
Software Development Engineer
at India’s largest vernacular test prep App. (P1)
- 1+ year of experience
- Full responsibility for designing and building core back-end modules and system architectures.
- Good understanding of database concepts.
- Experience with at least two programming languages (PHP & GoLang).
- Experience in creating at least one web application.
- Knowledge of MySQL in-depth and basic understanding of MongoDB along with basic understanding about different paradigms of programming.
- Ability to interact and coordinate with a team.
- Should have a basic understanding of APIs.
- Modify code in time to keep code dry and reusable.
- Should have worked in at least one framework in the backend.
- A background in Software Architecture would be preferred.
Requirements
- Develop data-driven web solutions on PHP frameworks (ideally CakePHP), but be undeterred when the need arises to create an application from the ground up as required, maintain, contribute and adhere to our programming best practices and guidelines.
- Work with a team of UI designers, programmers, and server admins, to bring brand new concepts to the market.
- Help improve our code quality through writing unit tests, automation and performing code reviews.
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JOB DESCRIPTION:
Location: Pune, Mumbai
Mode of Work : 3 days from Office
DSA(Collections, Hash maps, trees, Linkedlist and Arrays, etc), Core Oops concepts(Multithreading, Multi Processing, Polymorphism, Inheritance etc) Annotations in Spring and Spring boot, Java 8 Vital features, database Optimization, Microsevices and Rest API
- Design, develop, and maintain low-latency, high-performance enterprise applications using Core Java (Java 5.0 and above).
- Implement and integrate APIs using Spring Framework and Apache CXF.
- Build microservices-based architecture for scalable and distributed systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams for high/low-level design, development, and deployment of software solutions.
- Optimize performance through efficient multithreading, memory management, and algorithm design.
- Ensure best coding practices, conduct code reviews, and perform unit/integration testing.
- Work with RDBMS (preferably Sybase) for backend data integration.
- Analyze complex business problems and deliver innovative technology solutions in the financial/trading domain.
- Work in Unix/Linux environments for deployment and troubleshooting.
•Hands on experience in Object oriented programming
•Hands on experience in Java, SpringBoot (min 2 years) or kafka or Cassandra or MongoDB
•Experience with developing/enhancing applications connecting to different Databases : Oracle/MySQL/Cassandra/MongoDB
•Strong knowledge of common Data structures and algorithms and when to use them.
•Experience in Xpath or XML or REST or JSON or protobuff
• Experience with software version control (such as git)
•Experience in working in an agile environment such as Scrum.
Preferable:
•Experience in public cloud PaaS (AWS, GCP, Azure)
•Real time stream data handling (Kafka, Kinesis
About the Role
Initiate and drive technical decisions on a multi-functional, Agile team alongside product management, product design, and engineering
Work closely with product to translate abstract business and product requirements into crisp technical specifications along with a delivery roadmap
Resolve blockers and help the team stay productive
Perform code and design reviews
Take part in building the team and iterating on hiring processes
Must have Requirements for the Role
8+ years of experience in a highly technical role at hyper-growth startup or fast-paced company and 2+ years of experience leading a team
Production level experience with Node.js or Go mandatory.
Experience building highly available and performant applications in any major programming language (e.g. Node.js, Go, Javascript)
In-depth knowledge and experience working with major cloud platform (e.g. AWS (must have experience))
Experience leading product teams
You are a good communicator who can explain technical concepts to product managers, designers, support and other engineers
Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a team environment and with geographically distributed teamsIn-depth knowledge of database and web security
How We Define Success:
Ensure the projects are delivered within reasonable timelines that meet the acceptance criteria set by the stakeholders
Ensure technical debt is being measured and tackled
Ensure the non-functional requirements are being taken into account while delivering features: performance, security and testing
Nice To Have, but Not Required:
Good understanding of GCP, AzureWorked in a early-stage startup environmentGood understanding of micro services
Providing technical expertise for every phase of the project lifecycle—from concept
development to solution design, implementation, optimization and support. Interacts
with a set of clients (client senior developers and architects) to create technology
specifications from business requirements for one of the modules within the project.
Prepares the technical design of the more complex technology components within the
module (one or more of client/web presentation tier, server tier, data access and data
model, integration component, package function customization).
Assists the architect in articulating the pros and cons of using a certain technology stack
or component or design pattern versus another to the clients and project team and
drives selection of technologies, designs to come up with the optimal architecture.
Drives the performance tuning, re-design and re-factoring for a module.
Contributes to designing and implementing the build, releases process as well as system
configuration and deployment characteristics of the application.
Required Tech Stack
2+ years of strong development skills in Java with JDK 1. 8 & above version &
Microservices with Spring boot/ Spring.
Should have strong acumen in Data Structures, Algorithms, problem-solving and Logical/
Analytical skills.
Thorough understanding of OOPS concepts, Design principles and implementation of
different type of Design patterns.
Sound understanding of concepts like Exceptional handling, Serialization/Deserialization
and Immutability concepts, etc.
Good fundamental knowledge in Enums, Collections, Annotations, Generics, Auto
boxing, etc. Experience with Multithreading, Concurrent Package and Concurrent APIs Basic
understanding of Java Memory Management (JMM) including garbage collections
concepts.
Experience in RDBMS or NO SQL databases and writing SQL queries (Joins, group by,
aggregate functions, etc.)
Experience with at-least one NoSQL (Any of Cassandra/Couch base/Hadoop), Hands-on
experience with JMS
Hands-on experience in creating RESTful webservices and consuming webservices
Hands-on experience with Spring.
Hands-on experience with any of the logging frameworks (SLF4J/LogBack/Log4j)
Experience of writing Junit test cases using Mockito / Powermock frameworks.
Should have practical experience with Maven/Gradle and knowledge of version control
systems like Git/SVN etc.
Good communication skills and ability to work with global teams to define and deliver
on projects.
Sound understanding/experience in software development process, test-driven
development
The ideal candidate would be a person having a strong technical know-how of Drupal application development & CMS concepts, backed with an equally strong hands-on experience. He / She should be fluent with the design concepts using Drupal 8 and above(Must) as well as be well versed with the best practices in the development, testing & deployment phases.
Experience : 5 – 9 years
Contract duration : 6 months
Major Accountability
• Demonstrate expertise in authoring & customizing Drupal modules as well as have experience in working with views, panels and features.
• Carry-out impact analysis & estimation for given set of requirements.
• Develop code by adhering to the Drupal, security and accessibility standards.
• Act as liaison with the client for troubleshooting: investigate, analyze, and solve software problems.
• Work self-directed and independently.
Essential Skills & Experience
• Have overall 4-8 years of IT experience on Drupal 8 platforms.
• Have expertise in developing complex websites based on Drupal 8 platforms and framework-based web applications.
• Have expertise in LAMP environment.
• Have working knowledge of web servers like Apache, Nginx etc.
• Have strong experience with source/version control systems.
• Have excellent communication, analytical & presentation skills.
Education
• Minimum education: B.E., BTech, MCA
• Languages: English written & spoken
Primary Responsibilities:
- Principal Engineers are responsible for driving Technology and Engineering Best Practices in their respective teams.
- They should demonstrate a high level of ownership and accountability for their product and software systems.
- They are expected to go above and beyond their role by contributing in tools, processes and practices which bring operational efficiency and are aligned with business goals.
- They are expected to actively participate in development along with team members and create systems and modules which represent a working model of engineering best practices.
- They are expected to participate in code reviews, design reviews, architecture discussions.
- They are responsible for the Engineering metrics/health of their systems including strong alerting and monitoring mechanisms.
- They are expected to lead the adoption of best practices around coding, designing, performance of systems in a team.
Experience or Skills Required:
- B.Tech or Advanced degree in Computer Science with 6-12 years of industry experience in product based companies.
- Proficiency with Basic libraries for machine learning such as scikit-learn and pandas
- Experience in building solutions based on Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, K Nearest neighbor, SVM, Random Forest, Decision Trees.
- Strong experience with at least one of programming languages: Python, Java, Vertx, Golang
- Strong experience in building Server side reusable components based on Microservices or Distributed Architecture.
- Solid coding skills with ability to lead teams in identifying clearing tech debts for large scale code base.
- Good understanding & experience in improving performance of scalable and real time responsive applications.
- Excellent Problem Solving skills and an aptitude to approach problems from first principles and build solutions for those.
- Must have excellent communication (verbal & written), interpersonal, leadership, and problem solving skills.
- Must be able to work independently and enjoy working at a fast paced start-up environment
- Excellent Mentoring skills. Be the technical mentor to your team.
- Must be comfortable working in fuzzy environments where boundaries are not clearly defined.
Responsibilities
- Experience executing projects on WordPress
- Experience customizing existing WordPress plug-ins for integration or other requirements
- Expertise in customizing, developing, and integrating WordPress themes
- Manage the project giving importance to cost and quality
- Work with the user group to improve the solution
- Document existing functions and processes
Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum 4 year of hands on experience in WordPress development
- Good understanding of PHP, MYSQL, HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery
- Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks
- Understanding the fully synchronous behavior of PHP
- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
- Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
Software engineering - Bengaluru and remote
Description:
Building products at BiCSoM is about turning dreams and ideas into lovable technology and design solutions. As a mindful member of the BiCSoM team you will create rule-breaking backend systems for mobile applications and websites using Php, Laravel, Lumen, MySQL, PostgresSQL and AuroraDB. Large number of people across the globe use our products everyday, we take pride in wearing ‘Made with love in India’ on our sleeves.
Requirements:
What are we looking for?
- We expect you to have your domain knowledge of Php, MySQL, AuroraDB, PostgresSQL, Laravel, Lumen, REST APIs and AWS based scalable backend development
- There are few skills which you need to have from get-go:
- You are a problem solver, polite and someone who values team members and customers
- You respect time and understand, lost time never comes back
- You have the ability to explain your algorithms and solutions and understand how to ask questions with respect to mobile app development and web development scenarios
- You are a smart and energetic talent from engineering and computer science background
- Based on the situations you can contribute individually or work with team and make work productive and fun
- In terms of day to day work, for 4-5 years you should have done the following:
- At least 8 to 10 live projects in Laravel, Lumen
- Handled team of 2 to 3 developers on Php
- Thorough understanding of MVC framework in Php using Laravel and Lumen
- Writing backend code with SOLID principle
- Unit testing of your code with Travis CLI
- Hands on experience with MySQL and PostgresSQL
- Rock solid understanding of Blade template engine
- Collaborative development with BitBucket or GIT and handling of code merge conflicts
- Documenting backend code and APIs using Swagger
- Expert Knowledge of code deployment on AWS is a must
- Knowledge of NoSQL will be an added advantage
- Expert in Linux, and understanding of Ubuntu OS
Other information:
- Work location: Bengaluru city and Remote
- Working days - 6 days a week
Welcome to BiCSoM careers:
BiCSoM Technologies Private Limited is committed to breakthrough innovation and success for its team members. From our mindful culture of compassion and wisdom to passionate customer success philosophy, this is one awesome place to work! So come and experience what it takes to build digital products which are loved by millions of users across the globe. You will find speed, agility, fun and supportive culture where we are responsible for each other’s success.
- BiCSoM is a registered startup under the Startup India initiative of Government of India and a DIPP registered MSME
- BiCSoM was recognized as one of the top AR/VR startups in India in 2018 in DCB Bank innovation carnival










