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Company Overview

Rablik Private Limited is an expanding IT company registered in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, with a work office located in Raipur. We provide a range of digital solutions, including website development, mobile app development, digital marketing, and SEO. As part of our growth, we’re looking for a skilled Backend Developer to join our team and help develop efficient, scalable, and secure back-end applications.

Job Summary

The Backend Developer will be responsible for server-side application logic, database management, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness of applications. This role is ideal for candidates with a strong background in back-end development, ready to work on cutting-edge projects and collaborate with front-end developers to create seamless, user-centered experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain server-side applications, ensuring security, performance, and scalability.
• Create and manage APIs, facilitating efficient communication between the client and server.
• Work with databases to design, develop, and maintain data structures that support web applications.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade software systems.
• Collaborate with front-end developers and other team members to integrate user-facing elements with server logic.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and trends in backend development.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in back-end languages like Python, Java, Node.js, PHP, or Ruby.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Experience with RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL.
• Familiarity with server management and deployment (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).

Experience Requirement

• For Freshers: Candidates with relevant internships or academic projects in back-end development are encouraged to apply.
• For Experienced Candidates: A minimum of 2+ years of experience in backend development, with a proven ability to develop robust and scalable back-end solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and serverless architecture.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) for integration purposes.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Salary

• Freshers: Competitive starting salary based on skills and potential.
• Experienced: Higher salary range based on experience level and expertise.

What We Offer

• Opportunities for growth and advancement in a dynamic environment.
• EPF and health insurance benefits.
• Collaborative team culture and regular training sessions.

What you need to have:

Responsibilities:

- Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.

- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.

- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.

- Implementation of security and data protection.

- Integration of data storage solutions {mysql, redis}.

- Understanding the requirements and planning the implementation accordingly.

- Good interaction with the team. Good debugging skills.

Skills:

- Strong proficiency with JavaScript {optimized code}.

- Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it {sequelize}.

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

- Optimization in terms of memory and time.

- Good understanding of server-side templating languages.

- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.

- Understanding accessibility and security compliance.

- 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.

• Experience of using Python/ Django frameworks in building back end for Full Stack Applications
• Hands on experience on Web frameworks, Restful APIs and SOAP
• Strong command on SQL (or relevant query language or ORM queries)
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as React Native, React.js, Angular.js or Javascript

About us:

Strata is a commercial real estate investment platform that offers investors the opportunity to invest in pre-leased commercial assets such as offices, warehouses, and retail spaces across India.

We are one of the fastest-growing PropTech platforms in India and are backed by Elevation Capital, Mayfield, Kotak Investment Advisors, Gruhas (a venture by Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha) and DLF Family Office.

Our headquarter is in Bangalore, India.

We are a small yet close-knit team of 35+ people.

About you:

You have a knack for product and strongly equipped with engineering skills to make it a reality. You don’t jump into implementation unless you have clearly understood the problem/requirements and have a written design. You don’t hesitate asking questions and giving critical reviews while respecting others’ opinions. You are a fearless engineer, and not afraid to fail, not on production though ;) You have a strong sense of ownership. You have a startup experience. You don’t feel annoyed if required to work on off days in case of production incidents (no development).

Your responsibilities:

You will primarily work on the backend maintaining the existing platform and writing new enhancements and features. Apart from your own features, as a senior member of the team you will be expected to be actively involved in overall design discussions and peer code reviews. You will factor in extensibility, maintainability, scalability and security in designs and code. You will ensure that best engineering practices are followed. You will support your team members when they are facing challenges, and mentor them when appropriate. You will strive for overall engineering excellence.

Must-have Skills:

• 4-8 years of total experience
• 2+ years of experience in Django and DRF. You must be pro at it. The team will be looking up to you for making most out of DRF.
• Designing and building  scalable web applications
• Good understanding of REST principles
• SQL database design and queries
• Working knowledge of AWS

Good-To-Have Skills:

• Angular or any other JavaScript frontend framework
• Designing microservices
• DevOps experience

FAQ's.

1. Your technology ingredients?

Programming languages:
Our backend is written in Python using Django framework. And the frontend is in AngularJS. Currently there is no mobile app.

Infrastructure:
We are an AWS shop and use their services for most needs, Docker for containerization and ECS as orchestrator, RDS as database, S3 for storage and SQS as messaging backend.

Other tools:
BitBucket for Git and CI/CD pipeline, Trello for project management; and Google Meets and Slack for communication.

2. Your hiring plan?

Currently the engineering team comprises of 3 engineers, and we plan to grow it to 8 by the end of 2021.

3. Your Interview process?

We will try to finish the process within two weeks. In case we can’t go ahead with  your candidature, we will clearly and immediately let you know. But in case of competing applications, we may request you to wait for a week or two.

1. 15 minutes introductory call to discuss requirements and expectations
2. 30 minutes online coding assignment on a screen sharing session
3. 1 hour technical interview covering problem solving, code review and aptitude
4. 15 minutes call with co-founder for final discussion

In case of inability to come to a conclusion from either side, we may go for an additional round.

4. Your WFH and WFO policy?

Due to Covid-19 the team is working from home and will continue till March-2022. After that we will work from the Bangalore or Pune office (yet to be finalised). You should be open to relocate to any of the cities.

5. Your funding status?

In March 2020, Strata raised $1.5 million in seed funding; and $6 million in Series-A in July 2021.

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