Senior Software Engineer

Decoding Youth Talent (DYT) Private Limited is a sports technology start-up which aims to enable coaches, clubs and academies scout, hire and develop youth talent through technology

Decoding Youth Talent is incubated and backed by one of the most prestigious MBA institutes in Asia, the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L).

Are you a person who is extremely passionate about sports and looking to make a difference in the industry? If yes, there was not a better time than now! We are looking for a Full Mean Stack Developer with experience in building highly technical products that will help us bring change the way how sports stakeholders interact and communicate in India and across the globe. If you are passionate about the challenges of big scale, this is your chance to make history!

Responsibilities:

• As a full-stack MEAN developer (Angular), you will code back-end services in Java/Node JS and front-end in HTML, CSS3 and JavaScript.
• Strong system design skills backed with analytical and problem-solving ability with deep understanding of distributed systems and microservice architecture.
• Implementing algorithms and use of advanced data structures.
• Exposure to working in an agile development environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - Knowledge of SVN/Git repository.
• Provide technical direction to the development teams including hands-on development of POCs where appropriate.
• Deploy realized solutions to appropriate environments using CI/CD process. Supports clients through testing Consumer Web Development Experience for High-Traffic, Public Facing web applications.
• Participate in agile software prototyping, development, maintenance, support, and code reviews of IoT Products.
• Implement modern and responsive UI for the web and a variety of devices.
• Unit, End-to-End, and performance testing software under load to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Ownership of Bug Fixes across environments for the assigned module/application.
• Collaborate on the design with internal & external project team members.
• Use JIRA effectively with daily updates to the work log and status of the issues.

Requirements:

• 5+ years or hands-on experience as a Full-stack Developer in web and Mobile application Product Engineering.
• Hands-on experience in creating Rest APIs using NodeJS. Perform 3rd party API integration with NodeJS.
• Hands on experience in HTML5 CSS3 JS libraries like Bootstrap, JQuery, and Angular Material.
• Experience in MongoDB and MySQL design, development, deployment, scaling and optimization.
• Experience working with the AWS stack (Lambda, S3 EC2 setup).
• Hands-on experience in writing queries and optimizing them for large data sets in MongoDB and MySQL.
• Good Communication and client-facing experience. Practice and enforce Agile and Scrum development methodologies.
• Hands-on experience working with Web frameworks, RESTful APIs and relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Experience in implementing logging to identify performance issues and building monitoring and alerting on the API using Splunk/Grafana/Prometheus/New Relic.

Good to have

• Worked from scratch in the Tech Architect, frontend, coding, and tech product development with at least 6 -50 Mobile apps (multifunction app).
• Experienced in server-side languages such as Java and PHP.

Ability to translate Wireframes and PSD Designs into functional web apps using HTML5, AngularJS, Reactjs , Node.js, Typescript and Mongodb

Binding of UI elements to JavaScript object models

Creating RESTful services with Node.js

Python or PHP knowledge will be good

Architect scalable web architectures

Work in a cross-functional team to deliver a complete user experience

Create Unit and Integration tests to ensure the quality of code

Be responsive to change requests and feature requests

Write code that is cross-platform and cross-device compatible

Ability to wear many hats and learn new technologies quickly

Qualification and Work Experience

Qualification: B.E./B. Tech/BCA/MCA

Work experience: 1- 8 years

Minimum 1-8 years of experience in Designs, develops and implementation of web-based Java applications to support business  requirements and projects.

Hands-on experience in Java and J2EE Ecosystem.

Hands-on experience in Spring boot, Hibernate and/or Struts frameworks.

Good familiarity with Object-Oriented Programming, Web services, REST, HTTP.

Strong experience with databases and MySQL.

Experience in Agile Development/Project Management, DevOps CI/CD process is a big plus.

1-6 years minimum in creating complex HTML based solutions

Detail oriented experience as a Web Developer creating Angular/React/Vue based solutions

1-6 years with Node.js and Express js

Ability to work both independently and in collaborative teams to communicate design and build ideas effectively

Experience using asynchronous RESTful services (JSON)

 Knowledge and Hands-on experience on ASP.Net, C#, MS SQL Server, Restful, C# 3.5/4.0, MVC

Desirable Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent analytical and troubleshooting abilities.

Solid understanding of best practices in web application development.

Knowledge and Hands-on experience on Java, 

Exceptional attention to detail and design.

Requirements

Fluent knowledge of the latest HTML/CSS standards and best practices

Working knowledge of JavaScript, Typescript, ReactJS and Angular Working knowledge of Node.js and Express js

Solid Understanding of HTTP protocol and how server-side code is processed on the client

Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds Excellent hands-on experience with MongoDB , Mongo aggregation, MySQL, Ability to build REST services, Authentications, MVC applications

Excellent Object-Oriented Programming skills and ability to write modular, secure, scalable and maintainable code 

Experience with Elastic search, Redis.

Some experience with Photoshop or Sketch is a plus (creating sprites, optimizing, cutting or adjusting images)

Working knowledge of front end optimization and performance techniques

Obsession with lean, clean and organized front-end code

Cross-browser development and troubleshooting

Experience building Responsive websites for web, tablet and mobile devices

Eye for details is crucial

Able to handle multiple projects and competing deadlines

Good understanding of overall web design including basic usability, accessibility, industry standards, architecture, and navigation

Passionate about learning new technologies, take pride in code quality and a self-starter.

Exposure to AngularJS, jQuery is a plus

Experience of Groovy & Grails is a big plus.

Exposure to NoSQL databases like MongoDB is a big plus.

Experience in AWS is a big plus.

Desired Skills:

Experience with Microservices and DevOps.

Benefits :

Opportunity to work on highly challenging international projects.

Opportunity to travel & work with International clients.

Flexible and friendly work environment

Great organizational culture, focus on employee's well-being.

Work-life balance.

Be part of the best place to work for certified company

Skills:-

Asp.Net, .Net Core, Web API,ASP.NET MVC, ReactJS,Jquery,Javascript,HTML

Desired profile

• Good verbal & written communication
• Proactive
• Flexible to working hours
• Good in team work as well as individual contributor
• Must be able to contribute to productivity in short time

• 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

Description

We are looking for an experienced IT MEAN Stack Developer who has an indepth knowledge and skills encompassing the front end, back end, language, Server, API, Database, DevOps processes.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Developing front end website architecture
• Designing user interactions on web pages
• Developing back end website applications
• Creating servers and databases for functionality
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

Technical Experience/skills & Qualifications required:

• Degree in Computer Science
• 6 to 8 years of experience in Information Technology with atleast 4+ years in MEAN stack development
• Highly experienced with back-end programming languages Ex: Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, JavaScript etc
• Proficient experience using advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, ReactJS, Node JS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, etc.
• Development experience for both mobile and desktop.
• Understanding of server-side languages including such-as Jade, EJS, Jinja, etc.
• Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications
• Experience in development using the DevOps tools like Kubernetes, GitHub, Jenkins
• Experience in developing applications on the cloud platform especially AWS
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB
• Understanding and implementation of security and data protection.
• Experience working with JIRA and Gitlab
• Maintain code integrity and organization
• Experience working with graphic designers and converting designs to visual elements.

Level 3 Contractor-to-Fulltime-Programmer Role:

Must have 1-2 years (ideally 12 to 30 months) of post-collegiate professional programming experience at a top SaaS company in React, Typescript, Javascript working within Visual Studio Code and Yarn, leveraging superior techniques with Routing, Components, State, and Props to deliver elegant consumer applications based on dynamic data.

Ability to translate user story completely into exceptional functionality that consistently meets acceptance criteria and delights users.  Ability to convert complex workflows into elegant experiences highly prized.

Experience with Firebase, Firestore, MongoDB, Heroku and other Cloud-based technologies to deliver scalable, performant data-driven applications, with deployments on Kubernetes.  Ideally experienced working with colleagues over Discord.

Ability to exhibit judgment to independently author test suite and testing scripts to evaluate code additions, ensuring no regressions in functionality or user experience.

Proficiency in translating complex mathematical concepts into effective data structures and programming practices.  Personal pleasure in solving mathematical puzzles elegantly is a huge plus.

Bonus for those possessing keen interest in better investing, wealth creation, and FinTech/WealthTech experience.

Collaborate effectively through coding tools such as GitHub, Jira, and Slack.

Enthusiastic, collaborative, driven, curious, professional, fast-paced, detail-oriented.  Clear communicator, flexible work hours to be part of experienced Silicon Valley product team. Able to make constructive contributions to improved team development practices
.

Anticipated first year will be entirely working from home given COVID as Level 3 Contractor, and upon completion of first anniversary will be eligible for sign-on bonus as full time employee. Required to have own effective laptop/development set up and sufficient bandwidth to be exceedingly productive.

We are excited to consider applicants from outside top IITs and top technical cities, so you don’t have to be a graduate of IIT Madras or IIT Bombay, nor living in Bangalore, Pune, or Hyderabad – we are more interested in exceptional and fluent programming talent and passion than just these degrees.  And all that being said, we confess we do have a founding team with degrees and DNA from Stanford, Harvard, and INSEAD.

There will be a technical task/test, a fit/communication interview, and a technical interview.