
Lead Software Engineer - Backend
at helps travellers discover & book the most incredible tours
Lead Software Engineer - Backend
It is evolving the way people discover the world by connecting them with exceptional experiences in their city at the push of a button. We are building a magical platform that gets everyone to head out and have fun in a matter of seconds; no matter where you are and what you want to do. We are combining a delightful product experience, data-driven decisions, sophisticated supply side logistics network, and world-class operations to solve a huge basic human problem: how do we have a good time?
We’re growing rapidly with over $200M in annualized sales, 150,000 monthly transactions and profitable unit economics. We are backed by some of the finest investors in Silicon Valley & India.
We like to solve real-world problems in the simplest, most elegant manner possible. We’re looking for a QA Lead with the ability and passion for building solutions to people-centered problems that are created at the intersection of human behavior and technology. You should also be capable of building and mentoring a fast-growing passionate, young, and talented team. We love folks who have a sense of humor and know how to have fun.Dream, build and iterate. That's our mantra. Because good just isn't good enough.
👩💻 The Role
- Full responsibility of designing and building core modules on the application and infrastructure layer.
- Lead a fast-growing team of young, passionate, talented and fun loving superstars.
- Solve challenging architectural and design problems.
- Get your hands dirty with clustering, replication, databases, build systems and infrastructure automation etc.
- Be responsible for building concurrent, performant and scalable services which will power the entire Headout ecosystem.
- Build and contribute to open-source libraries and components.
🌟 Our Dream Engineer
- A penchant for learning and building with new technologies and frameworks.
- You love working with people and have worked in a lead position in the past.
- A knack for writing the most performance optimized code along with it being modular and scalable.
- No challenge is too big to solve; love thinking product and excited to ideate & build stuff all by yourself.
- You're interested in being an early employee at a growing company, with the influence and responsibility that entails.
- You have broad and deep knowledge across a variety of contemporary technologies.
💝 We like
- Strong CS fundamentals, good working knowledge of classic algorithms and data structures.
- 2+years experience developing server-side technologies using any language or framework.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and people management skills.
- Experience working with Spring, Relational Databases, Concurrent Programming, NoSQL flavors, AWS.
- Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant systems and databases.
- Experience with setting setting up systems and infrastructure.
- Solid understanding of how the web works and its underlying communication protocols.
- People who can't live without solving that algorithm problem that they just stumbled upon.
- People who will give up anything to squeeze in that last bit-level performance.
- Anything else than can surprise us.
- Nice to Haves: An interest in travel, local experiences & hospitality.

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Location : Remote
Employment Type : [Full-time/Contract]
Experience Level : 3+ Years
Job Summary :
We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer (.NET, Azure) to develop high-quality, secure, and scalable software solutions. You will collaborate with product owners, security specialists, and engineers to deliver robust applications.
Responsibilities :
- Develop and maintain server-side software using .NET (C#), SQL, and Azure.
- Build and secure RESTful APIs.
- Deploy and manage applications on Azure.
- Ensure version control using Azure DevOps/Git.
- Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
- Debug and optimize application performance.
Qualifications :
- 3+ Years of server-side development experience.
- Strong proficiency in .NET, SQL, and Azure.
- Experience with RESTful APIs and DevOps/Git.
- Ability to work collaboratively and independently.
- Familiarity with Scrum methodologies.
Requirements:
- 4-6 years of experience in developing Enterprise Web Applications using Java/J2EE technologies with a good professional track record.
- Excellent knowledge in Core Java (J2SE) and J2EE technologies.
- Proficient knowledge in Servlets, JDBC & JSP.
- Good knowledge of Spring framework (MVC, Cloud, Data and Security. Etc) and ORM framework like JPA/Hibernate.
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- Experience in developing REST APIs and integration of third-party APIs.
- Proficient knowledge in SQL/PLSQL.
- Expertise in application/web server deployment and connection pooling techniques.
- Cloud deployment (AWS & Azure) will be an added advantage.
- Experience in Version Control tools like Git, Bitbucket, etc.
- Experience in data security and protocols is a must.
- Maven and IDE tools experience is a must.
- Multi-threading and serialization techniques knowledge is a must.
- Good understanding of end-to-end software development lifecycle.
- Ability to read and understand requirements and design documents.
- Good Analytical skills and should be self-driven. Good communication with interpersonal skills.
- Open to learning new technologies and domains.
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- Databases: MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL.
- DB Script: SQL and PL/SQL
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- Cloud Services: AWS and Azure (Good to have)
- Version Control tools: Git, Bitbucket.
- Deployment Servers: Tomcat, JBoss, and Web sphere
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Key Responsibilities:
• Expert in Shopify theme development and customization
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• Experience in CI/CD frameworks and using pipeline.
• Experience in Performance optimization, performance budget, FCP, CLS, LCP
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• Working knowledge in code optimization and improving site performance in shopify theme.
• Ability to understand anything that uses JSON REST/ GraphQL API.
• Proficiency in working with different Shopify JS APIs, Strong in Liquid code.
• Offering expertise in troubleshooting and resolution of front-end-related technical problems, guiding the team through complex technical challenges.
• A thorough understanding of Shopify admin/backend system and cross-browser compatibility issues
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• Should be able to do unit testing.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
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• Shopify certification
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• Shopify End to end project implementation.
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Responsibilities:
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- Solve complex performance problems and address architectural issues.
- Integrate and combine data storage solutions.
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- Troubleshoot and resolve issues as they arise.
- Collaborate effectively across different time zones using tools like GitHub, video conferences, and documents.
- Familiarity with common third-party APIs such as Google, Facebook, eBay, etc.
- Utilize version control tools and work with relational databases.
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- Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Display a keen interest in learning new tools, languages, and workflows.
Requirements:
- B.Tech / MCA/ M.Tech/ Msc IT.
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience.
- Wordpress experience is a plus point
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- Experience working with databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
- Familiarity with version control systems, preferably Git.
- Understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Python services &components
Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and security
Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
Help maintain code quality, organization
Understanding of established software development life cycles
Ability to prioritize and multi-task in order to meet deadlines
Resolves technical issues through debugging, research and investigation
Collaborate across various teams and with external clients
Contribute innovative designs and ideas for improving our company products and services
Required Skills Sets
Atleast 4+ years of experience in Design and Development with Python.
Experience in Flask / Django
Familiar with version control (Git)
Understanding of SQL
Strong Unit Testing practice
Understanding of design patterns, Microservices Architecture
Understanding of Scrum Agile methodology
Experience in data engineering & Docker is a plus.
Candidate Profile:
4+ Years of relevant experience with Python and its Principles.
Graduate in Computer Science or any related discipline (like BS / B.E. / B-Tech in Electronics,
Electrical, IT)
• Strong proficiency with Java programming & DevOps
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• Must havegood knowledge on Dockers.
• Must have at least 1to 2 years’ experience of Web application
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• Well versed Back-end build pipelines and tools-Professional, precise communication
skills
• Work experience writing Unit Tests
• Work experience on applying the best practices ofWeb Applicationdevelopment
• Working experience in an Agile team especially with SCRUM
• Good understandingof DevOps, CI/CD principles and practices
toimprove Software Quality & Efficienc
• Good understanding of web technology/enterprise level applications
• Good to have experience in in JavaScript frameworks
• Good to have experience in Agile Methodology
• Good to have previously worked on distributed systems
• Good to have working knowledge on Kafka and Redis
• Good to have exposure to stream processing and functional
programming
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Desired Candidate Profile
A minimum of 1 year of experience working in PHP. Ideally MongoDB and Restful API too.
Perks and Benefits
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Maintain existing WordPress client sites.
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Create clean, DRY, and reusable code.
Keep yourself and the team up to date with JIRA kanban flow work boards.
Work with Lead and junior developers as a team from start to finish.
Responsibilities and Duties
Fluency with WordPress, PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS/SASS, and Frameworks with Responsive design.
PHP frameworks knowledge and MVC understanding
Skilled working with vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, and other JavaScript libraries (Angular or React)
Knowledge of version control (GIT).
Attend meetings with in-house account managers and project leads to discuss technical requirements, timeframes, mockups/wireframes and scope of work.
Working both independently and with other developers.
Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
Adhering to best practices, comments in code, and documentation.
2+ year of experience with WordPress and PHP.
Willingness to learn Advance WP CMS and Liquid templating for custom theme development.
Experience building custom themes, plugins, and widgets.
Experience working with third-party APIs - SOAP, REST and other (Facebook and Twitter).
Required Experience and Qualifications
Key Skills
Strong knowledge of web performance optimization, caching. Experience working with WP Engine Server Environment. Benefits Additional Notes We are offering amazing career growth opportunities, great compensation, and benefits. This begins with: - weekly lunches, alternate weekends-off, annual medical checkups, social engagement, financial assistance and more.
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3 to 4 Years of working experience in WordPress is required.
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- Half-day working Saturdays
- annual medical checkups
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