Senior Principal Software Architect

• Proven record of designing and delivering complex networking products from inception to production delivery. 
• Previous experience developing quality software for commercial products.
• Experience with communication systems involving wireless, radio, security and mesh networking technologies is a plus.
• Ability to work in a small team on fast paced projects that have tight deadlines
• Experience using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Seeking 10+ years software development experience
• Experience with Embedded real-time systems
• Must be an excellent SW developer. We expect experience developing software C/C++ in Linux. Python and other scripting languages is a plus.
• Target hardware includes Embedded CPU, DSP, and ARM environments
• Experience with Linux development infrastructure, tool chain and build environment.
• Experience developing both Linux device drivers and application software; installing Linux software and configuring embedded Linux systems
• Experience with OSI networking protocols and applications
• Experience and knowledge of Board Support package (BSP) development including board bring up, tool chain creation, and firmware/diagnostics support
• Experience with system development tools, including Source-Level Debuggers, Logic Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, Code Analysis tools, etc.

• You have 3+ years of experience using Golang/ Go Programming development language.
• You can write clean, high-quality code in a variety of languages and are also able to spot (and improve) bad code
• You have experience with Agile, Lean and/or Continuous Delivery approaches such as Continuous Integration, TDD, Infrastructure as Code, etc.
• Bonus points if you have knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Docker or Kubernetes

• Deliver features in an end-to-end manner: technical design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Provide technical leadership and own specific areas of the platform.
• Work closely with Product Managers to translate product requirements to engineering specifications.
• Lead code review efforts and quality efforts in your area of ownership.
• Participate in product discussions, taking ownership and initiative.
• Work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Mentored and guide junior engineers.

Must Haves:

• Minimum 2 years of working experience in Ruby on Rails/ Python/ Node.JS.
• Strong problem-solving skills, data structures, and algorithms.
• Excellent experience on databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Familiarity with tools for code reviews, version control (GIT).
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby/ Python/Node.JS code.
• Experience in application server hosting and monitoring.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on with search platforms (Solr, Elasticsearch, etc).
• Prior experience with microservices-based architecture/SOA/distributed systems.
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Experience with common AWS service EC2, RDS, S3, SES, etc.

Key Competencies:

• Building Effective Team
• Solving Problems Creatively
• Learning Agility
• Drive For Result

• Work closely with Engineering and Product teams to provide platform features and components to support Ingenio’s business objectives.
• Participate in the design and development of the company’s e-commerce layer.
• Translate Product requirements into scalable technical solutions, write high-quality code, conduct unit testing, provide technical leadership, and communicate project status to team members and stakeholders.
• Influence technical debt by re-designing components and adopting new technologies 

What You'll Need To Be Successful

• 4 - 8 years of experience in software development.
• Expertise in C# and .NET framework.
• Expertise in developing services (SOAP-WCF and REST) and web development frameworks like ASP.NET MVC.
• Good knowledge of database concepts and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, design patterns, concurrency, algorithms, and software design
• Research and evaluate new software, frameworks, and techniques to provide recommendations to the division.
• Design and develop robust and scalable software components.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a technical field.

We are looking for Senior Backend Engineers to design and build the systems that power our core business of lending and loan processing.  As a Senior Backend Engineer you will be expected to contribute significantly to your team. Your work is consistently of high quality. You solve complex problems, applying appropriate technologies, design patterns, and best practices. Your focus is on a major portion of existing or new team software. You work with your team to design and build software that is secure, correct, observable, and resilient. Your solutions are pragmatic. You identify the proper level of complexity for a task and advise your peers and manager on technical approach.

What you’ll do

• Design, implement, and maintain developer-friendly APIs and services

• Contribute to code and architecture reviews to keep our code quality high
• Debug and resolve production issues; take part in blameless postmortems
• Plan and execute smooth migrations to new technology as a way of managing technical debt
• Build tools and automation for our business and operations teams
• Make decisions on trade offs such as: Reuse versus introducing dependencies; Extensibility versus over-engineering; and Maintainability versus time to delivery (via short-term workarounds)
• Contribute to the improvement of your team’s code review standards, design discussions, team planning, and AARs.

You may shine in this role if you

• Have a track record of shipping software in a distributed systems environment

• Are enthusiastic about collaborating across departments to solve challenging problems
• Are pragmatic about the need to release less-than-perfect software and continuously iterate on it
• Can identify and articulate trade-offs in software and data design
• Can communicate both technical and business requirements fluently
• Are excited about both learning new things and teaching others

We speak mainly in javascript and golang, though we are open to engineers with different backgrounds and languages

• Work on building scalable backend platform for customer & seller apps, brands platform, demand generation platform, supply chain & logistics platform, credit platform and several cross platform software components
• Participate in the process to fundamentally change the food and grocery ecosystem in India, and impact billions of people through technology, mobile, and data science

Requirements:

An ideal candidate for this role is someone who has-

• BE/BTech degree in Computer Science from a top engineering school
• 1-5 years of professional software development experience
• Strong problem solving skills and strong command on object oriented design, data structures, algorithms and other computer science fundamentals.
• Strong coding skills - professional experience in developing production-quality software in Java/Python
• Expertise in Web Services, Service-oriented architecture, Databases, NoSQL, Distributed systems, Cloud Technologies.
• Extreme software engineering skills to design and develop low-latency, high availability, internet-scale web services
• Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle and software engineering best practices
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Demonstrated ability to own software design and development end to end from requirements to launch.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• A startup mindset  - An athlete who can run at breakneck speed of a startup, yet someone who can bring method to madness through processes suitable for different stages of the company - early stage prototyping and rapid experimentation, before product/market fit, after product/market fit, and scaling.
• Familiarity with Agile development, Scrums, continuous integration, and test driven development processes
• Data driven product development approach - strong focus on data backed engineering decisions.
• Ability to develop products incrementally in fast iterations
• Ability to do collaborative problem solving and design/build chaos resilient systems
• Strong focus on software quality
• Ability to mentor junior developers, and help build an excellent engineering team
• Ability to be a talent magnet - attract great talent to join the core team.