
Opportunity Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic engineer with experience building Salesforce AppExchange apps to lead the development of Salesforce connectors for our marketing technology products.
What would you do?
· Collaborate with stakeholders in establishing application requirements, determining features, creating customer-friendly solutions, and determining support needs and performance requirements.
· Plan, design, develop, test, and deploy software to satisfy these requirements.
· Work according to the agile programming application development methodology adhered to including test-first, iterative development, and continuous re-prioritization.
· Support the maintenance of our hosted technology solutions.
· Work with other team members in accomplishing group objectives and participating in code reviews.
· Ensure timely and robust implementation of the company’s development plans.
· Ensure that all relevant parties are kept up to date on progress of projects and give feedback on an ongoing basis.
· Contribute to the review, selection, and adoption of proprietary tools and technologies.
· Use specialist knowledge and experience of information technology to provide technical advice and vision.
Technical Skills
The following skills are needed for this role.
Experience
· 3+ years’ experience in web application design and development
· Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline or equivalent experience
Primary Skills
· Strong background in Java development
· Experience working with databases and/or CRM systems.
· Experience with, or willingness to learn the Salesforce platform
Secondary Skills (nice to have)
· Experience with Salesforce APEX, VisualForce, SOQL, etc.
· Experience building and maintaining Salesforce AppExchange apps.
· AWS ecosystem and tools, developing for serverless environments.
· Front-end expertise: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.
· Other languages such as JavaScript, Typescript, C#, Ruby, Python, PHP, etc. are all valuable.
Soft Skills
· Thrives collaborating in a team environment with a diverse range of people.
· Passionate about delivering an amazing customer experience.
· Able to have a change of mind, and able to change the minds of others.
· Writes clearly and concisely.
· Capable of working without a company office, with a fully remote team.
Growth Skills
· Possesses a good work ethic; a self-starter with a desire to grow.
· Always looking for better ways to get the job done.

About Gipfel & Schnell Consultings Pvt Ltd
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Gipfel & Schnell was born from a seed of thought, to provide exceptional service(s) to the ever-expanding conglomerate of businesses across the Knowledge Space. We have over time, amassed a wide array of success stories based on our ability to function as a Value driven extension with all of our Partners. This has been forged in the areas of Talent Acquisition, HR Practice, BPR and IT Consulting.
G&S with its rich and diverse team boasting of extensive experience across Industries, Functions and Geographic Locations strongly believe in All-Round Solutions to give its Partners a competitive edge in the respective areas.
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Unilog is the only connected product content and eCommerce provider serving the Wholesale Distribution, Manufacturing, and Specialty Retail industries. Our flagship CX1 Platform is at the center of some of the most successful digital transformations in North America. CX1 Platform’s syndicated product content, integrated eCommerce storefront, and automated PIM tool simplify our customers' path to success in the digital marketplace.
With more than 500 customers, Unilog is uniquely positioned as the leader in eCommerce and product content for Wholesale Distribution, Manufacturing, and Specialty Retail.
Unilog’s Mission Statement
At Unilog, our mission is to provide purpose-built connected product content and eCommerce solutions that empower our customers to succeed in the face of intense competition. By virtue of living our mission, we are able to transform the way Wholesale Distributors, Manufacturers, and Specialty Retailers go to market. We help our customers extend a digital version of their business and accelerate their growth.
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- Designation: Principal Engineer – Solr
- Location: Bangalore / Mysore / Remote
- Job Type: Full-time
- Department: Software R&D
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer with a strong background in Apache Solr and Java to lead our Engineering and customer-led initiatives. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our search platform while providing expert-level troubleshooting and resolution for critical production issues.
This role will involve designing the architecture for new platforms while reviewing and recommending better approaches for existing ones to drive continuous improvement and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Engineering and support activities for Solr-based search applications, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance
- Design and develop the architecture of new platforms while reviewing and recommending better approaches for existing ones
- Regularly work towards enhancing search ranking, query understanding, and retrieval effectiveness
- Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues in Solr, Java-based applications, and supporting infrastructure
- Perform deep-dive analysis of logs, performance metrics, and alerts to proactively prevent incidents
- Optimize Solr indexes, queries, and configurations to enhance search performance and reliability
- Work closely with development, operations, and business teams to drive improvements in system stability and efficiency
- Implement monitoring tools, dashboards, and alerting mechanisms to enhance observability and proactive issue detection
- Exposure to AI-based search using vector databases, RAG models, NLP, and LLMs
- Collaborate on capacity planning, system scaling, and disaster recovery strategies for mission-critical search systems
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers and support teams
- Drive innovation by tracking latest trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in AI-based Search, Solr, and other search platforms
Requirement
- 8+ years of experience in software development and production support with a focus on Apache Solr, Java, and databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
- Strong understanding of Solr indexing, query execution, schema design, configuration, and tuning
- Experience in designing and implementing scalable system architectures for search platforms
- Proven ability to review and assess existing platform architectures, identifying areas for improvement and recommending better approaches
- Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and micro-services architectures
- Experience with Linux / Unix-based environments, shell scripting, and debugging production systems
- Hands-on experience with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack) and log analysis
- Expertise in troubleshooting performance issues related to Solr, JVM tuning, and memory management
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and containerization technologies like Docker / Kubernetes
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Certifications in Solr, Java, or cloud technologies
- Excellent communication and leadership abilities
About Our Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Training and development opportunities
About FoundingMinds:
We are one of the preferred product development partners in the software industry. We work with clients across the globe to design and develop products for them. We are also an incubator for many startups. As a contributor, you will get an opportunity to work with different ideas, brainstorm with diverse people, widen your way of thinking, learn different technologies, research what you have to do, contribute your best to the projects and take ownership of what you do to your project. If you are passionate you will have no dearth in opportunities to build your career in Founding Minds.
Profile required
- Experience in Java stack (preferably Springboot)
- Strong knowledge in Design Principles & Patterns and Development methodologies
- Must have Good experience working on Rest services
- Good experience with Java Microservices architecture
- Strong Expertise with RDBMS and NoSQL databases
- Experience in test driven development (unit testing. Mocking, BDD)
- Strong experience in Agile methodologies
- Preferable to have experience working on Angular and React
- Preferable to have experience on Docker and kubernetes
- Preferable to have experience in finance domain
- Preferable to have experience in AWS or any other cloud services
The ideal candidate should have
- Strong fundamentals in Core Java, JDBC, and J2EE.
- Hands-on experience of development and support of enterprise-level cloud-native application
- Hands-on experience in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, ORM Tools, and Cloud technologies
- Hands-on experience of Java Microservices architecture
- Hands-on experience with AWS services
- Good communication & presentation skills
- Have a good sense of humor
If you’re an innovative thinker with a passion for technology and a drive to make a difference, we’d love to meet you. Apply now and take the next step in your career with FoundingMinds!
- Proficiency in Java, with a good understanding of its ecosystems
- Sound knowledge of https://www.simplilearn.com/tutorials/java-tutorial/oops-interview-questions" target="_blank">Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Patterns and Concepts
- Familiarity with different design and architectural patterns
- Skill for writing reusable Java libraries
- Knowhow 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
- Basic knowhow of class loading mechanism in Java
- 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 https://www.simplilearn.com/jvm-and-the-implications-of-sandbox-model-rar41-article" target="_blank">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
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BillTrim negotiates a better rate and protects our customers from overpaying.
BillTrim is San Francisco-based growing startup funded by well-respected and proven investors.
Why work with us?
BillTrim is here to make history. We are passionate to solve problems.
We deeply care about our customers.
To work on something great, something big not average.
We do not compromise with quality. To make SAAS that customers will love and appreciate.
To witness crazy growth and take your career and take it to new heights.
We believe in one outstanding employee gets more done and costs less than two adequate employees.
Less is better, do not clutter unnecessary text, images, buttons, or even a line of code.
We follow Silicon Valley culture.
Personality traits to become a part of BillTrimmer's famiy:
Go to attitude
Tenacious and hungry to make a name
Willing to learn and adapt
Willing to work on weekends if need be
Filled with curiosity and not afraid to ask questions
Think independently and be open-minded to possibilities
Do not apply:
If you are looking for a regular 9 to 5 job
If you are not willing to make BillTrim a priority in your life
If you are not willing to give your best.
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We want a MEAN stack developer who is definitely not mean but is enthusiastic, quick at grasping, and has experience in handling multiple projects and codebases.
You should be energetic, authoritative, focused, and experimental at work.
We are looking for experienced backend engineers only.
Apply only if you have 8 YES out of the following 10 qualifying criteria :
-Strong grip over HTML, CSS, and Angular 9+
-Good with CSS styling and theming
-Expert at API development using NodeJS
-Experienced with MongoDB DB
-Self-starter with good communication skills
-At least 2+ years of experience
-Must be willing to work from Bangalore (HSR)
-Have than 2 years of experience with multiple frontend projects in MEAN Stack?
-HAVE worked in a B2C Startup for at least a year?
-CAN join in within 30-45 days?
- Working knowledge of Node-Sync, callback hell and ways to control asynchronous behavior of Node functions.
- Strong command on ES6(EcmaScript) or Javascript and its concepts like prototypes, call back, closures etc
- Should have deep understanding of Native Node.js, Express.js, HAPI.js and middlewares.
- Candidates must have proper understanding and command on RESTful API development and consumptions.
- Candidates must know to use promises, async-await to control synchronization of business logic components.
- Candidates must have knowledge of JWT, oAuth and passport.js for user authentication.
- Candidates must have knowledge of GIT, Bit-bucket.
- Candidates must have knowledge of application deployment.
- Experience with NoSQL databases eg mongodb (preferred).
Technical Skills
- PHP 5.X/7.X, MySQL, Stored Procedures, Ajax, GIT, SVN, Doctrine 2, JSON, jQuery, JavaScript,HTML5, CSS, XML
- PHP Framework: CodeIgniter/Zend Framework/Yii/Symfony
- JS Framework: AngularJs
- Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu)/ Windows
- WEB Server: XAMPP, LAMP
- Payment Gateways Integration: Knowledge of Multiple Gateway
- 3rd Party API Integration
Role & Responsibilities Shall Include
- Solid OOP & design patterns background
- Strong database skills, proficient in SQL, RDBMS concepts such as indexing, transactions,concurrency, locking, performance tuning
- Solid understanding of security concepts when developing and deploying modern web applications
- Service Oriented Architecture, designing, developing, and using RESTful APIs
- Experience with server-side and client-side application frameworks like CodeIgniter, Angular etc.
- Experience with advanced JavaScript concepts, libraries and frameworks, e.g. asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
- Experience with all aspects of product development lifecycle.
- Familiarity with Scrum & Agile project methodologies.
- Excellent written, oral, and visual communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or industry equivalent.
- Experience writing semantic, modular interfaces with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and jQuery that meet W3C standards, experience with responsive CSS
Design themes using HTML, CSS/SASS, Bootstrap, and WordPress.
Maintain existing WordPress client sites.
QA sites during staging and after deployment.
Create clean, DRY, and reusable code.
Keep yourself and the team up to date with JIRA kanban flow work boards.
Work with Lead and junior developers as a team from start to finish.
Responsibilities and Duties
Fluency with WordPress, PHP, MySQL, HTML5, CSS/SASS, and Frameworks with Responsive design.
PHP frameworks knowledge and MVC understanding
Skilled working with vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, and other JavaScript libraries (Angular or React)
Knowledge of version control (GIT).
Attend meetings with in-house account managers and project leads to discuss technical requirements, timeframes, mockups/wireframes and scope of work.
Working both independently and with other developers.
Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time.
Adhering to best practices, comments in code, and documentation.
2+ year of experience with WordPress and PHP.
Willingness to learn Advance WP CMS and Liquid templating for custom theme development.
Experience building custom themes, plugins, and widgets.
Experience working with third-party APIs - SOAP, REST and other (Facebook and Twitter).
Required Experience and Qualifications
Key Skills
Strong knowledge of web performance optimization, caching. Experience working with WP Engine Server Environment. Benefits Additional Notes We are offering amazing career growth opportunities, great compensation, and benefits. This begins with: - weekly lunches, alternate weekends-off, annual medical checkups, social engagement, financial assistance and more.
Required Experience and Qualifications
3 to 4 Years of working experience in WordPress is required.
Benefits
Perks, Benefits & Culture:
We are offering amazing career growth opportunities, great compensation, and benefits. This begins with -
- weekly lunches
- alternate weekends-off
- Half-day working Saturdays
- annual medical checkups
- Social engagement
- financial assistance
- Diwali Bonuses
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