ROR Developer

Role Overview:

We’re looking for an exceptionally passionate, logical, and smart Backend Developer to join our core tech team. This role goes beyond writing code — you’ll help shape the architecture, lead entire backend team if needed, and be deeply involved in designing scalable systems almost from scratch.

This is a high-impact opportunity to work directly with the founders and play a pivotal role in building the core product. If you’re looking to grow alongside a fast-growing startup, take complete ownership, and influence the direction of the technology and product, this role is made for you.

Why Clink?

Clink is a fast-growing product startup building innovative solutions in the food-tech space. We’re on a mission to revolutionize how restaurants connect with customers and manage offers seamlessly. Our platform is a customer-facing app that needs to scale rapidly as we grow. We also aim to leverage Generative AI to enhance user experiences and drive personalization at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and completely own high-performance backend systems.
• Architect scalable, secure, and efficient system designs.
• Own database schema design and optimization for performance and reliability.
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and designers.
• Guide and mentor junior team members .
• Explore and experiment with Generative AI capabilities for product innovation.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure high engineering standards.

Must-Have Skills:

• 2–5 years of experience in backend development at a product-based company.
• Strong expertise in database design and system architecture.
• Hands-on experience building multiple production-grade applications.
• Solid programming fundamentals and logical problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Python or Ruby on Rails (one is mandatory).
• Experience integrating third-party APIs and services.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Familiarity with Generative AI tools, APIs, or projects.
• Contributions to open-source projects or personal side projects.
• Exposure to frontend basics (React, Vue, or similar) is a plus.
• Exposure to containerization, cloud deployment, or CI/CD pipelines.

What We’re Looking For:

• Extremely high aptitude and ability to solve tough technical problems.
• Passion for building products from scratch and shipping fast.
• A hacker mindset — someone who builds cool stuff even in their spare time.
• Team player who can lead when required and work independently when needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required:

1. At least 3 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
2. Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
3. Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
4. Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
5. Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
6. Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
7. Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
8. Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
9. Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
10. Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
11. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
12. Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
13. Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
14. Experience building a large-scale social or location-based app.

Responsibilities for PHP Developer

·        Develop, record and maintain cutting edge web-based PHP applications on portal plus premium service platforms

·        Build innovative, state-of-the-art applications and collaborate with the User Experience (UX) team

·        Ensure HTML, CSS, and shared JavaScript is valid and consistent across applications

·        Prepare and maintain all applications utilizing standard development tools

·        Utilize backend data services and contribute to increase existing data services API

·        Lead the entire web application development life cycle right from concept stage to delivery and post launch support

·        Convey effectively with all task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules along with technical and process issues

·        Document the development process, architecture, and standard components

·        Coordinate with co-developers and keeps project manager well informed of the status of development effort and serves as liaison between development staff and project manager

·        Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development

·        Previous working experience as a PHP / Laravel developer for (x) year(s)

·        In depth knowledge of object-oriented PHP and Laravel 5 PHP Framework

·        Hands on experience with SQL schema design, SOLID principles, REST API design 

·        Software testing (PHPUnit, PHPSpec, Behat)

·        MySQL profiling and query optimization

·        Creative and efficient problem solver

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for design and development of high end, robust, scalable products that disrupt the market
• Technically-intense role with primary focus on building cool products in a niche domain 
• Evolution into Principal Software Engineers and Team leads and beyond based on one’s ability to demonstrate very strong technical expertise and project & people management skills.
• Reviewing code work for accuracy and functionality
• Analyzing code segments regularly.

Requirements:      

      Experience Range: 3+

      Role: Software Engineer – final role will depend on candidate’s experience and credentials

      Education: BE/B. Tech/MCA/M.Sc./MTech

      Technology Stack: Java, Hibernate, spring, spring boot, Microservices, MySQL, reactJS, Elastic Search, AWS Infra

• Writing efficient, reusable, testable, and scalable code
• Understanding, analyzing, and implementing – Business needs, feature modification requests, conversion into software components
• Integration of user-oriented elements into different applications, data storage solutions
• Developing – Backend components to enhance performance and receptiveness, server-side logic, and platform, statistical learning models, highly responsive web applications
• Designing and implementing – High availability and low latency applications, data protection and security features
• Performance tuning and automation of application
• Working with Python libraries like Pandas, NumPy, etc.
• Creating predictive models for AI and ML-based features
• Keeping abreast with the latest technology and trends
• Fine-tune and develop AI/ML-based algorithms based on results

Good proficiency in,

• Python frameworks like Django, etc.
• Web frameworks and RESTful APIs
• Core Python fundamentals and programming
• Code packaging, release, and deployment
• Database knowledge
• Circles, conditional and control statements
• Object-relational mapping
• Code versioning tools like Git, Bitbucket

Fundamental understanding of,

• Front-end technologies like JS, CSS3 and HTML5
• AI, ML, Deep Learning, Version Control, Neural networking
• Data visualization, statistics, data analytics
• Design principles that are executable for a scalable app
• Creating predictive models
• Libraries like Tensorflow, Scikit-learn, etc
• Multi-process architecture
• Basic knowledge about Object Relational Mapper libraries
• Ability to integrate databases and various data sources into a unified system
• Basic knowledge about Object Relational Mapper libraries
• Ability to integrate databases and various data sources into a unified system