NodeJS Developer

• 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.

JD-Backend Intern (NodeJs)

Internship Span – 6 Months (Fulltime)

Ventura Securities is establishing its fintech team - a remote-first, work from anywhere team with highly talented individuals who come from diverse backgrounds and looking to solve real client problems at scale. Ventura has been in the stockbroking business for 20+ years and it is a robust and profitable franchise with 1000+ employees currently. We are looking for passionate techies with skills primarily around AWS and Node’s/JS who are aspiring for a fast-track career.

Your Key Responsibilities: 

• Build out of the Ventura cloud-based backend platform from scratch

• Ownership and monitoring of our D2C backend

• Robust documentation skills and desire to share information with others

• Desire and ability to prototype ideas quickly, and be willing to experiment and learn

Basic Requirements:

• Very strong Nodejs, AWS Lambda, Postgres, ORM (Sequelize)

• Clean coding skills around Nodejs 

• Hands-on experience around writing testable code, working with git, doing peer-level code review, daily standups, and generally championing software excellence.

• Should have concepts cleared around Nodejs and JS

• Strong proficiency with JavaScript

• Ability to use Async programming to improve performance & productivity

• Strong problem solving skills with understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.

• What you get: 

• Chance to build out a next-gen fintech product from ground 0

• Opportunity to influence the design of the product

• Flexible and work anywhere environment running out of Slack

• Flat org structure

• This internship is paid internship.

Have an experience building backend server side applications in Node.js and Express.js

Have in-depth knowledge and experience of using ES6+ features and Object Oriented Principles

Have sound knowledge and are familiar with databases like MongoDb - (Preferred) and Mysql.

Have good exposure to cloud native technologies (AWS Lambda, S3, RDS, etc) 

Have working knowledge of version control (Git) and continuous deployment 

Have experience in optimising backend API’s and database queries for optimal performance.

You are good at problem solving and have analytical skills 

You are flexible in adapting new technologies and frameworks as per the projects needs

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the backend systems for our first product
• Build reliable, secure and performant backend systems
• Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team
• Mentor and provide feedback to teammates

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Deep and wide knowledge of Java ecosystem
• Can write code that is readable, maintainable, secure and performant
• Know the importance of tests and how to approach writing different types of tests
• Good intuition for REST API design
• Deep understanding of relational databases, transactions, entity-relationship modeling
• Comfortable writing highly concurrent systems
• Experienced in using profilers, tuning garbage collection, optimizing SQL queries

Desired Skills and Experience

• Golang , Java , Python , Ruby

• Working with the product team to develop new features focused on improving the user experience
• Improving existing features and working on streamlining client implementations through improved tools
• Improving our technical architecture and building out a continuous integration pipeline
• Modernizing our front-end in new frameworks
• Everything else - our team is small and you'll likely be involved in almost every tech-related thing going on
  
  

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience building consumer-facing web apps
• You are interested in the full-stack opportunity and love building a feature from start to finish
• Self-starter with a deep interest in tech - we want someone who will come in with opinions, and shape our engineering practices and decisions for the better
• An eye for design - you'll have an important role in making the product look great
• Believe in our mission and love the idea of working in education to help students succeed
  
  

Technologies you'll work with:

• NodeJS, http://sails.js/">Sails.JS
• http://react.js/">React.js, Redux, Redux-Saga
• Kubernetes, Postgres, ElasticSearch, Redis, RabbitMQ
• Whatever else you decide - we're constantly re-evaluating our stack and tools
• Having prior experience with the technologies is a plus, but not mandatory for skilled candidates.

Benefits

• Remote Option - You can work from any location of your choice
• Reimbursement of Home Office Setup
• Competitive Salary
• Friendly atmosphere
• Flexible paid vacation policy