Lead Software Engineer

Job Summary:

As a Back-end Golang Developer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining our back-end infrastructure and applications. You will be responsible for crafting scalable, secure, and robust APIs and products that meet our high standards of performance and reliability. Your expertise in Golang and profound understanding of software engineering principles will be critical in building solutions that drive our company's success.

Responsibilities:

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers, product managers, and designers, to understand project requirements and contribute to technical discussions.

● Design, develop, and implement high-quality Golang-based back-end systems and applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.

● Create and maintain APIs that enable seamless integration with various platforms and services.

● Utilize best practices in software development, testing, version control, and deployment to ensure the delivery of top-notch products.

● Optimize existing code and database queries to improve overall system performance and response times.

● Conduct thorough code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members to maintain code quality and consistency.

● Implement security best practices in Golang development to safeguard sensitive data and prevent security vulnerabilities.

● Proficiently use Goroutines and Channels to handle concurrent operations and enhance system efficiency.

● Employ Go's built-in testing and benchmarking tools to ensure robustness and optimize performance.

● Implement caching strategies and data storage solutions tailored to specific project requirements.

● Develop RESTful APIs adhering to API design principles and standards.

● Implement logging and monitoring systems to facilitate efficient debugging and monitoring of applications.

● Integrate third-party libraries and APIs to enhance application functionality.

● Leverage Go's interfaces and struct composition to build modular and extensible codebases.

● Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in Golang and related technologies, recommending suitable technologies and methodologies to enhance development processes.

● Mentor junior developers, sharing your expertise and providing guidance to help them grow professionally.

Qualifications:

● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

● Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on back-end development using Golang.

● Proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality APIs and products in a production environment.

● Strong knowledge of Golang and its core libraries, with the ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.

● Experience with Go frameworks and proficiency in building RESTful APIs.

● Extensive experience with various database systems, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Graph, or NoSQL databases, and proficiency in writing optimized queries.

● Solid understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns, including microservices architecture.

● Familiarity with cloud computing platforms, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and experience deploying applications in a cloud environment.

● Experience with containerization technologies, like Docker and Kubernetes, is a plus.

● Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.

● Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Join our dynamic team and help shape the future of our innovative products and APIs with your deep expertise and passion for back-end development in Golang. We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and a stimulating work environment where your skills and contributions will be highly valued. Apply now and be part of our exciting journey!

Responsibilities:

• Lead simultaneous development for multiple business verticals.
• Design & develop highly scalable, reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems.
• Ensure that exceptional standards are maintained in all aspects of engineering.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to learn and share best practices.
• Take ownership of technical performance metrics and strive actively to improve them.
• Mentors junior members of the team and contributes to code reviews.

Requirements:

• A passion to solve tough engineering/data challenges.
• Be well versed with cloud computing platforms AWS/GCP
• Experience with SQL technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Experience working with NoSQL technologies (MongoDB, ElasticSearch)
• Excellent Programming skills in Python/Java/GoLang
• Big Data streaming services (Kinesis, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Distributed cache systems(Redis, Memcache)
• Advanced data solutions(BigQuery, RedShift, DynamoDB, Cassandra)
• Automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines Infrastructure orchestration(Docker/Kubernetes/Nginx)
• Cloud-native tech like Lambda, ASG, CDN, ELB, SNS/SQS, S3 Route53 SES

Our client is a rapid growth stage Edtech start-up focused on solving the teacher shortage crisis in the US education system using technology by bringing teachers to the classrooms and giving them access to the right tools to teach students in a highly engaging manner.

They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.

What does the role entail:

● Design, develop, and maintain software applications using .NET Core ,C#

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement new features

● Develop and implement unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality

● Troubleshoot and debug applications

● Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers

Required Skills:

● B.E/B.Tech in computer science

● 1 - 3 years of experience

● Hands-on experience following skills

MS Technologies: NET CORE 7+, C#

Backend: MSSQL / MySQL /Postgres

● Preferred understanding of Cloud: Azure/AWS.

● Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, Design principles, data structures, and algorithms

● Worked in an Agile software development environment

Designation - Principal Software Engineer

About Livspace:

Livspace is India’s trusted interior design and renovation platform that connects interior designers, homeowners and vendors. For homeowners, Livspace is their one-stop destination for all things interior. For interior designers and vendors, we’ve streamlined their workflow from design all the way to delivery through powerful and innovative technology.

We’re currently in nine Indian metro areas. We’ve made over 20,000 customers happy by delivering their dream homes to them. With over 3,500 interior designers on board, we’re the largest design community India has seen. We employ over 2000 passionate individuals who continue to grow and be a part of this exciting journey.

Working at Livspace:

Livspace believes in an open, intellectually honest culture where everyone is given the autonomy to contribute and do their life’s best work. As a part of the dynamic team at Livspace, you will have a chance to learn new things, solve new problems, build your competence and be a part of an innovative design-and-tech startup that’s revolutionizing the interiors industry.

If you value autonomy, enjoy challenges, believe in getting things done and can work with minimal supervision, come join us

As a Principal Software Engineer you will:

• Design, implement and enhance new components of the Livspace design platform and supply chain platform.
• Design new features for the e-commerce properties and front-end products and mobile apps
• Maintain engineering infrastructure
• Have significant impact on current and future technology roadmap
• Complete ownership of Service/Services that your team is responsible for
• Lead by example, mentor and guide team members on everything from structured problem solving to development of best practices
• Own large technical deliverables and execute in an exemplary way
• Be able to conceptualize and develop prototype quickly
• Contribute creatively in strategic products that will reach large audience
• Build a web product that users love.

Who you are :

• Deep expertise with any or combination programming languages: Java, Python NodeJS any Object oriented high level proprietary or open source language with strong programming constructs ( Java Preferred ).
• Substantial experience in building complex and scalable solutions.
• Strong object oriented design skills, ability to apply design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
• The ability to do deep problem solving and build elegant, maintainable solutions to complex problems.
• Experience leading multi-engineer projects and mentoring junior engineers
• You earned B.Tech or equivalent degree in computer science or related engineering field
• You have at least 6+ years of experience working with large scale web products

Your Array (Nice to Have) :

• Good sense of system characterization and identification of technical requirements
• Good learnability and adopt technologies that help build large scale, performant, reliable and sustainable systems.
• Architectural & Design Choices, Deep knowledge on one or more tech stacks, identify alternative tech choices and trade-offs
• Strong problem Solving skills, Identify feasible alternatives and freeze on the optimal choice of data structures and advanced algorithms
• Ability to work in fuzzy environments and complex environments
• Able to take high ownership of complex system components and drive it to the next level
• Good exposure both with tech breadth and tech depth