Software Developer

About the Role 

As a result of our rapid growth, we are looking for a Java Backend Engineer to join our existing Cloud Engineering team and take the lead in the design and development of several key initiatives of our existing Miko3 product line as well as our new product development initiatives. 

Responsibilities 

•  Designing, developing and maintaining core system features, services and engines
• Collaborating with a cross functional team of the backend, Mobile application, AI, signal processing, robotics Engineers, Design, Content, and Linguistic Team to realize the requirements of a conversational social robotics platform which includes investigate design approaches, prototype new technology, and evaluate technical feasibility
• Ensure the developed backend infrastructure is optimized for scale and responsiveness 
• Ensure best practices in design, development, security, monitoring, logging, and DevOps adhere to the execution of the project. 
• Introducing new ideas, products, features by keeping track of the latest developments and industry trends 
• Operating in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software against aggressive schedules

Requirements 

• Proficiency in distributed application development lifecycle (concepts of authentication/authorization, security, session management, load balancing, API gateway), programming techniques and tools (application of tested, proven development paradigms)  
• Proficiency in working on Linux based Operating system. 
• Proficiency in at least one server-side programming language like Java. Additional languages like Python and PHP are a plus 
• Proficiency in at least one server-side framework like Servlets, Spring, java spark (Java). 
• Proficient in using ORM/Data access frameworks like Hibernate,JPA with spring or other server-side frameworks. 
• Proficiency in at least one data serialization framework: Apache Thrift, Google ProtoBuffs, Apache Avro,Google Json,JackSon etc. 
• Proficiency in at least one of inter process communication frameworks WebSocket's, RPC, message queues, custom HTTP libraries/frameworks ( kryonet, RxJava ), etc.  
• Proficiency in multithreaded programming and Concurrency concepts (Threads, Thread Pools, Futures, asynchronous programming). 
• Experience defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility tradeoffs (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling)
• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability
• Good understanding of networking and communication protocols, and proficiency in identification CPU, memory & I/O bottlenecks, solve read & write-heavy workloads. 
• Proficiency is concepts of monolithic and microservice architectural paradigms. 
• Proficiency in working on at least one of cloud hosting platforms like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc.   
• Proficiency in at least one of database SQL, NO-SQL, Graph databases like MySQL, MongoDB, Orientdb 
• Proficiency in at least one of testing frameworks or tools JMeter, Locusts, Taurus 
• Proficiency in at least one RPC communication framework: Apache Thrift, GRPC is an added plus 
• Proficiency in asynchronous libraries (RxJava), frameworks (Akka),Play,Vertx is an added plus 
• Proficiency in functional programming ( Scala ) languages is an added plus 
• Proficiency in working with NoSQL/graph databases is an added plus 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of tools for server, application metrics logging and monitoring and is a plus Monit, ELK, graylog is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization utilities like Ansible, Salt, Puppet is an added plus 
• Working Knowledge of DevOps containerization technologies like Docker, LXD is an added plus  
• Working Knowledge of container orchestration platform like Kubernetes is an added plus 

Job Description:

Company Overview

CareStack is a complete cloud-based dental software solution for scheduling, clinical, billing, patient engagement, and reporting needs of dental offices of any size - whether it's a single location or a large multi-site DSO with hundreds of locations.

The company was founded in 2015 and the commercial launch was done in early 2018. Since then, more than 1000 offices have chosen CareStack as their single source of truth. This is the fastest growth till date in the dental practice management software market, dominated by 100 year old distribution companies.

More about CareStack

●    Rated by independent B2B software reviews and research analysts as the most modern, innovative and customer experience focussed company in the space with the fastest growth in the segment.

●    Important strategic go to market partnerships with dental industry leaders like Delta Dental, Darby Dental and several others.

●    Venture backed with over $60M raised from leading financial and strategic investors.

●    HQ'd in Orlando, FL with offices in Minnesota, Bangalore, Trivandrum and Cochin.

Role Overview

CareStack seeks to hire Software Development Engineer - 1 to build its next generation healthcare platform. You will be reporting to a Staff SDE in your business unit , to develop and release services and solutions for our platform, aligning with your business unit’s goals and objectives.

Key responsibilities

●    Technical Design

You can be a specialist in technology areas, but capable of creating complete designs to solve a specific problem that accomplishes a definitive product feature or enables a technical advancement.You should work with your lead to review your design and embrace the feedback

●    Process Definition/Adherence

You should deliver estimations, review test scenarios/cases created by QAs in your team, participate in sprint grooming and planning meetings. You must learn, practice and evangelize standard techniques for grooming, defining complexity of stories and estimation.

●    Code Quality

At Carestack we believe that your code reflects your character. Code for scale, produce maintainable reusable code. You must commit to clean coding, continuous refactoring to ensure a high level of code quality. Continuously learn, practice and evangelize coding patterns/best practices within and outside your team. You should ensure testability of team functional areas, facilitate integration testing, resolve deep rooted technical issues and proactively collaborate with team members in solving complex problems.

●    Team Player

You should proactively communicate to resolve dependencies within and outside the team. Understand organizations culture code and streamline conversations and activities that will further instill this code. Mentor and coach new additions to your team.

●    Value/Mission Alignment

Be a champion for CareStack within the Engineering team. Help drive workplace and cultural norms within your business unit that align with CareStack company values.

This role may be for you if you…

●    Have an insatiable itch to join and the courage to scale an early-stage technology company.

●    Have 2-4 years of experience in building modern day web platforms, using Microsoft technologies on the backend.

●    Can be a generalist or specialist with deep understanding of building software components that meet defined requirements, with good understanding of .NET Core/ASP.NET.

●    Are proficient in data structures and algorithms, and object oriented analysis and design of software systems.

●    Are a backend specialist with good understanding of event driven programming, distributed systems, caching/in-memory computing systems, data modeling for transactional systems.

●    Solid understanding of relational and non relational databases including warehouses.Preferably MySQL, MSSQL, Vertica and CosmosDB

●    Solid understanding of CI/CD patterns and IaC.

●    Expertise in building ETLs in both batch and streaming model.

●    Expertise in building and testing APIs and micro services

This role may not be for you if you…

●    Don’t have the itch to design solutions and write code and you don’t grab every other opportunity to review and write code.

●    Don’t have the fire in you to fight for your design suggestions and debate with logical data points

●    Don’t have the trait to be transactional in code reviews/design discussions, accept your mistakes and appreciate better ideas from your peers.

●    Haven’t developed the habit of doing objective conversations that are data driven.

• Previous working experience as a PHP Developer for 3 years
• BS/MS  in Computer Science, Engineering or a similar relevant field
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Proficient in PHP, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery Expert
• Experience with PHP MVC frameworks (Symfony)

We are looking for a Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.

• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.

• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.

• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.

• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.

• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.

• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.

• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.

• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.

• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.

Requirements

• At least 1 - 3 years experience as a Node.js developer.
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
• Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.
• Great organizational and time management skills.
• Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours.

Key Skill

Node.Js, Object Oriented Programming, Java Script, HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3

Have an experience building backend server side applications in Node.js and Express.js

Have in-depth knowledge and experience of using ES6+ features and Object Oriented Principles

Have sound knowledge and are familiar with databases like MongoDb - (Preferred) and Mysql.

Have good exposure to cloud native technologies (AWS Lambda, S3, RDS, etc) 

Have working knowledge of version control (Git) and continuous deployment 

Have experience in optimising backend API’s and database queries for optimal performance.

You are good at problem solving and have analytical skills 

You are flexible in adapting new technologies and frameworks as per the projects needs