Node JS Developer

We are a fast-growing startup based in Gurgaon, and have just raised our Pre Series A! We are happy to offer the right compensation, the right ESOPs, and the right freedom and autonomy to the right candidate! 

 

We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer to take our product to the next level. 

 

* Development with NodeJS and front-end languages/frameworks (jQuery, ReactJS/AngularJS, CSS3, HTML5)
* 4+ years of SQL experience (MySQL preferred)
* Experience developing RESTful Web Services, Web APIs, and micro-services.
* Integrating with a third-party system via RESTful APIs.
* 4+ years of solid experience with SQL and NoSQL-based solutions.
* Experience with AWS deployments.
* Troubleshoot and resolve issues in production and non-production environments.
* Ability to write clean, modular, reusable code (using design patterns) and experience with a unit-test-driven approach to development.

* Familiarity with Elasticsearch is an advantage
* Experience with Redis is an advantage

Mandatory Skills
• Strong Restful API, Micro-services development experience using ASP.NET CORE Web APIs (C#);
• Must have exceptionally good software design and programming skills in .Net Core (.NET 3.X, .NET 6) Platform, C#, ASP.net MVC, ASP.net Web API (RESTful), Entity Framework & LINQ
• Good working knowledge on Azure Functions, Docker, and containers
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure Platform - Azure Functions, Application Gateway, API Management, Redis Cache, App Services, Azure Kubernetes, CosmosDB, Azure Search, Azure Service Bus, Function Apps, Azure Storage Accounts, Azure KeyVault, Azure Log Analytics, Azure Active Directory, Application Insights, Azure SQL Database, Azure IoT, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Data Factory, Virtual Networks and networking.
• Strong SQL Server expertise and familiarity with Azure Cosmos DB, Azure (Blob, Table, queue) storage, Azure SQL etc
• Experienced in Test-Driven Development, unit testing libraries, testing frameworks.
• Good knowledge of Object Oriented programming, including Design Patterns
• Cloud Architecture - Technical knowledge and implementation experience using common cloud architecture, enabling components, and deployment platforms.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, along with the proven ability to work as a team with other disciplines outside of engineering are a must
• Solid analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
Desirable Skills:
• Certified Azure Solution Architect Expert
o Microsoft Certified: Azure – Fundamentals Exam AZ-900
o Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator – Associate Exam AZ-104
o Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer – Associate Exam AZ-204
o Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
o Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
• Good understanding of software architecture, scalability, resilience, performance;
• Working knowledge of automation tools such as Azure DevOps, Azure Pipeline or Jenkins or similar

Roles & Responsibilities
• Defining best practices & standards for usage of libraries, frameworks and other tools being used;
• Architecture, design, and implementation of software from development, delivery, and releases.
• Breakdown complex requirements into independent architectural components, modules, tasks and strategies and collaborate with peer leadership through the full software development lifecycle to deliver top quality, on time and within budget.
• Demonstrate excellent communications with stakeholders regarding delivery goals, objectives, deliverables, plans and status throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Should be able to work with various stakeholders (Architects/Product Owners/Leadership) as well as team - Lead/ Principal/ Individual Contributor for Web UI/ Front End Development;
• Should be able to work in an agile, dynamic team environment;

We are looking for a focussed, energetic and motivated Senior Java Developer. You must have sufficient experience in Java Development, Spring, Spring Boot, AWS and SQS, S3. You will be challenged with complex and robust product development.

As a Senior Java Developer, you will be the most senior developer within the company working alongside other Java Developers, the Engineering Manager, and the CTO.

 

Senior Java Developer requirements

Solid development experience using Java, Springboot, SQS, S3 and Microservices

Experience working in Swing Java framework

Revises, updates, refactors, and debugs code

Write clear, concise and efficient code and ensure it is fully tested

Service and develop features using Java with AWS, JUnit, SQL and Spring framework

You have a good knowledge of Cloud technologies (ideally AWS)

Participate in peer coding reviews and work in a collaborative, agile environment

Demonstrate technical knowledge and expertise with a clear understanding on the products' technical composition

 

Senior Java Developer responsibilities

7-9 yrs minimum work experience

Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills

Excellent attention to detail and time-management skills

Serves as an expert on developed applications

Ability to adapt and learn new product/technology is key

Collaborates with internal teams to produce software design and architecture

Knowledge of Agile frameworks (i.e. Scrum) and has worked with Jira or Spira

Attend daily stand-up meetings alongside the Scrum Master

A self-starter, hardworking and committed individual

Work UK hours - ideally 9.00am - 6pm with the expectation to work out of ours when needed

Exp level: 5 – 7 years
Development Skills:
● Experience in developing real time software using C++ on Linux platform Design and
develop C++ Microservices for use in distributed systems.
● Experience with RESTful API development
● Experience installing, configuring, administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting
message brokers, ESB such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, MuleSoft etc
● Experience working with cloud and containerization technologies including AWS,
Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes etc.
● Improve quality of existing code base through debugging, re-factoring, and improving
unit and system tests
● Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with Agile mindset.
● Experience working with Scrum APM practices and tools including Jira, Confluence,
Git etc.
Networking Skills
● Understanding of Core Network protocols
● Experience in developing or integrating with real-time systems for networking
products
● Experience in developing with Software Defined Network Elements is an asset
● Understanding of Network protocols and access (MPLS, OpenBGP, OpenFlow) is an
asset
● Understanding of networking principles and concepts (SDN-WAN, SDN, labelling,
routing etc.) is an asset
● Understanding of 3GPP/5G network management, including Radio configuration,
QoS management, SLA management, Netconf, SNMP, directives is an asset

Position Title: Lead Product Engineer – Node.js

 

Company Overview:

AskSid was founded by two ex-Mindtree employees, who dreamt of bridging the communication gap in online retail consumer service at a global level. In a span of 4 years, AskSid has been repeatedly recognized and celebrated as a gamechanger in the retail space. From Nasscom declaring us as the No. 1 emerging SaaS company in India in 2019, to being named the “Most Innovative AI company” by CII and Accenture Ventures, we have carved out a definitive niche for ourselves. In 2021, AskSid officially became a Techstars Hub71 Accelerator portfolio company.

We are specialists when it comes to vertical AI for the retail domain and continually work towards innovating to make our customer’s lives easier through AI. We are looking for Engineers with a passion to build world-class technology products of internet-scale SaaS products.

Job purpose: 

Design, engineer, and maintain our proprietary framework, APIs, and technology components of a SaaS software product with the ability to scale it to millions of requests and thousands of concurrent users. 

Responsibilities

• Covert product feature requirements to software design that meets defined quality, maintainability, scalability, and performance KPIs
• Full stack engineering i.e. design, engineer, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain software components to QA and Production environments
• Conform, maintain, and improve continuous integration and delivery lifecycle processes
• Automation of engineering and production activities

Knowledge and skills

Education and Experience

• JavaScript (ES6) / TypeScript
• Node.js - RESTful services and frameworks development
• Microsoft Bot Framework 
• Dependency Management using NPM / Yarn
• Databases : MongoDB / Elastic Search
• Version Control : Git
• Engineering – CI, CD

Must have Technology Skills 

• JavaScript (ES6) / TypeScript
• Node.js - RESTful services and frameworks development
• Microsoft Bot Framework 
• Dependency Management using NPM / Yarn
• Databases : MongoDB / Elastic Search
• Version Control : Git
• Engineering – CI, CD

Good to have Technology Skills

• Cache frameworks – Hibernate / Redis
• Stream / Queue processing platforms: Kafka / Fluentd
• Cloud Computing – Azure / AWS, Dockerization

Responsibilities Include

You will break down business opportunities and problems into software solutions. You will work closely with the CTO to help product and marketing stakeholders distill the product vision and roadmap, into a technology vision. You will be responsible for the evolution of an already bleeding-edge highly distributed systems at the back-end, and would need to work with front-end architects to come up with the best user experience for the gaming platform. You will be required to make decisions quickly, and work under strict timelines. You would lead technology strategy through analysis of market trends and product requirements. You would help set coding guidelines and help bring the most modern tools to keep engineering processes most efficient.

 

Requirements

• B.E/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years or more of progressive software technology experience with at least 3 years in an architectural role.
• Completely hands on with technology and architecture. Start-up experience is a huge plus.
• Ability to quickly prototype and demonstrate technology value adds and educate + drive adoption within the extended technology team
• Excellent and robust understanding of scalable product system architecture(s), platforms and core technologies
• Demonstrated problem-solving and leadership skills to pursue correct engineering process in adverse conditions. Ability to embrace and demonstrate leadership beyond ownership
• Work with engineering leadership to setup and manage processes.
• Track record of thought leadership and out of the box thinking in the technology arena.
• Ability to work efficiently in an entrepreneurial and in a start-up environment
• A Java/Spring/Akka, Javascript or Golang rockstar.
• Deep and hands on knowledge of some of these technologies - MySQL, NodeJS, message brokers such as Kafka/RabbitMQ, NoSQL datastore such as Mongo, Cassandra, Arango, distributed caches such as Redis/memcached, container technology such as Docker and Kubernetes etc.
• Great proficiency in distributed systems design, with an ability to make the right trade-offs for creating future-proof solutions.
• Building quick PoCs and full-fledged solutions with various AWS managed services would be a big plus.

We are looking for a motivated and talented MERN Stack Developer to join our team, own the product and lead the development. Responsibilities: To define code architecture decisions to support a high-performance and scalable application with a minimal footprint. To design and develop different modules of the application based on requirements. To find and implement solutions to complex problem statements for different modules in the application. To design and develop logical and physical data models that meet application requirements. To address any technical bugs and issues in the process. Skills: In-depth knowledge of NodeJS. Experience in implementing applications using Angular or React. Experience creating front end applications using HTML5, React, LESS/SASS. Hands on experience with JavaScript Development on both client and server-side. Experience with modern frameworks and design patterns. Knowledge of a backend NoSQL database such as MongoDB, DynamoDB. Knowledge of Version Control (Git). Knowledge of Cloud Technologies like AWS.