Senior Application Developer

OpenGov is home to an exceptional team - passionate about our mission to power more effective and accountable government. By bringing the OpenGov Cloud to our nation's state and local government, we’re transforming communities so they can thrive! 

Imagine yourself being able to help small business owners open their doors faster, ensuring our tax dollars are accounted for, creating safer infrastructure, modernizing the permitting process, and assisting with disaster recovery. The work you do here every day has a meaningful impact on people's lives!

🌟 OpenGov is a 2023 Top Workplaces USA award winner and a Forbes America's Best Startup Employer 🌟

Join our smart, fun, and humble team to experience the most rewarding career of your life!

Job Summary:

As a  Software Engineer II  at OpenGov, you'll build best-in-class SaaS solutions that enable efficiency, transparency, and accountability within government agencies. You'll be a key member of our engineering team, delivering new features and improvements in a fast-paced, agile environment using modern technologies, including ReactJS, Javascript, GraphQL, and NodeJS.

A typical day in this role would provide opportunities to design, implement and optimize complex applications for speed and scalability, and resolve various unique technical challenges. Strong collaboration skills with the product, UX, and platform engineers coupled with the ability to execute quickly will enable your success.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and deploy high-quality software with minimum supervision
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and operational excellence 
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation within the team
• Contribute to OpenGov’s Engineering culture of innovation, leading-edge technology adoption and quality

Requirements and Preferred Experience:

• BA/BS in a computer-science-related discipline or equivalent experience required
• 3+ years of professional experience in developing cloud native applications.
• Proficiency in Java or C++ or C# or equivalent program language is required.
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, ReactJS, and NodeJS is required 
• Proficiency in data structures, database concepts, algorithms and observability is required
• Working knowledge of event-driven architecture and Kafka preferred
• Working knowledge of ElasticSearch/OpenSearch preferred

What makes OpenGov unique

» Leadership: CEO Zac Bookman (MPA from Harvard and JD from Yale) is truly a mission-driven CEO. He was named one of the 100 most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, a Tech Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and SF and Silicon Valley Business Times' 40 under 40 class of 2018!

» Growth: Record breaking growth with 1,800+ governments (and counting) using our products. Click here for read more.

» Culture: Winner of 2023 Top Workplaces USA award, Awarded Top 25 Cloud Companies to Work For, Winner of Forbes 2022 Best Startup Employers, 50 Best Workplaces award. Check out our Careers Video!

» Product: Named to the GovTech 100 (seven consecutive years), we are the leader in cloud software for our nation's cities, counties, and state agencies.

» Mission Driven: We are a technology company with a passion for the mission. We're powering more effective and accountable government.

Come join us and make a positive social impact!

OpenGov is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru

Work Type: Full Time

We're building E-commerce, Fintech & Supply Chain stacks for Indian Retail & heads down focused on solving the hard, industry-defining challenges. If you love the first principle approach, freedom to build & own your outcomes, It is the place! Welcoming all entrepreneurial minds to BUILD & blitz scale with us!

Responsibilities:

• Work with other our leaders to design and drive the plan for the company's vision.
• Recruit great engineers, in collaboration with our recruiting team.
• Develop engineers on the team, helping them advance in their careers.
• Empower the engineering team to achieve a high level of technical productivity, reliability and simplicity.
• Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives as a member of our engineering management team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline (Tier I colleges preferable).
• A track record of leading productive engineering teams.
• Successfully recruited great people to your teams.
• The ability to thrive on a high level of autonomy and responsibility.
• The desire to encourage a healthy work environment that's both supportive and challenging.
• A genuine excitement to help engineers develop new skills and advance in their careers.
• Enough technical sense to ask engineers good questions about architecture and product decisions.
• 7+ years of relevant engineering and hands-on technical management experience.
• Previous experience at good tech startups/product companies.
• Strong hands-on experience in full stack development and architecture using NodeJS, MVC, microservices, UI & UX (React), ORM tool (Sequelize), CICD tools (Git, Jenkins, AWS).
• Excellent knowledge of RDBMS, SQL, NoSQL, Cache, Linux based systems.
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About the company

Founded by ex-Flipkart leadership and IIT alumni, Arzooo is a vertical focused e-commerce startup, digitising the Consumer Electronics value chain in India.

It started as a B2B platform empowering thousands of Consumer Durables stores with the best of pricing & product selection through its e-commerce stack and also creating a very efficient supply chain infrastructure across tier-2,3,4 towns in India. The recent foray into fintech has enabled us to empower Indian retail with a low cost, digital-first Credit alternative, which is unlocking immense scale for us

We are the largest e-comm player in India in the Electronics domain, and scaling fast towards capturing this multi-billion opportunity. With a presence in 300+ cities, we're now building a direct to consumer platform on top of our existing network of thousands of Durables stores. Through the direct to consumer platform we're taking all these stores online with Live Commerce capabilities, building appliances focused shopping experience for tier-2+ India.

We're a team of 400+ with deep experience in scaling startups, and we are building this team further now.

Position Overview :

As an Intermediate Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain high-performance and scalable applications for Membership, Marketing, and Map services. Your role involves coding, unit testing, and building applications to meet the needs of millions of Sam's members. You should be intellectually curious, passionate about technology, and a supportive team player.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, code, and test scalable applications in Java and React.

- Ensure high performance and maintainability of applications.

- Participate in peer code reviews and support team deliverables.

- Manage applications to meet engineering and operational excellence criteria.

- Collaborate with team members to align efforts with business needs.

Required Skills and Experience :

- Java : Experience with Java 8 or above, including lambda functions and streams.

- React : Proficiency in React, including tools like Flux, Flow, and Redux.

- Testing : Strong in writing modular and testable code with frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, and Mock MVC.

- Front-End : In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and React fundamentals.

- Micro-Services : Experience with micro-services architecture and distributed systems.

- Spring Boot : Hands-on experience with Spring Boot and related technologies.

- Databases : Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., Cosmos DB).

- Caching : Knowledge of caching technologies like Redis or Memcached.

- Monitoring : Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus and Splunk.

- CI/CD : Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Git, Maven, and Gradle.

- Containerization : Experience with Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes.

- Cloud Platforms : Experience with Azure, GCP, or similar public cloud platforms.

- Performance Testing: Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter is a plus.

- Retail Domain Knowledge : Good understanding of the retail domain is beneficial.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

- 7+ years of experience in software engineering or a related field.

Additional Information :

- Strong problem-solving skills and analytical thinking.

- Ability to work effectively in a team environment

• Experience in Java/J2EE, JavaScript is a must.
• Open source framework experience such as Angular (1.* & 2), Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, jQuery, MySQL, and Linux is required.
• Experience in applying modern Agile Software Development practices.
• Experience in development in a CI/CD environment and familiarity with CI/CD tools is required.
• Good interpersonal and facilitation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Adaptability is a must, including the ability and enthusiasm to learn new technologies quickly.
• Must be able to write technical designs and build documentation for all aspects of technical infrastructure.
• Experience in Microservices development

About Digichefs

We’ve been reinventing the meaning of digital marketing or rather, advertising in a digital era since 2015. With over 5 years of cumulative marketing experience at the heart of the organization, we enable our clients to grow and meet their business objectives. Our sweet combination of technology, creative communication, and a thought-through execution strategy bolster the marketing vertical in your business center, so that you may focus on the next important item on your list. Let us help you build a recipe for success.

Know more about us:

Check our website http://www.digichefs.com/">www.digichefs.com   

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Why Join Digichefs

We are a boutique Digital Marketing Company focused on performance led to creative campaigns. 

A tight team of 40 makes us an ideal fit for any brand looking for a partner who can support their marketing setup or accelerate them in their growth stage. 

With efficient internal processes & subject expertise in digital, we forge as your extended marketing partner.

Direct access to the founders & the core team, flexibility & agility when situations demand so, clean reporting and transparency at every stage, while completely maintaining the security of your confidential data, are some reasons why our clients love us!

We were featured by:

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Job Description:

• Experience working in WordPress at a PHP code level.
• Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
• Experience in designing and developing responsive design websites
• Grasp of HOOKS concepts in WordPress.
• Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
• Strong understanding of PHP back-end development.
• Building WordPress CMS websites using the best practice & de-facto standard plugins

Requirements:

• Good Communication Skills.
• Basic knowledge of at least 2 web developing languages.
• Knowledge about Wordpress, Core PHP, HTML5, CSS3, MYSQL, Javascript, Jquery
• Minimum 3 years of experience required.

**Work remotely / Work From Home with BigStep Technologies throughout your tenure**

Desired candidates must have 7+ years of total experience in backend development with good expertise in MEAN Stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, Node.js) and JavaScript, along with strong development and coding skills, good analytical and problem-solving skills.

Roles and Responsibilities :

What You'll Do

• Create the system architecture for any product from scratch as well as drive it for more than one development teams
• Design and deliver solutions that enable fast and efficient deployment of quality code to production
• Document the architectural blueprint and end to end design through flowcharts and diagrams.
• Set coding standards for development teams and ensure all released code is following standards
• Oversee the code review process, performing reviews when necessary
• Establish strong communication channels and relationships with the development teams, supporting them throughout the release cycle
• Continuously evaluate the existing software to identify areas of improvement and ensure architectural integrity as additional features are added.
• Lead DevOps and implement tooling and process improvements when you identify gaps
• Work with various stakeholders and identify the scope of the work, provide high level estimations, create a timeline and come up with the approach and design for the same.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes to ensure the highest quality product platform.
• Coach and mentor the development teams to improve the overall expertise and skills of the team.
• Take care of the development of critical components and POCs for new technologies to be used.
• Deliver high quality deliverables individually/as a team adhering to industry best practices.
• Troubleshoot any errors or issues that arise in the application/infrastructure components quickly and efficiently.

What You Bring

• 7+ years in software development or product engineering
• Proficient in MEAN Stack
• Good experience in backend development with Node.js
• Expertise in developing RESTful APIs
• Have created multi-transactional and highly redundant systems from ideation to production
• Customer-centric mindset
• Expertise in Agile SCRUM best practices
• Expertise in implementing front-end of applications using HTML5, Angular.js
• Proficient in MVC, OOPS concepts, Web Development Concepts, HTML, JSON, REST API development
• Strong coding skills, good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to break down complex technical concepts into something digestible by non-technical stakeholders