Senior Software Engineer ( BACKEND)

Role Overview:

We are looking for a detail-oriented and experienced Full Stack Developer to join our growing team in India. This is a remote, full-time opportunity to work on high-impact

projects using modern web technologies. While specific project discovery is underway, we’re looking to onboard developers with a solid foundation across front-end and back-end technologies who are comfortable working in agile environments. You will be collaborating directly with a US-based client and must be available to work the UK shift.

Key Responsibilities:

·        Develop and maintain scalable and performant full-stack web applications

·        Collaborate with UI/UX designers and backend teams to implement responsive, user- friendly interfaces

·        Write unit tests using Jest and ensure code quality and reliability

·        Develop RESTful APIs using Node.js and NestJS framework

·        Utilize Docker Compose for local development and deployment

·        Manage and optimize MySQL databases, including views, stored procedures, and performance tuning

·        Implement access control mechanisms using identity providers like Okta or Auth0

·        Document APIs using tools like SwaggerUI and Postman

·        Participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and team stand-ups via JIRA and Confluence

·        Use Git for version control and manage merge requests and branches effectively

·        Integrate application loggers for monitoring and diagnostics

Must-Have Skills:

·        Proficiency in HTML, CSS, SASS/SCSS

·        Strong hands-on experience with Angular 18 or higher

·        Familiarity with Angular Material or similar UI component libraries

·        Experience with Node.js and NestJS 10+

·        Working knowledge of Docker Compose

·        Strong SQL skills and experience with MySQL

·        Understanding of authentication and authorization best practices with Okta, Auth0, etc.

·        Comfort using Postman, SwaggerUI, Git, and logging tools

·        Familiarity with agile development processes and using JIRA and Confluence

Nice to Have:

·        Experience with form builders like Formsite or FormSort

·        Knowledge of data encryption best practices

·        Prior experience in the public health or POSIT (Public Health Informatics) domain

Qualifications:

·        Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

·        3–6 years of experience in full-stack development

·        Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently in a remote team environment

Availability to work UK shift hours to ensure overlap with the US-based client

Equal Opportunity Statement:

BigRio is an equal-opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. BigRio makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

- You will play a key strategic and consultative role in developing, delivering and maintaining digital ad tech products

- Work as part of the engineering and product teams to develop complex platforms and systems that are scalable to millions of users - Result-oriented full-stack development for world-class products with high degree of performance and quality

- Developers in our teams are also adept at formulating product strategies, research best practices, bring in expertise and mentor younger talent and drive the organization’s goals higher with a self-starter attitude

- Strong sense of commitment, problem-solving, professional ethics and willingness to learn new things are a standard requirement for all our openings

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a lead developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills. 

Responsibilities

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Support test and deployment of new products and features
• Participate in code reviews
• Technical Lead experience exploring other open source frameworks and technologies and integrating with project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience at least two or more of the following languages (Python, Ruby, javascript and Java)
• Expertise in object oriented design and design patterns
• Experience releasing highly scalable enterprise products full lifecycle
• Experience mentoring and training others on complex technical issues
• Experience with implementing algorithms to solve complex real world problems
• Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, peer code reviews
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• A proven ability to learn and adapt to new, complex development environments with deep dive analytical skills
• Strong object-oriented programming skills, knowledge of design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
• Experience in algorithm design and problem solving
• Experience leading small teams of engineers
• Experience with technologies like MongoDB, DynamoDB is highly desirable
• Experience developing full stack web applications using Perl, Java, Python or PHP
• Experience in any of the top JavaScript MVC frameworks, like Backbone, Angular, Ember, Spine or Knockout
• Passion for creating efficient, scalable, highly usable web interfaces
• Candidates from  Product Start-up companies would be highly preferred.

About First Principles

Job Description:

We at First Principles are looking for a trustworthy and proactive WordPress Developer with minimum 3 years of Web Development experience.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Designing and implementing new features and functionality
2. Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture
3. Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
4. Helping formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and plugin.
5. Requirement analysis and discussion with Stakeholders
6. Provide user experience based on UX design principles

Requirement & Skills :

1. Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
2. Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
3. Experience designing and developing responsive design websites
4. Comfortable working with debugging tools like Firebug, Chrome inspector, etc.
5. Ability to understand CSS changes and their ramifications to ensure consistent style across platforms and browsers
6. Ability to convert comprehensive layout and wireframes into working HTML pages
7. Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and formats (JSON, XML, GraphQL)
8. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like Git
9. Strong understanding of PHP back-end development
10. 3+ years of experience as Wordpress developer
11. Experience in Digital Marketing Agencies/Studio

• 7+ years of overall software development experience. 

• Hands-on experience with backend languages like Python, Java and Javascript. 

• 2+ years of distributed cloud systems architecture. 

• Good understanding of SQL and experience in designing database structures. 

• Understanding of frontend development and frameworks at a high level. 

• High availability and fault tolerance systems design experience. 

• Test Driven Design practitioner and good understanding of unit Testing and comprehensive test suite building. 

• Customer focused with good analytical thinking and problem solving. 

• Metrics based progress monitoring and reporting capabilities. 

• Flexibility to interface with cross timezone teams. 

• Should have led cross-functional teams like frontend, backend, UI/UX, devops, QA, etc. 

• Experience in security practices for web applications. 

Note: Hands on experience in Angular is also must.