Software Engineer

We are looking for a Java developer responsible for building Java applications. This includes anything between complex groups of back-end services and their client-end (desktop and mobile) counterparts. Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop these applications, and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and product quality is essential.

Backend (Mandatory/Must to have skills) :

1. Core Java/Java8,
2. Spring boot,
3. Spring Security,
4. Hibernate or any other ORM (Object Relational Mapping) framework.
5. SQL/PL-SQL (Oracle or Mysql or postgresql) but mostly Oracle
6. Restful webservices
7. Git

Backend (Good to have skills) :

1. Knowledge of SOAP based webservices
2. Struts framework
3. Microservices

Backend (Not absolutely necessary but plus point if candidate has knowledge about ) :

1. Docker
2. Apache Kafka/ any other messaging queue tool like RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ etc.,)
3. Cloud experience AWS/Azure

Responsibilities:

• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code
• Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Java code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization

Job Responsibilities

·        Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to, the following.

·        Development experience 3-6 years

·        Experience working with Azure cloud-hosted web applications and technologies.

·        Design and develop back-end microservices and REST APIs for connected devices, web applications, and mobile applications.

·        Stay up to date on relevant technologies, plug into user groups, and understand trends and opportunities that ensure we are using the best techniques and tools.

• Meeting with the software development team to define the scope and scale of software projects.
• Designing software system architecture.
• Completing data structures and design patterns.
• Designing and implementing scalable web services, applications, and APIs.
• Developing and maintaining internal software tools.
• Writing low-level and high-level code.
• Troubleshooting and bug fixing.
• Identifying bottlenecks and improving software efficiency.
• Collaborating with the design team on developing micro-services.
• Writing technical documents.
• Be an active professional in continuous learning resulting in enhancement in organizational objectives.
• Provide technical support to all internal teams and customers as it relates to the product.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or computer science.
• Previous experience as a full stack engineer and IoT Products.
• Advanced knowledge of front-end languages including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Angular, React.
• Proficient in back-end languages including Nodejs and basic knowledge of Java, C#.
• Experience with cloud computing APIs and Cloud Providers such as Azure or AWS.

·        Working knowledge of database systems (Cassandra, CosmosDB, Redis, PostgreSQL)

·        Messaging systems (RabbitMQ, MQTT, Kafka)

·        Cloud-based distributed application scaling & data processing in the cloud

·        Agile / Scrum methodology

• Advanced troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks.
• Good communication skills.

High-level project management skills.

• Hands-on expertise in managing technical teams and work closely with business stakeholders
• Should be familiar with card testing and POS ecosystem.
• Experience with designing APIs and building platform integrations in Commerce, POS, FinTech and Payments
• Payment’s domain experience.
• Extensive experience on Base24 & SWITCH part for payment format.
• Exposure on ISO8583 Messaging system.
• API understanding and creation.
• Working knowledge on cryptographic algorithms (RSA, EC, AES, SHA variants), TLS/SSL protocols. C Symetric and A symetrics, K.M.S.
• Digital Payments technical knowledge - QR/ POS/ UPI/ BQR
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, containerization, Docker
• Must have strong technical skills in Android APK and iOS development Concept and Web services.
• Supportability, monitoring, ops in general.
• Accurate cost models to deploy and operate
• Extensive experience in TLOG’s, data integration with downstream applications, and impact of POS changes on different financial, legal, compliance, loss prevention, etc. applications.
• Extensive experience with payment systems 7861 (EMV, payment middleware, encryption, tokenization, settlement, offline scenarios,).
• Extensive experience with different types of payment methods including credit, debit, gift cards (Both closed loop and open loop), PLCC, PayPal, AliPay, checks, etc. as well as different payment form factors like Tap N Go, contactless, swipe, EMV, Mobile, etc.
• Extensive experience with payment devices (pin pads, printers, registers, scanners).
• Experience in Node.js / Java / Python, building REST APIs, with experience/exposure to front end stack like JavaScript & React / Angular. 
• Experience with Storage systems - RDBMS, NoSQL (Cassandra/MongoDB), Redis/Memcache/Aerospike.
• Experience in messaging tools like Kafka/AWS Kinesis etc...
• Design expertise for performance, scalability, fault tolerance and high availability

• Experience with POS systems and Payments domain.
• Demonstrated experience for systems architecture, design, and integration for POS systems
• Java and/or Node.js. Experience building micro services (REST APIs) using Node.js
• Experience with one or more RDBMS databases like MySql, PostGreSQL
• Experience with one or more NoSQL databses like MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Aerospike, Elastic Search, Redis, neo4j etc.,
• Caching technologies like: Redis, Elasticache,
• Cloud Providers like: AWS/ Google Cloud / Azure
• CI / CD : Jenkins, Docker, Kubernete
  

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

• Proficient in Python 2 / 3 and have built products before (managing the entire DevOps cycle) - proficient in Python Data Structures
• Good understanding of Open Source Visualisation Tools like D3.JS, Matplotlib etc.
• Good understanding of Functional APIs and Data Ingestion viz. Pandas’ dataframe from SQL DB and Excel (CSV) & Flat files of (primarily) structured data - no data cleansing
• Growth mindset - eagerness to learn and grow in the role
• Qualifications: B.Tech / BE / Graduate Engineer in any stream (preferred Mech / Industrial Engineer)
• Compensation : At par with industry (with stock options / grants to be vested over 3 years)