MEAN Stack Developer

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Springboard engineering team is looking for software engineers with strong backend & frontend technical expertise. In this role, you would be responsible for building exciting features aimed at improving our student experience and expanding our student base, using the latest technologies like GenAI, as relevant. You would also contribute to making our platform more robust, flexible and scalable. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful impact as well as grow in your career.

We are looking for engineers with different levels of experience and expertise. Depending on your proficiency levels, you will join our team as a Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for the Springboard platform, which enriches the learning experience of thousands through human guided learning at scale
• Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues and so on
• Contribute to the platform architecture through redesign of complex features based on evolving business needs
• Influence and establish best engineering practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools
• Provide technical mentoring to team members

You

• You have experience with web application development, on both, backend and frontend.
• You have a solid understanding of software design principles and best practices.
• You have hands-on experience in,
• Coding and debugging complex systems, with frontend integration.
• Code review, responsible for production deployments.
• Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
• Re-architecting / re-designing complex systems / features (i.e. managing technical debt).
• Defining and following best practices for frontend and backend systems.
• You have excellent problem solving skills and are comfortable handling ambiguity.
• You are able to analyze various alternatives and reach optimal decisions. 
• You are willing to challenge the status quo, express your opinion and drive change.
• You are able to plan reasonably complex pieces of work and can handle changing priorities, unknowns and challenges with support. You want to contribute to the platform roadmap, aligning with the organization priorities and goals.
• You enjoy mentoring others and helping them solve challenging problems.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. You are able to communicate with various stakeholders to understand their requirements.
• You are a proponent of quality - building best practices, introducing new processes and improvements to make the team more efficient.

Non-negotiables

Must have

• Expertise in Backend development (Python & Django experience preferred)
• Expertise in Frontend development (AngularJS / ReactJS / VueJS experience preferred)
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Experience building multiple significant features for web applications

Good to have

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (or any cloud platform)
• Experience working with any Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas
• Experience working with GenAI ecosystem, including usage of AI tools such as code completion
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and applications deployed on Kubernetes
• Experience with refactoring (redesigning complex systems / features, breaking monolith into services)
• Experience working with NoSQL databases
• Experience with Web performance optimization, SEO, Gatsby and FE Analytics
• Delivery skills, specifically planning open ended projects
• Mentoring skills

Expectations

• Able to work with open ended problems and come up with efficient solutions
• Able to communicate effectively with business stakeholders to clarify requirements for small to medium tasks and own end to end delivery
• Able to communicate estimations, plan deviations and blockers in an efficient and timely manner to all project stakeholders

Experience: 7+ Years

Job Location: Remote/ hybrid

No. of Position: Multiple

Qualifications: B. Tech / M. Tech / MCA

Work Timings: 1:30 PM IST to 10:30 PM IST

Functional Area: Software Development

We are looking for a highly motivated and talented Software (Python) Developer to join our team and help build the components of the solutions. The ideal candidate is a versatile self-starter with a background in Python development. The Software Engineers responsibilities include designing and developing software for an large scale application that is hosted in AWS/Azure cloud platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality software that is performant, scalable, reusable and extensible in python.
• Responsible for over-all software development life cycle from design to delivery.
• Adoption and Evolution of the software engineering practices and tools within the organization.
• You will work closely with product management and other development teams to create responsive, and interactive interfaces.
• You will work closely with our solution architects, analysts and design team members to develop specifications.
• You must be able to design solution based on requirement and acceptance criteria provided in the story.
• Collaborate with other technology and business teams within the organization to provide efficient robust solutions to the problems.
• You will be required to demonstrate problem solving & debugging skills.

• Make improvements to our microservices, Cloud APIs and work on developing new capabilities in existing code base.
• Enhance existing capabilities in the application to meet the customer needs.
• Need to work in collaboration with other team members and management team.
• Uses data visualization techniques to provide insights on large data sets and input to finish Dashboards.
• Builds and maintains datasets to help subject matter expert.
• Must be able to work independently with some oversight and function effectively as part of a team in a joint working environment.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Must have 4+ years of experience in python application development
• Must have 1+ years of experience with Django framework.
• Deep understanding of object oriented and functional paradigms.
• Solid background in RESTful Web Services.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Knowledge of Relational database (MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle) and NoSQL is required.
• Knowledge of reactJS to be a Full-stack developer is a plus.
• Experience in visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI is a plus.

YourMauka.com is a fast paced SaaS marketplace for management professionals for faster hiring. Our mission is to reduce the hiring time significantly, enabling visionary creators to create their dream team quicker.

We are looking for a highly skilled computer programmer who is comfortable with both front and back end programming. Full stack developers are responsible for developing and designing front end web architecture, ensuring the responsiveness of applications, and working alongside UI designers for web design features, among other duties.

Full stack developers will be required to see out a project from conception to final product, requiring good organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Developing front end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back-end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside UI designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Well versed in finding, understanding and using appropriate APIs according to business needs.
• Developing with best coding practices aiming at code not being the bottleneck for poor system performance.
  
  Skills and Requirements:
  • Strong organizational and product management skills.
  • Proficiency with server-side languages such as PHP (laravel)
  • Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL
  • End to end ownership of Product Development and Product mindset.

You’ll be our: Business Software Team Lead

You’ll be based at: IBC Knowledge Park, Bengaluru

You’ll be Aligned with: Engineering Manager, Ather Web Stack.

You’ll be a member of:  Software & Intelligence

What you’ll do at Ather:

• Guide development team efforts towards successful project delivery.

• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.

• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.

• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.

• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web-based business applications.

• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards. Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.

• Package and support deployment of releases.

• Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.

• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.

• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.

• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.

Here’s what we are looking for: 

• Expert level of experience working with technologies like Nodejs and javascript.

• Strong DevOps focus and experience building and deploying infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies.

• Hands-on experience in writing applications at scale.

• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks.

• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.

• Expertise with code reviews with a major focus on best performance, scalability, security and future expansion.

• Should have worked on Scalable projects / large applications / Microservices architecture.

• Should have worked primarily on Backend Development projects.

• Good to have Object Oriented Development in languages like Java.

• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns.

• Experience in leading a high performing engineering team of ~5 members.

You bring to Ather:

• 5+ years’ experience as a Software Developer

• Prior experience in a technical leadership position

• College or University degree in Computer Science or a related discipline 

•  You will ne Responsible for revamping of existing LMS Platform along with designing and developing new projects.
• Researching, designing, implementing and managing software programs
• Testing and evaluating new programs
• Identifying areas for modification in existing programs and subsequently developing these modifications
• Writing and implementing efficient code
• Determining operational practicality
• Developing quality assurance procedures
• Deploying software tools, processes and metrics
• Maintaining and upgrading existing systems
• Training users for new modules
• Hands on experience in LMS or CRM will be preferred
  • Good knowledge on MySQL, ES6, Node.js, SaaS, AWS, Bootstrap and Css3
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