
Brief:
We are pursuing a complex set of problems that involve building for an international audience and for an industry that has largely been service-centric. As an SDE at GradRight, you’ll bring an unmatched customer-centricity to your work, with a focus on building for the long term and large scale.
You’ll contribute to frameworks that enable flexible/scalable customer journeys and tying them with institutional knowledge to help us build the best experiences for students and our partners.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to design discussions and decisions around building scalable and modular architecture
- Build clean, modular and scalable backend services
- Participate in sprint ceremonies and actively contribute to scaling the engineering organization from a process perspective
- Stay on top of the software engineering ecosystem and propose new technologies/methodologies that can be adopted
- Contribute to engineering hiring by conducting interviews
- Champion infrastructure as code mindset and encourage automation
- Manage and mentor a small team of junior engineers
Requirements:
- At least 4 years experience as an SDE, building large scale services
- Extensive experience in at least one programming language and ability to write maintainable, scalable and unit-testable code
- Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns
- Excellent command over data structures and algorithms
- Passion for solving complex problems
- Good understanding of various database technologies with strong opinions around their use cases
- Experience with performance monitoring and scaling backend services
- Experience with microservices and distributed systems in general
- Experience with team management
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Good to have:
- Experience working with node.js, MongoDB and Google Cloud
- Experience in CI/CD and cloud infrastructure management
- Worked on products that addressed an international audience
- Worked on products that scaled to millions of users

About GradRight
About
Gradright is an ed-fin start-up aiming to foster accountability and create a long-lasting impact in global higher education using the power of technology, data science and collaboration. Our mission is to aid a million students in making rational and informed decisions about their universities and finances by 2025 and help them in pursuing their passion without unnecessary financial burden.
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adesso India is a dynamic and innovative IT Services and Consulting company based in Kochi. We are committed to delivering cutting-edge solutions that make a meaningful impact on our clients. As we continue to expand our development team, we are seeking a talented and motivated Backend Developer to join us in creating scalable and high-performance backend systems.
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Backend and Data Developer with expertise in Java, SQL, BigQuery development working on public clouds, mainly GCP. As a Senior Data Developer, you will play a vital role in designing, building, and maintaining robust systems to support our data analytics. This position offers the opportunity to work on complex services, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to drive successful project delivery.
Responsibilities
- Development and maintenance of data pipelines and automation scripts with Python
- Creation of data queries and optimization of database processes with SQL
- Use of bash scripts for system administration, automation and deployment processes
- Database and cloud technologies
- Managing, optimizing and querying large amounts of data in an Exasol database (prospectively Snowflake)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Operation and scaling of cloud-based BI solutions, in particular
- Composer (Airflow): Orchestration of data pipelines for ETL processes
- Cloud Functions: Development of serverless functions for data processing and automation
- Cloud Scheduler: Planning and automation of recurring cloud jobs
- Cloud Secret Manager: Secure storage and management of sensitive access data and API keys
- BigQuery: Processing, analyzing and querying large amounts of data in the cloud
- Cloud Storage: Storage and management of structured and unstructured data
- Cloud monitoring: monitoring the performance and stability of cloud-based applications
- Data visualization and reporting
- Creation of interactive dashboards and reports for the analysis and visualization of business data with Power BI
Requirements
- Minimum of 4-6 years of experience in backend development, with strong expertise in BigQuery, Python and MongoDB or SQL.
- Strong knowledge of database design, querying, and optimization with SQL and MongoDB and designing ETL and orchestration of data pipelines.
- Expierience of minimum of 2 years with at least one hyperscaler, in best case GCP
- Combined with cloud storage technologies, cloud monitoring and cloud secret management
- Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
Nice-to-Have:
- Knowledge of agile methodologies and working in cross-functional, collaborative teams.
You have 3 to 14 yrs of software engineering & product delivery experience with strong
background in datastructures & algorithms
• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex
products
• You are experienced with one or more general programming languages (e.g. Java, C/C++,
Go). Ability to learn other coding languages as needed.
• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex
products
• You have a strong foundation in the fundamentals of computer science, with familiarity in
data structures, algorithms and a strong command of object-oriented principles.
• You have experience in one or more of the following areas: Server Backend, Distributed
and Parallel Systems, Full Stack Development (frontend and backend), Scalable Enterprise
Platforms and Applications, Application Security and Incident Management, Android,
iOS, and Machine Learning.
• You have a spark that separates you from the crowd and ability to think out of the box and
on your feet
• You possess multi-dimensional skills that make you a valuable co-worker in a fast,
changing and ambiguous environment
• You have the ability to learn other coding languages as needed real quick
• You are comfortable in working with a team that deals with ambiguity every day
We are having urgent requirement of PHP Developer at GIGL Summaries Private Limited
Experience: 3 year to 5 years
Responsibilities and Duties
- PHP Web Development experience – Strong knowledge Core PHP and MVC PHP frameworks.
- Strong technical skills
- Should have positive and adaptive behavior. Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
- Understanding client requirements & functional specifications
- Developing and maintaining dynamic websites and web applications
- Ensuring foolproof performance of the deliverable Must be proficient in PHP, MySQL, CSS, HTML, Javascript, AJAX, XML
- Must have experience with any MVC framework like Yii, Yii2
- Must have capacity to work independently and also as a part of team
- Eager to learn new web technologies
- Must have a good knowledge of Modular Programming
- if knows node.js or react it would be plus point
Personality fit
Looking to hire a Backend developer, who wakes up every day with the zeal of learning something new - a mind that is always curious. Not only this, he should be proud to have a good experience on algorithms and understand his technology at the atomic level.
Preliminary requirements for the role
- Should understand the architecture of Node Js language, and must have had at least 1 year of solid experience in writing robust code in this language.
- Should be well versed with basic algorithms on ( array, Linked list, stack, queue)- Yes, we do ask questions associated with time and space complexity for the above-mentioned algorithms
- Thorough understanding of MySQL, in that, creating all types of joins ( inner, outer, left, and right) on multiple tables, views, and triggers are a piece of cake for you.
- Further, you should have a decent understanding of database designs so that you can make quick decisions about normalization, inclusion/exclusion of foreign keys, etc
- Should have a decent understanding of code repository tool such as GitHub
- Should be well versed with the basics of AWS ( understanding of cloud architecture would be a plus)
- Should be aware of the commonly used encryption techniques such as JWT, API encryption, Token management, etc
- Exposure to working in E-commerce related applications as well as in a startup environment would be an add on.
Are you passionate in coding and blockchain? Do you wish to face challenges ahead, develop and deliver features that will be extraordinary towards users? We are looking for experienced talents (React JS / Node JS / MongoDB / Web3.js / Solidity developers) to join our team and start a revolution!
Key Responsibilities and Scope
- Framework development and integration
- Prototype and Proof of concept development
- Creation, configuration, and monitoring Shards sets. Architecture and capacity planning for MongoDB clusters.
- Assisting senior developers in detecting performance issues in the system by deploying MMS and MongoDB profilers
- Implementation of MongoDB advanced concepts like locking, transactions, indexes, Sharding, replication, schema design.
- Maintain MongoDB replication with replica set factors, arbiters, voting, priority, server distribution, slave delays.
Technical Skills
- Database & Languages: MongoDB, B-tree, MongoDB Profiler, Javascript, MongoDB Compass, Mongo Booster
- Others: Elastic Stack, MMS, MongoDB Management service
Qualifications and Experience location GMT+8 or GMT+5:30
- Ability to work remotely or on-site (if Malaysia)
- Executing elastic stack in production scale Passion for best design, developing, and coding practices
- Creating servers and databases for functionality
- Maximizing application performance, uptime, and scalability, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful application design
- Excellent debugging and optimization skills
- Unit/integration testing experience
- Experience in analyzing and visualizing the data along with data modeling
- Experience in upgrading different databases and also migration of data among multiple databases.
- Experience in MongoDB installation, patching, troubleshooting, performance, tracking/tuning, backup, and recovery in dynamic environments.
- Experience in managing the life cycle of MongoDB including sizing, automation, monitoring, and tuning
- Experience in working with MongoDB ops Manager, Cloud Manager, and Atlas Manager
- Experience in analyzing chunk migrations, splitting, and balancing across the clusters.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and maintain production timelines across multiple teams
- Translate product’s strategy into detailed requirements for prototype construction and final product development
- Analyze consumer needs, current market trends, and potential partnerships from an ROI
- Outline the product vision, product strategy, and product roadmap
- Assess current competitor offerings, seeking opportunities for differentiation
- Appraise new product ideas and strategize appropriate to-market plans
- Ensure that user story content and prioritization is aligned to the larger strategic objective
- Recommend the scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and appraising adjustments
- Provide information for management by preparing product sales forecasts and reports
- Meet regularly with key customer-facing teams to collect and analyze user feedback to shape new product ideas and user requirements.
- Help in the creation and maintenance of bona fide product documentation
- Work with development leads so that product requirements are understood and built accordingly
- Work within a software development methodology like AGILE
- Coordinate product releases with marketing, sales, and development teams
- Provide product training and technical expertise
- Work with the leadership team in planning the product roadmap.
- Be the product owner driving our strategic product and technology vision on the platform side of products
Requirement:
- 3+ years of experience as a Technical Products Manager in a software company.
- Has deep knowledge of every stage of the product life-cycle -- introduction, growth, maturity, and decline -- and understands how it affects development adjustments.
- Critical thinker & problem solver
- Familiarity in the AGILE development framework will be preferable.
- Strong understanding of cutting-edge tools and technologies for frontend and backend development
- Data-oriented, have exceptional analytical skills
- Experience working with the development teams directly will be a plus
- Has the ability to set priorities and resolve issues and set realistic product development goals
- Should be able to communicate technical solutions to both internal and external audiences
- Understand industry flow and trends
- Has the ability to evaluate key metrics to optimize performance
- Demonstrated track record managing successful product development from feature definition to project deployment
- Work with product management analytics tools
- A people-friendly person with extraordinary organizational and leadership skills
You will get to own and build world-class, stable, secure and scalable solutions
Ownership, trust and flexibility comes with the job and you are expected to consistently raise the bar in terms of technical proficiency and quality of code.
You will get to work with a highly experienced team in a very informal, yet results-oriented environment
You should think consumer-first and have the ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
You will actively participate in defining stable and scalable engineering processes to meet the demands of a fast growing team.
3+ years hands-on application development experience in Python, Django, Flask & NodeJS
Highly proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases and Redis.
Should have a strong hands-on working knowledge on AWS services like EC2, S3, Route53, SES, SQS, SNS etc.
Should have successfully built and deployed complex and resource efficient backend APIs that work flawlessly at scale
Should be willing to take on responsibility and ownership and should be highly motivated and fun to work with :)
Experience in working at fast-paced startups is a big plus!
If you have the knowledge, experience and hunger to make a positive impact, we’d love to meet you.

- Strong proficiency in MySQL database administration, migrations /up-gradation, patching, cloning, capacity planning, designing, and automation of database tasks.
- Good experience with the latest versions of the database
- In-depth experience configuring database replication on multiple versions
- Strong experience in Monitoring, DB Performance Tuning, DB Availability, DR, Security, Storage
- Analyzes and provides recommendations to optimize the database for improved performance, manageability, and scalability
- Expertise in enterprise backups, recovery, and performing point-in-time recovery Experience in deploying and integrating PM tools
- Experience in data partitioning and encryption
- Knowledge of de-facto standards and best practices in MySQL and MongoDB
- Proficient in writing and optimizing SQL statements and Knowledge of MySQL features, such as its event scheduler
- Familiarity with other SQL/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.
- Knowledge of limitations in MySQL and their workarounds in contrast to other popular relational databases
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git / Mercurial / SVN
Job Description:
- Expert level knowledge of JavaScript
- We use Airbnb style to code
- Should be strong in Problem solving skills, data structure and algorithms
- Strong Proficiency in Node.js with detailed experience in Express, loopback, swagger, PM2
- Should have well understanding on Asynchronous Programming
- Experience with Socket.io, engine.io (Preferred)
- Working knowledge of Promise, Callback hell and ways to avoid it
- Solid experience with RDBMS (PostgreSQL)
- Experience with Redis, MongoDB (Preferred)
- Understanding of the design Principles of a scalable system
- Exposure to GCP/ AWS is must
- Excellence in Programming, Debugging and Maintaining the code
- A strong ability to quickly learn new technologies and to keep yourself updated with the latest in tech
- A go-getter attitude with oceans of optimism, humility, and self-motivation
- Passion for code quality and attention to detail
- Experience with Code versioning tool like Git, SVN is preferred







