Software Engineer

About us

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 8300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview

As an SDE 2 Back-end Engineer at Astra, you will play a crucial role in the development of a new vulnerability scanner from scratch. You will be architecting & engineering a scalable technical solution from the ground-up.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals, collaborating to deliver innovative solutions and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in vulnerability scanning. The role requires deep collaboration with the founders, product, engineering & security teams.

Join our team and contribute to the development of a cutting-edge SaaS security platform, where high-quality engineering and continuous learning are at the core of everything we do.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• You will be joining our Vulnerability Scanner team which builds a security engine to identify vulnerabilities in technical infrastructure.
• You will be the technical product owner of the scanner, which would involve managing a lean team of backend engineers to ensure smooth implementation of the technical product roadmap.
• Research about security vulnerabilities, CVEs, and zero-days affecting cloud/web/API infrastructure.
• Work in an agile environment of engineers to architect, design, develop and build our microservice infrastructure.
• You will research, design, code, troubleshoot and support (on-call). What you create is also what you own.
• Writing secure, high quality, modular, testable & well documented code for features outlined in every sprint.
• Design and implement APIs in support of other services with a highly scalable, flexible, and secure backend using GoLang
• Hands-on experience with creating production-ready code & optimizing it by identifying and correcting bottlenecks.
• Driving strict code review standards among the team.
• Ensuring timely delivery of the features/products
• Working with product managers to ensure product delivery status is transparent & the end product always looks like how it was imagined
• Work closely with Security & Product teams in writing vulnerability detection rules, APIs etc.

Required Qualifications & Skills: 

• Strong 2-4 years relevant development experience in GoLang
• Experience in building a technical product from idea to production.
• Design and build highly scalable and maintainable systems in Golang
• Expertise in Goroutines and Channels to write efficient code utilizing multi-core CPU optimally
• Must have hands-on experience with managing AWS/Google Cloud infrastructure
• Hands on experience in creating low latency high throughput REST APIs
• Write test suites and maintain code coverage above 80%
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
• Good to have experience in Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
• Good understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms and Operating Systems.
• Understanding of cloud/web security concepts would be an added advantage

What We Offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company
• Fully remote & agile working environment
• A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you get to build things from scratch, improve and influence product design decisions
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business
• Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally
• Experience with security side of things
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (last one was Chikmangaluru)
• Open and supportive culture 

Responsibilities: 

• Help impacts software quality and customer experience (CX) of product features. 
• Able to convert an LLD into code. Codes may need some refinement. 
• Solutions are tested (continuously testable, when possible) and may need 
• refinement. 
• Able to write reusable and well-structured code. 
• Understands software architecture (layers, software component, etc), has 
• knowledge about patterns 
• Understand and can use Algorithms, Data structures in solving problems. 

Basic Qualification: 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical discipline 0-1 years of experience 
• Impactful internship, if fresher out of college- preferred with reputed techno-product orgs 
• Excellent Functional skills- understands software architecture (layers, software 
• components) and has knowledge about design patterns. 
• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Node.js including object-oriented design. 
• Computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis. 

Wissen Technology is now hiring for a Java Developer with hands-on experience in Core Java, multithreading, algorithms, data structure and SQL skills. (Spring boot is mandatory)

We are solving complex technical problems in the financial industry and need talented software engineers to join our mission and be a part of a global software development team.

A brilliant opportunity to become a part of a highly motivated and expert team which has made a mark as a high end technical consulting.

Required Skills :
Exp – 4 to 10 years (Bangalore/Mumbai)
Experience in Core Java  and above, CXF, Spring.
Extensive experience in developing enterprise-scale n-tier applications for financial domain. Should possess good architectural knowledge and be aware of enterprise application design patterns.
Should have the ability to analyze, design, develop and test complex, low-latency client-facing applications.
Knowledge of multi-threading and high volume server side development
Experience in sales and trading platforms in investment banking/capital markets
Basic working knowledge of Unix/Linux
Excellent problem solving and coding skills in Java
Strong interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.
Should have the ability to express their design ideas and thoughts.

About Wissen:

Wissen Technology is a specialized technology practice for high end consulting primarily geared towards the domains of Banking & Finance, Telecom, and Healthcare. Established in the year 2000 in the US, we have global offices in US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico and Canada, with best in class infrastructure and development facilities spread across the globe. We are an end to end solution provider in Banking & Financial Services, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing & Energy verticals and have successfully delivered $650 million worth of projects for more than 20 of the Fortune 500 companies. We have more than 1400 highly skilled professionals.

We offer an array of services that includes Application Development, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Big Data & Analytics, Visualization & Business Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud, Mobility, Agile & DevOps, Quality Assurance & Test Automation and Infrastructure Management. Wissen is uniquely positioned to help clients with Building Enterprise Systems, Implementing a Digital Strategy and Gaining Competitive Advantage with Business Transformation.

Wissen Technology is been certified as a Great Place to Work® company in 5 years of inception which is a testament to our progressive and flexible work culture. As we cast our eyes to the future, we remain committed to our core philosophy of our management team ‘Employee First’.

•  5+ years of experience developing web applications using J2EE.
•  5+ years of experience in Spring Boot.
•  Good knowledge of MicroServices.
•  Experience working with tools like Git, Maven.
•  Expertise developing enterprise-level web applications and RESTful APIs using MicroServices, with demonstrable production-scale experience.
•  Working experience in Industry Standard protocols related API Security including OAuth is a must.
•  Demonstrate strong design and programming skills using JSON, Web Services, XML, XSLT, PL/SQL in Unix and Windows environments.
•  Strong background working with Linux/UNIX environments.
•  Strong Shell scripting experience.
•  Working knowledge with Oracle, DB2 or Mongo DB databases.
•  Passion to stay on top of the latest happenings in the tech world and an attitude to discuss and bring those into play.
•  Strong agile/scrum development experience
•  Strong collaboration and communication skills within distributed project team
•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Must skills:

Hands- on in the following:

• Java 8/J2EE
• Spring boot
• Gradle/Maven
• REST API
• ORM- hibernate/ JPA
• Unit Testing and Integration Testing- Junit/ TestNG

Good to have:

Hands-on in the following:

• CI/CD pipeline deployment
• Messaging- ActiveMQ/RabbitMQ/MQ
• DB2
• Kafka
• NoSQL framework exposure

1. Should be very strong Scala development(Coding)
2. With Any combination of Java/Python/Spark/Bigdata
3. 3+ years experience in Core Java/Scala with good understanding of multithreading
4. The candidate must be good with Computer Science fundamentals
5. Exposure to python/perl and Unix / K-Shell scripting
6. Code management tools such as Git/Perforce.
7. Experience with large batch-oriented systems 
8. DB2/Sybase or any RDBMS
9. Prior experience with financial products, particularly OTC Derivatives
10. Exposure to counterparty risk, margining, collateral or confirmation systems