Software development and test engineer

Role: SDE 3- Senior Sofware Engineer (Backend)

Salary: INR 15 to INR 25L per annum

Performance Bonus: Up to 10% of the base salary can be added

Location: Hulimavu, Bangalore, India

Experience: 5-8 years

About AbleCredit:

AbleCredit is on a mission to solve the Credit Gap of emerging economies. 

In India alone, the Credit Gap is over USD 5T (Trillion!). This is the single largest contributor to poverty, poor genie index and lack of opportunities. 

Ablecredit is a rare startup because we are probably the only revenue generating GenAI startup in India.

Key Responsibilities:

• Solving highly complex technical challenges and driving large-scale projects; developing robust and scalable web applications using Node.js, MongoDB
• Participate in system design, architecture, and help build scalable, high-performance systems
• Mentor junior engineers (SDEs and SDE-2s), driving technical decisions, and leading entire projects or initiatives
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Architect efficient and reusable back-end systems and optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and best practices in web development.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in backend web development.
• Proficiency in Node.js and typescript along with their core principles.
• Experience with server-side frameworks such as Express.js.
• Familiarity with database systems such as MongoDB, or PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs and asynchronous request handling.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders.

Highlights:

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• PTO & Holidays
• Life Insurance
• Opportunity to work with a revenue generating Gen AI startup
• Flexible hours and an extremely positive work environment

Note on Compensation Policy:

Hiring and nurturing the best talent is the central part of our business focus. As a result, we try an provide not just better than market salary, but have a stong, performance-based incentive structure for all the employees. The quoted salary is based on our best understanding of the market and is subject to increase for the right candidate depending upon their fitment, skills, and experience.

Roles and Responsibilities 

1) Understand client requirements and functionalities. 

2) Write well-designed, testable, efficient code. 

3) Responsible for solving complex technical issues. 

4) Ensure quality projects are delivered within defined timelines. 

5) Active involvement in client communication to understand functional requirements. 

6) Maintain high standards of quality for code, documentation and other deliverables.

At least 3 years' experience as a Node.js developer.

Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.

Mandatory experience in MongoDB and MySql.

Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.

Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.

Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required: 

• At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.

Overview of the role

As a Node Developer you will be collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design and build performant modern web applications and services. Build high-quality web applications and services by writing clean and modular code.

Must have skills

• Overall 3-5 Years of experience in writing unit and integration tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of web applications and services.
• Measure and improve the performance of microservices. Catalyse growth within the team through code reviews and pair programming to maintain high development standards
• Investigate operational issues to find the root cause and propose improvements Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripe’s engineering teams.
• Expert level of experience in the design and development of Web Applications, and highly scalable distributed systems.
• Should have experience in development skills using the latest technologies including NodeJS(fastify framework), Microservices, PostgreSQL, Redis, etc. Should have exposure to NoSQL and SQL development.
• Comprehensive knowledge of physical and logical data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Should possess excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively with globally dispersed teams.
• Build high-performance teams and Coach teams for successful career growth.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and designing schema

Desired Background

Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology

• Programming experience : 5 to 8 years of programming experience
• Strong technical knowledge in any of the following programming languages : Ruby on Rails /Python/Java and willing to learn and work in Node.js.
• Good Programming aptitude
• Have experience designing and building large scalable web services.
• Have an in-depth understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL) 
• Have experience building RESTful APIs and have good knowledge of RESTful design patterns.
• Be able to communicate and work well within a team
• Brownie points if you have worked on Typescript & Nest.js

Knowledge on Blockchain development is added advantage.
Previous Experience in .Net or PHP is a Plus

Experience : 1.5 to 4 years

Location : Mumbai / work from home for other Locations

Immediate joiner
*Candidate has knowledge of typescript will be most preferrable.*