Software Engineer

Job Overview:

We are looking for a Java React Developer to join our development team. The ideal candidate will have experience working with Java (Spring Boot) for backend development and React.js for frontend applications. You will be responsible for building scalable web applications, integrating RESTful APIs, and ensuring a seamless user experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain web applications using Java (Spring Boot) for backend and React.js for frontend.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs for communication between frontend and backend.
• Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and security.
• Work with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and other developers.
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, and debugging.
• Participate in Agile methodologies like Scrum and Sprint planning.
• Deploy applications using CI/CD pipelines and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).

Required Skills:

• Java & Spring Boot (Core Java, REST APIs, Microservices, JPA, Hibernate).
• React.js (Hooks, Redux, Context API, Functional Components).
• Experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs and Web Services.
• Experience with databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB.
• Understanding of JWT/OAuth for authentication.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD).
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
• Experience with unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Jest, Mocha) is a plus.

What can you expect?

You will be part of the founding team at LDU and will be responsible for the end-to-end technology of the company including:

- Work with the founders on cutting edge technologies, including AI/ML, blockchain, computer vision, etc. across the tech-stack.

- Formulate long-term technology & product strategy along with implementation roadmap, while envisioning the tech-stack

required to scale the business 100X

- Architecting and engineering solutions across the entire technology stack including front-end, back-end, infrastructure,

architecture, server-side engineering, UI, etc. in line with the company's strategy.

- Work on the D2C website and enhance the user experience while increasing the company's online presence.

- Provide help to everyone in the team and greatly reduce the time and technical costs of team communication, technology

docking.

- Plan and collaborate with the other teams including marketing/ growth, customer success/ sales, design, operations, etc. to

implement new product features, growth hacks/ initiatives identified through user interviews/ insights, etc in a timely manner.

- Will be involved in a horizontal technical requirement, so should be able to make a prototype design for a product very rapidly

while executing the same with a wide range of techniques.

- Build processes/mechanisms to track the KPIs across product/ technology and ensure religious execution of the targets

- Build and lead the technology team including the engineering team, product team, Quality Assurance, etc.

- Awesome work-culture (flexible work timings; no need to wear formals; awesome snacks to name a few)

What are we looking for?

We are looking to onboard a Full Stack Software Engineer, who has a founder's mindset including the following traits:

- Experience of full stack development across web & mobile based technologies and should have scaled a business

- Ability to work across stacks like MEAN, MERN, LAMP, etc. seamlessly

- Ability to build scalable products/ platforms, fully redundant fault tolerant infrastructure while working on modern technologies.

- Versatile Developer/Engineer that can help on both ends of the website development and better the same by enhancing user

experience.

- Ability to Code in both frontend and backend of the site

- Stronghold in both front-end & back-end development/ algorithms with experience of building agile, highly scalable, data-driven

platforms from scratch

- Ability to be hands-on with coding across big data, mobile apps, AI & ML, analytics, DevOps, business intelligent solutions, etc.

apart from strategically guiding/ mentoring the team

- Stronghold in executing stuff on the ground and hustle around to Get things done

- Ability to think and see the big picture while focusing on short term goals and deliverables

- Leadership qualities to hire and build a kick-ass technology/ product team going forward

- Experience as a founder/ being part of founding team is huge plus but not mandatory

- Experience in the Fashion/ Apparel industry is a plus but not mandatory

• Drive the architecture and design of large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed software applications, tools, systems and services using object-oriented design, distributed programming, Java/Node/ Python, .Net.
• Hands on experience in delivering high quality software products.
• Gather business and functional requirements from external and/or internal customers and end-users, and translate requirements into technical specifications to build robust, scalable, supportable solutions that work well between a ranges of complex systems.
• Serve as technical lead throughout the full development lifecycle, end-to-end, from scoping, planning, conception, design, implementation and testing, to documentation, delivery and maintenance.
• Provide design reviews for other engineers, including feedback on architecture and design issues, as well as integration, performance and scalability.
• Manage resources on multiple technical projects and ensure schedules, milestones, and priorities are compatible with technology and business goals.

JOB DESCRIPTION :

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Gurucul is transforming enterprise security with user behavior and predictive analytics. If you enjoy

working in a fast-paced, rapidly growing and progressive environment, this is the position for you.

Gurucul offers competitive compensation packages and full benefits for all full-time employees.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Technical Lead

Seeking a Java Technical Lead Developer, who will create scalable multi-tier web applications in an agile

software development environment. Applicant should have significant hands-on experience in designing

and coding server components.

The ideal candidate must be able to design and develop enterprise-scale information security software

in collaboration with the engineering team in India and with their counterparts in the US.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 8 to 14 years experience working as a Java developer on Web/EE applications, ideally multi-tenant SaaS products and at least 3 years as a tech lead.
• Expert in core Java development and Java EE technologies.
• Solid experience building server-side components for enterprise applications.
• Good understanding of browser-side development using any one of the frameworks like Angular, React etc.
• Good understanding of Single-page applications architecture.
• Good understanding of HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, Javascript and object-oriented javascript Should be well versed with server-side and client-side design patterns and anti-patterns.
• Experience using Spring and Hibernate in a commercially available software product.
• Good experience in MVC Architecture like Grails, Spring MVC, Servlets and JSP API programming.
• Exposure to maven/Gradle build script.
• Exposure/Experience with Hadoop and related big data technologies.
• Experience with Git/Gitlab.
• Experience in JMS, Kafka, and Logstash would be considered an added advantage.
• Good understanding of REST APIs and JSON.
• Expert in RDBMS like MySQL 8, SQL, SQL query design, tuning, and experience working with very large databases.
• Experience in multi-threading, and building cluster-aware applications.
• Strong communication skills.
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience with DevOps pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Gitlab, and Nexus would be a big plus.
• Experience in working in SCRUM as a scrum master.

WHAT TO EXPECT

• Provide inputs in the architecture and design of enterprise applications targeting Fortune 500 companies.
• Development of web-based Enterprise Applications using cutting-edge technologies.
• Gain an insight into enterprise security challenges as it relates to information/Application and infrastructure protection.
• Work closely with a brilliant team based in the USA and India that has successfully launched several software companies.

LOCATION

• The position is based in Pune (India)

·        Minimum 4+ years of experience as a Fullstack Developer with expertise in Angular, React, and Golang.

·        Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in database technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and Cassandra.

·        Proficiency in front-end development using Angular and React frameworks.

·        Solid understanding of server-side development using Golang and building RESTful APIs.

·        Experience with database design, optimization, and query optimization techniques.

·        Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git), issue tracking tools, and agile methodologies.

·        Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

·        Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and meet project 

Technical knowledge

• Design and implement software components using up-to-date technologies and best practices.
• Comprehensive understanding of the REST architecture.
• Strong working experience in Angular,HTML5, CSS3
• Strong working experience in Container Orchestration Management on-premise and public cloud (Docker, Kubernetes or similar)
• Overall understanding of the Service Oriented Architecture
• Experience with widely used design patterns.
• Should possess prior experience in building distributed multi-tier applications with single sign-on.
• Continuous Integration (CI) and Automated Deployment on AWS/Azure
• Static and dynamic code quality analysis
• Should understand the dynamics of the full-stack development and guide junior team members.
• Experience in developing enterprise-scale software platforms
• Should have hands-on experience in managing releases.
• Build applications using Azure Services and deploy them on Azure Infrastructure.

• 8+ years of industry work experience
• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• 3+ years of web application development with JavaScript as full stack
• Full stack experience designing and building scalable applications from end-to-end 
• Excellent JavaScript / Typescript skills
• Strong proficiency in React (hooks knowledge is plus)
• Strong proficiency in Nodejs
• Good HTML5 / CSS3 skills with expertise on responsive web design 
• Must have Design and development experience in Micro services using NodeJS and TypeScript
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, mongoose, aggregation framework and Redis 
• Experience with Web sockets and related frameworks (e.g. Socket.IO) 
• Experience in using and developing GraphQL APIs
• Experience in performance tuning
• Knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, Mercurial or SVN.
• Open minded to take up any challenge, research and provide solutions Great attention to detail

• Testing libraries – jest, testing-library is plus
• TDD / BDD experience is plus
• Experience with AWS, K8S, CI/CD is plus
• Familiar with SDLC methodologies like SCRUM, AGILE, Continuous Integration

• Design – Analyze, design & document the system / solution based on the business needs which is scalable, resilient and maintainable with low overhead for both client and server side
• Problem solving – Solve the challenges and problems faced by team by guiding and team with best practices
• Coordinate - Communicate system requirements to developers; explain system structure to them and provide assistance

• • Code Reviews – Perform code reviews 

• • Planning – Plan and assign tasks to team members

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain software applications.
• Go the extra mile to identify customer needs and pain-points. 
• Relentless focus on delivering high quality, bug-free code.
• Help and mentor those around you to achieve the team and company goals.
• Closely work with the SRE and DevOps team to set up microservices infrastructure. 
• Maintaining and auditing code/design quality as per set guidelines and standards in assigned projects.
• Testing of completed tasks in ongoing projects in the team before sending updates to reporting authority/client.
• Participate in application design, code reviews and documentation.

Requirements:

• Experience in agile development process.
• Excellent knowledge of HTML5, CSS3.
• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript.
• Experience with cross-browser, cross-platform and design constraints on the web
• Good understanding and experience of working on Vue.js/React.js.
• Prior experience building REST APIs
• Hands-on experience with Node.js/Golang/Java + Redis + Elasticsearch.
• Experience with AWS/GCP is a plus
• Knowledge of version control systems like GIT.
• Experience in developing automated unit and functional tests
• 1+ years of experience with a Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

You are required to possess good knowledge of PHP and experience in Laravel repository.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Work alongside a broader team with a focus on Design, UX, Optimization, Back End processes, DevOps Efficiency with the goal of delivering high-quality projects using the latest tech stack.
• A keen eye for detail, along with a passion to deliver quality, customer-focused solutions is absolutely essential.
• Championing Web Development: You will be responsible for handling web development from ideation to production.
• Collaboration with product manager and other developers, owning a large part of the process from problem understanding to shipping the solution.
• Contribute best-in-class programming skills to develop highly innovative, consumer-facing web products.

Key Skills:

PHP MVC Framework Laravel, API Integration and Development, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Version Control Systems, Repository Management, Basic understanding to work on AWS 

Required Experience and Qualifications:

Desired Profile:

• Great skills in PHP MVC framework Laravel.
• Extensive Experience in API integration and development is required.
• Experience in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript is required.
• Experienced with version control systems and repository management.
• Experience working and configuring AWS is a huge plus. but a basic understanding to work on AWS is required.
• Passionate about writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills and experience building consumer systems at scale.