Senior Software Engineer

About SmartQ

A leading B2B Food-Tech company built on 4 pillars-great people, great food, great experience, and greater good. Solving complex business problems with our heart and analyzing possible solutions with our mind lie in our DNA. We are on the perpetual route of serving our clients wholeheartedly. Armed with the stability of an MNC and the agility of a start-up, we have spread across 17 countries, having collaborated and executed successfully with 600 clients. We have grown from strength to strength with a blend of exuberant youth and exceptional experience. Bengaluru, being our headquarters, is known as the innovation hub and we have grown up to be the global leader in the institutional food tech space. We were recently acquired by the world's largest foodservice company – Compass group which has an annual turnover of 20 billion USD.  

In this role, you will:

1. Collaborate with Product & Design Teams Work closely with the Product team to ensure that we are building a scalable, bug-free platform. You will actively participate in product and design discussions, offering valuable insights from a backend perspective to align technology with business goals.

2. Drive Adoption of New Technologies

You will lead brainstorming sessions and define a clear direction for the backend team to incorporate the latest technologies into day-to-day development,continuously optimizing for performance, scalability, and efficiency.

3. RESTful API Design & Development:You will ensure that the APIs you design and develop are well-structured, following best practices, and are suitable for consumption by frontend teams across multiple platforms. A key part of your role is making sure these APIs are scalable and maintainable.

4. Third-Party Integration Support:As we sometimes partner with third-party providers to expedite our market entry,you’ll work closely with these partners to integrate their solutions into our system.This involves participating in calls, finding the best integration methods, and providing ongoing support.

5. AI and Prompt Engineering:With AI becoming more integral to backend development, you’ll leverage AI to speed up development processes and maintain best practices. Familiarity with prompt engineering and AI-driven problem-solving is a significant plus in our team.

Must-Have Requirements:

• Strong expertise in Python, microservices, backend development and scalable architectures.
• Proficiency in designing and building REST APIs.
• Experience with unit testing in any testing framework and maintaining 100% code coverage.
• Experience in working with NoSQL DB.
• Strong understanding of any Cloud platforms such as - GCP/AWS/Azure.
• Profound knowledge in Serverless design pattern .
• Familiarity with Django or Webapp2 or Flask or similar web app frameworks.
• Experience in writing unit test using any testing framework.
• Experience collaborating with product and design teams.
• Familiarity with integrating third-party solutions.

Good-to-Have Requirements:

• Educational background includes a degree (B.E/B.Tech/M.Tech) in ComputerScience, Engineering, or a related field.  
• 4+ years’ experience as a backend/cloud developer.
• Good understanding of google cloud platform.
• Knowledge of AI and how to leverage it for day-to-day tasks in backend development.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering to enhance productivity.
• Prior experience working with global or regional teams.
• Experience with agile methodologies and working within cross-functional teams.

We are looking for candidates with:

• Skills: C++ experience with real-time analytics
• Experience: 5-10 years
• Domain: Manufacturing
• Requirement: 5 resources

We are seeking a skilled Node.js + Python Developer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining web applications using Node.js and Python. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of both Node.js and Python, as well as web application development. Responsibilities:

Developing and maintaining web applications using Node.js and Python

Write clean and efficient code that adheres to Node.js and Python coding standards

Collaborate with other developers and team members to design and implement new features

Troubleshoot and debug issues in existing code

Create and maintain technical documentation

Requirements:

Strong knowledge of Node.js and Python

Familiarity with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Experience with MySQL/Mongo and database design

Good understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns

Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

Good communication skills and ability to work in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with popular Node.js frameworks such as Express or Koa

Experience with OpenAi APIs

Knowledge of machine learning and data science libraries in Python such as TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, and Pandas

Experience with RESTful API development

Experience with payment gateway integrations

Position description:

• Architecture & Design systems for Predictive analysis and writing algorithms to deal with financial data
• Must have experience on web services and APIs (REST, JSON, and similar) and creation and consumption of RESTful APIs
• Proficiently writing algorithms with Python/Pandas/Numpy; Jupyter/PyCharm
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (Eg. MSSQL, MongoDB, Redshift, PostgreSQL, Redis)
• Implementing Machine Learning Models using Python/R for best performance
• Working with Time Series Data & analyzing large data sets.
• Implementing financial strategies in python and generating reports to analyze the strategy results.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Writing algorithms to deal with financial data and Implementing financial strategies in (Python, SQL) and generating reports to analyze the strategy results.

Educational qualifications preferred Degree: Bachelors degree

Required Knowledge:

• Highly skilled in SQL, Python, Pandas, Numpy, Machine Learning, Predictive Modelling, Algorithm designing, OOPS concepts
• 2 - 7 years Full-Time working experience on core SQL, Python role (Non-Support)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, equivalent or higher education.
• Writing algorithms to deal with financial data and Implementing financial strategies in (Python, SQL) and generating reports to analyze the strategy results.

Software Engineer - II (Backend)

As a Software Engineer – II, you'll bring a good understanding of design and coding practices and apply these independently in development. In this role - you could expect to:

• Own the lifecycle of a feature from requirement analysis to deployment and post production processes
• Perform code reviews and support your team implement best practices
• Explore trade off's on module designs
• Continuously improve performance metrics of modules owned. Performs RCAs and deploys long term fixes.
• Implement initiatives that improve engineering efficiency and excellence
• Participate in the hiring and interview process for junior developers on your team

Job Description

• Design & implement backend APIs
• Mentor junior developers technically.
• Actively work to reduce tech debt in the backend
• Work towards more stability & scalability of the backend
• Tech stack - Java, AWS etc. 

Eligibility

• 2-8 years of product company experience
• Advanced understanding of AWS stack
• Prior knowledge of solving problems at scale.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge set to fetch data from multiple online sources, cleanse it and build APIs on top of it
• Develop a deep understanding of our vast data sources on the web and know exactly how, when, and which data to scrap, parse and store
• We're looking for people who will naturally take ownership of data products and who can bring a project all the way from a fast prototype to production.
• Integrating and maintaining Python services
• Developing robust microservices and applications

Desired Candidate Profile

• Strong relevant experience of at least 2-3 years.
• Strong coding experience in Python3.
• Should have good experience with Django and NodeJs.
• Proficient on modelling applications on both RDBMS and NOSQL databases
• Should have experience in web scraping
• Good understanding and hands-on with scheduling and managing tasks with cron
• Should have experience with microservice architecture
• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement
• Should have experience in shell scripting, GIT and docker
• Writing unit tests for 100% code coverage.

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