Staff Engineer - Java Fullstack

JOB PURPOSE   

A Senior Associate Java WCS Technologist is considered as a senior contributor for complex modules of work by bringing deep core technology expertise and relevant business subject matter expertise to the table.  

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES   

• Sr. Associate, Technology plays a significant role during the design and implementation of the technological solution for our clients.   
• A Sr. Associate, Technology is involved in ensuring a quality technical design that satisfies the business requirements of the client.   

• A Sr. Associate, Technology is often involved in package evaluations and recommendations, communicating the technological details of the project to the business users and workshops with the clients. Sr. Associate, Technology also participates in gathering business requirements and assessing existing architectures and resources.  
• Sr. Associate, Technology provides leadership to the team by taking responsibility for a specific component or track of the project architecture.  By taking on this level of responsibility, a Sr. Associate, Technology spends more time overseeing the tasks required to implement a solution rather than performing the tasks directly.  This includes planning, estimation, resource management, issue resolution and quality assurance.  A Sr. Associate, Technology is also responsible for coordinating and communicating with the other tracks and disciplines involved in the project.   
• In performing the essential functions of this role, the work is fast-paced, moderately noisy and team-based.  Additionally, frequent overnight travel is required.  
• Prepares the technical design of the more complex technology components within the module (one or more of client/web presentation tier, server tier, data access and data model, integration component, package function customization)  
• Participates in and in some cases drives design reviews of other modules and provides insightful comments to improve the design quality and design conformance to standards  

• Assists the architect in articulating the pros and cons of using a certain technology stack/package or component or design pattern versus another to the clients and project team and drives selection of technologies, designs to come up with the optimal architecture  
• Implements slice of application (EAR) and proofs of concept (spike solution) to prove any new technologies or integration scenarios in the module  
• For package implementations, aids the Architect of the project to perform the gap analysis between business requirements and the package features and design the configuration, customizations, extensions, interfaces required to meet the requirements  
• Provides innovative solutions to project level technical issues  
• Critiques a design created by another designer and helps identify design and performance improvements  

• Interacts with a set of clients (client senior developers and architects) to create technology specifications from business requirements for one of the modules within the project  
• In some scenarios, collaborates with client developers to design, build, test and deploy the module components and integrate with the rest of the modules  
• Raises and drives to closure with the client any technical design and implementation issues in the module and also in the interfaces and interactions with other modules  
• Estimates the implementation and deployment of the module based on design architecture, testing strategy and overall project plan  
• Assists the architect in coming up with the overall estimates for the project along with any key risks and issues and their mitigation  

• Reports progress and issues to the Manager in a timely manner. In particular, to relay issues that might impact on quality or the ability to deliver to timescales or estimates  
• Works with team on the development of standards, processes and procedures related to application security, upgrade management, capacity planning, application deployment, performance monitoring/tuning, and failover and disaster recovery  
• Mentors the team on the best techniques to debug and troubleshoot design and implementation defects and issues  
• Shares point of view on technology stack, package and latest technology and business trends in one or more relevant areas (e.g. eCommerce, Content Management).  
• Documents the technical design using UML, suitable design patterns in the form of technical design narrative, object models, sequence diagrams, collaboration diagrams  

SKILL REQUIREMENTS  

Experience in: J2EE - Application Servers, Java - ORM, Java - Spring Framework, Core  

Java, SQL Development Languages, Java - Web, Presentation Frameworks, Java - Messaging  

Implementation, Java Web Services, Planning/ Execution & Tracking, Scoping and  

Estimating, Data Modeling, High Availability and Failover Applications, High Throughput / Transaction Application, Logical Architecture Design, OOAD and UML, Package / Vendor Selection, Performance / Capacity Planning, Application, Security.  

Ability to abstract detail into larger (repeatable) patterns, familiarity with user centered analysis and evaluation techniques   

Understanding of the project life cycle process to effectively be able to manage a sub- 

Business Knowledge:  Domain experience on Enterprise data warehouse would be a plus.  

Personal Attributes: a. Strong and innovative approach to problem solving and finding solutions b. Excellent communicator (written and verbal, formal and informal) c. Flexible and proactive/self-motivated working style with strong personal ownership of problem resolution d. Ability to multi-task under pressure and work independently with minimal supervision. e. Ability to prioritize when under pressure  

EXPERIENCE   

2-8 years  

EDUCATION  

Full Time Bachelor’s / Master’s degree (Science or Engineering preferred)  

• BE/ B.Tech/ MCA/ BCA
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with fundamental front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing high-quality applications. They will also be responsible for designing and implementing testable and scalable code.

Responsibilities :

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions

• Maintenance of Node.js Backend

• Working with MongoDB to create various features

• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

• Create security and data protection settings Requirements

• Proven experience as a backend developer in Node.js or similar role

• Experience developing desktop and mobile applications

• Familiarity with common stacks

Requirements :

• Hands on experience building end to end systems

• Minimum 1 yrs of experience with Javascript, Node.js and Mongo.DB

• Good architectural & design skills

• Strong coding, data structures and algorithms

• The ability to own end to end responsibility - right from requirement to release

• The ability to produce bug-free and production grade code

• Experience and fine understanding of cross browser front end development issues

• Exhibit a deep understanding of server virtualization, networking and storage ensuring that the solution scales and performs with high availability and uptime

• Architect, design and build complex, highly scalable, high performance enterprise applications
• Lead, mentor and work with a team of engineers to deliver on clients application expectations
• Work with clients engineering needs and deliver on requirements in a team environment
• Accelerate development velocity for all engineers and deliver continuous improvements to the teams process and codebase
• Build automation to prevent and/or remediate service problems from becoming production incidents

Full Stack Developers at The Seenit Co. are passionate about using technology to create an impact on the world they live in. At Seenit, you will get to collaborate with an accomplished team that loves solving real-world problems. You will get to work on cutting edge projects that will shape the next phase of growth for the global luxury industry.

Seenit’s suite of products enables the leading luxury retailers around the world to transform their customer experience and build loyal relationships with their customers. The apps allow retailers to make use of their existing infrastructure and resources to deliver a truly omnichannel experience in today's rapidly changing world of shopping.

We would welcome someone to the team who:

• Loves to write “clean”, well designed code to solve complex problems
• Can design, develop and test the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Is inclined to contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle and takes end to end ownership of the project
• Follows best industry practices
• Is excited to support others to succeed and shine in a collaborative team culture

• 4+ years experience building backend services for production web applications
• Experience in working with AGILE methodology
• Experience deploying softwares to cloud providers such as GCP, AWS
• Good knowledge of NoSQL databases, and query optimisations
• Experience with MongoDB, Express JS, React JS, Node JS, TypeScript
• Experience with caching implementation using Redis
• Experience with Elastic Search will be an added advantage.
• Previous exposure to leading a team of 3 or more full stack developers will be an added advantage

We are looking for people who have a passion for solving problems, can write exceptional code and don't shy away from challenges and new technology. Our products affect thousands of people everyday and we want someone who would love to contribute towards that end.

If you:

• Know how to write robust and reliable systems
• Have knowledge of managing and scaling for high volume traffic
• Are someone who enjoys execution of an idea as much as finding new and innovative ideas to solve problems
• Actively try to gain more knowledge and pass on knowledge to your peers

Then we are definitely a right match for you

What we expect from you:

• Excellent understanding of web applications.
• Good knowledge about AWS or similar services.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies.
• Good understanding of the delivery pipeline in a team environment.
• Innovative and creative problem solving.
• Ability to understand and communicate across teams and departments.

What you will be doing:

• Work as a part of a team or individually.
• Build products that help us expand our portfolio and drive growth for the organisation.
• Take up ownership of the entire lifecycle of products.
• Help, mentor and guide interns, new joinees and other developers.
• Engage with the client and people from other departments to come up with the best solutions.
• Point out existing problems with our solutions, processes and architecture

What we look for:

• Should have used/contributed to popular Open Source Libraries and Tools
• Should have worked on web technology (Rails / SpringBoot / Django / NodeJs)
• Always on the cutting edge of technology.
• Ability to divide a larger problem into smaller pieces for everyone to work on.
• Process driven and detail oriented
• Should have mentored new joinees
• More than 3 years of relevant experience in the domain
• Should be able to work out of our Bangalore office.