Senior Backend Developer

About us

Arka energy is focussed on changing the paradigm on energy. Arka focusses on creating innovative renewable energy solutions for residential customers. With its custom product design and an innovative approach to market the product solution, Arka aims to be a leading provider of energy solutions in the residential solar segment. Arka designs and develops end to end renewable energy solutions with teams in Bangalore and in the Bay area

This product is a 3d simulation software, to replicate rooftops/commercial sites, place solar panels and generate the estimation of solar energy.

What are we looking for?

·        As a backend developer you will be responsible for developing solutions that will enable Arka solutions to be easily adopted by customers.

·        Attention to detail and willingness to learn is a big part of this position.

·        Commitment to problem solving, and innovative design approaches are important.

Role and responsibilities

●       Develop cloud-based Python Django software products

●       Working closely with UX and Front-end Developers

●       Participating in architectural, design and product discussions Designing and creating RESTful APIs for internal and partner consumption

●       Working in an agile environment with an excellent team of engineers

●       Own/maintain code everything from development to fixing bugs/issues.

●       Deliver clean, reusable high-quality code

●       Facilitate problem diagnosis and resolution for issues reported by Customers

●       Deliver to schedule and timelines based on an Agile/Scrum-based approach

●       Develop new features and ideas to make product better and user centric.

●       Must be able to independently write code and test major features, as well as work jointly with other team members to deliver complex changes

●       Create algorithms from scratch and implement them in the software.

●       Code Review, End to End Unit Testing.

●       Guiding and monitoring Junior Engineers.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

●       Solid database skills in a relational database (i.e. PostgresSQL, MySQL, etc.) Knowledge of how to build and use with RESTful APIs

●        Strong knowledge of version control (i.e. git, svn, etc.)

●        Experience deploying Python applications into production

●        Azure or Google cloud infrastructure knowledge is a plus

●       Strong drive to learn new technologies

●       Ability to learn new technologies quickly

●       Continuous look-out for new and creative solutions to implement new features or improve old ones

●       Data Structures, Algorithms, Django and Python

Good To have

·        Knowledge on GenAI Applications.

Key Benefits

·        Competitive development environment

·        Engagement into full scale systems development

·        Competitive Salary

·        Flexible working environment

·        Equity in an early-stage start-up

·        Patent Filing Bonuses

·        Health Insurance for Employee + Family

Requirements:

• Proficient in fundamental Software Design Principles, Data Structures, Algorithms, Problem Solving and Complexity Analysis.
• Proficient in programming languages like Python/Java/Javascript/Golang or similar.
• Strong understanding of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Hands-on Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases such as Postgres, Mysql, MongoDB.
• Hands-on experience with GIT, CI/CD, REST APIs and Cloud ( AWS/ GCP/ Azure) will be preferred.
• Understanding of Microservice Architecture and System Design Principles is a plus.
• Self-driven, detail-oriented and Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and ability to deliver great work.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing, releasing and maintaining large scale software applications.

Skills:

• Proficient in Go programming language with experience in building high-performance, scalable applications
• Experience with Java development a plus
• Familiarity with Git version control systems (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, SVN)
• Solid understanding of RESTful web services APIs
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins
• Experience with NoSQL databases
• Experience working with PostgreSQL databases

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust and efficient Go code
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and deploy new features
• Participate in code reviews and ensure high code quality
• Troubleshoot and debug complex technical problems
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in Go and related technologies

Primary Duties

• Build a broad knowledge across various systems and processes via knowledge transfer and capture any missing information on the wiki

• Gather software requirements by talking to various stakeholders and document them

• Implement software solutions after discussing the requirements and taking direction from the Technical lead and talking to other colleagues within and outside the team

• Provide necessary effort and time estimates for tasks to aid scheduling and prioritization

• Provide necessary 3rd line support to the Operations teams including software fixes as needed

• Work on any BAU development activity including on-boarding new data sets and delivering new markets into the system

• Work with external vendors from time to time to gather necessary requirements for new data or changes to existing data specifications

• Maintain pro-active communication with relevant stakeholders and keep them updated on progress

General

• Any other duties commensurate with the post holder’s position and seniority; and
• All employees should understand that it is their personal responsibility to comply with all organisational, statutory and regulatory policies and procedures.

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• 4+ years’ experience of programming in Java.
• 4+ years’ experience working with SQL including complex queries, stored procedures, views, database design and solid understanding of database concepts (preferably SQL Server)
• Experience of both Linux and Windows environments, scripting and tools
• Willing to carry out operational data tasks alongside developing new solutions
• Well organised with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple streams of work
• Excellent communication skills

Beneficial

• Experience working with Cloud environments (preferably AWS)
• Experience in handling financial data sets and familiarity with financial instruments (equities, futures, FX)
• Experience working with data pipelines and building ETL solutions
• Experience working with tools like Flink, Kafka and Tableau

Educational & Professional Qualifications

• Educated to degree (or equivalent) level or higher.
• A degree with mathematical and computing content (e.g. Computer Science, Maths, Physics)

• 9+ years development experience in JAVA (using OO Design and Analysis, Design Patterns, etc.)
• High experience in Java 8 Required.
• 4+ years’ experience building highly scalable, distributed and reliable Restful Web Services using Spring, Jersey, etc.
• Should have knowledge on Cloud applications preferably on AWS.
• Knowledge on building Front end applications using JavaScript, AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3.
• Experience with relational DBs like MySQL and NoSQL Database like MongoDB, Solr/Lucene will be a plus.
• Experience with Tomcat, Jax-RS, REST, JPA, IntelliJ, Groovy, Hibernateis must.
• Experience with build technologies like Gradle, Jenkins will be a plus. 
• Experience with Test Driven Development using TestNG/Junit testing frameworks.
• Experience working with version control like GIT.