Lead MERN Stack Developer

Position Overview :

As an Intermediate Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain high-performance and scalable applications for Membership, Marketing, and Map services. Your role involves coding, unit testing, and building applications to meet the needs of millions of Sam's members. You should be intellectually curious, passionate about technology, and a supportive team player.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, code, and test scalable applications in Java and React.

- Ensure high performance and maintainability of applications.

- Participate in peer code reviews and support team deliverables.

- Manage applications to meet engineering and operational excellence criteria.

- Collaborate with team members to align efforts with business needs.

Required Skills and Experience :

- Java : Experience with Java 8 or above, including lambda functions and streams.

- React : Proficiency in React, including tools like Flux, Flow, and Redux.

- Testing : Strong in writing modular and testable code with frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, and Mock MVC.

- Front-End : In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and React fundamentals.

- Micro-Services : Experience with micro-services architecture and distributed systems.

- Spring Boot : Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and related technologies.

- Databases : Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., Cosmos DB).

- Caching : Knowledge of caching technologies like Redis or Memcached.

- Monitoring : Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus and Splunk.

- CI/CD : Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Git, Maven, and Gradle.

- Containerization : Experience with Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes.

- Cloud Platforms : Experience with Azure, GCP, or similar public cloud platforms.

- Performance Testing: Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter is a plus.

- Retail Domain Knowledge : Good understanding of the retail domain is beneficial.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

- 7+ years of experience in software engineering or a related field.

Additional Information :

- Strong problem-solving skills and analytical thinking.

- Ability to work effectively in a team environment

1. Java Lead : 8-12 Years – GGN Location - NP : 60 Days max

• Experience on Full stack development and Microservices Architecture.
• Proven experience implementing distributed applications in a container environment (Docker/Kubernetes) along with considerable experience configuring and administrating Linux (or other Unix-like) systems Software engineering experience designing Enterprise Cloud Applications with Golang will be preferred
• Experience in any Databases like Postgres or any NoSQL DB like MongoDb
• Expertise in defining business architecture, business process definition & modelling, use cases, and requirements definition, and associated best practice processes for defining these artifacts
• Proven proficiency in grasping requirements and building illustrative features with minimal specifications
• Experience working in SAfe agile development environments.

Require a Fullstack Developer with the following Skills:

NodesJS + Typescripts+ AWS Lambda + AWS Step Functions as mandatory skill sets

Position – Principal Architect

Location – Bangalore/Mumbai/Remote

About Us

upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc.

upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the careers of tomorrow.

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About the Role

A highly motivated individual who has experience in architecting end to end web based ecommerce/online/SaaS products and systems; bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Able to understand expected business results and map architecture to drive business forward. Passionate about building world class solutions.

Role and Responsibilities

• Work with Product Managers and Business to understand business/product requirements and vision.
• Provide a clear architectural vision in line with business and product vision.
• Lead a team of architects, developers, and data engineers to provide platform services to other engineering teams.
• Provide architectural oversight to engineering teams across the organization.
• Hands on design and development of platform services and features owned by self - this is a hands-on coding role.
• Define guidelines for best practices covering design, unit testing, secure coding etc.
• Ensure quality by reviewing design, code, test plans, load test plans etc. as appropriate.
• Work closely with the QA and Support teams to track quality and proactively identify improvement opportunities.
• Work closely with DevOps and IT to ensure highly secure and cost optimized operations in the cloud.
• Grow technical skills in the team - identify skill gaps with plans to address them, participate in hiring, mentor other architects and engineers.
• Support other engineers in resolving complex technical issues as a go-to person.

Skills/Experience

• 12+ years of experience in design and development of ecommerce scale systems and highly scalable SaaS or enterprise products.
• Extensive experience in developing extensible and scalable web applications with
  • Java, Spring Boot, Go
  • Web Services - REST, OAuth, OData
  • Database/Caching - MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, Memcached/Redis
  • Queue/Broker services - RabbitMQ/Kafka
  • Microservices architecture via Docker on AWS or Azure.
• Experience with web front end technologies - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as jQuery, AngularJS, React, Vue.js, Bootstrap etc.
• Extensive experience with cloud based architectures and how to optimize design for cost.
• Expert level understanding of secure application design practices and a working understanding of cloud infrastructure security.
• Experience with CI/CD processes and design for testability.
• Experience working with big data technologies such as Spark/Storm/Hadoop/Data Lake Architectures is a big plus.
• Action and result-oriented problem-solver who works well both independently and as part of a team; able to foster and develop others' ideas as well as his/her own.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and schedule a high workload and multiple parallel projects efficiently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Long term experience with at least one product from inception to completion and evolution of the product over multiple years.

Qualification

B.Tech/MCA (IT/Computer Science) from a premier institution (IIT/NIT/BITS) and/or a US Master's degree in Computer Science.

Years of Exp – 14+

1. Extensive experience in Javascript / NodeJS in the back end
2. Front end frameworks such as Bootstrap, Pug, Jquery
3. Experience in web frameworks like ExpressJS, Webpack
4. Experience in Nginx, Redis, Apache Kafka and MQTT
5. Experience with MongoDB
6. Experience with Version Control Systems like Git / Mercurial
7. Sound knowledge in Software engineering best practices
8. Sound knowledge in RestFul API Design
9. Working knowledge of Automated testing tools
10. Experience in maintaining production servers (Optional)
11. Experience with Azure DevOps (Optional)

1. Experience in digital payments or financial services industry is a plus.
2. Participation in the processes of strategic project-planning meetings.
3. Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle.
4. Collaborate with External Development Teams.
5. Define and communicate technical and design requirements, understanding workflows and write code as per requirements.
6. Develop functional and sustainable web applications with clean codes.
7. Focus on coding and debugging.

• Looking for 0-30 Days and Notice Period Serving resources (Across the Globe)
• 4-13 years developing n-tier modern software applications in a highly transparent agile organization with iterations, continuous integration, and a drive for quality
• At least 4 years of experience in software development building Web Services in Java, SpringBoot, Elasticsearch, and Open source technologies
• At least 4 years UI programming experience with JavaScript, CSS, JSON
• At least 3 years using ReactJS or VueJS, jQuery and Bootstrap, or similar frameworks
• Experienced in service layer integration (e.g. data, authentication, 3rd party systems) using Ajax and REST APIs.
• Experienced in UI and backend unit testing, functional testing, and performance testing tools.
• Must have experience building responsive web applications and related best practices.
• Experience in building Micro Services using cloud native environments like Azure, Spring Cloud, AWS or GCP with sound understanding of Micro Services Design Patterns
• Strong interpersonal, written communication, and presentation skills
• Experience with real-time streaming processing (Kafka/Storm) is preferred
• Proven ability to design and implement web services in a RESTful manner, along with understanding our broader service-oriented architectures
• Proven ability to work within a cross functional agile team
• Must be a self-starter and able to work well with others in a fast-paced agile environment with an emphasis on collaborating and assisting the team to meet business objectives
• Ability to use tools such as JIRA, Git, etc. preferred
• Experience with containerized environments such as PCF, Docker, etc. is highly desirable