Project Leader - Website Applications Development - PHP/OOPS

Must Have Skills: ● .NET Expertise: 8+ years of hands-on experience with C# and .NET Framework (preferably 4.8+), with deep knowledge of MVC5 architecture. ● Front-End Mastery: Advanced skills in Razor Views, Bootstrap 5, CSS/LESS, JavaScript, and JQuery for building modern, responsive UIs. ● Database Proficiency: Strong experience with MSSQL, including schema design, performance tuning, and writing complex queries and stored procedures. ● DevOps Knowledge: Proficient in IIS configuration, deployment automation, and CI/CD best practices. ● Team Leadership: Proven ability to lead and mentor development teams, manage project timelines, and deliver high-quality software. ● Problem Solving: Exceptional debugging, analytical, and troubleshooting abilities across the stack. ● Collaboration: Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams and participating in technical discussions and code reviews. 

• Solid experience in PHP/Frameworks of PHP (Laravel,Codeignitor,etc)
• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript, jQuery
• Experience in working with REST APIs and AJAX
• Good understanding of database design and optimization
• Experience of responsive and mobile-first design platforms like Bootstrap
• Knowledge of version control systems like GIT
• In-depth understanding of Agile development process

Desired Candidate Profile and skill set:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant software development experience.
• Good Knowledge of E-commerce websites and WordPress
• Experience in ReactJs and Redux, React-Native would be a plus

As an IT Technical Lead, you will play a crucial role in managing and leading a team of IT professionals. You will be responsible for providing technical guidance, overseeing project execution, and ensuring the successful delivery of IT solutions. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation, implementing best practices, and maintaining a high level of technical excellence within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership: Lead a team of IT professionals, including developers, engineers, and support staff. Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise to ensure team members' growth and success. Foster a collaborative and positive work environment.

Technical Strategy and Planning: Develop and implement a strategic technical roadmap aligned with the organization's goals and objectives. Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends, and assess their applicability to the organization's IT infrastructure. Make recommendations for technology adoption or enhancements.

Project Management: Oversee the execution of IT projects, including resource allocation, task assignments, and timelines. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define project scope, and ensure successful project delivery. Monitor project progress, identify and mitigate risks, and resolve issues as they arise.

Technical Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert in various IT domains, such as software development, infrastructure management, cybersecurity, and data management. Stay informed about industry best practices and provide guidance on technical standards, frameworks, and methodologies. Conduct research and evaluation of new technologies to support business objectives.

Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, product managers, and other IT teams. Effectively communicate technical concepts and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Foster strong relationships with external vendors and partners.

Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: Assist in troubleshooting complex technical issues and provide guidance to team members in resolving them. Identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and develop preventive measures to avoid similar issues in the future. Ensure the timely resolution of critical incidents.

Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the IT department by identifying areas for optimization, streamlining processes, and implementing automation where applicable. Promote a culture of innovation, learning, and knowledge sharing within the team.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Proven experience in a technical leadership role, managing and leading a team of IT professionals.

Strong technical background in one or more IT domains, such as software development, infrastructure management, cybersecurity, or data management.

In-depth knowledge of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and trends.

Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.

Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, implement process improvements, and foster a culture of continuous learning.

About OJ Commerce: 

OJ Commerce is a fast-growing, profitable online retailer based in Florida, USA with a full-fledged India office based in Chennai driven by a sophisticated, data-driven system to run the operations with virtually no human intervention. We strive to be the best-in-class ecommerce company delivering exceptional value to customers by leveraging technology, innovation and brand-partnerships to provide a seamless & enjoyable shopping of high-quality products at the best prices to our customers.

Responsibilities:

Work with business-stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype, build and deploy it.

CRUD the backend code you own keeping maintenance, performance and security in mind.

Keep up breast of latest technologies and its ecosystem and adopt ones that aid safe product delivery at speed.

Automate the boring and mundane stuff for you prefer to be productive than being busy.

We are flat. Be responsible for professional growth of self and the team. 

• Tune application for performance.
• Take initiatives and manage change to work towards business goals at speed without compromising safety.
• Coach full-stack developers on backend skills.
• Provides problem resolution support, specific to application issues, identifies and resolves problems in application software, determines symptoms and ensures accurate problem definition

Develop functional, architectural and other documentation as required for productive functioning of teams.

• Be the brand ambassador for OJ Commerce by speaking at meetups, conferences, etc.
• We are fluid. Be ready for changing dynamics in responsibilities from time to time. Exciting isn't?
• Take the lead in digital transformation of legacy applications.

What you need to shine?

• You have the prior experience in modernising legacy applications.
• You are a passionate hands-on developer with deep experience in building enterprise grade software in Microsoft ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, SOA, Micro-Services and RESTful Services with knowledge of SQL Server database.
• You have the ability to see and work on the big picture (Application Architecture) and devilish details (Complex Code).
• Strong experience in developing web applications using C#, VB.Net, .NET, LINQ, Net Framework 4.0, MVC 3/4/5, ASP.NET Web API, .Net Core etc.
• You are Cloud savvy, preferably Google Cloud.
• You have rich experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with good knowledge of practical design-patterns and its applications.

Hands-on experience in building SOA or Micro-services preferably on .NET Core.

Proven Architectural skills with high standards in Code quality

Knowledge of ReactJS/Typescript would be added advantage.

Practical experience in Agile development methodologies of using CI/CD.

Extreme Programming (TDD) experience is sought after by us.

What we Offer

• Greenfield opportunity to transform legacy backend applications to latest technology stack.
• Fast-paced start-up environment: This is not for the faint hearted; you need grit and passion as much as you need the core skills.
• Work in an interdisciplinary team where learning from one another and developing solutions cross-functionally is a key part of our culture.
• Golden opportunity to make history by making big business impact.
• Competitive salary to take good care of self and family.
• Insurance Benefits: Medical and Accident cover.
• Flexible Working Hours

What you need to have:

• Strong experience in WooCommerce – Able to create easy and complex plugins, shortcodes, and widgets
• Exposure to a minimum of 3 e-commerce projects (starting with requirement gathering).
• Expert in WordPress, and other CMS platforms.
• Should have experience of working on large projects involving 10,000+ products.
• Experience in developing E-Commerce websites.
• Strong knowledge in WordPress Plugin, and PHP.
• Must have experience of building User Interfaces and Prototypes.
• Experience designing and developing responsive design websites.
• Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
• Good with third-party integrations to CRM, ERP, etc.
• Knowledge of code versioning tools including Git and Bitbucket.
• Strong Experience in MySQL and Database Queries.

Experience: 2 to 5 years

Annual CTC: Rupees 4,00,000 to 6,00,000

• Design and develop application with your strong knowledge in .NET
  • Apply your expertise in OOPS and best coding practices, TDD & Solid design Principles.
  • Expertise level implementations of multithreading concepts & You are familiar with Full
  stack development. If you are a developer with strong experience in .Net backend technologies
  and comfortable on frontend technologies like angular, JavaScript HTML, CSS etc.
  • Apply your versatility in choosing appropriate tools and frameworks for the Core
  development procedures
  • Work on large scale complex algorithmic solutions and fine tuning
  • Working on service oriented solutions and micro services architecture and be a part of
  monolithic to micro services re-architecture

- Experience with front-end technologies such as Angular or React with Redux. 

- Experience working in NodeJS with Express 

- Experience with PHP development using any one of it's framework will be considered as    a value add 

- Experience working with SQL or NoSQL databases, the ability to write efficient queries        and benchmark/profile them 

- Mastery of object oriented JavaScript, ES6, HTML, and CSS/SASS/StyledComponents 

- Experience in RESTful API development 

- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming 

- Experience with performance debugging and benchmarking 

- Experience with testing frameworks like Karma, mocha, or jest 

- Experience with Git version control 

- Understanding of CI/CD 

- Strong attention to design detail (UI/UX).