Team Lead API (Python, PHP)

In your role as Software Engineer/Lead, you will directly work with other developers, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters to evaluate and develop innovative solutions. The purpose of the role is to design, develop, test, and operate a complex set of applications or platforms in the IoT Cloud area.

The role involves the utilization of advanced tools and analytical methods for gathering facts to develop solution scenarios. The job holder needs to be able to execute quality code, review code, and collaborate with other developers.

We have an excellent mix of people, which we believe makes for a more vibrant, more innovative, and more productive team.

• A bachelor’s degree, or master’s degree in information technology, computer science, or other relevant education
• At least 5 years of experience as Software Engineer, in an enterprise context
• Experience in design, development and deployment of large-scale cloud-based applications and services
• Good knowledge in cloud (AWS) serverless application development, event driven architecture and SQL / No-SQL databases
• Experience with IoT products, backend services and design principles
• Good knowledge at least of one backend technology like node.js (JavaScript, TypeScript) or JVM (Java, Scala, Kotlin)
• Passionate about code quality, security and testing
• Microservice development experience with Java (Spring) is a plus
• Good command of English in both Oral & Written

Required Experience

3 - 8 Years

Skills

Java/J2EE,

Spring,

microservices

+ 1 more

• Develop unit, integration, and functional tests within Grails/Java and contribute to new architectures design for multi-tier Java EE-based products in a SOA environment.
• Interact with Business Analysts to understand software build configuration and testing processes, documenting application functionality and programming accordingly.
• Collaborate with a talented software team to work on various types of applications, ensuring the building of backend APIs using Java-based technologies.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies, conducting POCs on new technical stacks to support and maintain a portfolio of applications.
• Utilize core Java skills to define, design, develop, integrate, test, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot applications and tools written in Java and other related languages.
• Provide technical expertise in Java development, including Spring, Hibernate, and building scalable solutions for large web application deployments.
• Participate in the full SDLC, from requirements and design to development, testing, and deployment, ensuring the implementation of best practices and industry-standard procedures.
• Possess hands-on experience with Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, microservices, and web services, while also demonstrating proficiency in writing enterprise-strength code and developing backend APIs.
• Work in an agile environment, supporting users by developing documentation and offering assistance with tools, while promoting established development standards and change control procedures.

• Strong Experience in Java and related frameworks such as EJB, Spring and Spring Boot
• Strong Experience in REST API based Microservices development & integration that includes long running orchestration services
• Experience implementing services with modern authentication using OAuth 2.0, SAML, JWT
• Implementation Experience in RDBMS (DB2/PostgreSQL) and good SQL query knowledge
• Strong CI/CD experience with GitHub CI/CD or Jenkins or Maven
• Creating custom, general use modules and components which extend the elements and modules of core

7+ years of experience with Design, development & architecture.

• Experience in software development with minimum 3 plus years of architecture experience.
• Experience in Core JAVA 8
• Experience in Java J2EE, Microservices
• Experience in Java - Spring, Java - SpringBoot, GCP , Hibernate,JDBC
• Experience in Multi-threading, Performance and Scaling is a plus
• Have used the RDBMS and NoSQL databases like MySQL/Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J Risk for production ready software’s
• Cloud Native application design experience is a plus
• CICD – Release Pipeline experience
• Experience in application of principles of Architecture Design
• Experience building large scale, high performance distributed systems
• Strong understanding of modern development techniques and processes such as Dev Ops /Cloud
• Promoter of Agile/Scrum, TDD and CI/CD best practices
• Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs and modifies software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked or Internet-related computer programs. (Code must be used in core version of applications available for sale commercially.)
• Interacts with Delivery managers and/or users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications.
• Participates in software design meetings and analyzes user needs to determine technical requirements.
• Write technical specifications based on conceptual design and stated business requirements.
• Writes code, completes programming and performs testing and debugging of applications using current programming languages and technologies.
• Completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance.
• Trains and communicates with internal Client Training, Client Relationship and Sales teams on systems application.
• May be responsible for developing or executing project plans, budgets and schedules and for documenting work and results.
• May deliver informational and decision-seeking presentations to technical and business groups to internal and/or external audiences.

• Analyzing website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

PHP Developer Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

Architectural:

Design and implement a software architecture

Select a technology stack

Design and configure infrastructure

Select a development toolkit (IDE, etc.)

Design and implement a database design

Improve and optimise the application architecture

Ensure scalability of the application

Ensure scalability of the infrastructure

Explore new technologies and decide whether to implement them

Strategy, planning, and design:

• Take end-to-end ownership of the product, identify technology requirements, define the future product vision, create preliminary design concepts for add-on modules and shape overall technology and product roadmap by collaborating with the founders, business development, and marketing team.
• Ensure user oriented design is the primary approach to product development across multiple screens, based on user behaviour data and direct customer feedback.

Implementation and deployment:

• Manage Product Release, QA cycles, feature implementation and on time delivery through in-house team and vendors.
• Collaborate with team and customers to define use cases.
• Creation of wireframes/prototypes, site maps and user-flows for web and mobile platforms.

Operational management :

• Support marketing by implementing technical requirements for SEO/product analytics.
• Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration & system testing.
• Rigorously monitor key performance metrics and coordinate with various teams to take corrective actions if needed.
• Establish and forecast ROI of features and succinctly articulate competitive advantage.
• Set-up data collection and analysis system in collaboration with CEO to track key performance.

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Strong fundamentals in computer science/engineering and algorithm design.

Practical knowledge of computer software algorithms in machine/deep learning, NLP, Computer Vision etc.

Personal Requirements:

• Min of 7+ years of Hands on experience in Web app development, payment gateways implementation, architecture design, product management, databases and UI/UX in consumer facing applications.
• Experience on projects involving engineering and algorithmic functions, machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence is very advantageous.
• Creative self-starter who is comfortable with both taking initiative and working in teams.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness to learn and utilise emerging technologies.
• Sincere passion to use disruptive technologies that can be globally significant