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Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Senior Software Engineer - Backend at Niyotail · Gurugram · 4 - 8 years · ₹16L - ₹25L / yr · Bootstrapped · Posted 20 Feb 2022

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Senior Software Engineer - Backend

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Posted by Yashika Bisht
4 - 8 yrs
₹16L - ₹25L / yr
Gurugram
Skills
skill iconPHP
skill iconJava
skill iconPython
skill iconNodeJS (Node.js)
skill iconGo Programming (Golang)
skill iconLaravel
Linux/Unix
skill iconAmazon Web Services (AWS)
Object Oriented Programming (OOPs)
Design patterns
Systems design
HLD
Database Design
Distributed Systems

You will be building efficient, scalable & high performance microservices and applications which will power the network of thousands of retailers across the country and at the same time improve the efficiency and visibility of information flow in our supply chain systems.


Your core responsibilities:

  • Create elegant, efficient and maintainable software to support and extend our current products.
  • Solve complex architectural challenges when implementing new features.
  • Integrate with databases, file systems, cloud services when delivering scalable solutions.
  • Troubleshoot and fix reported customer issues, delivering software patches as needed.
  • Assisting in making design decisions based on performance, scalability, security, and future expansion.
  • Communicating and collaborating with management, product, QA teams.

What will help you thrive in this role?

  • Degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer.
  • Proficiency in web development using any of the languages: PHP, Python, Java, NodeJS or Golang.
  • Should possess a solid grasp of object-oriented programming, system architecture & design, databases, development, and testing methodologies.
  • Good in Design (HLD and LLD).
  • Good in Database schema design.
  • Good to have experience with AWS or Google Cloud or Azure and serverless architecture.
  • Excellent verbal communication skills.
  • Track record of delivering successful products as an engineer.
  • Experience with large applications of some scale will be a plus.
  • Ability to deep dive, understand & improve the legacy code.
  • Domain knowledge of supply chain & retail industry is a plus.

Whom you will be sharing your work day with? 

We are a language agnostic engineering team of independent thinkers who understand the priorities of a rapidly growing startup and excel at choosing high impact projects. Our core beliefs are: 
  • We are in the forefront of disrupting traditional retail & supply chain industry by building distributed systems
  • We are hardcore open source lovers and believe in the strength of open source community.
  • We believe technology can change the way information is consumed.
  • We use a data driven approach to build new products and features.
  • Build new tech solutions to improve business processes and enable our various departments to help service our teams better.
  • We embrace and enable DevOps culture within the organisation.

And yes! We do have new furry friends coming to our office everyday.


Work Perks

  • Hybrid work environment with flexibility to work from anywhere. 
  • A great salary, commensurate with experience.
  • Unlimited vacation policy which means Paid Vacations.
  • A relaxed & flexible working atmosphere.
  • Weekly parties (Unofficial).
  • Paid outings to remote work locations and industry events/conferences.
  • Paid Health Insurance for you and your loved ones.
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About Niyotail

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2019
Type :
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Size :
20-100
Stage :
Bootstrapped

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