Senior Software Engineer

About the role

We are looking for talented Senior Backend Engineers (5+ years of experience) to join our team and take ownership of different parts of our stack. You will be working alongside a team of Engineers locally and directly with the U.S. Engineering team on all aspects of product/application development. You will leverage your experiences and abilities to inform decisions across product development and technology. You will help us build the foundation of our 2nd Headquarters in Pune: its culture, its processes, and its practices. There are a ton of interesting problems to solve, so come hungry. If your colleagues describe you as curious, driven, kind, and creative you are a culture fit.

What Success Looks Like

• You write, review and ship code in production. Your employer or client's success depends on the software you build
• You use Generative AI tools on a daily basis to enhance the quality and efficacy of your software and non-software deliverables
• You are a self-starter and enjoy working with minimal supervision
• You evaluate and make technical architecture decisions with a long-term view, optimizing for speed, quality, and safety
• You take pride in the product you create and the code that you write
• Your team can rely on you to get them out of a sticky situation in production
• You can work well on a team of sales executives, designers and engineers in an in-person environment
• You are passionate about the enterprise software development lifecycle and feel strongly about improving it
• You are a first principles engineer who exercises curiosity about the technologies you work with
• You can learn quickly about technologies, software and code that you are not familiar with, often from rudimentary documentation
• You take ownership of the code that you write, and you help the team operate with everything that you build, throughout its lifecycle
• You communicate openly and solicit feedback on important decisions, keeping the team aligned on your rationale
• You exercise an optimistic mindset and are willing to go the extra mile to make things work

Areas of Ownership

Our hiring process is designed for you to demonstrate a generalist set of capabilities, with a specialization in Backend Technologies.

Required Technical Experience (MUST HAVE):

• Expertise in Python -
• Deep hands-on experience with Terraform -
• Proficiency in Kubernetes -
• Experience with cloud platforms (GCP strongly preferred, AWS/Azure acceptable) -

Additional experience with some of the following:

• Backend Frameworks and Technologies (Node.js, NuxtJS, Express.js)
• Programming languages (JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C++, Go)
• RPCs (REST, gRPC or GraphQL)
• Databases (SQL, NoSQL, Postgres, MongoDB, or Firebase)
• CI/CD (Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab or similar)
• Source code versioning tools such as Git or Perforce
• Microservices architecture

Ways to stand out

• Familiarity with AI Platforms
• Extensive experience with building enterprise-scale applications with >99% SLAs
• Deep expertise across the full required stack: Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, and GCP

You'll Get...

• Competitive Salary
• Medical Insurance Benefits
• Employer Provident Fund contributions with Gratuity after 5 years of service
• Company-sponsored US onsite trips for high performers, based on business requirements
• Potential international transfer support for top performers, based on business requirements
• Technology (hardware, software, trainings, etc.) equipment and/or allowance
• The opportunity to re-shape an entire industry
• Beautiful office environment
• Meal allowance and/or food provision on site

Culture

Who we are: Our Co-Founder and CTO is a Serial Gen AI Inventor who grew up in Pune, India, is a BITS Pilani graduate, and worked at NVIDIA's Pune office for 6 years. There, he was promoted 5 times in 6 years and was transferred to the NVIDIA Headquarters in Santa Clara, California. After making significant contributions to NVIDIA, he proceeded to attend Harvard for his dual Masters in Engineering and MBA from HBS. Our other Co-Founder/CEO is a successful Serial Entrepreneur who has built multiple companies. As a team, we work very hard, have a curious mind-set, and believe in a low-ego high output approach.

🚀 We're Urgently Hiring – Node.js Backend Development Intern

Join our backend team as an intern and get hands-on experience building scalable, real-world applications with Node.js, Firebase, and AWS.

📍 Remote / Onsite

📍 📅 Duration: 2 Months

🔧 What You’ll Work On:

Backend development using Node.js

Firebase, SQL & NoSQL database management

RESTful API integration

Deployment on AWS infrastructure

About Us

Aura is developing a platform to help companies/communities mint, buy, trade and sell NFTs in the easiest manner possible. Developing a state of the art store front customized to the community and a user friendly interface to unlock the digital growth of companies in the gaming, art, music, etc space by leveraging the power of NFTs. We are assembling a high performing team from the tech ecosystem to build this product and compete with the likes of NBA TopShot.

Requirements:

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developers with server side logic
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Design and implementation of data storage solutions

Skills and Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in Node.js. Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as LESS and SASS
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Proficient understanding of security principles
• Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
• Must have an understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases like Postgres, MySQL, Mongodb etc.
• Must have an understanding of Cloud: AWS or GCP
• Must have a good understanding of data structures and Algorithms

Benefits:

• Work on the cutting edge of blockchain technology and the upcoming use-case of NFTs (Non Fungible Token)
• Be a part of an early stage startup with funding from founders of Polygon

P.S. The website to our company is  https://auranft.co/

• Should be a Backend Developer - Python only
• Should be MCA/B.Tech IT
• Should have Database Knowledge
• Should have DJango Knowledge
• Writing effective, scalable code
• Good Communication

• 5+ years of software development experience including 4+ years of deep, hands on experience in building highly scalable web-based backend applications using Java and Spring ecosystem
• BE/BTech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience
• Great problem-solving skills with solid data structures and algorithms knowledge
• Has extensively used the Spring ecosystem – Spring Boot, REST API Development, ORM tools like Hibernate
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Class loading, Multi-Threading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
• Experience of coaching and mentoring junior developers with good delegation and time-management skills
• Implemented CI/CD in any of the projects done
• Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
• Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience of Elastic Search
• Has designed relational databases; conversant with SQL
• Knowledge of Jenkins/ Docker and Devops
• Knowledge of Redis or similar technology
• Worked with some or all of these AWS services: EC2; lambda; SQS/SNS; Elastic Search, Transcoder
• Understanding and experience of building services and applications using principles of service-oriented architecture, preferable using REST or SOAP
• Contributed in the creation of end-to-end automation tests (functional or non-functional)
• Worked with WebSocket, Push notifications etc

• Experience in ELK stack
• Knowledge of Video tools like FFMPEG, Wowza / Node Media Streaming
• Understanding of different video formats, streaming, CDN etc
• Understanding of Machine Learning Models, Pipelines etc

Responsibilities:

• Strong Technical Chops: You should know how to build highly scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant services that support our unique rate-of-growth requirements.
• You should be on top of the latest architectural trends.
• Fast Learners: We are looking for folks who thrive on new technologies and don't believe in one-size-fit all solutions.
• You should be able to adapt easily to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly evolving business environment.

• You understand requirements beyond the written word.
• Whether you're working on an API used by other developers, an internal tool consumed by our operation teams, or a feature used by millions of customers, your attention to details leads to a delightful user experience.

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of MySQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch.
• Experience in Java and web technologies.
• Experience in any one scripting language like Python.
• Hands-on experience with systems that are asynchronous, RESTful and demand concurrency.
• Knowledge of best software engineering practices for all stages of software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, testing and deployment.