Senior Engineer

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in professional Web Development
• Proven software development experience in Core PHP, Codeigniter, WordPress; Laravel is a plus.
• Must have 2+ yrs experience in VueJs.
• Experience in ReactJs, NodeJs is a plus.
• Excellent Software Design and Architecting capabilities
• Complete familiarity with client-side scripting and Angular JS, Ember JS , JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery.
• Complete familiarity and expertise in web markup, including HTML5, CSS3.
• Expertise in third party API integration - payment gateways, Storage, Streaming services, etc.
• Complete familiarity and experience working with JSON / XML and REST API structure
• Familiar with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment technologies such as Bitbucket, Jenkins and Git
• AWS/Google Cloud Deployment is a must; Devops capability is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services.
• Sound Database experience with MySQL and PostgreSQL experience
• A sound knowledge of Object-Oriented (OOPS) Programming & Design Pattern.
• Agile and Iterative (TDD) development expertise.

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Python Developer with some experience in Laravel to spearhead our offshore team, in managing a large-scale USA-based product platform.

As a Senior Python Developer, you will primarily focus on building efficient data-driven applications and robust web scraping solutions. You will leverage your experience with the Scrapy framework for large-scale data collection and processing. While Python is the primary language, some experience in Laravel will be essential to contribute to PHP-based projects, allowing for full-stack support when needed.

This role requires a proactive, resourceful developer who can think on their feet and efficiently tackle complex problems.

Key Responsibilities

1. Scrapy Web Scraping: Develop, optimize, and maintain web scrapers using the Scrapy framework to gather, process, and store data from various online sources.
2. Back-End Development: Design, develop, and implement scalable backend solutions in Python, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and high performance.
3. Laravel Integration (As Needed): Contribute to existing Laravel projects, working with the PHP framework to support API endpoints, and ensure seamless integration with Python-based services.
4. API Development & Integration: Build and integrate RESTful APIs to facilitate seamless communication between applications and external data sources.
5. Data Processing & Storage: Create efficient data processing pipelines and manage SQL/NoSQL databases to store and organize large datasets collected through Scrapy.
6. System Architecture: Work collaboratively with other developers to design scalable, resilient architectures that support data-heavy applications.
7. Continuous Integration & Automation: Use Python to automate tasks, optimize CI/CD workflows, and enhance deployment processes for faster and more reliable releases.
8. Mentorship & Code Review: Mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and contribute to maintaining high coding standards and best practices.

Qualifications

Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in Python development, with a strong focus on web scraping using Scrapy.
• 1-2 years of experience with Laravel (intermediate understanding is acceptable for full-stack support).
• Demonstrated experience with data-driven projects, showcasing resourceful problem-solving abilities.

Technical Skills:

1. Python: Advanced proficiency in Python, particularly with libraries for data manipulation and web scraping.
2. Scrapy Framework: Extensive experience in Scrapy, including creating custom spiders, handling complex data extraction requirements, and working with proxies and data pipelines.
3. Laravel (PHP): Familiarity with Laravel for backend development, including API creation, routing, and MVC structure.
4. Database Management: Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases for efficient data storage and retrieval.
5. API Development: Hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and integrating external services.
6. Automation & DevOps: Familiarity with CI/CD tools, Docker, and version control systems (Git).
7. Cloud Platforms: Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure is a plus.

Why Join Us?

• High-Impact Role: Work on projects where your expertise in Scrapy and Python will directly influence our data capabilities and client success.
• Growth Opportunities: Access to learning resources, mentorship, and a supportive environment for continuous professional development.
• Innovative Culture: Join a team that values out-of-the-box thinking, resourcefulness, and efficient problem-solving.

We are building a core technology team at our new startup. If you are interested in working with a startup and growing along with a startup, this is the opportunity for you.

Backend: PHP Laravel (must), NodeJS (knowhow)

Frontend: Any Javascript, ReactJS (preferred)

Others: MySQL or any SQL database, Knowhow of Microservices architecture

Role: Application Architect

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

1. Understand requirements, functional and non-functional requirements, and devise end to end approach and strategy to modernizeapplications
2. Plan, Design, and develop architectures for highly available, scalable, and secure enterprise systems
3. Ideate and drive automation, lead PoVs point of view / PoCs Proof of concept/lead in the development of minimal viable product
4. Identify risks, and issues, and work on a mitigation plan
5. Able to review enterpriseapplicationportfolios and be able to provide application rationalization and modernization strategies
6. Provide functional and/or technical expertise to plan, analyze, define, and support the delivery of future functional and technical capabilities for anapplicationor group of applications.
7. Assist in facilitating impact assessment efforts and in producing and reviewing estimates for work requests.

Technical Experience:

1. Highly experienced withapplicationarchitecture capabilities with cloud-native architectures, microservices, and serverless architectures
2. Understanding of Domain-driven design, Event-drivearchitecture
3. Equipped with in-depth experience in developingapplicationswith either PHP/Python or databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.

Professional Attributes:

1. Candidate should have good communication skills
2. Candidate should have good documentation and presentation skills
3. Candidate should be a team player and must be able to collaborate and network with different teams
4. Highly motivated and should work with minimum supervision and unclear requirements

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Web development.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar.
• At least One year of experience as a Full Stack developer.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.
• Should have hands on experience in using sockets, express, SQL query builder.
• Should have worked on database like SQL, MYSQL, MongoDB.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3
• Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Great organizational and time management skills.
• Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours.

Technical Manager: We are looking for someone who can report to the firm’s chief technology officer, the technical lead is a full-time position that participates in all phases of the project lifecycle and consistently delivers business value to our clients. The technical lead is a leader within our client-facing project delivery team structure and sets best practices, approach and direction for the technical aspects of our practice. The ideal candidate has a passion for the web and higher education and is a champion for Laravel or similar frameworks.  And guide our passionate Software Developers to design, develop robust products. Candidates should be open minded to new solutions, forward thinking and strong ability to adapt. As a Lead, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience. Ultimately, you should be able to lead, develop and maintain functional and stable web applications to meet our company’s needs along with managing the team.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participates in pre-project business development activities including writing proposals, developing price estimates, and delivering pitches for new work. 

• Participates in pre-project business development activities including writing proposals, developing price estimates, and delivering pitches for new work. 

• In partnership with the other technical lead, sets direction for all aspects of our technology practice. 

• Leads and advances our growing Laravel practice. 

• Responsible for various aspects of ongoing support and maintenance engagements. Partners with project managers and web developers to successfully manage these client relationships
  
  

•  Understand requirements & plan the architecture for frontend/backend of the application
• Plan out the contracts & APIs for communication of various components.
• Work on integration of any external libraries and tools as per required by the application needs
• Working with modern tools to make the application more robust, efficient and scalable

• Understands each client’s organizational goals and objectives. 

• Develops lasting relationships with client personnel that foster client ties. 

• Seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships. 

• Delivers training to client personnel of various skill levels and technical capabilities.

Communication Responsibilities:

•    Delivers engaging, informative and well-organized presentations.
•    Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion. 
•    Understands how to tactfully communicate difficult/sensitive information.
•    Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills. 
•    Elicits cooperation from a variety of sources including Froogal management and client  

   team  members.

•    Comfortable using teleconferencing and web-based technology to communicate with our 

   Clients.

Other Responsibilities: 

•   Helps team members progress toward their professional development goals.
•   Defines and disseminates technology best practices.
•   Ensures we are proactive in our pursuit of new solutions and innovation within our   

   technology practice. 

•   Advances the firm’s thought leadership, specifically around web technologies, via the    

              mStoner blog, social media outlets and industry events and conferences. 

• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming & its implementation in any programming language. Knowledge of PHP and/or JS is a plus
• Proven industry experience as a Tech Lead
• Experience/Knowledge of microservice architecture
• Fluency and Hands-on Experience on Laravel 5+ PHP Framework (specially working with Eloquent Models/Collections) and/or React/Redux is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL and/or NoSql based DB such as MongoDB.
• Experience in JavaScript. Vue JS/React JS is a plus