Principal Software Engineer/Consultant

About the Organization: 

WeMakeScholars is an organization funded and supported by the Ministry of IT, Government of India under the 'Digital India Campaign'. We offer international education finance via scholarships and education loans, to study abroad aspirants. We are currently a 120 members team. Last financial year, we disbursed 2200 Cr in education loans to 8300 students across India.

We are looking for a PHP Developer who is keen to work in a startup environment esp. a product-based company. 

Job Overview:

We are hiring developers (from 0 to 10 experience) with relevant knowledge and experience with the development and deployment of large-scale cloud-native enterprise systems on PHP, REST APIs, Node Js, Flutter, AWS & MySql. 

About Tech Department:

• Our internal tech team is responsible for end-to-end in-house tech support which includes and is not limited to design, development & deployment. 
• We are continuously developing and improvising our products to enhance customer and team experience.
• As we are in the Fintech space, our team has to ensure the database security of the application.

Job Summary:

• Participate in full lifecycle development
• Work closely with product managers and UI/UX designers to analyze requirements
• Review peer code changes
• Make recommendations for design and implementation improvements
• Integrating the Frontend UI with Backend APIs.
• Design and implement APIs for web/mobile (both Android & IOS) applications.
• Work with the Product team in prioritizing development activities for weekly sprints

Experience & Skills Required:

• Prior experience- not mandatory 
• Ability to quickly learn - PHP, MySql, JQuery, Ajax, Git
• Have familiarity with- HTML, CSS, JS 
• Strong team player with an open mindset to learn new technologies and Knowledge of common SDLC.
• A passion for solving problems and providing workable solutions

Preference will be given to those with:

• Internships experience
• Worked on own projects 
• Experience in PHP, MySql 

Roles and Responsibilities

1.    Manage client relationships, and facilitators relationship at MHFAI for training and post-training support.

2.    Ideate, design, and implement program that focused on post-training support for mental health first-aiders.

3.    Leverage the new products of MHFAI to the clients that ensures implementation of mental health by building tools and guidelines (for organized groups).

4.    Oversee and facilitate MHFAI instructors for training and upskilling.

5.    Monitor and coordinate the MHFAI Awards program with all the stakeholders involved.

6.    Draft and initiate scientific research, and create tools required at workplace to measure mental health.

7.    Plan and manage webinars, events and activities to promote the idea of mental health at workplaces and educational institutions.

8.    Draft, design, manage and implement guidelines / resources with focus on mental health for the benefit of organized groups.

9.    Keep up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in Learning and Development and / or mental health, and incorporate them into our training programs.

10. Manage the Learning and Development budget, ensuring that resources are allocated effectively and efficiently.

11. Provide support in other operational functions of MHFA as needed.

Requirements:

·      4-10 years in Counselling psychology and / or mental health training

·      Qualification: Education in Counselling / Medical Psychology

·      Experience in clinical work

·      Exposure to mental health training

·      Experience of having previously worked in organized group is desirable

• Proficiency in Java, with a good understanding of its ecosystems
• Sound knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Patterns and Concepts
• Familiarity with different design and architectural patterns
• Skill for writing reusable Java libraries 
• Knowhow of Java concurrency patterns
• Basic Understanding of the concepts of MVC (Model-View-Controller) Pattern, JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), and RESTful web services
• Experience in working with popular web application frameworks like Play and Spark

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Execute tests, collect and analyze data and results, identify trends and insights in order to achieve maximum ROI on campaigns
• Track, report, and analyze website analytics initiatives and campaigns.
• Optimize copy and landing pages as per SEO best practices
• Perform ongoing keyword discovery, expansion and optimization
• Develop and implement link building strategy
• Work with the development team to ensure SEO best practices are properly implemented
• Recommend changes to website architecture, content, linking and other factors to improve SEO positions for target keywords.

Qualifications:

• At Least 2 year of relevant experience is highly preferred.
• Good knowledge of WordPress (Important)
• Have the patience to wait for campaign results and learn from failed campaigns.
• Functional knowledge of HTML coding and tags
• Quick decision-making skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office

If this role looks interesting to you,

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Our team will be in touch if your qualifications match our needs for this role. Thanks again for considering us in your career.