Senior Tech Lead

Software engineers are the lifeblood of impress.ai. They build the software that powers our platform, the dashboard that recruiters around the world use, and all the other cool things we build and release. We are looking to expand our team with highly skilled backend engineers. As backend engineers, you don’t just build backend APIs and architect databases, you help bring to production the AI prototypes our Analytics/Data team builds, and you ensure that the cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and CI/CD processes that keep us ticking are optimal. 

The Job:

The ideal candidate should have a few years of experience under the belt and have the technical skill, competencies, and maturity necessary to independently execute projects with minimal supervision. They should also have the ability to architect engineering solutions that require minimal input from senior software engineers in order to satisfy the business requirements.

At impress.ai our mission is to make hiring fairer for all applicants. We combine I/O Psychology with AI to create an application screening process that gives an opportunity to all candidates to undergo a structured interview. impress.ai has consciously used it to ensure that people were chosen based on their talent, knowledge, and capabilities as opposed to their gender, race, or name.

Responsibilities:

• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Write well-designed, testable code
• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility
• Build and integrate new software components into the Impress Platform
• Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures
• Document and maintain software functionality
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems
• Deploy programs and evaluate user feedback
• Comply with project plans and industry standards
• Develop flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to identify requirements and solutions

You Bring to the Table:

• Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer
• Proficiency in software engineering tools
• The ability to develop software in the Django framework (Python) is necessary for the role.
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and ORM technologies
• Ability to document requirements and specifications
• A BSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a relevant field is preferred but not necessary.

Our Benefits:

• Work with cutting-edge technologies like Machine Learning, AI, and NLP and learn from the experts in their fields in a fast-growing international SaaS startup. As a young business, we have a strong culture of learning and development. Join our discussions, brown bag sessions, and research-oriented sessions.
• A work environment where you are given the freedom to develop to your full potential and become a trusted member of the team.
• Opportunity to contribute to the success of a fast-growing, market-leading product.
• Work is important, and so is your personal well-being. The work culture at impress.ai is designed to ensure a healthy balance between the two.

Diversity and Inclusion are more than just words for us. We are committed to providing a respectful, safe, and inclusive workplace. Diversity at impress.ai means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, and respected in ways that fully develop and utilize each person’s talents and strengths. We pride ourselves on working with the best and we know our company runs on the hard work and dedication of our talented team members. Besides having employee-friendly policies and benefit schemes, impress.ai assures unbiased pay purely based on performance.

We are looking for a PHP Developer who thinks of himself as a problem solver. He/ she can efficiently and quickly write code in a timely and scalable way. This candidate will be able to test the code and adjust it where necessary. They should also be experienced in contributing to the whole software design lifecycle.

Qualifications and Skills :

- Proper understanding of MVC design patterns, OOPS concepts, and Frontend technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.

- Hands-on experience with frameworks - Code ignitor / Laravel.

- Familiarity with MySQL databases and their declarative query languages.

- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

- Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions.

- JavaScript Frameworks - jQuery/Angular

- Knowledge of version control systems like GIT (mandatory).

- Must be self-driven and highly organized.

- Design, code, test, debug, and document software according to the functional requirements.

- Develop, maintain, and support programs/tools for internal and external clients.

- Analyze, diagnose, and resolve errors related to their applications.

- Define project planning and execution and on-time delivery.

- Familiarity with Agile project Methodologies.

Responsibilities :

- Understand requirements and develop solutions.

- Write clean, well-designed code.

- Produce detailed specifications.

- Troubleshoot, test, and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality.

- Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.

- Follow industry best practices and work with teams to develop solutions.

- Work with business analysts to produce reliable estimates and ensure the client's requirements and understood and documented.

- Deliver multiple projects using a team of developers.

- Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary.

Benefits :

- Get a chance to contribute and get recognition from Day 1.

- Exposure to innovative Technologies.

- An opportunity to learn new things every day.

- Onsite opportunities.

- Competitive Salary and Benefits.

- Health Insurance.

- Friendly, Supportive, Professional, and achievement-oriented management team.

• Work closely with design, product management, and front-end teams to create REST APIs using NestJS
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Work on the implementation of security and data protection
• Review and optimize the app usage by monitoring key metrics and rectifying the issues proactively

• 1+ years of experience in NodeJS-based frameworks like NestJS, and microservices-based architecture is a bonus.
• Understanding of OOPS concepts, persistence, threading, queuing, and caching.
• Thorough knowledge of designing, implementing and scaling relational and document-based databases
• A love for systems and an ability to think through and plan for their life cycles, edge cases, interactions, and failure modes
• First principles thinking, Excellent problem-solving ability
• A good all-rounder with a can-do, startup mentality

• Experience with ReactJS
• Cloud deployment and scaling experience

Key aspects of this role: 

• Maintain, update, and enhance ITSM environment including Incident, Request,  Problem, Change and Knowledge Management, Service Catalog, Service Portals,  SLAs, Discovery, and Integrations 
• Participate in the implementation and configuration of other ServiceNow products outside of ITSM to increase the adoption of the ServiceNow platform. • Responsible for performing daily administration, issue resolution, and  troubleshooting of the ServiceNow platform. Monitor health, usage, and overall compliance of ServiceNow and its applications.

To be the right fit, you will need: 

• Minimum of 2 years of demonstrated experience in ServiceNow development and  configuration.  
• Proficient in developing, integrating and maintaining applications using ServiceNow Platform technology and tools.
• Understanding of and experience working with IT Service Management processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Release, SLM, Service Catalog), PPM/ITBM• Understanding of IT and business requirements with ability to develop, test, deploy improvements, and update Manage and administer lists, filters, forms, platform  interfaces (to other data sources) and the data within tables, import sets and the  CMDB. 
• Preferably certified in ServiceNow 

We’re looking for a Ruby on Rails Software Engineer/Shopify App Developer who has experience working with the Shopify platform and is able to work on a Shopify app.

Your Daily Challenges

When we welcome you aboard we’ll introduce you to your Team, which consists of a front-end developer, a Shopify App Marketer who grew 2 apps to million dollar annual revenue, and a product manager.

These are the people you’ll work closely with on Product development day-to-day. Once you get settled in and learn more about the team, your day to day activities will look something like this:

1. Own the end-to-end development cycle for the Shopify app you’ll be working on.
2. Coordinate with fellow developers to get things done on time. 
3. Implement high quality code in an agile, test driven development environment
4. Review exception reports to identify and fix bugs
5. Development of new apps and features
6. Maintenance of existing features
7. Collaboration with cross-functional teams
8. Contributions of ideas to improve the product

Your Experience

1. 3-5 years of experience with Ruby on Rails
2. Experience with Shopify app development
3. Familiar with Sidekiq, PostgreSQL
4. Good understanding of HTML and CSS (positioning and styling)
5. Excellent communication skills
6. Takes pride in writing clean, organized, efficient code
7. An eye for detail
8. Experience with vanilla JavaScript and React a plus
9. Experience working in an entrepreneurial/startup environment

Your Compensation

1. The compensation range for this role is INR 14-18 LPA (~25K USD) + up to 5% equity.
2. The compensation varies with experience and qualifications. 
3. This is a full-time remote/work from home position.

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