Software Engineer

Job Description:

As a Full Stack Developer, your role is to design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performance web applications using Java and Angular technologies. You will be responsible for both front-end and back-end development, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver robust and user-friendly software solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Full Stack Development: Design, develop, test, and deploy web applications using Java, Angular, and related technologies.
• Front-End Development: Create responsive and intuitive user interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks like Angular.
• Angular Application Development: Utilize your expertise in Angular to design and develop responsive, efficient, and visually appealing web applications. Collaborate with UX/UI designers to transform wireframes and mockups into fully functional features.
• UI/UX Improvements: Continuously improve the user experience of our applications by identifying and addressing UI/UX issues and proposing innovative solutions to enhance user satisfaction.
• Back-End Development: Develop server-side logic and APIs using Java frameworks like Spring, Spring Boot, or Java EE.
• Database Integration: Design and implement database structures and queries using relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• System Architecture: Participate in architectural discussions and provide technical expertise to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability of the application.
• Code Reviews and Testing: Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to best practices. Write and execute unit tests and participate in integration and system testing.
• Bug Fixing and Maintenance: Identify and resolve defects and performance issues in the application. Provide ongoing support and maintenance of deployed applications.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with cross-functional teams including designers, product managers, and other developers to understand requirements, provide technical insights, and deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Continuous Learning: Keep up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends. Apply new tools and techniques to improve development processes and enhance application performance.

Requirements:

• Proficient in Java programming language and related frameworks like Spring, Spring Boot, or Java EE.
• Strong experience in front-end development using Angular, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Solid understanding of web application architecture and design patterns.
• Experience with relational databases and SQL queries.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git and development tools like IDEs and build tools.
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs and web services.
• Basic understanding of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of Agile development methodologies and practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform).
• Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git, CI/CD).
• Experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., JUnit).
• Demonstrable experience in building dynamic web applications using Angular, with in-depth knowledge of Angular 2+ features and concepts.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership:
• Provide technical leadership by guiding and mentoring software engineers in creating robust and scalable solutions.
• Lead the recruitment process to identify and onboard top-tier engineering talent.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and growth within the technical team.
• Architectural Vision:
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership, senior technical stakeholders, and product managers to shape the architectural vision and ensure alignment with business goals.
• Actively participate in code reviews and technical design discussions and contribute hands-on expertise to development efforts.
• Drive the evolution of development processes, establish meaningful metrics, and cultivate a team culture emphasizing technical excellence.
• Lead POCs and technical evaluations
• Hands-on Technical Involvement:
• Demonstrate deep technical involvement through direct contributions to the codebase, technical design discussions, and the development of domain expertise.
• Utilize your extensive experience to guide the team in developing large-scale distributed systems, employing languages such as Java, Python, C++, Ruby, Go, or JavaScript.
• Process Evolution and DevOps:
• Innovate and evolve development processes to enhance efficiency and agility.
• Leverage a background in DevOps to oversee the operational aspects of widely deployed SaaS products.
• Implement and optimize CI/CD environments for seamless software delivery.

Must-Have:

• Managerial and Technical Expertise:
• Possess 3+ years of managerial experience and a solid 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Demonstrate prior success in leading and growing cross-functional development teams of 10-20 individual contributors.
• Software Delivery Excellence:
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality software within tight deadlines, emphasizing agility in a collaborative and cross-functional environment.
• Technical Proficiency:
• Hands-on experience developing and designing large-scale distributed systems using languages like Java, Python, C++, Ruby, Go, or JavaScript.
• DevOps and SaaS Background:
• Background in DevOps with experience in the operation of widely deployed SaaS products.
• Communication and Organization:
• Exceptional organizational skills and effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Nice to Have:

• CI/CD and Cloud Platform Experience:
• Previous experience in designing CI/CD environments.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, or equivalent cloud platforms.
• Data-Driven Decision Making:
• Demonstrated experience using data to measure success, drive improvements, and inform strategic decisions.
• Global Team Collaboration:
• Previous experience working on geographically dispersed teams.

Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated Full Stack Backend Software Intern to join our team. The ideal candidate should have a strong interest in AI, LLM (Large Language Models), and related technologies, along with the ability to work independently and complete tasks with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Research and gather requirements for backend software projects.
• Develop, test, and maintain backend components of web applications.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Complete tasks with minimal hand-holding and supervision.
• Assist with frontend tasks using JavaScript and React if required.

Requirements:

• Proficiency in backend development languages such as Python or Node.js
• Familiarity with frontend technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of AI, LLM, and related technologies is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and complete tasks with minimal supervision.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science or related field.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies in AI and LLM.
• Hands-on experience in developing backend systems for web applications.
• Mentorship from experienced developers and engineers.
• Flexible working hours and a supportive work environment.
• Possibility of a full-time position based on performance.
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If you are passionate about backend development, AI, and LLM, and are eager to learn and grow in a dynamic environment, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our team as a Full Stack Backend Software Intern.

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

Role - Technology Lead

Role Overview 

As a Tech lead, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and  procedures, working closely with the co-founders in building a team. You will be responsible for  defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and  debugging of the software applications. The technology lead will be a part of the core leadership  team and will be involved in all crucial decisions. So apart from strong technical skills, leadership is  something we are looking for.  

Responsibilities  

▪ Work Experience between 3 to 5 years in large scale applications with desire to work in fast  paced startups  

▪ Must have led a team of 3 to 10 engineers. Excellent business understanding and  prioritization skills. Fully hands on with coding and up to date with technology trends. 
▪ Focus on code maintainability and performance of application and a demonstrated product  development ability.  

▪ Must be excellent with hiring and should have built a team from scratch or small size 
▪ Provide technical advice and assists in solving programming problems  

▪ Continuously create new and interactive features that would help to improve user  experience and user engagement.  

▪ Assist with troubleshooting of issues as needed 

Tech Stack -

Node Js, Nativescript, Angular, React, React Native, MongoDB, AWS.  

• Proficiency in Java, with a good understanding of its ecosystems
• 2+ Yrs experience in microservices
• Sound knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Patterns and Concepts
• Familiarity with different design and architectural patterns
• Skill for writing reusable Java libraries
• Know how of Java concurrency patterns
• Basic Understanding of the concepts of MVC (Model-View-Controller) Pattern, JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), and RESTful web services
• Experience in working with popular web application frameworks like Play and Spark
• Relevant Knowledge of Java GUI frameworks like Swing, SWT, AWT according to project requirements
• Ability to write clean, readable Java code
• Experience in handling external and embedded databases
• Understanding basic design principles behind a scalable application
• Skilled at creating database schemas that characterize and support business processes
• Basic knowledge of JVM (Java Virtual Machine), its drawbacks, weaknesses, and workarounds
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• In-depth knowledge of code versioning tools, for instance, Git
• Understanding of building tools like Ant, Maven, Gradle, etc
• Expertise in continuous integration
• Other required skills of a java developer include the basic knowledge of:
• JavaServer pages (JSP) and servlets
• Web frameworks like Struts and Spring
• Service-oriented architecture
• Web Technologies like HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JQuery
• Markup Languages such as XML, JSON
• Abstract classes and interfaces
• Constructors, lists, maps, sets
• File IO and serialization
• Exceptions
• Generics
• Java Keywords like static, volatile, synchronized, transient, etc
• Multi-threading and Synchronization

We're looking for someone who has a passion for technology and continuous improvement, and enjoys a collaborative approach to software development. You'll help us scale to meet the demands of a million-plus global customers and you'll help decide on the tools and approaches we use. As a Senior Software Engineer well into your career, we know you're exceptional at what you do. You take pride in being someone that more junior members look up to, but you're still eager to learn and hone in on skills as a Senior Software Engineer. That's why we're placing a heavy emphasis on leaning on your expertise to take on a high level of responsibility while being a role model and mentor to others on the team.

Responsibilities:

• Drive complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch.
• Tackle complex architecture challenges, apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects.
• Designing, implementing, testing and deploying various software products.
• Contributing to the overall technical solution design.
• Managing and maintaining existing systems in line with our product custodianship strategy.
• Provide thought leadership and make contributions to continually improve the cross-platform development practices.
• Participating in engineering practices that produce testable, maintainable products to be proud of.
• Knowledge sharing & mentoring other developers within the team and the wider REA community.
• Perform code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems.
• Set the standard for thorough, meaningful code reviews.
• Work in collaboration with team members and adhere to timelines and milestones.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years' experience in Reactjs and Nodejs (MERN STACK).
• Excellent JavaScript/Typescript skills.
  
• Experience in No SQL Database.
• Strong foundation of HTML5 CSS and JavaScript.
• Applies security and reliability principles when designing systems.
• Understand the principles of Redux/Mobx and make strong architectural recommendations.
• Stay abreast of the latest React and JS libraries and can offer well formed opinions when selecting a tech stack.
• Bring your knowledge of design patterns in development (eg SOLID) and platform architecture (Microservices, Event Driven, DDD).
• Experience with test automation at all levels of the test pyramid and beyond, and experience working in a Continuous Deployment model.
• GraphQL & AWS Experience a bonus.
• Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions.
• Really good communicator both with the stakeholders and the team.
• A real appetite for learning and growing, both as a developer and teammate.
• Great at scripting, knowledge of linux/unix systems commands, shell scripting / python.
• Agile development, experience with scrum or kanban.
• Ideally have worked in fast-growing startups, so you understand the need and ability to be able to move fast.

Responsibilities and Duties:

1. Work on an intranet portal for excellent employee user experience and productivity using Java full stack tools (React/Angular + Java (Spring boot)
2. Support Web App built for employee IT Applications provisioning process.
3. Take static design components and develop solutions to elevate work into engaging digital experiences.
4. Collaborate with the team to build backend code and integrations as needed.
5. Develop user interfaces that are standards-compliant, cross-browser compatible, and performance-optimized.
6. Create and maintain a repository of common and reusable code.
7. Develop and maintain documentation for code.

Qualifications & Skills:

1. Hands on experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React (or Angular with willingness to explore React)
2. 6+ years of experience in Java full stack web app development
3. Familiarity with developing custom components as well as using component libraries such as MUI/Bootstrap/Ant Design
4. Comfortable navigating inside a UNIX/Linux environment
5. Ability to write REST APIs and consume with AJAX calls
6. Experience with Java/ Core Java

Perks and Benefits:

1. Attractive Bonus and Stock options for eligible positions
2. A whole suite of best in class leave bouquet: Paid Time Off , Maternity leave, Paternity leave, Sick leave, Casual Leaves, National Holidays  etc.
3. Medical insurance benefits of 5L covering parents (including COVID hospitalization)
4. Learning and Development - certification reimbursement (as applicable)
5. Host of benefits to curate your salary as per your need
6. Relocation benefits
7. World class office infrastructure with Gaming rooms, plush pantry and Break out areas. 

About YEXT:

The ultimate source for official answers about a business online should be the business itself. However, when consumers ask questions on company websites, too often they are left in the dark with wrong answers. Yext (NYSE: YEXT), the Search Experience Cloud, solves this problem by organizing a business's facts so it can provide official answers to consumer questions — wherever people search. Starting with the company website, then extending across search engines and voice assistants, businesses around the world, like Taco Bell, Marriott, and Jaguar Land Rover—as well as organizations like the U.S. State Department—trust Yext to radically improve the search experience on their websites and across the entire search ecosystem.

Yext is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, genetics, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity or nonbinary or nonconformity and/or status as a trans individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, marital, parental and/or familial status, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.