Senior Technical Architect

Position Name : Senior Software Developer (Node.js/RoR/Swift/React)

Experience : 5 to 10 Years

📍 Location : Remote

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days

Role Overview :

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Developer with expertise in Node.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), React, and Swift.

The ideal candidate should have strong problem-solving skills, hands-on development experience, and a deep understanding of software architecture, design principles, and TDD best practices.

Key Responsibilities :

• Backend-Heavy Full-Stack Development : Strong focus on Ruby on Rails (RoR) for backend and React for frontend.
• Test-Driven Development (TDD) : Follow TDD principles to ensure high-quality code.
• Software Architecture & Design : Implement scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Data Structures & Algorithms : Optimize performance and ensure efficient solutions.
• Clean Code Practices : Write modular, reusable, and well-documented code.
• Agile Development : Work in an Agile environment with CI/CD pipelines.
• Full-Stack Ownership : Manage both backend and frontend development, including deployment.
• Peer Collaboration : Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.

Technical Skills & Experience :

Must-Have :

• Ruby on Rails (RoR) - Backend
• React.js - Frontend
• Strong expertise in architecture, design, and hands-on development.
• Excellent understanding of Data Structures & Algorithms.
• Proven experience with TDD principles.
• Excellent communication skills.

Good to Have :

• Experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Swift, and JavaScript
• Familiarity with relational databases and web frameworks
• CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Hudson, or Bamboo.

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) 

Job Description – Sr. Full Stack Developer

Summary

You will be responsible for the full software development Lifecyle.

Core Accountabilities

• Motivate, develop, coach, and formally appraise the Software Development team.
• Monitor & co-ordinate any management information and capacity relating to the work of the team.
• Responsible for leading the software development team and providing technical guidance.
• Responsible for full stack, architectural, solution design specification and documentation.
• Responsible for the design, development, modification, maintenance, testing and deployment.
• Develop fully integrated back-end to front-end innovative solutions.
• Design, develop and maintain database solutions associated to data driven platforms.
• Develop to high quality coding standards.
• Responsible for project version control, coding standards, branching strategy and deployment.
• As part of the full development life cycle you will be responsible for continuous integration testing, Unit Testing and Performance Testing.
• Provide advanced technical support escalated from the development support team for all Voyager systems, solutions, and data sets.
• Scope and define detailed product backlog item descriptions that feed into sprint planning.
• Provide effective technical analysis, design requirements and relevant documentation.
• Using appropriate tools to define and communicate the required solution. These may include user journeys, prototypes, and wireframes.
• Coordinate release and sprint planning & conduct daily scrum meetings.
• Develop and maintain a thorough and up-to-date working technical knowledge of digital solutions and the Voyager Worldwide product suite.
• Develop and maintain a detailed technical understanding of our products, systems, technologies, architecture, and data sets.
• Develop and maintain a thorough and up-to-date working technical knowledge and understanding of AI, ML and RPA technologies.
• It should be noted that the above list of main duties and responsibilities is not necessarily a complete statement of the final duties of the post.

Qualifications & Experiences

• 8+ years’ software engineering experience in developing data driven based software solutions.
• 2 years’ leading end to end full stack design, development and implementation.
• Excellent working technical knowledge and understanding of AI, ML and RPA technologies.
• C#.Net: i.e. (.Net Frameworks, WPF, WCF, MVC, MVVM, XAML, Xamarin)
• Python: i.e. (TensorFlow, Keras, Theano, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, NumPy, Pandas)
• JavaScript: i.e. (ES6, Node.js, NPM, Sails.js, Ember.js, React, Mocha, Electron)
• JavaScript framework experience (e.g., Ember, React, Angular)
• jQuery, CSS, and HTML
• Excellent working knowledge and understanding of version control systems such as SVN, TFS & GIT.
• Strong SQL Database design and programming skills.
• Excellent working knowledge and understanding of project management tools such as VSTS DevOps

What we're looking for

• An experienced Software Engineer with a love for Web products
• demonstrated ability to contribute individually as well as in a team.
  If you love spending time on Hackernews/Github and love experimenting with latest technologies, this might be the role for you.

Responsibilities

• Own the development of product features end-to-end including scoping, architecting, coding, testing, and rolling out features
• Work closely with PMs, designers, and other engineers to ideate solutions to user problems
• Become an expert in your product area and our tech stack Make improvements to developer productivity through process / code improvements and mentorship
• Work in a distributed team

• 2+ years of experience designing and building complex JavaScript web based software systems
• Demonstrable Full Stack development experience with Angular or React and Node.JS in Typescript.
• Knowledge of multiple modern computer languages and frameworks with an understanding of using the right technology for the right purpose
• Experience with remote development teams working on the same platform
• Experience with writing testable code and driven by best practices Agile development process knowledge/experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

• 2-4 years of experience working with web platforms (at a corporate, startup, or digital agency)

Work Ethic & Requirements

• Experience with the development of large-scale websites and a strong understanding of web development technologies, third-party applications and platforms, and social media.
• You should be able to handle multiple projects at the same time.
• You should have the ability to motivate, support, and understand teams and easily work with everyone from our UX/visual designers to tech developers to content strategists.
• You should be motivated and organized. A proactive attitude is most important.
• Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks and work within deadlines with little or no supervision
• The ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team 

Tech Skills

• Python/Django
• React JS
• Node JS

About Us

upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc. upGrad is looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the careers of tomorrow.

• upGrad was awarded the Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India 
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech
• upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program 
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 

About the Role

If you love to learn, are a quick learner and would love to create top-notch online courses on emerging technologies like Blockchain, Software Development or Data science then we are looking for you!

The Senior Content Strategist role is unique in the sense that it provides an opportunity to learn new topics quickly, work on case studies, interact and build network with top industry professionals and faculty members in the respective domains, and do work that directly impacts the lives and careers of our learners.upGrad is looking for people passionate about education to help design learning programs for working professionals in order to help build the careers of tomorrow. 

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop world-class content for online courses on different stacks in Full-Stack Web Development (Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Angular, React.js, Node.js & Express.js, C#, .NET), Blockchain Development & Architecture, software development/mean-stack development / Data science/Machine Learning. This job will equip the candidate with highly sought after skills and will be a great starting point for a career
• Understand the industry requirements and develop courses to help students meet high standards
• Plan and execute student competency assessment and engagement to ensure extraordinary learning experience
• Quickly learn complex concepts and ensure quality of content, instructional design and overall course experience
• Collaborate with business development team to meet content production deliverables
• Define & structure content development process; work with educational content across all levels
• Structure, grow and lead content development team including research assistants, video producers, scriptwriters etc.
• Work closely with senior faculty, freelancers and global industry leaders

Skills Required

• BE/B.tech Computer science background (Bachelor’s/Master’s degree, BCA/ MCA,
• Online/ self taught/MOOC) OR a degree in Maths/Statistics.
• 4+ years of experience in e-Learning and/or creating customised higher education programs
• Experience in software development (backend/full-stack web development) , Data science is valuable.
• Excellence in problem solving and structuring of complex processes in new terrains
• Master in Higher Education/ Technology, Education & Innovation is preferred
• Experience in (digital) pedagogic content production; preferably higher education is preferred

• upGrad was awarded the Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19,
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India.
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech.
• upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program.
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements.
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards. 
• Support test and deployment of new products and features.
• Participate in code reviews.

• A highly talented developer with 6-9 years of hands-on experience in building secure and scalable web based applications using Java in backend and JS based frontend frameworks
• Strong knowledge of Java 8+, databases (SQL and NoSQL) , MySql, Mongo
• Experience working with Cassandra, Spring Boot, Apache Spark, Kafka, RabbitMQ is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of any one or more of AngularJS/ReactJS/VueJS and CSS3, HTML5.
• Strong experience in data modelling for data storage tools in SQL; experience with noSQL is highly desirable.
• Experience building scalable solutions for 2x, 5x and 10x growth with high quality and flexibility.
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and knowledge of CI/CD processes for automated integration and deployment. Basic knowledge of AWS preferred.
• Strong experience in Microservices (SRP) paradigm.
• Willing to learn new technologies (Golang).

1. Should have deep knowledge in the relevant tech stack (JAVA, MEAN, MERN, LAMP, etc.,) with Micro-services experience.

2. Must be well versed with algorithms

3. Should have in-depth knowledge of databases - SQL, NoSQL, Mongo DB.

4. Should be able to suggest the best stack and provide an optimized approach to complete a project.

5. Should be able to covert requirements into sprint plans and estimations.

6. Should be able to jump on client calls and translate and break down business level requirements into developer goals/sprints.

7. Should be able to step in and code/solve problems when required

8. Should be able to review the code of the developers and objectively define points for improvement

9. Should be willing to learn new stacks and spend a lot of time on RnD

10. Should be able to get things done :)

11. Should be able to assess risks involved in the projects.