Are you passionate about using technology to make people's lives better? Are you interested in becoming a part of one of the hottest trends in the world of start-ups today? Are you excited about joining the online ultra-fast grocery delivery service business pioneer and driving the trend forward? Then this may be the right opportunity for you.
Role and Responsibilities
- Helping lead the software development lifecycle: technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support.
- Working with cross-functional teams effectively to enable business growth.
- Proactively identifying engineering bottlenecks and initiating proposals to improve them.
- Writing high-quality, well-tested code in alignment with industry-wide best practices.
- Applying a product mindset to back-end systems.
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- About five years of experience delivering product-quality code in an agile set-up
- Experience with Golang, REST APIs, Microservice Architecture, Elasticsearch, Redis, Docker, or Kubernetes
- Understanding of the philosophy of cloud and an experience of maintaining cloud-native services.
- Experience in designing, building, scaling, and maintaining production services, and knowledge of composing a service-oriented architecture.
- Experience of working in a fast-paced, rapidly-growing company (Good to Have).
- Working knowledge of Node.js (Good to Have).
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- Passionate about technology and making an impact.
- A perpetual learner, who stretches their boundaries and enjoys new ideas.
- A doer who takes initiative and works well in a team.
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Who We Are
Blok is a technology-first, online ultra-fast grocery delivery service business, and we are on our way to revolutionize how millions of people across countries consume groceries. We believe in a world where getting everything you need, when you need it, sustainably, is the new normal. And it takes less than 10 minutes.
We believe we are positioned to lead this revolution. Why? Our founding and early team has held senior positions at Deliveroo, Uber, Glovo, Mercadona, or Unilever. We have done this before, and we believe we can do it again. But this time, even better.
Embark on the journey and help us launch the revolution in one of the highest growth industries of the year. Help us shape the new normal.
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Location: Chennai, Pune,Banglore,jaipurExp: 5 yrs to 8 yrs
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- Act as a leader within the engineering team, providing support and mentorship for teammates across functions
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent job experience
- Experienced developer in large data environments
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- Experience with Amazon Web Services
- Ability to sit with business or technical SMEs to listen, learn and propose technical solutions to business problems
· Experience using and adapting to new technologies
· Take and understand business requirements and goals
· Work collaboratively with project managers and stakeholders to make sure that all aspects of the project are delivered as planned
· Strong SQL skills with MySQL or PostgreSQL
- Experience with non-relational databases and their role in web architectures desired
Knowledge and Experience:
- Good experience with Elixir and functional programming a plus
- Several years of python experience
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organizational skills
Proven verbal and written cross-department and customer communication skills
You have 7 years or more of backend development experience with expertise in designing and
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- Experience in Microservices
- Extensive experience in developing Web Services APIs using RESTful API design
- Comfortable writing Unit Test Cases
- Good to have experience/knowledge of
- Docker,
- Scala,
- Python, and
- AWS and other Cloud platforms
- Able to connect the dots between code and business value
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- Engage in high-level conversations about business strategy and the role tech plays in it
- Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code that powers our application
- Write specs and do planning for everything we build
- Conduct application analysis, testing, and debugging
- Diligently document code to keep it clean and transparent
- Ensure cross-browser and device compatibility
You Are
- You believe it’s always on you to make sure anything you do is a success.
- You have the ability to make quick and effective decisions.
- In love with a challenge. You revel in solving problems and want a job that pushes you out of your comfort zone.
- Open to change. You’re inspired by the endless ways in which everything we do can always be improved.