Sr. Software Engineer/Tech Lead (Java IOT Cloud)

Looking for candidates only with tier 1 colleges OR have experience in a product-based company.

Desired Skills :

● Experience with data modeling and SQL/NoSQL databases

● Experience with distributed systems and microservices

● Good experience in working with any of Java/SpringBoot, GoLang or NodeJS

● Excellent problem solving and debugging skills

● Passionate about the experience of software engineering as much as the output

● A strong sense of ownership

● Ability to communicate your ideas and approach to solving problems with clarity

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Division/ Department: Technology

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Work Location: Noida

Desired Work Experience: 4+ years

Weekly Off: Saturday & Sunday

About Aakash Technology Innovation Lab

Are you passionate about transforming the field of education as we know it?

The way education is imparted has been disrupted massively due to forces such as ed-tech digital revolution, the advancement in artificial intelligence technology and the pandemic. Given the rapid pace of transformation, the vision of the Technology Innovation Lab at Aakash is to make the education of the future a reality. The Technology Innovation Lab aims to leverage state-of-the-art technologies to develop industry-defining bleeding-edge solutions for a student-first world-class hybrid learning experience. This involves -

• Reimagining and conceptualizing how education will be imparted in the future in the omni-channel and immersive learning environment
• Building data platforms such as Power BI dashboards to facilitate students, parents, teachers and the business 
• Creating applications to support the futuristic tech-enabled smart classrooms
• Conceptualizing and developing mobile and web applications for seamless customer experience
• Developing Internet of Things (IoT) driven integrations into applications to build futuristic learning experience
• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to identity interventions to boost student performance

If this excites you, we might have the perfect opportunity for you in the world’s most valued ed-tech company!

About Aakash - AESL

Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), commonly known as Aakash, is one of the most leading educational services institution providing comprehensive test preparatory services for students preparing for medical and engineering entrance examinations, school/board exams and competitive and scholarship exams such as NTSE, KVPY, and Olympiads. 

AESL also partnered with Blackstone, a global investment management firm. 

With more than 32 years of operational experience in the test preparatory coaching industry, the company has a pan India network of 220+ Aakash centres with an annual student base 2,50,000+ students and an employee count of more than 4700.

Purpose of the Role

Develop software solutions that enable the students, parents and teachers to have superior learning and teaching experiences, both inside and outside the classroom.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop state-of-the-art high performance and low latency software applications for mission critical systems
• Contribute in all the phases of the software development lifecycle
• Craft a well-designed, testable, efficient code
• Perform object-oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
• Effectively and seamlessly manage communication with all stakeholders.
• Manage and provide live support to the developed applications

Qualification/ Experience

Must-Have Preferred

Education B.E / B.Tech Information Technology / Computer Science/ Information Science

• Experience 4+ years of hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot Frameworks
• Experience with test-driven development
• Experience with relational databases (MySql, Oracle, Postgres) or NoSql Databases (Cassandra, MongoDb, CouchDb) .
• Agile programming (Sprint, Scrum) experience
• Skills Understands version control branching strategies
• Understands different major language paradigms (object oriented /functional /reactive)
• Understanding and some experience in programming with AWS SDK
• Knowledge of Kafka and Redis

Competencies

Behavioral Competencies Level Functional Competencies Level

1 Team Player Written and Verbal Communication

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What We Offer

As a technology professional in Aakash Technology Innovation Lab we offer you an opportunity to - 

• Become a pioneer of the education of the future by reimagining and building innovative solutions for the ed-tech industry leading hybrid learning experience
• Be a force of technological disruption as a part of a passionate and high growth team on an exciting endeavor to transform the education industry
• Belong to an upbeat, flexible and relaxed work culture with a specific focus on collaboration
• Craft an excellent career at Aakash through a broad realm of career tracks and opportunities
• Excel in your chosen stream and become a renowned technologist in the ed-tech industry with heavy investment from the business into your learning, exposure and growth
• Have a highly competitive compensation and benefits package 

AvatarSoft is a team of seasoned "Temenos T24 Certified" IT Professionals with over 20 years' combined experience in Financial Transformation. We are a growing company across 3 continents and 4 countries deployed in an offshore and onsite model. Our professionals have worked in major Software firms, Consultancy firms, Financial Institutions, and Credit Unions across the globe.

Avatarsoft is a rapidly evolving banking software consulting firm that renders leading edge to its clients . Avatarsoft brings profound expertise, resolute culture and provides strategical T24 / Transact transformation solutions through cutting edge services. We embrace our journey, by striving to remain the trusted and ethical business partner that delivers IT consulting to implement Temenos T24 Transact / Infinity, banking transformation projects and provides business value to our clients and etc,.

Our Locations: Canada, U.S.A, Netherlands, Mexico, India(Chennai), UAE.

This is for our Chennai Office , however work from home can be considered during pandemic or lockdowns .

• Java / JavaScript Developer Job Description (Minimum 2 years Experience in Java)
• Good in Core Java, Multithreading, J2EE, web services (REST, SOAP).
• In-depth knowledge on Java Script and object-oriented technique .
• Should be able to work independently
• Familiar on Front-end technologies like AngularJS or Node JS or Spring boot is a real Plus

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement backend infrastructure and APIs.

• Write high quality code that is robust, readable and scales.

• Possess the drive to dive deep. thrive and progress even in ambiguous situations.

• Encourage and support knowledge sharing within teams and external groups.

• Troubleshoot & debug applications.

• Adopt problem solving as a way of life - always go to the root cause.

• Collaborate with the team to discuss and implement ideas.

• Build responsive, robust and optimised applications.

Requirements:

• Passionate about building backend systems.

• Desire to explore new ideas, open to other ideas as well.

• Love for writing clean, beautiful, readable and testable code.

• Experience in designing extensible DRY code.

• Our stack is based on Django, Python3 Celery, Angular and Postgres.

• We expect you to have a good understanding of Python. It's even better if you are familiar with some of Git. Django, Celery, Redis and Unix Shell.

• Java 8, Spring Boot, Java Microservices
• REST API’s
• Angular 11, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap
• SQL DB
• Azure/AWS
• Kafka

• Team with top-notch engineers, product managers, program managers, DevOps and QA following agile development methodologies
• Review functional requirements, providing technical feedback on feasibility and architectural approach and framework.
• Design and develop web / mobile applications
• Create Prototype and/or Proof of Concepts (POCs) when necessary
• Act in a technical leadership capacity: Mentor junior engineers and new team members, perform code reviews and apply technical expertise to challenging programming and design problems
• Utilize Agile Development, SCRUM / Pair / Extreme Programming methodologies
• Design and develop supporting components and microservices for the backend tiers focusing on fault-tolerance and scalability in a multi-tenant enterprise environment
• Maintain and improve the functionality and performance of the existing web applications
• Help shape and execute the technical roadmap to develop next generation features; integrate corporate- and product-level architecture principles and goals into the teams project work through designs, implementation strategies, and project planning.
• Drive a culture of quality, technical curiosity, continuous improvement, and evidence-based data driven decision making in the organization.
• Execute other Duties as assigned

• 3+ years of experience developing Backend, API and data-based applications/software
• Experience with one of the major relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres) and NoSQL databases (Mongo DB, Cassandra, Dynamo DB or such)
• Expert object-oriented programming experience using Java
• Strong OO design and programming skills in Java, Hibernate, JPA, Spring Boot
• Worked in Maven, JPA, REST services, Postman
• Working knowledge on Spring Security / Spring Batch / ZUUL / Eureka / Hysterix
• Exposure with Frontend technologies (React.js, Angular or Ruby-on-Rails)
• Require experience and Strong understanding of entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile (Scrum), Software design/architecture process, unit testing & Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience with web services (consuming or creating)
• Experience managing Cloud infrastructure (resources and service) in AWS, Azure and/or GCP
• Strong knowledge of SOA, object-oriented programming, design patterns, multi-threaded application development
• Experience in reporting and analytics, queuing and real-time streaming systems
• Git or similar distributed SCM tools experience.

We are seeking talented, motivated engineers who will be part of a dynamic global team delivering and supporting technology infrastructure to meet the growth needs of the business. 

As a Product Support Engineer, you will collaborate with the Engineering, Product and Support teams to ensure the designed product and service is fully operational with streamlined processes and procedures for addressing reported bugs and anomalies. Production Support Engineers will take ownership of resolving product issues through its life cycle and communication to multiple stakeholders. 

This is a programming role which requires a good understanding of Java along with solid debugging skills so complex workflows can be debugged and solved. You will own the code you push to production

To be successful, you must be an excellent team player and self motivated person who can carry out duties with minimal supervision.

Skills you need to have:

• A good understanding of SQL

• An understanding of Java and Java design patterns

• L4 support

• Good debugging and problem solving skills

• Excellent communication

Bonus Skills:

• An understanding of SpringBoot and ORM's
  
  

• Understand the overall requirements of the product/platform and specifically for the assigned feature/module.
• Design and Develop Software as per the product architecture and requirements.
• Code and unit testing of the feature/modules including appropriate design reviews and code inspections.
• Ensure adherence to the software development processes.
• Investigates software/system problems to isolate the root cause and provides innovative solutions.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams (locally & globally) to ensure product releases meet quality, performance, scalability, reliability, and schedule goals.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Information Technology.
• 6-10 years of experience in software development using J2EE technologies
• Experience with Core Java, JEE5 (JSP/JMS/Web Services/Servlets), Spring, Hibernate, REST, JBOSS/Tomcat Servers
• 1+ years of experience using Azure IOT technologies
• Work experience in Azure IoT Suite: IoT HUB, Azure TSI, DPS, Service Bus, Azure Functions, Azure KeyVault, MCI/AKS, Azure AD
• Knowledge in Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming
• Knowledge in ReactJS, JQuery is a plus
• Good knowledge in SQL -preferable
• Must have worked in agile/scrum environment
• Good understanding of software development processes, preferably for a regulated medical devices environment (ISO13485/FDA)
• Ability to work with cross-functional and remote teams.
• Flexibility to work on different areas of the product/platform
• Good written and verbal English communication
• Ability to travel as needed (minimal)