Node JS Developer

Job Description:
We are looking for 2 - 10 years experienced Ruby on Rails and VueJS developer responsible for building
applications, including anything from complex groups of back-end micro-services to command line utilities and
data processing scripts. Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop these applications, and to
coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Thus, a commitment to
collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and building quality products is essential.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and implement new modules and APIs for the BEAM Product
• Plan, build and launch features for our products
• Write unit, functional, and integration tests
• Estimate development tasks and meet deadline
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, and product design team members
• Scale our applications as our user base grows
Mandatory Skills & Experience:
Ability to work & develop in Linux environment
• A solid understanding of Ruby
• 5+ years of web application engineering experience with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS,
JavaScript, Responsive Design, Caching
• 1+ years of experience with a front-end framework (Vue.js & GIT)
• Solid 2+ plus years of web dev experience building web UI/UX interactions.
• 5+ years of experience improving the performance of Ruby on Rails applications with Memcached &
background job processing frameworks (Sidekiq, Resque etc.)
• Hands on experience in deploying applications using AWS Infrastructure using Capistrano automated
deployment.

As an Associate Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to collaborate on the creation and maintenance of scalable, high-quality software as we grow. You'll work closely with the CTO and quickly gain skills and responsibilities as the team and the technical requirements grow.

 

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop RESTful APIs leveraging Django classes, ORM and Postgres Database
• Develop solutions that meet business objectives while leveraging industry best practices
• Write high-quality source code to program complete applications within deadlines
• Troubleshoot and debug applications

 

Technical Competencies

• Expertise with Python language
• Experience with Django: maintaining APIs
• Familiarity using Git, code repositories, branching and merging strategies
• Ability to break down complex concepts, tasks, or problems into more simple, understandable language and action plans
• Excellent communication skills, and attention to detail
• Good Documentation skills

 

Perks

• Work from home
• Flexible work schedule
• Flexible standup meetings

 

Interview Process

• Two technical rounds with Senior Developer and CTO
• Cultural Fit interview with Project Manager

 

Please do not apply if you don't have professional Django work experience.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field plus 4-12 Years of Full Stack experience
• 3+ Years of experience as a Go Developer
• Experience in ReactJS (most preferred) or AngularJS similar front end frameworks
• Experience with the Python or/and Golang (preferably both), SQL, and design/architectural
patterns
• Experience in Java or dotnet or other opensource technologies is an added advantage
• Hands-on experience on SQL, Query optimization, DB server migration
• Preferably experience in Postgre SQL or MySQL
• Knowledge of NOSQL databases will be an added advantage
• Experience in Cloud platforms like AWS, Azure with knowledge of containerization, Kubernetes is an
added advantage
• Knowledge of one or more programming languages along with HTML5/CSS3,Bootstrap
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC)
• Understanding of Agile methodologies
• Experience with Threading, Multithreading and pipelines
• Experience in creating RESTful API’s With Golang or Python or Java in JSON, XMLs
• Experience with GitHub, Tortoise SVN Version Control
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong knowledge of asynchronous programming with the latest frameworks
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills
• Strong knowledge of unit testing frameworks
• Proven knowledge of ORM techniques
• Skill for writing reusable libraries Understanding of fundamental design principles for building a scalable
applicatio

**Technology Vision**

The B2B manufacturing industry has a lack of digitisation globally. NowPurchase is building layers of technology to help improve the productivity and profits of the manufacturer. For this we are building the OS (Operating System) that will seamlessly connect factory equipment such as furnaces and spectrometers to our software systems that provide real time optimisations.

The end-game is to use this interconnected system to do great production planning and autonomous procurement of their raw materials. The Heart of NowPurchase will be a marketplace consisting of these smart factories and raw material suppliers.

Here a video that explains our product journey:

[https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21](https://www.loom.com/share/ccd0ed9e7bc349d7bba851d762253c21)

 **Role Description**

NowPurchase is looking to add an immensely talented Backend Developer that will help us invent, design, refine and deliver products that will meet the above vision.

- Expect to build a lot of services and APIs in the cloud and stand-alone IoT devices to serve both the browser as well as native IoT enabled terminals that will be placed at the manufacturers' premises.
- Expect designing algorithms that model the metallurgy of the manufacturing processes as well as using tools such as linear programming, machine learning etc.

 **What are the expectations from this role?**

- Deliver high quality modular code deployed to serve web, mobile and native IoT enabled terminals that leverage REST-based services and real time sockets. This would include algorithms for real time optimizations that are critical for the manufacturing process.
- You are empowered to work directly with leadership and the product team to make decisions about your code and future of the product.
- Have a strong emphasis on shipping features quickly without sacrificing code quality. Be ready to build a lot of MVPs that will go through iteration or be completely scrapped depending on the outcome at the customer end.
- Own your Agile projects and responsible for software design to implementation and deployment. Maintain sprints, delivery timelines and contribute to better managing the engineering team.
- Collaborate on the end to end design and implementation of the platform, including data modeling, systems architecture, data security, access controls, architecture, user experience, deployment, automation, and monitoring.
- Maintain a high level of data integrity, quality and security checks.
- Develop data pipelines and RESTful services that are distributed, robust and highly performant.
- Build a culture of simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code that other developers emulate and you ensure through thorough code reviews and processes.

 **Qualifications and Experience**

- 1+ years of demonstrated software engineering experience in an agile environment designing, architecting and implementing robust scalable systems preferably for modern SaaS application
- Experience with modern server-side programming languages such as Python, Scala, Go. Experience with web frameworks such as Django Rest Framework, Flask.
- Experience with architecting asynchronous services with design patters leveraging PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Celery for storage and multi-tenant servers over AWS Elastic BeanStalk.

 **Compensation & Benefits**

- **Cash Compensation:** As per industry standards & pedigree of candidate
- **ESOPs:** 10% of NowPurchase is dedicated to current & future team members. Your package would entail some ESOPs so that you own a part of the company and grow along with it.
- **Medical Insurance:** Benefits of group insurance of 3 lakhs for family including parents, spouse, children
- **Generous leave structure and WFHs** including Marriage, Maternity & Paternity leaves
- **Complete Relocation Expenses:** We are building a unicorn out of the city of Joy (Kolkata). We will pay for everything you spend to relocate here.

 **Possible Growth path**

Backend Developer > Senior Backend End Engineer > Engineering Manager > VP of Engineering

## **Tech Stack**

- React/Redux
- Python/Django/Celery
- Git, AWS, ELB (Elastic Beanstalk), Netlify
- PostgreSQL/Redis/S3

 **Hiring Process**

1. Screening of applicants & initial telephonic call with Manager -HR
2. F2F/Video Interview with Engineering Manager and Cofounder CTO
3. Take home written assessment
4. F2F/Video Interview with Cofounder CEO
5. Email communication on final feedback

The end to end process shall take less than 10 days. We pride ourselves on being transparent & moving fast.

*Candidates who accept an offer may join within 1 hour, 1 week or up to 45days of signing - though, we have a preference for as short a gap period between signing and joining since we're at the most exciting part of our journey - laying the foundation for the NowPurchase platform!*

• Basic knowledge of Oracle Forms and reports - (Must)
• Good experience on SQL*Loader.
• Should Knowledge on Agile / Scrum.
• Handled errors using Exception Handling extensively for the ease of debugging and displaying the error messages in the application.
• Using SQL developer tool we debugged the code and unit test
• Knowledge of oracle programming
• MySQL, Oracle,
• Knowledge of Unix platform
• PostgreSQL
• advance database knowledge.
• Writing PL/SQL and PL/MySQL
• Coding support
• Debugging & Project module management
• Deployment and fine-tuning as per team lead.

 

Designation: Senior Backend Developer
Location: Remote
Reporting to: Product Manager

Principal Accountabilities:
● Develop, Enhance, and Modify Applications for a Global Market Environment.
● Design, Code, Test, Debug, and Document programs for corporate systems architecture.
● Work closely with Business stakeholders to define requirements for system applications

Work Dimensions:
● API integration, Application deployment, Test Driven Development & Agile methodologies
● Database designing ; (Knowledge of NoSQL databases is a plus).
● Familiarity in Unix/Linux development environments & tools including scripting.
● Designing system architecture for solving complex problems with a sound understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.

Work Context:
● A fast moving, high growth, entrepreneurial environment.
● Need to work on Git and work in a highly collaborative environment.
● Timely reporting is required.
● Must typically have in-depth knowledge of development tools and languages
● Ensure full legal and ethical compliance and conduct of business at all times and under all circumstances
● Attention to detail needed to maintain a global standard of work output
● Supervise, mentor, coach a small team of associates on a day to day basis for better
management of their performance.

Role requirements:
● 2 to 6 years of experience in the IT industry
● 2+ years of experience in NodeJS
● Graduate degree (B.Tech/ BSc. IT) in IT/Engineering/Computer Science
● Strong problem-solving abilities
● Good communication skills.
● A good team player

Skills Required:
 
- Good Analytical and Communication skills.

- Strong proficiency with JavaScript
- Knowledge of Nodejs and frameworks available for it such as Express, etc.

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

- Good understanding of server-side templating languages such as Jade, EJS, etc.

- Good understanding of server-side CSS pre-processors such as SCSS, Stylus, Less, etc.

- 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

Who are we? We are an early stage startup working on an EdTech platform for the global audience. Our mission is to break the barriers to knowledge and make professional skills accessible to everyone. The founding team has experience in technology and business across US, Europe and India. We are currently operating out of India and Germany. Why join us? In addition to the thrill of building a global product from scratch, we promise you a fun and challenging work atmosphere. You will have unparalleled opportunity to design and prioritize features that align with the business objectives. True to our mission, we ensure that our employees are being mentored for their own development and grow with the company. Job description We are calling in applications from software professionals who want to have a big impact on how this platform will shape up. As an early employee, you are expected to act proactively and take lead in developing features of the platform. Specifically, we are looking for following technical skills - Desired technical expertise - - Strong proficiency with AngularJS and related available frameworks and js libraries (MEAN.io / Radian etc) - Experience in cloud-based technologies (either Amazon's AWS, Google's GCP or Microsoft's Azure) - Working knowledge of database technologies (preferably MySQL) - Working knowledge of HTML5, Javascript, CSS/CSS3, Jquery, responsive design using bootstrap etc. - Working knowledge of UI and UX using newer JS technologies like Material Design, NGX-Bootstrap, Angular Material, etc. Ideal fit for the company - - Strong logical and analytical thinking - Passionate for coding and developing software solutions - Someone with a go-getter attitude who does not wait for instructions - Hungry for learning and personal development