Software Architect/CTO

Requirements:

• Proficient in fundamental Software Design Principles, Data Structures, Algorithms, Problem Solving and Complexity Analysis.
• Proficient in programming languages like Python/Java/Javascript/Golang or similar.
• Strong understanding of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Hands-on Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases such as Postgres, Mysql, MongoDB.
• Hands-on experience with GIT, CI/CD, REST APIs and Cloud ( AWS/ GCP/ Azure) will be preferred.
• Understanding of Microservice Architecture and System Design Principles is a plus.
• Self-driven, detail-oriented and Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and ability to deliver great work.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing, releasing and maintaining large scale software applications.

Job Description:

At Helios Tech Labs we are looking for a Full Stack Developer with <2 - 5 yr Exp> to build and maintain functional websites and applications with highly skilled computer programmer who is comfortable with both front and back end programming.

To be successful in this role, you should have extensive experience building web-apps from scratch and in-depth knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages:

• JavaScript
• Java
• HTML
• CSS
• React
• Angular
• Objective C
• Scala
• Python
• C#
• C++
• PHP
• Perl
• Node JS
• Ruby (RoR)
  
  

Responsibilities:

• Identify user and system requirements for new websites and applications
• 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.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.
• Prioritize software development projects, set timelines, and assign tasks to team members.
• Write or review code for various applications.
• Run functionality testings and debug code.
• Oversee junior web developers and evaluate their performance.
• Liaise with designers to decide on UI/UX elements (like graphics and navigation buttons).

For this hire, we’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is independently able to architect and build an entire on-demand service platform from scratch. This would require knowledge of and proven experience in Backend (Golang, Python, C/C++, Java, Ruby), Web Frontend (React, Angular, Next, Vue), APIs (nodeJS), Cloud (AWS, GCP) and Database (RDBMS like Postgres and NoSQL)

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Prior experience of having built or been involved in building an on-demand service platform from scratch (think Uber, Ola, Swiggy, Dunzo, etc.)

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Guide complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch
• Write high-quality code (i.e., reliable, readable, efficient, testable), provides quality code reviews, and creates comprehensive tests and quality documentation using software engineering principles. This includes knowledge of data structures, algorithms, programming and associated programming languages and frameworks, and major phases/activities of the software research and development life cycle (e.g., requirements, design, build, experiment, test, debug, deploy, monitor). 
• Conduct code reviews and provide feedback to other developers
• Participate in architectural and design discussions, and contribute to the development of software engineering practices and standards
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software development, and identify opportunities to apply them in our products

Requirements:

• Experience with front-end frameworks such as React.js, Vue.js, Next.js or Angular, and back-end frameworks such as Golang, Java, Javascript, Python Node.js, Ruby
• Experience with cloud-based technologies such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with agile development methodologies, continuous integration and delivery, and DevOps practices
• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC, etc.)
• Experience creating and implementing well-tested, scalable, performant micro-services and other distributed systems
• Passion for building high-quality software that solves real-world problems
• Ability to learn quickly on the go. We’re looking for software engineers who thrive while learning new technologies and don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. You should be able to easily adapt to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly evolving business environment

If You've Got These Skills, Even Better - 

• Experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction
• Experience working in a complex, matrixed organization juggling multiple dynamic projects

Experience: 5+ Years

An  Architect  is a hands-on, talented, innovative, and practical individual with functional experience to design, implement and support the delivery of core products and product components.  

• Capable of working under minimal direction and exercising considerable latitude, they will provide technical expertise in developing solutions to complex software engineering problems, which require frequent use of ingenuity and creativity.
• Experienced in designing application framework solutions, performing architectural analysis, and identifying issues and provide solutions for the business problems.
• Sound functional knowledge of application architecture service architecture, code modularity, data synchronisation, customisable workflow management, partner application integration and API developer frameworks.
• Responsibilities:
• Lead the design and development of new architecture and major functional upgrades for the most advanced capabilities 
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, designers, and developers.
• Engage cross-organizational teams such as Product Management, Integrations, Services, Support, and Operations, to ensure the success of overall software development, implementation, and deployment.
• Requirements:

Ideal candidate should have

• 7+ years of system implementation experience 
• Experience with any of the following languages like Java / Nodejs / ROR / Python
• Expertise in micro service / Data modelling / AWS / Messaging
• Expertise in building scalable & reliable systems
• Good Experience in working with technologies like AWS, Redis,
• Experience in messaging systems like SQS/RabbitMQ
• Good knowledge of caching, Databases, distributed systems.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Good experience with Devops

Job Responsibilities:

• Developing and installing software solutions.
• Designing, implementing and delivering high quality Software project in JAVA, SQL / Oracle, J2EE and other JAVA technologies.
• Participate in detailed level in design, coding, code walk through, peer code reviews and unit testing, System Testing, UAT, Demos, POCs, installation, maintenance of Software modules.
• Software prototype.
• System Architecture.
• Software Design Document.
• User interfaces to be developed as per UX guidelines Code files ensuring coding guidelines followed.
• Code review artefacts during peer code review.
• Test plan and Test Cases.
• Installation / Deployment document Release Document.
• Technical Documentation.

About the Company:

Progcap is a Fintech and AI company that pioneers alternative credit scoring for small businesses using proprietary data from non-traditional sources. We aim to fuel credit to 100 million under-banked SMEs in the emerging markets worldwide with an initial focus on India.

Progcap is Sequoia-backed Series A startup, comprising of top tier talent from finance, technology, data science and operations. The Company is the recipient of the World Bank's "SME Product Innovation of the year", 2018 award, Madrid.

What you will be doing:

• Lead and provide first level supervision to project teams and ensures successful delivery of tasks assigned to the team along with sharing of project updates & related communication with stakeholders.
• Writing and ensuring reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Managing data across multiple databases and providing analysis to stakeholders.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Implementation of security and data protection (permission classes and middleware.)
• Implementation of user authentication and authorization across multiple systems, servers, and environments.

What you bring:

• Should have minimum 4 years of experience in development using Python and 1 year in leading Python based projects.
• Strong experience in Application lifecycle management – development, testing and deployment.
• Strong understanding and experience with code version control tools (git, svn, etc.)
• Expert in Python with working experience on Django, AWS, Lambda, RDS, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Integration of data storage solutions redis, postgresql, mysql (big query, big table, pubsub, appengine).
• Strong in data structures and algorithms
• Preferably candidates with Financial/lending Applications development experience with any Fintech Co.