Sr./Lead Backend Developer

About OJ Commerce: 

OJ Commerce is a fast-growing, profitable online retailer based in Florida, USA with a full-fledged India office based in Chennai driven by a sophisticated, data-driven system to run the operations with virtually no human intervention. We strive to be the best-in-class ecommerce company delivering exceptional value to customers by leveraging technology, innovation and brand-partnerships to provide a seamless & enjoyable shopping of high-quality products at the best prices to our customers.

Responsibilities:

Work with business-stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype, build and deploy it.

CRUD the backend code you own keeping maintenance, performance and security in mind.

Keep up breast of latest technologies and its ecosystem and adopt ones that aid safe product delivery at speed.

Automate the boring and mundane stuff for you prefer to be productive than being busy.

We are flat. Be responsible for professional growth of self and the team. 

• Tune application for performance.
• Take initiatives and manage change to work towards business goals at speed without compromising safety.
• Coach full-stack developers on backend skills.
• Provides problem resolution support, specific to application issues, identifies and resolves problems in application software, determines symptoms and ensures accurate problem definition

Develop functional, architectural and other documentation as required for productive functioning of teams.

• Be the brand ambassador for OJ Commerce by speaking at meetups, conferences, etc.
• We are fluid. Be ready for changing dynamics in responsibilities from time to time. Exciting isn't?
• Take the lead in digital transformation of legacy applications.

What you need to shine?

• You have the prior experience in modernising legacy applications.
• You are a passionate hands-on developer with deep experience in building enterprise grade software in Microsoft ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, SOA, Micro-Services and RESTful Services with knowledge of SQL Server database.
• You have the ability to see and work on the big picture (Application Architecture) and devilish details (Complex Code).
• Strong experience in developing web applications using C#, VB.Net, .NET, LINQ, Net Framework 4.0, MVC 3/4/5, ASP.NET Web API, .Net Core etc.
• You are Cloud savvy, preferably Google Cloud.
• You have rich experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with good knowledge of practical design-patterns and its applications.

Hands-on experience in building SOA or Micro-services preferably on .NET Core.

Proven Architectural skills with high standards in Code quality

Knowledge of ReactJS/Typescript would be added advantage.

Practical experience in Agile development methodologies of using CI/CD.

Extreme Programming (TDD) experience is sought after by us.

What we Offer

• Greenfield opportunity to transform legacy backend applications to latest technology stack.
• Fast-paced start-up environment: This is not for the faint hearted; you need grit and passion as much as you need the core skills.
• Work in an interdisciplinary team where learning from one another and developing solutions cross-functionally is a key part of our culture.
• Golden opportunity to make history by making big business impact.
• Competitive salary to take good care of self and family.
• Insurance Benefits: Medical and Accident cover.
• Flexible Working Hours

Must Have:

• Azure Cloud experience (Kubernetes, terraform, CI/CD etc). Few cloud certifications is a big plus
• Java
• Spring boot
• Microservices & System Design
• Understanding of Kafka
• A good learning attitude

About Telstra:

Telstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, with operations in more than 20 countries. At Telstra, We've implemented an IT strategy that employs leading-edge software engineering practices to help deliver a superior customer experience with improved trust and speed of delivery, lower cost, and simplified architecture, systems and processes.

Your key responsibilities and major tasks include, but are not limited to

• As a backend Java developer, you will work within a specific problem space critical to Telstra’s current needs where you will design, develop, and deploy backend services with a focus on scalability, high availability, and low latency.
• Review and integrate all application requirements, including functional, security, integration, performance, quality, and operations requirements.
• Apply engineering best practices such as Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps as part of a high performing motivated team.
• Collaborate and grow in a dynamic and autonomous environment while working in small, agile, and cross functional teams
• Pivot to working on new features and developments, to providing production support in the production and pre-production environments assisted by all team members. This responsibility is equally shared by all members of the team.
  
  

We are looking for candidates with the following experience and skills:

Essential skills and Experience

• 3 years – 7 years year experience in this area
• Must have strong Java programming background (preferably Java 8+)​
• Preferred Frameworks – Spring Boot​
• Unit Testing, Integration testing and Automated testing. ​
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment​
• Microservices development – HTTP, REST API​ design and implementation​
• Comfortable to operate in an agile, dynamic environment​.

Understand the Business requirement and design,develop web application with Web API, C#, OOPS  and Entity Framework.

• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.   
• Preparing reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of software.   
• Analyzing and resolving technical and application problems   
• Adhering to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget   
• Providing third-level support to business users.   
• Compliance of process and quality management standards   
• Understanding and implementation of SDLC process   

• 2+ years of experience in Web API, C#.Net, OOPS and Entity framework
• Minimum 1+ years of experience on Web Application development HTML, CSS, JavaScript/JQuery, Entity framework and Linq Queries
• Must have a good exposure on query writing and DB management for writing stored procedures/ user-defined functions

Secondary Skills

• Experience in analysing existing code and debugging.
• Should have a solid understanding of the SDLC processes (Design, Construction, Testing, Deployment)
• Proven experience of delivering on-time and with quality
• Should have good unit testing skills to review his own development and identify all the defects and get it fixed before releasing the code
• Should have experience in developing ERP applications or Database Intensive Data Entry applications.
• Been on a same role for a period of 2 years or more
• Hands on experience of configuration management and version maintenance
• Full stack developers with experience in Developing products with Angular and C# APIs, from ground-up will be a plus.

• Experience working on large enterprise application integrations. Deep understanding and delivering solution using common messaging patterns
• Experience with Enterprise Service Bus/Azure Service Bus preferred
• Deep understanding and experience with agile development practices, including unit testing and continuous integration.
• Willingness to take on additional responsibility to ensure team success and quality solutions.
• Team player that understands how your own work is important to the team's success.
• Ability to multitask across different projects.
• Become a partner and trusted advisor to the internal development team on best-fit technologies and best practices.
• Familiarity with object serialization to one of the following: XML, JSON, BSON.
• Database development skill using SQL Server a must.
• A deep understanding of the .NET platform.
• Experience with the ASP.NET MVC. C#, JavaScript, Microservices, Web API, WPF
• Exposure to an ORM such as Entity Framework or NHibernate or equivalent implementation.
• Windows server and Azure development experience
• Queuing experience using MSMQ (or equivalent).
• Development experience using HTML5/CSS/JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS or Ember or equivalent.
• Professionalism to include written and oral communication and the ability to communicate collaboratively in front of a whiteboard. An ability to understand your audience and adjust your communication style appropriately.
• A desire to constantly learn and share new knowledge
• A caring attitude – care about what you do, who you do it with, and how you’re going to be successful in the end.
• 10+ yrs. professional software development experience.
• Solid working knowledge of four or more of the following technologies:
• Authoring APIs compliant with REST standards
• Development using HTML5/CSS/JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS or Ember or equivalent
• Development using Silverlight or WPF JQuery

• Designing, developing, implementing, and releasing high quality custom software solutions.
• Applying the very best technical agile patterns and practices when building custom software solutions.
• Collaborating with customers to provide technical consultation and assistance when required.
• Working with CTO, Software Development Manager and Architect, but will be expected to work independently on complex, non-routine tasks and projects. You may interact with end-users and other technical personnel to identify and correct issues.
• Maintaining continuous, open, consistent professional communication with peers and team members. Openly listen to others and confirm understanding to ensure everyone is on the same page.
• Working closely with team members on quality-related activities.

Job Description:

• Have good working knowledge on .Net, Asp.net, C#, MVC, Angular JS, Web (ASP.NET, JQuery, JavaScript), LINQ, HTML, CSS) dot net Core but not mandatory
• Strong MS SQL and ability to write procedure and SQL functions and queries.
• Keen to learn new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning.(Good to have enthu)
• Working exposure to Test, Link, JIRA, GIT, Jenkins, Visual Studio 2015 or later, OOPs concepts, Cloud concepts.
• Should have availability and flexibility to work collaboratively in a team.
• Strong Communication Skills
• Proven Track Record in being able to work independently and in team.
• Should be having experience on NET technologies VB.NET, ASP.NET, C#, ADO.NET, MSSQL, MVC, Web Services, WCF, entity framework WPF, WF and other .NET frameworks, SQL Server

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Expected to spend 80% of the time on hands-on development, design and remaining 20% on guiding on technology and resolving other impediments
• Translate detailed business requirements into optimal databases and solutions.
• Collaborate well with other developers, leads and data implementation specialists to design and create advanced, elegant and efficient products
• Significant knowledge of PL/SQL including tuning, triggers, and stored procedures
• Prepare and package scripts and code across development, test and QA environments
• Participate in change control planning for production deployments (assisting leads)
• Performs requirements gathering and analysis on projects (Participation)
• Addresses any requirements changes, improvements or project deliverable issues