Ruby Technical Lead

Job Title - Senior Backend Engineer

About Tazapay 

Tazapay is a cross border payment service provider. They offer local collections via local payment methods, virtual accounts and cards in over 70 markets. The merchant does not need to create local entities anywhere and Tazapay offers the additional compliance framework to take care of local regulations and requirements. This results in decreased transaction costs, fx transparency and higher auth rates. 

They are licensed and backed by leading investors.   www.tazapay.com 

What’s exciting waiting for You? 

This is an amazing opportunity for you to join a fantastic crew before the rocket ship launch. It will be a story you will carry with you through your life and have the unique experience of building something ground up and have the satisfaction of seeing your product being used and paid for by thousands of customers. You will be a part of a growth story be it anywhere - Sales, Software Development, Marketing, HR, Accounting etc. 

We believe in a culture of openness, innovation & great memories together. 

Are you ready for the ride? 

Find what interesting things you could do with us. 

About the Backend Engineer role

Responsibilities (not exhaustive)

• Design, write and deliver highly scalable, reliable and fault tolerant systems with minimal guidance 
• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards
• Partner with the product management team to define and execute the feature roadmap
• Translate business requirements into scalable and extensible design
• Proactively manage stakeholder communication related to deliverables, risks, changes and dependencies
• Coordinate with cross functional teams (Mobile, DevOps, Data, UX, QA etc.) on planning and execution
• Continuously improve code quality, product execution, and customer delight
• Willingness to learn new languages and methodologies
• An enormous sense of ownership
• Engage in service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning and optimization

The Ideal Candidate

Education

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in commercial software development in large distributed systems

Experience

• Hands-on experience in designing, developing, testing and deploying applications on Golang, Ruby,Python, .Net Core or Java for large scale applications
• Deep knowledge of Linux as a production environment
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and asynchronous architectures
• Expert in at least 1 of the following languages: Golang, Python, Ruby, Java, C, C++
• Proficient in OOP, including design patterns. 
• Ability to design and implement low latency RESTful services
• Hands-on coder who has built backend services that handle high volume traffic.
• Strong understanding of system performance and scaling
• Possess excellent communication, sharp analytical abilities with proven design skills, able to think critically of the current system in terms of growth and stability
• Data modeling experience in both Relational and NoSQL databases
• Continuously refactor applications to ensure high-quality design
• Ability to plan, prioritize, estimate and execute releases with good degree of predictability
• Ability to scope, review and refine user stories for technical completeness and to alleviate dependency risks
• Passion for learning new things, solving challenging problems
• Ability to get stuff done!

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Golang ecosystem
• Familiarity with running web services at scale; understanding of systems internals and networking are a plus
• Be familiar with HTTP/HTTPS communication protocols.

Abilities and Traits

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to provide exceptional attention to details of the product.
• Ability to focus for extended periods of repetitious activity.
• Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems, issues and solutions
• Work well as a team player and help the team members to resolve issues
• Be committed to quality and be structured in approach
• Excellent and demonstrable concept formulation, logical and analytical skills
• Excellent planning, organizational, and prioritization skills

Location - Chennai - India

Join our team and let's groove together to the rhythm of innovation and opportunity!

Your Buddy

Tazapay

Looking for someone who can take care of all the server-related works, their security, can handle code versions through GitHub, handle the server logs, loads with automated tools.

Hassle-free deploying the code on servers with automated scripts. Should have provision to manage the server downtime efficiently during deployment time on production environment.  Only privileged candidates can access the code and servers with a restricted IP address.

1. Responsibilities

• Serve as a point of cross-functional contact and expertise, providing support to development and QA teams for the build and release process in all environments.
• Provide emergency support for critical issues, research possible cause, and provide solutions.
• Aid DevOps team in the maintenance of existing automated deployment operations as well as the advancement of desired state automated CI-CD Pipelines
• Documents build and deployment process for assigned product and/or tools
• Aid Infrastructure team in the implementation of new resources used by the development, test, and production environments.
• Maintain awareness of best-in-class tools, languages, and practices related to development operations.
• Provides instructions to Infrastructure, Development and Test teams to aid in product development life cycle.

• Participate in discussions regarding new product development and product enhancements.
• 2. Requirements

• Experience working on Linux based infrastructure
• Configuration and managing databases such as MySQL, MongoDB
• Excellent troubleshooting
• Working knowledge of various tools, open-source technologies, and cloud services
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles
• Great Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure.
• Must have implementation experience with TLS/SSL, public private key cryptography, how certificates work, and mutual authentication
• Should have deal with IP addressing, firewalls, open ports, DNS & DHCP

We are looking for a Ruby on Rails developer responsible for managing 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. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
• Integration of data storage solutions 
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
•  

Skills

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, along with other common libraries such as RSpec and Resque
• Good understanding of the syntax of Ruby and its nuances
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages 
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors 
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, Mocking, ORM, and RESTful
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby code
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools 
• Familiarity with development aiding tool familiarity with continuous integration

Greetings from Amazon...!                                       

It is our pleasure in personally inviting you to apply job with Amazon Development Centre India (ADCI). At Amazon we are inclined to hire people with passion for technology and you happened to be one of the shortlisted candidates. Our business is committed to recognizing potential and creating teams that embrace innovation.

Please find the Eligible criteria and requirements:

Job title                             :             SDE – II (Software Development Engineer)
Role Opportunity            :             Permanent/Full Time/FTE/Regular

Work Location                 :             Hyderabad/Bangalore/ Gurgaon

Must Have

• Strong Exposure to Data Structures, Algorithms, Coding, System Design (LLD, HLD, OOAD), Distributed systems, problem solving skills, Architecture (MVC/Microservices), logical thinking.

Amazon (ADCI) - If you are looking for an opportunity to solve deep technical problems and build innovative solutions in a fast paced environment working with smart, passionate software developers, this might be the role for you. Amazon’s transportation systems get millions of packages to customers worldwide faster and cheaper while providing world class customer experience – from checkout to shipment tracking to delivery. Our software systems include services that handle thousands or requests per second, make business decisions impacting billions of dollars a year, integrate with a network of small and large carriers worldwide, manage business rules for millions of unique products, and improve experience for millions of online shoppers. With rapid expansion into new geographies, innovations in supply chain, delivery models and customer experience, increasingly complex transportation network, ever expanding selection of products and growing number of shipments worldwide, we have an opportunity to build software that scales the business, leads the industry through innovation and delights millions of customers worldwide.

As an SDE, you will develop a deep understanding of our business, work closely with development teams and own the architecture and end-to-end delivery of software components.

About Amazon India:

Amazon teams in India work on complex business challenges to innovate and create efficient solutions that enable various Amazon businesses, including Amazon websites across the world as well as support Payments, Transportation, and Digital products and services like the Kindle family of tablets, e-readers and the store. We are proud to have some of the finest talent and strong leaders with proven experience working to make Amazon the Earth’s most customer-centric company.

We made our foray into the Indian market with the launch of Junglee.com, enabling retailers in India to advertise their products to millions of Indian shoppers and drive targeted traffic to their stores. In June 2013, we launched http://www.amazon.in">www.amazon.in for shoppers in India. With http://www.amazon.in">www.amazon.in, we endeavor to give customers more of what they want – low prices, vast selection, fast and reliable delivery, and a trusted and convenient online shopping experience. In just over a year of launching our India operations, we have expanded our offering to over 18 million products across 36 departments and 100s of categories! Our philosophy of working backwards from the customers is what drives our growth and success.

We will continue to strive to become a trusted and meaningful sales and logistics channel for retailers of all sizes across India and a fast, reliable and convenient online shopping destination for consumers. For us, it is always “Day 1” and we are committed to aggressively invest over the long-term and relentlessly focus on raising the bar for customer experience in India. Amazon India offers opportunities where you can dive right in, work with smart people on challenging problems and make an impact that contributes to the lives of millions. Join us so you can - Work Hard, Have Fun and Make History.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years’ experience building successful production software systems
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BS or MS in CS or related field)
• The ability to take convert raw requirements into good design while exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs
• Expertise in System design (design patterns, LLD, HLD, Solid principle, OOAD, Distributed systems etc..), Architecture (MVC/Micro services).
• Good understanding of at least some of the modern programming languages (Java) and open-source technologies (C++, Python, Scala, C#, PHP, Ruby etc..)
• Excellence in technical communication
• Has experience in mentoring other software developers

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
• Experience developing service oriented architectures and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability
• Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural vision and software quality
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
• Expertise in delivering high-quality, innovative application
• Strong desire to build, sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Strong organizational and problem solving skills with great attention to detail
• Ability to triage issues, react well to changes, work with teams and ability to multi-task on multiple products and projects.
• Experience building highly scalable, high availability services
• The ideal candidate will be a visionary leader, builder and operator.
• He/she should have experience leading or contributing to multiple simultaneous product development efforts and initiatives.
• He/she needs to balance technical leadership with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices.
• He/she needs to be constantly striving for simplicity, and at the same time demonstrate significant creativity, innovation and judgment
• Proficiency in, at least, one modern programming language.
• Experience in SQL or Non-SQL database.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment in driving operational excellence and best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem solving skills.

Good to Have:

• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience with enterprise-wide systems
• Experience influencing software engineers best practices within your team
• Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between
• Strong written and verbal communication skills preferred

Key Points to remember:

• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle methodology
• Technical design, development and implementation decisions on the use of technology in area(s) of specialization.
• Write or modify programming code to suit customer's needs.
• Unit test to assure meets requirements, including integration test as needed.
• Ability to understand and analyze issues and uses judgment to make decisions.
• Strong problem solving & troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication skills
• Responsible for self-development according to professional development plan

• B Tech/BE or M.Tech/ME in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college.
• Experience level of 7+ years in building large scale applications.
• Strong problem solving skills, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with distributed systems handling large amount of data.
• Excellent coding skills in Java / Python / Node / Go.
• Very good understanding of Web Technologies.
• Very good understanding of any RDBMS and/or messaging.