PinkBlue – Software Engineer–ReactJS/React Native/PHP/Linux/MySQL yrs)

Senior C++/Qt Backend Engineer

(High-Performance Systems)

Location: Noida (On-site)

Introduction: Who We Are

We are a lean, product-based startup building the next generation of industrial robotics. Our products are deployed in critical, high-stakes environments, including Railways, Oil & Gas, Chemicals & Fertilizers, and Offshore operations.

We are not just writing code; we are building rugged, intelligent machines that operate in the real world.

1. The Mission (Pure Backend Focus)

You will architect the high-performance C++ Backend of our robotics software.

• No UI Work: You will NOT be designing UI pixels or writing QML front-end code.
• The Engine: Your mission is to build the “invisible engine” that processes 50 Mbps of raw scientific data and feeds it efficiently to the UI layer.
• Ownership: You own the threads, the data structures, and the logic.

2. Critical Outcomes (The First 4 Months)

• Architect the Data Ingestion Layer:
• Design a C++ backend capable of ingesting 50 Mbps of live sensor data (from embedded hardware) without dropping packets or consuming excessive CPU.
• Decouple Backend from UI:
• Implement Ring Buffers and Lock-Free Queues to separate high-speed data acquisition threads from the main Qt Event Loop, ensuring the backend never freezes the UI.
• Crash-Proof Concurrency:
• Refactor the threading model to eliminate Race Conditions and Deadlocks using proper synchronization (Mutexes/Semaphores) or lock-free designs.
• Efficient IPC Implementation:
• Establish robust Inter-Process Communication (Shared Memory / Sockets) to allow the C++ backend to exchange data with other Linux processes instantly.

3. Strategic Outcomes (Months 5 Onward)

As the product matures, your focus will shift from “Building the Engine” to “Hardening and Scaling the Ecosystem.”

• Robust OTA & Redundancy:
• Implement Linux A/B Partitioning strategies. You will design the fallback mechanism where the system uses atomic updates to revert to the last known good configuration in case of an update failure, ensuring high availability in remote offshore locations.
• Containerized Deployment:
• Move from manual builds to automated deployment. You will containerize the application (Docker / Podman) and integrate it with Jenkins / GitLab CI to enable seamless remote deployment to the robot fleet.
• Remote Diagnostics Engine:
• Build the internal logic to capture, compress, and transmit critical system logs and core dumps securely to the cloud without saturating the robot’s bandwidth.
• Fleet Monitoring Infrastructure:
• Distinct from simple logging, you will architect the heartbeat and telemetry protocols that allow our central command to monitor the health of robots deployed in railways and chemical plants in real time.

4. Competencies (Must-Haves)

• Qt Core (Backend Only):
• Expert in QObject, QThread, QEventLoop, and Signal/Slot mechanisms. You understand how to push data to QML, but you don’t style it.
• High-Performance C++:
• You handle data at the byte level, preferring Circular Buffers (Ring Buffers) over standard vectors for streams.
• Concurrency Mastery:
• You know when to use Lock-Free programming to avoid thread contention and can manage interactions between Data Acquisition and Processing threads without bottlenecks.
• Design Patterns:
• Competence in Producer-Consumer (for streams), Singleton (hardware managers), and Factory patterns.
• Linux System Programming:
• Comfortable with IPC (Shared Memory, Unix Domain Sockets) and optimizing process priorities.

5. The “Squad” (Your Team)

• Embedded Engineers:
• They push the raw 50 Mbps stream to the OS; you write the drivers to catch it.
• UI / Frontend Developers:
• They handle QML / UX; you provide the data APIs they need.
• Robotics (ROS) Engineers:
• You ensure their heavy algorithms don’t starve your data acquisition threads.
• Testers:
• You ensure your code stands up to their stress testing.

6. Why This Role Defines Your Career

• Deep Backend Engineering:
• Escape the “button styling” trap. This is 100% logic, memory management, and architecture.
• Real Engineering Problems:
• Solve race conditions, memory leaks, and high-velocity data streams.
• Architectural Autonomy:
• You decide how the data moves and choose the patterns. You own the “Engine Room.”

• Must have good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Good Knowledge of OOPS, PHP, MVC frameworks.
• Write error free code and follow coding standards. Able to perform Code Review job.
• Work closely with QA person to assist in the testing process. 
• Perform R&D tasks if assigned and communicate with the Designer and UI team.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Able to work closely with the team and meet the tight deadlines where necessary.
• Strong Communication Skills.

About Company

Our client delivers personalized luxury interior design to India’s discerning homeowners and corporates. Led by highly admired luxury brand builders, internationally trained designers, world-class technology professionals, and curated teams of turnkey project execution specialists. We seek perfection in design and are committed to bringing back trust and excitement in the design process.We are a lean team of high-performing go-getters, we take ownership in our roles and lead with knowledge. Debates and discussions are an important part of our culture and we encourage people to bring unique perspectives to their conversations. Most importantly, we love solving problems. Each day is inspiring and we encourage you to apply for this role and experience it for yourself. 

Requirements

• Write code and tests, build prototypes, solve issues, profile, and analyze bottlenecks

• Design performance gauging, building robust APIs to support mobile and desktop clients

• Manage and optimize scalable distributed systems on the cloud

• Optimization of web applications for performance and scalability

• Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met and allow for regression testing

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging

• Write clean code to develop functional web applications

• Troubleshoot and debug applications

• Perform UI tests to optimize performance

• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications

• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.

• Gather and address technical and design requirements

• Provide training and support to internal teams

• Build reusable code and libraries for future use

What skills we are looking for?

•Good communication skill to communicate with stakeholders, project managers, quality assurance teams, Regularly and other developers  regarding progress on the long-term technology roadmap

•Curious and progressive mind to Create and maintain workflows with teams to provide visibility and to ensure workload balance for consistent visual designs

•Good technical knowledge to Produce quality code, raising the bar for the whole team on quality and speed

•Through analytical skills to Recommend system solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchase alternatives.

Who qualifies? 

• PHP Laravel Framework, PHP Design Patterns.

• Proficient in MySQL. MongoDB knowledge is plus

• APIs, REST API, API Security.

• Laravel Events, Queue, Observers

• Excellent foundation in computer science, algorithms, and web design

• Experience writing highly secure web application

• Experience with core AWS web-enabling technologies

• Growth mindset, challenging status quo to find new solutions and out- of-the-box ideas

• Experience designing RESTful APIs, specifically for mobile apps

• Computer science degree or equivalent experience

• Experience leading a team is a bonus.

• 3+ Years of relevant experience.

3+ years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS. Should be well versed with its asynchronous nature, event loop, promises, and callbacks.

Node expressProficient in Node.js and working knowledge of JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, HTML, CSS, and frameworks ( React.js)

Experience in Node JS MVC framework and Rest API frameworks like Express.

Experience developing desktops.

Experience in Mongo DB.

Familiarity with using AWS components.

Postman for documenting/testing APIs.

We are looking for a PHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Integration of data storage solutions (may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.)

• Analyzing website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

PHP Developer Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.