

Rapido is India’s largest bike taxi player focused on solving the first and last mile connectivity problem for India. The primary focus is mobility and changing all facets of mobility across India. We believe that 2 Wheeler are the right mode of transport for developing countries like India and have much more scope than 4 wheelers, which is also reflected in the fact that the number of 2 wheelers is significantly more than the number of 4-wheelers.We have operations in close to 100 cities and are the undisputed market leader in this space. Growing close to 500% year-on-year, we have ambitious targets set for ourselves in the future as well.
What you will do :
We are looking for a Technical Architect to design the structure of our IT systems and oversee programs to ensure the proper architecture is implemented.
Should have experience in data modelling, distributed system design, Microservice architecture and communications protocol and is passionate about writing code and the art of management
In this role, you should be an excellent communicator who is able to translate complex requirements into functional architecture. We'd also like you to have hands-on experience on software development and be able to manage complex programs. Overseeing development and implementation of programs. Providing technical leadership and support to software development teams. Your goal will be to ensure our internal IT framework operates properly.
Responsibilities:
- Understand company needs to define system specifications
- Plan and design the structure of a technology solution
- Communicate system requirements to software development teams
- Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods
- Oversee assigned programs (e. g. conduct code review) and provide guidance to team members
- Assist with solving technical problems when they arise
- Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure
- Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions
- Monitor systems to ensure they meet both user needs and business goals
Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Technical Architect
- Hands-on experience with software development and system administration
- Understanding of strategic IT solutions
- Experience in project management and service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- Knowledge of selected coding languages (e. g. JavaScript, Java)
- Familiarity with various operating systems
- Experience in cloud technologies
- Excellent communication skills
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Organisational and leadership skills
Role Competencies:
- Proven work experience as a Back-end developer.
- Hands on experience with programming languages like Java/NodeJS/Golang, JavaScript, Familiarity with Git,
- Database (SQL/Mysql/NO SQL).Good to have Kafka/queuing/messaging system.
- Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS)
- Strong knowledge of design principles, user interfaces, web standards and usability.
Functional Behavioral:
- Excellent analytical and time and people management skills.
- Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude.

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We are looking for passionate architects eager to be a part of our growth journey. The right candidate needs to be interested in working in high-paced and challenging environments leading technical teams, designing system architecture and reviewing peer code. Interested in constantly upskilling, learning new technologies and expanding their domain knowledge to new industries. This candidate needs to be a team player and should be looking to help build a culture of excellence. Do you have what it takes?
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Location - Chennai or Bangalore
● Relevant experience of 12+ years building high-performance applications with at least 3+ years as an architect.
● Good problem solving skills
● Strong mentoring capabilities
● Good understanding of software development life cycle
● Strong experience in system design and architecture
● Strong focus on quality of work delivered
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Required Technical Skills
● Extensive hands-on experience building high-performance applications primarily using Node.Js ,(Javascript/Typescript) along with Nest.Js, Express.JS, MongoDB.
● Hands-on experience with other languages such as .NET/C# or Java or Golang or Python.
● Strong experience with appropriate framework(s).
● Well versed in monolithic and microservices architecture and System design experience.
● Hands-on experience with data modeling on MongoDB (NoSQL) and Relational or NoSQL databases
● Experience working with 3rd party integrations ranging from authentication, cloud services, etc.
● Hands-on experience with Kafka or RabbitMQ.
● Hands on experience with CI/CD pipelines and atleast 1 cloud provider - AWS / GCP / Azure
● Strong experience writing and maintaining clear documentation
Good to have skills:
● Experience working with frontend technologies - React.Js or Vue.Js or Angular.
● Extensive experience consulting with customers directly for defining architecture or system design.
● Technical certifications in AWS / Azure / GCP / MongoDB or other relevant technologies
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You will join a young, dynamic and fast-paced environment, and work with cross-functional teams to design, build, and roll out products that deliver the company's vision and strategy.
Responsibilities :
- Backend development with Node.js, MongoDB and Typescript.
- Developing and testing flexible, scalable applications.
- Collaborate with Front end developers to produce optimum output.
- Think out of the box, discuss and implement your ideas over the phase.
Required skills :
- 3+ Years of experience in backend development using any programming language
- Strong knowledge in APIs
- Proficient understanding of code
- Working with Databases and Linux platform
- Understanding algorithms, databases and their space and time complexities
- Writing unit and integration tests with reasonable coverage of code and interfaces
- Solving complex and interesting problems
- Taking up a high level of ownership and commitment towards the business and product vision
What you need to have:
- Minimum 1-year experience
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Good understanding of data structures & algorithms and their space & time complexities
- Strong hands-on and practical working experience with at least one programming language: C/Java/C++/C#
- Excellent coding skills – should be able to convert the design into code fluently
- Strong technical aptitude and a good knowledge of CS fundamentals
- Hands-on experience working with Databases and Linux platform is a plus
- B-Tech in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college
- Good experience in at least one general programming language (Java, Ruby, Clojure, Scala, C/C++, Python and SQL)
- A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
- Have a penchant for solving complex and interesting problems, Worked in startup like environment with high levels of ownership and commitment
- Excellent coding skills – should be able to convert design into code fluently
- Good skills to write unit & integration tests with reasonable coverage of code & interfaces
- TDD is a plus
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