Senior Software Engineer

Full stack engineer 

Purpose 

All kids have extraordinary talent & creativity, and our mission in the world is to help nurture it. We truly believe that education needs to develop the whole being, and exploration of broad interests is key for originality. 

We are working hard to be the world's most loved extra-curricular platform & build the future of passion. We are here to do the best work of our lives, and together, we hope you are too. Come & help shape the future of inspiration & passion. As an early team member, you get to shape the direction of our products, company culture, hiring & product engineering practices. 

Team 

We are a team that is maniacally customer obsessed & building products that consumers love. 

The plumber in chief was recently CPO & CMO @ Cleartrip helping build one of the most loved consumer companies in the region. He was also instrumental in taking Cleartrip global 8 countries) & create global high quality products in an increasingly flat world. 

We want to recreate the magic, and build the same customer obsession & product culture here. 

Full stack engineer 

About the role 

Engineer new products and features, improve existing products and features. Help improve performance and reliability, or polish existing features. What are we looking for? 

3+ years working as a backend or full stack developer. 

Bachelor/Masters of engineering.

Better - Full stack engineer 1 

You're proficient with any part of our technology stack: React/Swift, TypeScript, Node.js, and Postgres. 

We are location agnostic, but in the same time zone India). We have a small garden office @ Jayanagar, Bangalore (home to some of the best dosas in India) to jam together on anything that requires space. 

You are not fixated about any one programming language & can learn new tech as needed. 

You are somebody who shares the same ethos. 

Bonus 

You have expertise in video or audio engineering skills. 

You contribute to open source projects. 

You've an interest in education & kids. 

You have interests outside of technology, such as in art, music or any performing art. 

What is our interview process? 

An initial 30 min call to understand each other at a high level. 

Work on a case study or assignment over the period of 2 weeks to ensure a good match. We care about effort & quality, and are happy to compensate fairly for the work put in) 

Around 4 years of experience in creating and implementing Web-based products using REST

API, Node.js, Angular/ React, any database MySQL or No SQL.

Ability to work in an Agile, fast-paced environment, and learn rapidly.

Bachelor degree in computer science, computer engineering or similar.

Experience creating front end applications using HTML5, Angular, LESS/SASS

Hands-on experience with JavaScript Development on both client and server-side

Experience with modern frameworks and design patterns, minimum two-year experience

with MEAN Full stack paradigm

Experience with cloud technologies is a plus

Writing clean, readable, and easily maintainable code.

Must have knowledge of project/task management tools like Jira

Familiarity with Version Control tools like Bitbucket, Git etc..

Basic Knowledge or experience in Testing (Unit and functional) preferred.

Build features and applications with responsive design

Understanding of UI, cross-browser compatibility, and web standards.

Good English communication skills, written and spoken.

Able to work with minimum supervision as well as perform under pressure and meet

Deadlines.

Able to work from our office in Vidyaranyapura, Bangalore.

You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team to develop various

applications for the Additive Manufacturing process chain.

• You will be required to research and implement advanced algorithms and mathematical

models.

• You will optimize CPU performance and memory usage of applications.

• You will be involved in the design of the software architecture.

• You should be self-motivated and have strategic thinking abilities.

• The working environment and architecture primarily consists of C++ geometry processing

and simulation libraries, coupled with visualization frameworks

Writing and Documenting High-Quality Code for Additive Manufacturing applications

• Developing Algorithms for Performance Improvements

• Bug Fixing and Regression Testing

• Developing Test Cases

• Designing, Developing and Implementing Geometry Processing Libraries

• Leading a Team of Junior Software Engineers and Developers (This ability will be a plus)

• Good Understanding of OOPs Concepts, Design Patterns

• Hands-On Experience in Developing Applications for The Geometry Domain

• Math Proficiency - Linear Algebra, Numerical Analysis, Computational Geometry

• Ability to Work with A Multi-Disciplinary Team of Engineers.

• Technologies (Some combination of these will be suitable)

o Strong C++, C# Skills

o Python

o OpenGL, WPF

o C#.Net, ASP.NET

o JavaScript, React, Node.js

o GPGPU, CUDA

o Full-stack cloud development

o Familiarity with Azure Dev Ops

Job Responsibilities:

• Be a part of a team developing a rapidly growing product used by thousands of small businesses.
• Responsible for building large scale applications that are high performance, scalable, and resilient in an microservices environment
• Evaluate new technologies and tools such as new frameworks, methodologies, best practices and other areas that will improve overall efficiencies and product quality

Skill Set:

• 3+ years of working experience in developing API centric core Java/J2EE applications using Spring boot, JPA, REST API, XML and JSON
• Experience in frontend framework - any one of Backbone, Angular, Vue or React
• Working experience in any one of the Cloud Platforms - Google Cloud (preferable) or AWS
• Experience in large scale databases - NoSQL and MongoDB.
• Hands on experience in Eclipse based development and using Git, SVN, Junit
• Past experience in startups or product development is a big plus.

• Working on our security suite, to build and maintain security software which runs on 1000's of client websites
• Building scalable applications in Symfony and fine tuning our CMS (WordPress/ Magento etc.) plugins
• Working in an agile environment of engineers to architect, design, develop and build our server-side infrastructure for our web security product
• Researching, designing and coding, troubleshooting and supporting. What you create is also what you own
• Writing secure, high quality, modular, testable & well documented code for features outlined in every sprint
• Designing and implementing APIs in support of front-end services with a highly scalable, flexible, and secure backend using the LAMP stack
• Identifying and correcting bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Driving strict code review standards among the team
• Ensuring timely delivery of the features/products
• Working with product managers to ensure product delivery status is transparent & the product always looks like how it was imagined
• Working closely with Security & Malware teams in writing APIs, modules
• Being responsible for technical hiring, training, reviewing

What you need to have:

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation
• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline
• 4+ years experience working in an IT environment
• 4+ years of Object-oriented design, functional programming
• Node JS API Development (Firebase API development is a plus)
• Angular or VUE or React JS Front end Development (VUE Js Experience is a plus)
• HTML / CSS responsive development
• Experience using any database
• Experience developing in an Agile / SCRUM Environment
• Experience developing mission-critical applications
• Strong business and technical acumen
• Excellent verbal and written communication skill

Do you thrive on working with cutting edge technology, with innovators in the early stages of ideas, products, or platforms? Do you have the passion to be a core member of a fast-growing start-up? Are you an expert or aspiring to become one who can work on the Full Stack of an application? Do you have a genuine interest in all software technologies? If the answer is yes, do reach out to us - Crediwatch is the place for you!

You will be exposed to work on every level of the stack in a highly agile, fast growing, start-up FinTech environment, while ensuring Breakthrough Simplicity in innovation and Diving Deep to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem solving and idea creation.

The environment at Crediwatch is vibrant and innovative! You will learn and regularly interact with peers who are the best at what they do and will motivate you to be the best version of yourself, technically and professionally.

The Role Expectation

• You will play a key role in the development of the core product, working directly with the Business team on realizing their needs and translating it into the product.
• You will be involved in the overall design, architecture and development of the application, maintaining quality and ensuring performance and compliance to software standards and guidelines
• You will adhere to the best practises of the Agile & TDD
• You will collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design, prioritise and launch new features.
• You will take ownership for organising code and maintain its integrity at all points in time.
• You will be responsible for understanding and implementing security and data protection best practices.
• You will bring in a passion for technology and hunger to learn

You Have

• A sound knowledge of Python, hands-on experience in using Django/Flask etc., design patterns and application design
• Experience with database architectures like NoSQL, RDBMS. Eg: MongoDB/ Cassandra / Couchbase / MySQL
• A good understanding of message queues mechanisms like Redis/RabitMQ (or similar)
• Knowledge of python web crawling frameworks like Scrapy & Frontera
• Hands on experience with CI/CD
• Experience in using Git for source code management & Jira

Good to Have

• Strong Linux skills, knowledge of building large scale, multi-threaded applications and experience in designing and building RESTful web services,
• Building API services with GraphQL
• Skills in configuring and implementing Hadoop/HDFS, Elasticsearch and HBase or knowledge of any graph databases
• Prior experience in architecting large scale distributed systems and experience with cloud deployments on AWS/Azure
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment.
• Domain knowledge in the financial/data space; any external, relevant certifications.

Your Background

• At least 6+ years of hands-on development experience
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field

You Believe-in & will align with our Business Objectives

• Customer Obsession - Consistently listen to customers; test, enhance and improve the customer experience.
• Breakthrough Simplicity - An innovative approach to make everything simpler
• Diving Deep -Technique used to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem solving and idea creation
• Drive for Results - Focus on end result of any task
• Encourage and Improve - Encouraging and promoting team work and focus on continuous self-development at every stage.
• Be Ethical and Respectful - Willingness to do the right thing – even if it is hard; courteousness and being focused on the best in others.

Who We Are

We build innovative technology everyday!

Crediwatch is a ‘Data Insights-as-a-service’ company that provides lenders, businesses with actionable credit intelligence on private entities they need to improve trust and increase their lending and trading activity. Crediwatch does this with no human intervention by deploying the latest practical AI and technology tools that provide the most reliable comprehensive real time inputs.

Each day at Crediwatch is about striving for transparent insights, analysis and accurate results. If this aligns with your interests and aspirations, we have interesting positions for you.

You Will Enjoy

Our start-up environment - fun, casual, informal, family & pet-friendly! Ours is a highly energized playground where brilliant minds come together to make bold, impactful decisions every day! Needless to say, we have excellent filter coffee, health drinks round the clock, lunch buffets, PS4 and Foosball breaks and a stocked kitchen.

We play to win and have fun doing it! We work to engage your brain by organizing brilliant TechTalks by industry leaders and frequent high-on-energy hackathons and engage your crazy fun-side at our well-planned retreats. We are a highly eco-conscious team and we encourage and support our team’s physical & mental wellbeing.

All these and a great set of people to work with - We Are Crediwatch!