Product Manager

Job Title - Cloud Fullstack Engineer

Experience Required - 5 Years

Location - Mumbai

Immediate joiners are preferred.

About the Job

As a Cloud Fullstack Engineer you will design, develop, and maintain end-to-end solutions for cloud-based applications. The Cloud Fullstack Engineer will be responsible for building both frontend and backend components, integrating them seamlessly, and ensuring they work efficiently within a cloud infrastructure.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Frontend Development
• Design and implement user-friendly and responsive web interfaces using modern frontend technologies (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness of web applications.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate design specifications into functional and visually appealing interfaces.
• Backend Development
• Develop scalable and high-performance backend services and APIs to support frontend functionalities.
• Design and manage cloud-based databases and data storage solutions.
• Implement authentication, authorization, and security best practices in backend services.
• Cloud Integration
• Build and deploy cloud-native applications using platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Azure.
• Leverage cloud services for computing, storage, and networking to enhance application performance and scalability.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployment of applications and updates.
• End-to-End Solution Development
• Architect and develop fullstack applications that integrate frontend and backend components efficiently.
• Ensure data flow between frontend and backend is seamless and secure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across the stack, from UI bugs to backend performance problems.
• Performance Optimization
• Monitor and optimize application performance, including frontend load times and backend response times.
• Implement caching strategies, load balancing, and other performance-enhancing techniques.
• Conduct performance testing and address bottlenecks and scalability issues.
• Security and Compliance
• Implement security best practices for both frontend and backend components to protect against vulnerabilities.
• Ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations and industry standards.
• Conduct regular security assessments and audits to maintain application integrity.
• Collaboration and Communication
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers, to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and project planning sessions.
• Document code, processes, and architecture to facilitate knowledge sharing and maintainability.
• Continuous Improvement
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in frontend and backend development, as well as cloud technologies.
• Contribute to the development of best practices and standards for fullstack development within the team.
• Participate in knowledge-sharing sessions and provide mentorship to junior engineers.

What We Need To See

• Strong experience in both frontend and backend development, as well as expertise in cloud technologies and services.
• Experience in fullstack development, with a strong focus on both frontend and backend technologies.
• Proven experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native application development.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js) and backend technologies (e.g., Node.js, Java, Python).

• Technical Expertise:

1. FrontEnd

• Handon Experience with HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJs, Next.js, redux, JQuery

2. Proficiency in Backend Development

• Strong experience with backend programming languages such as Node.js, Python
• Expertise in working with frameworks such as NestJS, Express.js, or Django.

3. Microservices Architecture

• Experience designing and implementing microservices architectures.
• Knowledge of service discovery, API gateways, and distributed tracing.

4. API Development

• Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with API security, rate limiting, and authentication mechanisms (e.g., JWT, OAuth).

5. Database Management

• Strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).
• Experience in database schema design, optimization, and management.

6. Cloud Services

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure,AWS or Google Cloud.
• Security: Knowledge of security best practices and experience implementing secure coding practices.
• Soft Skills:
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• 3+ years of experience in Financial domain
• 3+ years of Lending experience (Someone who has worked on Lending products or Lending companies or Lending Processes) and financial experience. 
• This is 50% hands-on 50% managerial position with experience in Automation or development.
• Should be Technical PM

Our Mission

Mercari is a Japan-based company with the mission of “create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell.” Having continuously worked toward this goal since our founding in 2013, we are now transforming from a startup into a global player. While this transformation brings its own specific set of challenges, we believe that solving them one after another will allow us to fully achieve our mission. Are you interested in working together to take on these exciting challenges?

Our Culture

To achieve our mission at Mercari, our organization and each of our employees share the same values and perspectives. Our individual guidelines for action are defined by our three values: Go Bold, All for One, and Be a Pro. Our organization is also shaped by our four foundations: Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Trust & Openness, and Well-being for Performance. Regardless of how big Mercari gets, the culture will remain essential to achieving our mission and something we want to preserve throughout our organization. We invite you to read the “Mercari Culture Doc,” which summarizes the behaviors and mindset shared by Mercari and its employees. We continue to build an environment where all of our members of diverse backgrounds are accepted and recognized, and where they can thrive while holding dear to Mercari’s culture.

Work Responsibilities

• Native Android app development for Mercari and group companies' apps
• The development environment is as follows.
• Development language: Kotlin
• Development environment: Android Studio
• Build tool: Gradle
• CI/CD： CircleCI
• Others: GitHub, Firebase, Slack, Figma, JIRA, Confluence

Minimum Requirements

• Shared understanding and belief in Mercari Group mission and values
• At least 3 years of experience developing native Android applications with Kotlin Developing, operating, making decisions when selecting technology, and continuous improvement of large-scale product codebases
• Ability to design and develop with performance and scalability in mind
• Extensive knowledge of object-oriented software development, networking, memory management, and software testing
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders
• Familiarity with architecture frameworks like MVVM, MVP, declarative UI, or similar architectures

Preferred Requirements

• Experience using and installing Jetpack functions such as Android Architecture Components
• Understanding of UI development
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, etc
• Experience in iOS or web development
• OSS contribution experience/familiarity with the OSS community
• Customer-centric product development in E-commerce/Fintech
• Working in multi-cultural and diverse teams
• Team Leadership experience

Working Conditions

Employment Status

Full-time

Office

Bangalore

• Hybrid Workstyle

Work Hours

• Full flextime (no core time)
• *Does not apply to all positions

Required Experience and Skills:

• Hands-on experience in ReactJS 6.x+, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, Node js
• 1+ years of experience in cross-browser compatible responsive web application development using React.
• Good knowledge about Reactive programming using RxJS and Redux.
• Knowledge and use of Restful web services, Gulp / Grunt.
• Experience working with debugging/testing tools like Firebug Lite, Chrome or Safari web inspectors.
• Version Control – GIT
• Servers / Application frameworks – Apache / Nginx / ExpressJS
• Selecting and deploying appropriate CI/CD tools
• Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)

Responsibilities:

• Ability to translate Wireframes and PSD to high quality designs and functional web apps using HTML5, ReactJS, Node.js, and Mongo
• Develop interactive, user-friendly applications using the ReactJS
• Binding of UI elements to JavaScript object models
• Creating RESTful services with Node.js
• Architect scalable web architectures
• Developing for Back-end Web Applications using NodeJS and Express
• Creating servers and databases for functionality
• API design, creation and integrations
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications, app development and programming languages
• Effective communication with different stakeholders.

• Experience in defining new architectures, design all layers of the solution, create architectural blueprints that can be used for final code development.
• Interface with client business/technical teams to understand complex requirements.
• Anticipate on technological evolutions(example use MySQL Lite not MS SQL, use C# not ASP, don't use JSF use Angular).
• Resolve technical issues.
• Bridge between Developers, Project Managers/Leads, and Client, ensuring smooth communication channel.
• Ensure quality of project implementation deployed.
• Provide technical guidance to projects/programs for complex components of a multiple technology suites.
• Ensuring documentation of the complete project architecture.
• Lead actions to determine root cause of problems and drive resolution.
• Participate in cross-functional work groups to assess business needs, develop a systems architecture strategy, and implementation plans.
• Leads work groups that are responsible for software development.
• Ensure that all components of the technical architecture are properly integrated and implemented by the development team.
• Coach the technical team in the development of the technical architecture and help them solve challenging technical problems
• Provide technical support and technical quality control throughout all stages of the project.
• Spearheads the development, implementation and communications of architecture roadmap strategies to ensure that systems are scalable, reliable, secure, supportable, and achieve.
• Identify existing architecture weaknesses and find opportunities for process reengineering and perform cost benefit analysis

• Time Management- Organizes own workload to achieve maximum productivity and completes work in a timely and professional manner. Handles multiple short and long term modules by proper planning while anticipating potential problems and planning for contingencies.
• Identify high-potential team members for next level positions and creating learning and development plans for them.
• Enable strong process in place and reducing dependencies on individual.

Technical Skills and Qualification

• Excellent knowledge of Web technologies, Java, Javascript, Contact center environment.
• Experience of current technologies including Open Source, J2EE (JSP, Servlet, JSP, etc.), web application development, web services (REST/SOAP/XML), Rich Internet Applications, messaging infrastructures and databases.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new tools and applications.
• Should be comfortable for 40%-60% coding.
• Able to convert requirements into executable code
• 9 to 12 yrs experience
• Qualification: BE/B-Tech /MCA or any equivalent degree

Desirables

• Excellent written and verbal communication skill
• Ability to lead discussions with all levels of the organization and provide balanced information of an idea or communication of an issue regardless of written or verbal
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across project teams.
• Having Analytical and problem-solving
• Ability to translate complex requirements into functional and Technical architecture
• Experience managing the technology aspect of multiple complex projects
• Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions and Assist team members in complex task
• Willing to take ownership and being accountable.
• Openness, communicates honestly, openly, and consistently.
• Positive Attitude encourages a positive rather than negative viewpoint.
• Integrity maintains the highest standard of personal conduct in performing all duties.
• Should be a good listener.
• Dependable, can be relied upon to get the job done.
• Able to avoid mistakes that could/should be anticipated.
• Should be able sense and grab the opportunities to innovate and improvise.
• Very high competence in presentation skills.
• Negotiator: Excellent negotiation skills which comes handy in hard selling new ideas/ new technical implementations etc.
• Risk Management: Should be able to take calculated risks in trying out new technical implementation avenues
• Able to communicate the org level vision to the team effectively

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviewing software requirements and preparing test scenarios.
• Executing tests on software usability.
• Analyzing test results on database impacts, errors or bugs, and usability.
• Preparing reports on all aspects related to the software testing carried out and reporting to the design team.
• Interacting with clients to understand product requirements.
• Participating in design reviews and providing input on requirements, product design, and potential problems.

Job Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Up-to-date knowledge of software test design and testing methodologies.
• Working knowledge of test techniques and compatibility with various software programs.
• Working knowledge of programming.
• Excellent communication and critical thinking skills.
• Good organizational skills and detail-oriented mindset.

• You have 2+ years of experience with production GCP/AWS; Experience with Kubernetes is a plus
•  You have 3+ years debugging network and system security issues
• You have experience in developing security training and guide the internal development teams
• You design and implement best practices concerning information security
• You can create programs to implement Identity and Access Management
•  You have to evolve the bug bounty program and provide support.
• You have to develop automated security testing.
• You have worked on cloud-native technologies.
• You have to triage security issues and provide recommended fixes.
•  You are an excellent collaborator & communicator.
• You know that start-ups are a team sport.
• You listen to others, aren’t afraid to speak your mind and always try to ask the right questions.
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company.

Purpose

We are looking for Sr. Laravel Developer. The candidate must have Good level of proficiency in PHP, MySQL, object-oriented JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, AJAX, XML, JSON required and Write clean PHP code in a timely and scalable way.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible to Code, Test, Deploy and Scale SaaS-based Products using PHP, MySQL, with Laravel and Lumen MVC framework.
• Can write functional requirement documents and guides others within the project / team.
• Develop, write and implement software programming applications following established architecture standards as well as software development and project management methodologies.
• Integrate / Develop to third-party APIs.
• Write high quality code using the guidelines and effectively debug the code; perform code review of junior members.
• Azure or Aws cloud knowledge is good to have.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as SVN, GIT.
• Build and implement web applications and back-end services that integrate with mobile applications.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use & Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
  
  

Skills

• Strong coding experience with Laravel (5.5 and above) and Lumen
• Knowledge of PHP frameworks like CodeIgniter / YII / Zend / Joomla / Drupal etc will be a plus point.
• Strong skills in OOPs PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML5, jQuery, JavaScript, AJAX, Web Services, JSON.
• Must have used frameworks such as JQuery /Angular/ React JS/Backbone.
• Strong knowledge of design patterns and OOPs concepts.
• Experience with databases like MySQL / MariaDB / Postgres.
• Experience in Source Code Versioning GitHub / GitLab / BitBucket and continuous integration tools like Jenkins.
• Working knowledge of XML / JSON and third-party APIs.
• Good to have skills: knowledge of non-relational databases like MongoDB; Exposure to Varnish, Redis, Elastic Search, Apache Solr.
• Payment processing integration experience in a PCI compliant environment is a plus
  Understanding of web and application security (OWASP)
• Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)
• Good written and verbal communication with good analytical and multitasking skills