Node Js(MongoDB) Backend Developer

Requirement

• Developer Background: The ideal candidate should come from a developer background with knowledge of Java and other programming languages.
• Database Management: They must have hands-on experience with database management.
• Experience Level: We are looking for a minimum of 3 years of experience.
• On-Call Experience: They must have proven on-call experience, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication, and the ability to manage stress effectively. We also value collaboration, proactivity, and a curious mindset.

L2 Support Engineers are responsible for:

1. Production Issue Debugging

○ Analyzing logs and monitoring application behavior to identify root

causes of production issues.

○ Providing temporary resolutions using database-level fixes or

configuration changes.

1. Handling Escalations from L1 Support

○ Addressing tickets and issues escalated from L1 by providing immediate

workarounds.

○ Ensuring minimal downtime and impact on business operations.

1. Forwarding Issues to L3/Development Team

○ When a permanent code-level fix is required, the issue is escalated to the

L3 (Development) team.

○ Prior to escalation, L2 should provide a detailed analysis and temporary

resolution (e.g., database fix) to minimize user impact.

1. Root Cause Analysis and Documentation

○ Conducting detailed root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents.

○ Updating the Confluence Playbook with clear, actionable steps for L1

teams to facilitate future self-resolution.

We are looking for a PHP Developer who thinks of himself as a problem solver. He/ she can efficiently and quickly write code in a timely and scalable way. This candidate will be able to test the code and adjust it where necessary. They should also be experienced in contributing to the whole software design lifecycle.

Qualifications and Skills :

- Proper understanding of MVC design patterns, OOPS concepts, and Frontend technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.

- Hands-on experience with frameworks - Code ignitor / Laravel.

- Familiarity with MySQL databases and their declarative query languages.

- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

- Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions.

- JavaScript Frameworks - jQuery/Angular

- Knowledge of version control systems like GIT (mandatory).

- Must be self-driven and highly organized.

- Design, code, test, debug, and document software according to the functional requirements.

- Develop, maintain, and support programs/tools for internal and external clients.

- Analyze, diagnose, and resolve errors related to their applications.

- Define project planning and execution and on-time delivery.

- Familiarity with Agile project Methodologies.

Responsibilities :

- Understand requirements and develop solutions.

- Write clean, well-designed code.

- Produce detailed specifications.

- Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality.

- Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.

- Follow industry best practices and work with teams to develop solutions.

- Work with business analysts to produce reliable estimates and ensure the client's requirements and understood and documented.

- Deliver multiple projects using a team of developers.

- Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary.

Benefits :

- Get a chance to contribute and get recognition from Day 1.

- Exposure to innovative Technologies.

- An opportunity to learn new things every day.

- Onsite opportunities.

- Competitive Salary and Benefits.

- Health Insurance.

- Friendly, Supportive, Professional, and achievement-oriented management team.

What you need to have:

Skills: 

Strong knowledge of MYSQL/PostGreSQL; Knowledge of MongoDB, Redis, Couch DB is preferred. 

Expertise in application development, databases, version control, and deployment. Skill - Node.js, 

Experience of AWS or GCP - especially services such as Lambda or google app engine 

Solid grasp of Service-oriented architecture. Web Services implementation on a medium to large scale 

Solid understanding of scaling mobile app services. Having worked the backend of an Android app is preferred 

Culture: 

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision 

Happy to deal with, and contribute to, an environment of daily builds Has worked in small teams, is versatile. Work within short timelines and be receptive to business needs. Can work closely with Digital, Product, Operations teams. 

Desirable Social Attributes: 

Has contributed to one or more Open Source projects through own initiative. Has provided a high quality answer to a question posted on StackOverflow. 

Role: 

As a Software Developer who would work independently, the candidate is expected actively acquire problems and deliver solutions as well as guide the team technically. Such a problem solver would obviously be a self starter with a high level of curiosity rather than a programming language specialist. 

He/she would be required to produce software of the highest quality through self-discipline, clear and engaged communication, and attention to detail. The role would include custom web application development on (most typically on Node.js and PHP/Python), databases (most typically MySql and MongoDb), version control (github), testing (necessarily through test scripts written before code is written), daily builds and eventual deployment onto AWS or GCP. 

Attributes of the ideal candidate: 

Highly productive software developer with the proven aptitude to understand and apply technology 

Determination to succeed despite obstacles and challenges, and a positive attitude favoring achievement of goals over open-ended investigation 

Always learning, evolving, and sharing what you know 

Inspired by complex, varied problems and rapid change 

Open-minded, flexible, and curious about new and better ideas

Why you should join us

- You will join the mission to create positive impact on millions of peoples lives

- You get to work on the latest technologies in a culture which encourages experimentation - You get to work with super humans (Psst: Look up these super human1, super human2, super human3, super human4)

- You get to work in an accelerated learning environment

What you will do

- You will provide deep technical expertise to your team in building future ready systems.

- You will collaborate in a highly cross functional team, providing engineering perspective to non technical members of the team

- You will help develop a robust roadmap for ensuring engineering operational excellence

- You will establish clean and optimised coding standards that are well documented

- You will author efficient, reliable and performant systems

- You will design systems, frameworks and libraries that work at scale, are easy to maintain and provide a great developer experience

- You will be agile and curious about customer problems and business objectives

- You will actively mentor and participate in knowledge sharing forums

- You will work in an exciting startup environment where you can be ambitious and try new things :)

You should apply if

- You have a strong foundation in Computer Science concepts and programming fundamentals

- You have been working on backend web technologies since 8+ years

- You have built and maintained reliable systems that operate at high scale

- You’re experienced in building and running cloud-native platforms & distributed systems

- Extensive experience in any web stack (we use Typescript / AWS / DynamoDB / PostgreSQL)

- You understand the hustle of a startup and are good with handling ambiguity

- You are data driven, have customer empathy and enjoy building delightful applications

- You are curious, a quick learner and someone who loves to experiment

- You insist on highest standards of quality, maintainability and performance

- You work well in a team to enhance your impact

Skills Required for Back-End (NodeJS) JR Developer (2-4 Yrs) /Sr Developer (4-8 Yrs) /Lead Developer (8-10 Yrs) /Architect (10-12 Yrs):

• Must: Strong experience and understanding of NodeJS and JavaScript Programming, Good at Native Cloud or AWS
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.
• Good understanding of scalable computing systems, software architecture, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience working with AWS or other cloud providers
• Experience in service-oriented and/or microservice architectures
• Good to have knowledge with stream processing applications, Event-driven Architecture, Identity management (OAuth) - Not Mandatory
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases along with a server-side framework
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
• Good to have an understanding of low-level Kafka inner workings and partitioning schemes - Not Mandatory

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, review and evolve durable, highly scalable event-driven infrastructure
• Architect and lead the development of backend services.
• Work with REST APIs and integrating them with our software platform
• Develop front end capabilities such as dashboards, visualizations, features
• Work on building best performance UI features and linking with backend
• Integrate all the front end features with a backend pipeline 
• Integrate our AI models with the platform pipeline 
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance 
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Own new initiatives, Debug production issues
• Help define the way we work in the future including coding and design standards
• Work effectively in an agile development process
• Research cutting edge technology that can be applied to accelerate business growth
• Be the communication bridge be product owners and development teams

We are looking for a Software Engineer who will develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications for Shiprocket Platform.

Responsibilities:

• Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team.
• Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools
• Develop backend data services and contribute to increase existing APIs
• Ability to act individually in a complex and fast paced environment
• Closely work with the Product and QA teams to ensure smooth delivery
• Participate in solution designing with Tech leads and Systems Architects
• Document the development process, architecture, and standard components
• Coordinate with co-developers and keep project manager well informed of the status of development efforts
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development

Requirements:

• 2-5 years of experience
• A confident, self-starter, team player with drive, enthusiasm and excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage yourself and be a self-starter.

• Great people skills to closely work with other teams.
• Strong in establishing systems & processes
• Expertise in Laravel, MySQL and Git
• Thorough in Object oriented concepts
• Knowledge of restful Web services
• Understanding of web applications
• Working knowledge of one or more caching, queuing systems in desirable
• Familiarity with AngularJs or React is a big plus
• Excellent problem solving
• Can do attitude