Python with SQL [Snowflake]

Backend 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.

We are looking to recruit a candidate for a role that will require:

• Create and consume restful APIs
• Design, develop, and maintain internal and external applications
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules
• Write high quality, structured application/interface code and documentation
• Identify solutions through research and collaboration that resolves the root of problems as they arise
• Define functional and technical requirements for application software to develop skills and knowledge
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

Requirement

∙ Proficient in Node.JS

∙ 2+ years’ experience designing, querying, and updating databases in MySQL/nosql 

∙ Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

∙ Good to have knowledge of AWS, Redis, ElasticSearch

Education: Min. Graduate in related discipline

Work experience: 2 years relevant experience

About the Role 

As a result of our rapid growth, we are looking for a Java Backend Engineer to join our existing Cloud Engineering team and take the lead in the design and development of several key initiatives of our existing Miko3 product line as well as our new product development initiatives. 

Responsibilities 

•  Designing, developing and maintaining core system features, services and engines
• Collaborating with a cross functional team of the backend, Mobile application, AI, signal processing, robotics Engineers, Design, Content, and Linguistic Team to realize the requirements of a conversational social robotics platform which includes investigate design approaches, prototype new technology, and evaluate technical feasibility
• Ensure the developed backend infrastructure is optimized for scale and responsiveness 
• Ensure best practices in design, development, security, monitoring, logging, and DevOps adhere to the execution of the project. 
• Introducing new ideas, products, features by keeping track of the latest developments and industry trends 
• Operating in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules

Requirements 

• Proficiency in distributed application development lifecycle (concepts of authentication/authorization, security, session management, load balancing, API gateway), programming techniques and tools (application of tested, proven development paradigms)  
• Proficiency in working on Linux based Operating system. 
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language like Java. Additional languages like Python and PHP are a plus 
• Proficiency in at least one server-side framework like Servlets, Spring, java spark (Java). 
• Proficient in using ORM/Data access frameworks like Hibernate,JPA with spring or other server-side frameworks. 
• Proficiency in at least one data serialization framework: Apache Thrift, Google ProtoBuffs, Apache Avro,Google Json,JackSon etc. 
• Proficiency in at least one of inter process communication frameworks WebSocket's, RPC, message queues, custom HTTP libraries/frameworks ( kryonet, RxJava ), etc.  
• Proficiency in multithreaded programming and Concurrency concepts (Threads, Thread Pools, Futures, asynchronous programming). 
• Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling)
• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability
• Good understanding of networking and communication protocols, and proficiency in identification CPU, memory & I/O bottlenecks, solve read & write-heavy workloads. 
• Proficiency is concepts of monolithic and microservice architectural paradigms. 
• Proficiency in working on at least one of cloud hosting platforms like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc.   
• Proficiency in at least one of database SQL, NO-SQL, Graph databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Orientdb 
• Proficiency in at least one of testing frameworks or tools JMeter, Locusts, Taurus 
• Proficiency in at least one RPC communication framework: Apache Thrift, GRPC is an added plus 
• Proficiency in asynchronous libraries (RxJava), frameworks (Akka),Play,Vertx is an added plus 
• Proficiency in functional programming ( Scala ) languages is an added plus 
• Proficiency in working with NoSQL/graph databases is an added plus 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of tools for server, application metrics logging and monitoring and is a plus Monit, ELK, graylog is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization utilities like Ansible, Salt, Puppet is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization technologies like Docker, LXD is an added plus  
• Working Knowledge of container orchestration platform like Kubernetes is an added plus 

Experience: 2 years - 4 years
providing 100% remote 

We love solving hard problems together because the hardest challenges are often the most rewarding. You will have an opportunity to create products that will disrupt the industry. Providing customer delight is not just a phrase for us - It’s our mantra, Voice will always be heard - we encourage different points of view. 

Do you aspire to be a tech ninja?

Do you have a passion for building products in India and changing the worldview that we are just about services?

We want people who go deep and understand the fundamentals

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Development and maintenance of automatic regression tests suites used in the product delivery process
• Development and maintenance of testing frameworks supporting the automatic regression testing
• Management and tracking of automatic regression test suite execution
• You will own some or all of a product/feature. You will also mentor others, read and review code, maintain code, deploy code, and tune the performance of systems.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• We’re looking for 2 - 4 years of experience. However, the number is irrelevant if you have the necessary skills.
• Strong proficiency in Java, J2EE, JDBC, Spring MVC & Boot, Hibernate, PL/SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery, Ajax
• Good exposure to RESTful API concept and JSON
• Experience with cloud-based technologies such as AWS.
• Proficient understanding of development tools such as SVN, GIT
• Good communication skills with proficiency in English (Oral and Writing) / banking knowledge. 

Plus Points:

• Product experience
• Startup experience
• Technologies that are Self-taught
• Contributed to stock exchange etc
• Open source contributions
• Any of your work in public that we can see

About Us

At Toddle, we are on a mission to help schools around the world deliver better learning. We are a team of 2x founders – before founding Toddle, we set up a network of preschools and schools in India. We continue to operate these preschools and schools as it gives us a unique vantage

point into the challenges faced by schools.

Our belief is that real impact in education can only be achieved by improving schools. That’s because children spend more than 80% of their learning time in school and schools are here to stay as schools are not just about teaching & learning, they also play a pivotal social role in our lives. So while most Edtech companies are trying to solve for education by working outside the school system, we think that the focus needs to be on taking our schools to the next level.

Our first product is a collaboration platform for teaching teams – we say that Toddle is to teaching, what Figma is to design. In its current version, Toddle empowers teachers to work together and better across all stages of the teaching-learning process – right from curriculum

planning and assessments to progress-tracking and family communication.

Here are some key facts about us:

1. Currently used by 1,000+ schools and 30,000+ teachers from 107 countries

2. Global revenue – 40% from Americas, 30% from EMEA, 30% from APAC

3. NRR > 115%

4. NPS > 70

5. Annual churn < 5%

6. Inbound led GTM motion fuelled by positive word of mouth

We love solving for

1. Creating delightful experiences that help teaching teams collaborate better & be more effective

2. Building tools that help teachers personalise learning for their students

3. Helping teachers around the world connect with each other meaningfully

We are at a series A stage right now, growing fast in the SAAS Ed-tech space, and have been funded by Sequoia, Matrix, Beenext, and Better Capital among others.

Here’s what you’ll be doing

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Backend engineer, one who partners with us in creating beautiful products for teachers, students and parents alike. As a Backend engineer, you will play a major role in designing, developing and deploying high-quality web platforms. In

this multifaceted role, you will get the opportunity to work along curriculum experts, teachers, and students, and user-test the product in real school settings.

Required Skills:

Frameworks & Technologies: Node.js, Express, GraphQL, JWT

Database: SQL query writing and optimisation.

Tools: Git basics, Scripting basics

Good to have:

DevOps experience with AWS, CI/CD

Working experience in PostgreSQL

Is this someone that looks like you?

• Education: B.E/B.Tech degree

• Experience: 1 to 3 years of relevant working experience (SaaS preferred)

• Soft Skills: Having a bias towards action, a good sense of design, empathy, and good communication skills

• We deeply value building the right culture at Toddle, and these are a few things that we look for in each hire - Coach-ability, Curiosity, Ownership, Hustle and Humility

Excited about the role?

Here are a few more benefits:

1. Work from anywhere - Work from where you like - home, co-working space, cafe or the hills

2. Exposure to diverse learning opportunities

Work across different projects & teams to develop skills outside of your core expertise

Access to a small budget towards learning (e.g. books, online courses, substacks)

3. Uncapped leave policy

We trust you fully on your commitment to our mission and your judgement on planning your time and taking leaves:

No cap on the number of sick or casual leaves

Special paid leaves for childbirth, wedding etc.

And if in any circumstance you feel burnt out - there is a little something for this too!

No questions asked menstrual leave

4. Flexible working hours - Block “no-meeting hours” to enable uninterrupted focused work

5. No bell curve performance evaluations

6. And yes, a super fun and smart group of folks to collaborate and grow with.

Still with us? Here’s the process:

1. Shortlisting:

• Apply for the role.

• We’ll check out your application and assess it for a fit

• You will hear back from us within 2-3 days of the submission if shortlisted

2. Once shortlisted, we usually do about 2-3 rounds of interviews, a written assignment, and deep reference checks.

3. We value everyone’s time hence we make it a point to communicate proactively at all stages of your application. You can always reach out to us for any questions.

Desired candidates must have 2-6 years experience as NodeJs Developer. If the candidate is not able to relocate to Gurgaon then we can also provide permanent Work from home for this position.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding functional and business requirements and translate them into effective code
• Provide support till deployment of code into production.
• Ownership for ensuring code optimization, problem diagnosis, and on-time delivery
• Implement solutions as per the pre-defined framework /guidelines and adherence to processes
• Finding an optimal solution for the problem statement
• Conduct peer code review.

What candidate should know about:

• Excellent hands-on experience with Node.Js, Express.Js, JavaScript
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Excellent hands-on experience with MongoDB, Mongo aggregation, MySQL
• Ability to build REST services, Authentications, MVC applications
• Excellent Object Oriented Programming skills and ability to write modular, secure, scalable, and maintainable code
• Experience with Elastic Search, Redis.
• Knowledge about AWS components (S3, EC2, Cloudfront, Redis Clusters, etc.)
• Self-learning abilities are required
• Familiarity with upcoming new technologies is a strong plus

• 5+ years of software development experience including 4+ years of deep, hands on experience in building highly scalable web-based backend applications using Java and Spring ecosystem
• BE/BTech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience
• Great problem-solving skills with solid data structures and algorithms knowledge
• Has extensively used the Spring ecosystem – Spring Boot, REST API Development, ORM tools like Hibernate
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Class loading, Multi-Threading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
• Experience of coaching and mentoring junior developers with good delegation and time-management skills
• Implemented CI/CD in any of the projects done
• Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
• Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience of Elastic Search
• Has designed relational databases; conversant with SQL
• Knowledge of Jenkins/ Docker and Devops
• Knowledge of Redis or similar technology
• Worked with some or all of these AWS services: EC2; lambda; SQS/SNS; Elastic Search, Transcoder
• Understanding and experience of building services and applications using principles of service-oriented architecture, preferable using REST or SOAP
• Contributed in the creation of end-to-end automation tests (functional or non-functional)
• Worked with WebSocket, Push notifications etc

• Experience in ELK stack
• Knowledge of Video tools like FFMPEG, Wowza / Node Media Streaming
• Understanding of different video formats, streaming, CDN etc
• Understanding of Machine Learning Models, Pipelines etc