
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
About the company
We are building analytics on natural language to help product development teams learn from large-scale customer feedback. Since our inception in 2020, we have been backed by top-tier VC firms from Silicon Valley and India. Today, we are proud to partner with some of the fastest scaling Product Led Growth companies. We are growing really fast and excited about having more people join us on this journey
Roles & Responsibilities
- Working closely with founders to develop the entire backend and build out product features at a rapid pace.
- Identifying and driving innovative solutions to address the most critical needs of our customers.
- Work in close collaboration with cross-functional partners in data science, design and frontend functions.
- Solve complex MLOps (model deployment, monitoring, training) challenges.
- Build cost effective and scalable systems.
- Contribute to product development by pitching in with ideas and doing proof-of-concepts.
Qualifications
- Over 2 years of work experience in the industry.
- Experience of domain modelling and deep understanding of distributed systems.
- Proficiency with any part of our technology stack: Golang, Serverless, Event Driven Architectures, NoSql/SQL, Elastic Search, Graphql, Microservice Architecture
- Hands-on experience in using versioning systems like Git.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with automated test suites
- Strong interpersonal skills and a desire to work collaboratively to achieve objectives
- Excellent organisational and analytical abilities
Benefits and Perks
- Autonomy and Ownership
- Smart, Humble and Friendly peers
- Competitive remuneration package with equity options
- Generous vacation
- Maternity and Paternity leaves
- Learning & Development resources
- Initial grant to setup home-office
- Monthly stipend for coffee / nutritional supplements

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Future of eCommerce Logistics.
Data driven logistics company that is bringing in same day delivery revolution in Indonesia
Revolutionising delivery as an experience
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**About the Role**
Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
Implementation of security and data protection
Integration of data storage solutions
Strong proficiency with JavaScript
Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it
Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
Good understanding of server-side templating languages and CSS preprocessor
Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5 and CSS3
User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
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 test
Strong technical development experience in effectively writing code, performing code reviews, and implementing best practices on configuration management and code refactoring
Experience in working with vendor applications
Experience in making optimized queries to MySQL database
Proven problem solving and analytical skills
A delivery-focused approach to work and the ability to work without direction
Experience in Agile development techniques, including Scrum
Experience implementing and/or using Git
Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goals
Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related discipline preferred
fulfill the job duties, certifications, years of experience, degree)
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in a highly technical role at hyper-growth startup or fast-paced
company
• Extensive background designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and
improving software
• Demonstrable experience architecting scalable and cost effective solutions to ensure
and support the customer growth
• Experience mentoring junior engineers in all aspects of planning, development and
testing
• Demonstrated ability to translate business goals and initiatives into technical
requirements
• Strong understanding of system design and architecture.
• Interest in engaging with latest technologies and evaluating strategies to keep the
Novo technology stack up to date
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate with
both technical and non-technical teams effectively.
• Work across our tech stack which includes:
o Node.js and Go for our application code
o React for our frontend code
o GraphQL for communication between systems
o Docker for running our services
o PostgreSQL for persistent data storage
Nice To Have, but Not Required:
• Experience with Go programming language
• Experience working in a startup en
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, architect and develop advanced software solutions in a cross functional Agile team supporting multiple projects and initiatives
- Collaborate with product owners and/or the business on requirements definition, development of functional specifications, and design
- Collaborate on or lead development of technical design and specifications as required
- Code, test and document new applications as well as changes to existing system functionality and ensure successful completion
- Take on leadership roles as needed
Skills & Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in Computer Science or related field
- 3+ years of software development experience using GoLang/Java programming language
- Experience with cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP/Pivotal Cloud Foundry/any private cloud) and containerization is required
- Experience with a micro-services architecture is a plus
- Excellent communication, collaboration, reporting, analytical and problem solving skills
- Experience with PostgreSQL or other Relational Databases
- Test-driven development mindset and a focus on quality, scalability and performance
- Strong programming fundamentals and ability to produce high quality code
- Solid understanding of Agile (SCRUM) Development Process required
Responsibilities
- Writing scalable, robust,, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code
- Translating software requirements into stable, working, high performance software
- Playing a key role in architectural and design decisions, building toward an efficient micro services distributed architecture
Skills
- Strong knowledge of Goprogramming language, paradigms, constructs, and idioms
- Knowledge of Goroutine and channel patterns
- Experience with the full suite of Goframeworks and tools, including:
- Dependency management tools such as Godep, Sltr, etc.
- Go’s templating language
- Go’s code generation tools, such as Stringer
- Popular Goweb frameworks, such as Revel,Gin
- Router packages, such as Gorilla Mux
- Ability to write clean and effective Godoc comments
- Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial)
- Good Written and Verbal communications.
- B Tech/BE or M.Tech/ME in Computer Science or equivalent from a reputed college.
- Experience level of 7+ years in building large scale applications.
- Strong problem solving skills, data structures and algorithms.
- Experience with distributed systems handling large amount of data.
- Excellent coding skills in Java / Python / Node / Go.
- Very good understanding of Web Technologies.
- Very good understanding of any RDBMS and/or messaging.
About the Role:
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with experience in ROR/GoLang , having 3+ yrs of experience on how best to leverage and exploit the language’s unique paradigms, idioms, and syntax. Your primary focus will be on developing Enterprise Grade Systems and programs that are scalable and maintainable. You will ensure that these packages and programs are well documented and has a reasonable test coverage. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. A commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is essential.
What You'll Do
- Writing scalable, robust, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code
- Translating software requirements into stable, working, high performance software
- Playing a key role in architectural and design decisions, building toward an efficient micro services distributed architecture
What You'll Need
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Working experience on Ruby-on-Rails(ROR)/Golang.
- Worked on enterprise grade systems
- Have designed web services
- Know how to scale systems that have database bottlenecks etc.
- Having good exposure to Microservices architecture added value.
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Familiarity with OAuth, JWT, SSO, Authentication, and Identity Federation is an added advantage.
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Familiar with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes, Pods and Meshes are added advantage.
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Experience in MySQL, Snowflake, and MongoDB is an added advantage









