NodeJS Developer

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Springboard engineering team is looking for software engineers with strong backend & frontend technical expertise. In this role, you would be responsible for building exciting features aimed at improving our student experience and expanding our student base, using the latest technologies like GenAI, as relevant. You would also contribute to making our platform more robust, flexible and scalable. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful impact as well as grow in your career.

We are looking for engineers with different levels of experience and expertise. Depending on your proficiency levels, you will join our team as a Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for the Springboard platform, which enriches the learning experience of thousands through human guided learning at scale
• Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues and so on
• Contribute to the platform architecture through redesign of complex features based on evolving business needs
• Influence and establish best engineering practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools
• Provide technical mentoring to team members

You

• You have experience with web application development, on both, backend and frontend.
• You have a solid understanding of software design principles and best practices.
• You have hands-on experience in,
• Coding and debugging complex systems, with frontend integration.
• Code review, responsible for production deployments.
• Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
• Re-architecting / re-designing complex systems / features (i.e. managing technical debt).
• Defining and following best practices for frontend and backend systems.
• You have excellent problem solving skills and are comfortable handling ambiguity.
• You are able to analyze various alternatives and reach optimal decisions. 
• You are willing to challenge the status quo, express your opinion and drive change.
• You are able to plan reasonably complex pieces of work and can handle changing priorities, unknowns and challenges with support. You want to contribute to the platform roadmap, aligning with the organization priorities and goals.
• You enjoy mentoring others and helping them solve challenging problems.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. You are able to communicate with various stakeholders to understand their requirements.
• You are a proponent of quality - building best practices, introducing new processes and improvements to make the team more efficient.

Non-negotiables

Must have

• Expertise in Backend development (Python & Django experience preferred)
• Expertise in Frontend development (AngularJS / ReactJS / VueJS experience preferred)
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Experience building multiple significant features for web applications

Good to have

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (or any cloud platform)
• Experience working with any Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas
• Experience working with GenAI ecosystem, including usage of AI tools such as code completion
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and applications deployed on Kubernetes
• Experience with refactoring (redesigning complex systems / features, breaking monolith into services)
• Experience working with NoSQL databases
• Experience with Web performance optimization, SEO, Gatsby and FE Analytics
• Delivery skills, specifically planning open ended projects
• Mentoring skills

Expectations

• Able to work with open ended problems and come up with efficient solutions
• Able to communicate effectively with business stakeholders to clarify requirements for small to medium tasks and own end to end delivery
• Able to communicate estimations, plan deviations and blockers in an efficient and timely manner to all project stakeholders

Quoality- A Modern Operating Infrastructure for Hospitality Businesses to help them improve the guest experience and generate additional revenue.

Launched in 2021, Quoality is a Hospitality Tech company backed by a US-based Newchip Accelerator. Our mission is to equip businesses with the tools they need to grow. 

By providing tools, insights, and education with minimal effort on the business's part, the barrier to making actionable business decisions is lowered dramatically. Everything we do is driven by this mission. Everything we do needs to positively answer the question, "Does this help businesses grow?"

Product Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKklkRYKkC4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKklkRYKkC4

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Oh, this is our favorite part. We’ve seen companies that write 'templatized' BS for this section; stuff that’s never followed in reality.

Not us. Here are some of our core values to give you a sense of who we are as a team:

• First and foremost, we’re super transparent. We all know what everyone’s working on, how’s the company doing, and the whole shebang.
• We’re all super chill. 
• Work time ain’t playtime. We take our work very seriously. We’re a small bunch on a mission to change the guest experience in the hospitality industry, once and for all.
• Deadlines are a thing for us. We are super punctual.
• We know what we are working on and aren’t clueless.
• We’re more friends than colleagues.
• Monthly 1:1s with the founders where you can directly share & receive feedback.

Not convinced yet? Okay, here’s the fun stuff:

• Flexible leave policy. Yeah, it’s truly flexible. We trust you.
• We have a flexible remote work policy in India.  Work from the beautiful beaches of Goa or the stunning mountains of Manali, and we’re all good.
• Annual workstations at exotic destinations. Subject to change and hitting milestones.
• Allowances to choose your coworking space (if you want), courses & any tool that you think is beneficial to succeed in this role.

• Write code that will impact the businesses of thousands of hotels, hostels, and vacation homes across the globe.
• Collaborate with Frontend to spec, write, test, and deploy API endpoints.
• Implementation of a robust set of services and APIs that work on our data pipelines.
• Build all support infrastructure to scale our data delivery pipelines - endpoints, security, logging, messaging.
• Product development activity includes data querying from our various stores, real-time analytics, and ML algorithms.
• Developing & Integrating of the front-end and back-end aspects of the web application
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Brainstorm features with the product team and guide decisions based on your knowledge of the codebase.
• Take full ownership of the module starting from architectural and design decisions to shipping.
• Like the work you do, enjoy collaborating with your coworkers, communicate as much as you can, and have fun. 

• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• You are well versed in building scalable, understandable, and testable code with an eye toward maintainability.
• You have a good understanding of multi-process architecture and the threading limitations of NodeJs and ReactJs.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• You have good knowledge of relational databases as well as key-value databases and are capable of designing scalable database models based on the product requirements.
• Familiarity with REST API development standards, protocols (HTTP, WebSockets and more), and GraphQL.
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms (such as mobile vs, desktop), and optimizing outputs.
• You possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and information retrieval.
• You’re comfortable picking up new stacks and choosing the right tool to get the job done.
• You are open to learning new stuff and avoiding internal politics. (super important).
• You are humble, kind, and open to feedback. (super duper important).

• Entrepreneurial spirit, Product Thinker, and ‘Can-Do' attitude.
• Passionate about leveraging technology for supporting product delivery in the Hospitality space.
• The operating style is suited to working in a startup environment, where teamwork and resourcefulness are highly valued.
• Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to manage multiple assignments at a time.

Yes, we do have a process, and it’s simple.

• Step 1: You apply for the job.
• Step 2: Quick intro call with the founders.
• Step 3: Solve an assignment.
• Step 4: A round where we evaluate your assignment along with you.
• Step 5: One round of interviews to gauge if you are a good culture fit.
• Step 6: Job Offer (contingent on the above steps).
• Step 7: Welcome to the Quoality! 🙂

Role Description

Responsible for developing web applications as per the product requirements with a pre-approved design across multiple platforms using programming tools for Web development and Mobile application development. Work collaboratively with ML scientists, engineers, product managers, and Business SMEs in seeking details on the requirements, writing up technical specifications, proposing the tools and methods for the solution, developing the application after necessary approvals, unit testing the solution, providing testing support, and troubleshooting support for testers, participating in deployment plan, deployment and post-deployment support. Application development will involve wrapping the deep learning algorithms to provide a smart and engaging user experience.

General Requirements

• Should be familiar and have a working knowledge of different databases like MySQL, MongoDB, web servers (e.g. Apache)
• Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Fluent with multi-tier systems, client-server concepts.
• Experience in debugging application programs, troubleshooting techniques, root cause analysis of problems.
• Must possess the good understanding and proven techniques incorporating Data Security concepts in application development.
• Knowledge and experience with applications running on on-premises data centers and on Cloud services.
• Experience working in a Project Team and exposure to test-driven development, different project methodologies such as Agile.
• Very good communication skills with collaborative, positive, can-do, user-centered attitude in a team environment.
• Innovative thinking capabilities, ability to multitask, maintain attention to detail in pressure and time sensitive situations.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret requirements and deliver reliable, scalable, tested solutions.
• Fluent in English, reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Key Requirements

• BS / B. Tech / BE degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in building on web technologies and frameworks (JavaScript / TypeScript / HTML / CSS / AngularJS / Electron / ReactJS) database (MySQL or MongoDB ) and backend Technologies (Python, NodeJS, Java etc)
• Experience developing desktop and mobile application

Full Stack Developer at Roarke will be responsible for building scalable software applications and is comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks, and third-party libraries.  He/she is responsible for developing and designing front end web architecture, ensuring the responsiveness of applications, and working alongside graphic designers for application design features, among other duties

Responsibilities:

• Interface with technical team to determine reporting requirements of a given project
• Developing front-end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back-end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

Required Skills:

• Knowledge of essential front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• At least one server-side programming language like Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, etc.
• Database management and caching mechanism
• Server and configuration management
• Version control systems like GitHub, GitLab, BeanStalk
• Basic UI/UX design
• Project management skills
• Security awareness
• The agile development approach to carry out the vision with multidisciplinary tasks without any hurry or disturbance.
• Generate an MVP (minimum viable product)
• Problem Solving Skills for you will be expected to be the go-to person during any technical difficulty while creating an application.

Desired Skills:

• Good communication and problem-solving skills.
• Project management skills.
• Problem-solving skills
• Focus on customer satisfaction

Required Experience:

• >4 years’ experience developing mobile and web applications

Required Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

What you must have: