MERN Stack Developer

• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in React.js development. Proficient in JavaScript, ES6/ES7, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Strong understanding of React.js and its core principles. Experience with state management libraries, particularly Redux.
• Knowledge of modern frontend build tools and package managers (e.g., Webpack, npm).
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and asynchronous request handling.
• Familiarity with code versioning tools, such as Git. Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with TypeScript. Familiarity with GraphQL.
• Knowledge of front-end testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Enzyme).
• Previous contributions to open-source projects or an active GitHub profile.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines.

• Design, implement, and maintain API-based applications and REST services.
• Proficiency with Node JS.
• Must have experience in cloud services Azure Cloud/AWS.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Develop high-quality, efficient, and scalable code.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and SCRUM framework Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Provide technical support during implementation efforts, working with technical team members and with business users as required to provide troubleshooting and solutions to technical issues.

About the role

Checking quality is one of the most important tasks at Anakin. Our clients are pricing their products based on our data, and minor errors on our end can lead to our client's losses of millions of dollars. You would work with multiple tools and with people across various departments to ensure the accuracy of the data being crawled. You would setup manual and automated processes and make sure they run to ensure the highest possible data quality.

You are the engineer other engineers can count on. You embrace every problem with enthusiasm. You remove hurdles, are a self-starter, team player. You have the hunger to venture into unknown areas and make the system work.

Your Responsibilities would be to:

• Understand customer web scraping and data requirements; translate these into test approaches that include exploratory manual/visual testing and any additional automated tests deemed appropriate
• Take ownership of the end-to-end QA process in newly-started projects
• Draw conclusions about data quality by producing basic descriptive statistics, summaries, and visualisations
• Proactively suggest and take ownership of improvements to QA processes and methodologies by employing other technologies and tools, including but not limited to: browser add-ons, Excel add-ons, UI-based test automation tools etc.
• Ensure that project requirements are testable; work with project managers and/or clients to clarify ambiguities before QA begins
• Drive innovation and advanced validation and analytics techniques to ensure data quality for Anakin's customers
• Optimize data quality codebases and systems to monitor the Anakin family of app crawlers
• Configure and optimize the automated and manual testing and deployment systems used to check the quality of billions of data points of over 1000+ crawlers across the company
• Analyze data and bugs that require in-depth investigations
• Interface directly with external customers including managing relationships and steering requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience as a backend or a full-stack software engineer
• Web scraping experience with Python or Node.js
• 2+ years of experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.
• Should have managed a team of software engineers
• Should be paranoid about data quality

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Deep experience with network debugging across all OSI layers (Wireshark)
• Knowledge of networks or/and cybersecurity
• Broad understanding of the landscape of software engineering design patterns and principles
• Ability to work quickly and accurately in a highly stressful environment during removing bugs in run-time within minutes
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal

Additional Requirements:

• Must be available to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines
• Must have an aversion to politics and BS. Should let his/her work speak for him/her.
• Must be comfortable with uncertainty. In almost all the cases, your job will be to figure it out.
• Must not be bounded to comfort zone. Often, you will need to challenge yourself to go above and beyond.

We are looking for a dedicated backend developer (PHP) who loves programming and writes code that he/she is proud of.

As part of your job, you will constantly seek the latest technologies, be committed to using state-of-the-art solutions and never accept any performance on an ad-hoc basis.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent expertise).
• PHP - you should have at least 4 years experience in PHP and in OOP development. Can use PHP to supplement and extend existing product.
• PHP Framework - At least 3 years experience in one of the following frameworks: Symfony, Laravel, Yii or Zend.
• MySQL - Can perform SQL queries and build data-driven applications. Knows basic of relational database design.
• Problem Solver - Can effectively debug issues using tools like xdebug or chrome's console. Is familiar with stack overflow and other community resources.
• Version control systems - Can use Git and understand basic commands
• HTML, CSS and JS - Basic knowledge in HTML, CSS and JS, familier with one of JS frameworks is needed as well.
• Desirable Skills:
• Knowledge of APIs, such as twitter, Facebook, Google maps, Instagram, etc.
• Knowledge of NoSQL with some experience is plus.
• Knowledge of AWS, RabbitMQ, Redis, and ElasticSearch is a plus.

Responsibilities for NodeJS Dev

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic.

Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.

Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.

Implementation of security and data protection.

Integration of data storage solutions redis, mongodb.

Skill Requirement:

Strong proficiency with JavaScript or TypeScript.

Strong Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it such as Express, StrongLoop.

Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.

Good understanding of server-side templating languages.

Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors such as Stylus, Less.

Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.

Understanding accessibility and security compliance.

User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.

Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.

Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.

Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.

Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.