenecks

• Proficient in Object-Oriented PHP, MVC, Javascript, jQuery, prototype, SQL, HTML, and CSS
• Extensive in developing Magento extensions and themes
• Deep understanding of the Magento architecture and data flow
• Thorough understanding of Magento concepts of Layouts, Blocks, Models, Controllers, Helpers, Observers, etc
• Understands the ORM concepts and database structure of Magento
• Knows how to extend Magento functionalities including REST APIs
• Understands the performance bottlenecks of Magento and the ability to write optimized code
• Knowledge in Magento 2 is an added advantage
• Knowledge in Linux environments
• Good knowledge in GIT concepts and operations
• Knows how to consume 3rd party RESTful services
• Magento Developer Certification is an added advantage

Level 3 Contractor-to-Fulltime-Programmer Role:

Must have 1-2 years (ideally 12 to 30 months) of post-collegiate professional programming experience at a top SaaS company in React, Typescript, Javascript working within Visual Studio Code and Yarn, leveraging superior techniques with Routing, Components, State, and Props to deliver elegant consumer applications based on dynamic data.

Ability to translate user story completely into exceptional functionality that consistently meets acceptance criteria and delights users.  Ability to convert complex workflows into elegant experiences highly prized.

Experience with Firebase, Firestore, MongoDB, Heroku and other Cloud-based technologies to deliver scalable, performant data-driven applications, with deployments on Kubernetes.  Ideally experienced working with colleagues over Discord.

Ability to exhibit judgment to independently author test suite and testing scripts to evaluate code additions, ensuring no regressions in functionality or user experience.

Proficiency in translating complex mathematical concepts into effective data structures and programming practices.  Personal pleasure in solving mathematical puzzles elegantly is a huge plus.

Bonus for those possessing keen interest in better investing, wealth creation, and FinTech/WealthTech experience.

Collaborate effectively through coding tools such as GitHub, Jira, and Slack.

Enthusiastic, collaborative, driven, curious, professional, fast-paced, detail-oriented.  Clear communicator, flexible work hours to be part of experienced Silicon Valley product team. Able to make constructive contributions to improved team development practices
.

Anticipated first year will be entirely working from home given COVID as Level 3 Contractor, and upon completion of first anniversary will be eligible for sign-on bonus as full time employee. Required to have own effective laptop/development set up and sufficient bandwidth to be exceedingly productive.

We are excited to consider applicants from outside top IITs and top technical cities, so you don’t have to be a graduate of IIT Madras or IIT Bombay, nor living in Bangalore, Pune, or Hyderabad – we are more interested in exceptional and fluent programming talent and passion than just these degrees.  And all that being said, we confess we do have a founding team with degrees and DNA from Stanford, Harvard, and INSEAD.

There will be a technical task/test, a fit/communication interview, and a technical interview.

• IIT/NIT Graduates Preferred
• B.E/B.Tech with 1-2 years of experience in Ruby on Rails
• Hands on experience with using libraries such as RSpec, Beanstalkd, Faye and   background processing.
• Good knowledge of at least one of the Javascript frameworks like EmberJS, AngularJS
• Have a background in functional composition of web pages using HTML / CSS, and  turning a wireframe design into a well-formatted, user-friendly responsive web page
• Follow best practices like test-driven development, continuous integration, Agile    methodology, refactoring and code standards
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools e.g. Git, Mercurial or SVN
• Good knowledge of schema less databases such as Elastic search, redis as well as  Relational Databases such as PostgreSQL
• Excellent problem solving skills and bringing in new, innovative ideas to the table to  make the platform more productive
• Hands-on experience on deployment and maintenance of server (knowledge about AWS  and performance monitoring tools like NewRelic / CloudWatch will be a great plus)
• Should be committed to the job and the growth opportunity in a startup
• Should enjoy working as part of a team
• Should be  proactive, self-driven, and able to thrive in a fast-moving startup environment 
• Should communicate fluently and effectively in English, internally and with external partners