Staff Engineer - Backend

Job responsibility The Lead Developer contributes, to create a customer’s solution, in the building phase of the software development lifecycle. The Software Engineer is responsible for performing the detailed design of application and technical architecture components and classes in accordance to the specification provided by the Solution Architect, for coding of SW components, and for the early testing phases (component testing), and system testing support

Hands on experience in Java, Python, scripting
- Design, implement, deploy and support web-based applications and web services using server technologies stacks that include Java, MySQL
- Experience in Java/J2EE using web frameworks Play or Spring boot, REST API Development and ORM (JPA, Hibernate eBean etc.)
- In depth knowledge of Design patterns and Data structures
- Databases - MySQL, Oracle, SQL
- Solid understanding of concepts like Web Services, SOA, REST APIs, Message Queue, Caching, Distributed/Scalable Architecture
- Secure application development best practices, such as OWASP
- Document and maintain all design documents and involve in review process.
- Experienced problem solving and debugging skills.
- Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in Agile methodology is added advantage
- Knowledge of Cloud Knowledge /Azure
- Must know about Unix knowledge
- experience in Elastic search

At Yugen, we're buildingCansoan AI-agent driven fraud Investigation platform for financial organisations. We're currently in the0-1 stageand we're looking for curious andhigh-agencyengineers to join us in this journey to shape a category defining product with global impact.

You should be eager to learn, prefer a fast-paced environment, and are excited about getting agentic systems to work in production. More importantly, no matter how tough the challenge, you're someone who's never afraid toshow up.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain scalable backend systems (APIs, Pipelines and AI applications)
• Work with other team members (Backend, ML, Data Engineers, Product & Design) to ship features quickly
• Learn how to debug & resolve production issues to ensure system uptime
• Participate in architectural & system design discussions
• Explore new technologies and frameworks & come up with suggestions to improve existing systems

Requirements

• Strong programming skills in one or more of: Python, Go, TypeScript or similar
• Strong understanding of software development principles (OOPS, REST APIs, etc. ) and tooling such Git
• Familiarity with databases (SQL or NoSQL)
• A deep sense of curiosity and a knack for experimentation with AI applications
• You're proactive and love getting things done regardless of external factors
• Strong communication skills and a very good eye for detail

Must Have

• Excellent coding skills with strong problem-solving abilities
• Meaningful contributions to open-source projects
• Strong proof of building and deep focus. For example
• Active participation in multiple hackathons, with top-3 finishes or notable wins
• At-least 1 self-driven portfolio project that has been maintained over 4 months. Github repos with frequent commits showing continuous progress would be great.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of Nodejs & front-end Technology.

• Strong understanding of MEAN or MERN Stack.

• Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, RWD, Javascript, and JQuery.

• Bring 1+ years of Experience in Node with typescript or React.

• Strong OOPS ( Object Oriented Programming ) concepts.

• Good knowledge of browser caching, working with cookies and Java scripts for faster website loads.

• Mean/Mern Stack Developer with hands-on experience in Node.js, typescript, and angular.

• Experience developing and improving REST APIs.

• Experience working with AWS Clouds/Azure.

• Experience building web UI dashboards and other self-service solutions.

• Relational DB knowledge (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SQL Server).

• NoSQL knowledge (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, or Hadoop).

• Ability to recite design patterns.

• Experience leading Agile projects and getting results in Scrum or Kanban teams and workflows.

• Experience with practices such as Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a plus

Position: Lead Backend Engineer

Location: Pune, India (Initially Remote Due to COVID 19)

About the Organization:

It is one of the most exciting Bay Area Product Driven Organization in Logistics industry supporting more than 30,0000 customers.

As a software engineer on the Backend team, you will be building and owning backend services and infrastructure that power our core products. We strive for high standard of engineering quality while solving unique hardware as well as software challenges. You will have high impact roles at a relatively small company for our user base. You thrive in fast-paced, unstructured environments that require you to wear many hats and think on your feet.



What we are looking for?

• 4+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ year of experience in Python/Django or Go
• Familiarity with Node.JS is a plus
• You write high quality and well-tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
• Good intuition for REST API design
• Start-up experience is a plus
• BS/MS/PHD in Computer Science or a related field (ideal)
• Preferably a Pune based candidate who can join at the earliest / Within a month

Should Be a Computer Science Graduate from a Tier-1 Engineering college like IIT/ BHU / NIT / VIT / COEP / PICT / BITS

Why join us?

1. Very high-growth
2. Passionate, collaborative, and awesome co-workers
3. Free lunches
4. Competitive salaries
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External Title: Backend Developer.

Location: Remote

Year of experience: 4+ years

Job Description:

• Understanding of the working of a web-based application.
• Expert Knowledge of Microservices architecture.
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Basic understanding of REST APIs and their concepts.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3, JavaScript.