Team Lead

We like to keep our job descriptions super simple, so please spend 3 minutes reading this.

Details about the job. You will ...

• Work very closely with the Head of Engineering and the CEO directly
• Own major parts of our tech stack (Node.js/React.js) and your job will be focused primarily on backend (Node/SQL/MQs etc.), but with some front-end JS work (React) as needed
• Design, code, and deliver top-quality software that performs beautifully at scale
• Take ownership for your job and treat it like it is your baby
• This job is based in Chennai (NOT Remote). But we have a lot of flexibility for when life situations require you to work from home
• We are only a 40 person company (by choice) - so you will get amazing ownership!

A Bit About You.

• Really strong in Javascript especially in Node.js with at least 5 years of experience - if you are genuinely not super strong, please do not apply as you will find our interviews challenging and it might be a waste of your time
• Also has React.js experience so that you can support the front-end work as needed
• A strong Engineer who LIKES building software - not just someone who knows the frameworks and can code
• We don't care about college degrees or if you are self taught - we only care that you're exceptional in your work and can be professional
• Must have strong communication skills
• Must be organized, and deliver their own work within deadlines, professionally
• Strong sense of ownership and take pride in your work.

What Will We Do For You?

• Office next to the beach
• "Sports team with a heart" mentality. Even though we work hard, we take care of our people.
• Free breakfast and snacks every day
• Non-hierarchical work environment
• Macbook Pro, free swag etc. of course!
• Huge potential for career growth - the limiting factor will be just your commitment and ambition.

• Be responsible for the research, design, development, and deployment of all products and platforms
• Proficient full stack web developer with experience in building large-scale applications.
• Ensure that the platform remains secure, scalable, sustainable.
• Set the bar for the quality of code, software engineering practices, communication skills, dealing with complexity and ambiguity.
• Hire all technical roles

Minimum Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the got right attitude to work in fast paced environments
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience
• 2 to 5 years of experience in software development using modern frontend frameworks in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong in Object Oriented Programming and Design Patterns.
• You have experience of working closely with the product and design teams to deliver the product that materially impacts the business and improves the customer experience
• You follow SOLID principles and have experience with microservice architecture, have designed and implemented high performance scalable services/APIs.
• You have experience with component based architectures, PWA, Service workers, UI patterns and libraries most preferably ReactJS / NextJS
• Write client side high performant applications & develop prototypes
• Experience working with Node, NestJS / Express.
• Experience working with PostgreSQL, Redshift, Dynamo, Mongo and Cassandra databases.
• Experience working with RabbitMQ, Kafka.
• You constantly learn and adopt best practices at work, keeping in mind app performance, security, and scalability.
• You have experience working in distributed systems and built/designed systems to failover, event streaming, caching strategies
• You have experience with Docker/Kubernetes in AWS or any cloud computing platforms. And, are familiar with CI/CD processes.

Bonus if you are great communication and team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities :

• Design and write lots of bug-free, efficient, scalable, and reusable code
• Developing front-end architecture and ensuring responsiveness of the application
• Work across the full stack, building highly scalable products that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth. 
• Working on refactoring the current codebase and determining the root cause for the most complex software issues and developing practical, efficient, and permanent technical solutions
• Optimizing backend services to scale for a few hundred concurrent users
• Develop APIs and scripts using backend programming languages like Node.js and Nest.js 
• Dockerizing different services and automating our AWS infrastructure provisioning steps
• Design and implementation of continuous integration and deployment. 
• Determine process improvements, and best practices, and develop new processes
• Mentor and coach other software engineers
• Integrating with third-party APIs and existing frameworks.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications and writing maintainable, scalable, and unit-testable code. Be passionate about the long-term stability, scalability, and reusability of shared components.
• Implement new requirements, handle change requests, and fix bugs for different releases. Deliver a high-quality and functioning code.
• Integrating solutions to enterprise software and legacy software
• Actively Participate in sprint ceremonies and work towards continually improving the process
• Prioritizes tasks and keeps manager up to date on status and roadblocks
• Help the junior engineers to unblock them and guide them on best design practices. Help in code reviewing on a regular basis
• Prepare thorough technical documentation which can be used by other engineers
• Stay up to date with new technologies and determine how to incorporate these into future platform capabilities

Requirements:

• Minimum 4-8+ years of overall experience developing B2B SAAS products 
• 3+ years of Experience working on React.js and its core principles
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Hands-on experience with Node.js and Express.js including state management like Redux
• Good understanding of NestJS, Next.JS, Tailwind CSS, Server-Side Rendering, Storybook/Bit, Bootstrap, and Material UI.
• Thorough understanding of modeling and scaling databases like MongoDB, DynamoDB or Firestore
• Deep understanding of object-oriented JavaScript and design principles and standards
• Hands-on experience in UI optimization best practice implementations
• Understanding of Serverless architecture like Lambda or Google Cloud functions
• Significant experience in developing high-performance, distributed, and scalable applications with container deployment (Docker and Microservices)
• Well-versed with collaboration, and Testing tools like Git, Swagger, and Cypress
• Proven experience with unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing.
• Knowledge of open-source technologies and common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, PNPM etc.
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Knowledge of Nginx and AWS services like S3, and EC2 will be helpful

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to Terraform, GItlab CI/CD, and GitOps is a plus
• A keen eye for UX has experience building complex B2B applications
• Comfortable working in a dynamic startup environment where experimentation is one of the most common practices for product innovation and improvements
• Basic understanding of the Figma Tool and app development via React Native
• Good experience with deploying applications on AWS & DevOps

Nice to Have:

• Great learning attitude and eagerness to take ownership
• Passionate personality with great enthusiasm for life outside of work
• Critical thinker and a problem solver who has a sense of urgency and wants an interesting job that pushes you out of your comfort zone.
• An innovator who is inspired by the endless ways in which everything we do can always be improved
• High-energy personality, with a strong and demonstrable work ethic

What we Offer:

• Competitive salary 
• Health Insurance
• Remote working environment
• Workday Swap
• Learning Culture

You’re Awesome at:

• Excellent communication skills (Verbal & Written)
• Great understanding of JavaScript
• Excellent hands-on programming experience of NodeJS/Express/SailsJS
• Excellent hands-on programming experience of React/Angular/Meteor/VueJS
• Good understanding of RESTful API development
• Good knowledge of TDD (Test Driven Development)
• Good understanding of MongoDb/mysql/postgres
• Good understanding of AGILE - SCRUM
• Good understanding of GitHUB, SVN
• Experience with designing of overall architecture of the application
• Good understanding of Web Securities and how to implement in application
• Hand-on designing and implementing robust and scalable web service/api
• Hand-on application deployment and cloud platform such AWS/Heroku/GoogleCloud
• Understanding of the Software Development Life cycle

As a core member of the Software Development team, you will be responsible for the architecture, coding, development, testing and release of customer applications hosted both on-premise and on-cloud. Candidates with proven experience in both Frontend and Backend Development (predominantly Backend Development) with prior experience in deploying applications on AWS/Azure cloud will be preferred.

You will be leading a small team of developers (not more than 3 at a time) on a given project, and be a client-facing SPOC to work with the client and meet stringent deadlines. You will be responsible for Coding and Development with a code coverage of minimum 90%. You will adhere to coding and security standards and ensure that your delivery is secure and free from any critical, high and medium-rated vulnerabilities.

About the company

Anaxee Digital Runners is building India's largest last-mile verification & data collection network of Digital Runners (shared feet-on-street, tech-enabled) to help Businesses & Consumers reach remotest parts of India, on-demand. We are already serving 11000 pin codes (57% of India) | Website: www.anaxee.com

Check out our company pitch (6 min video) to understand the goal-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QnyJsKedz8

Job Role

As a software developer, you’ll be the brain behind crafting, developing, testing, going live and maintaining the system. You are passionate about understanding the business context for features built to drive better customer experience and adoption.

Job Location: Indore | Full Time | Experience: 2.5 yrs & above | Salary ∝ Expertise | Rs.5L ~ Rs.12L |

Responsibilities:

• Familiar with the software development life cycle (SDLC) from analysis to deployment.
• Comply with coding standards and technical design.
• Believes in a systematic approach to developing the system through clear documentation (flowcharts, layouts, &, etc) of functionality, address every use case through creative solutions.
• Adapts structured coding styles for easy review, testing, and maintainability of the code.
• Integrate the developed functionality and/or component into a fully functional system.
• Ensure unit and integration level verification plan are in place and adheres to a great quality of code at all time.
• Active participate in troubleshooting, debugging and updating current live system.
• Verify user feedback in making system more stable and easy.
• Work closely with the Product manager, designers, and other peer developers.
• Preparing technical training documents for onboarding new engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer or in a relevant role.
• Smart Hands-on coder who can independently architect solutions and mentor team members.
• Solid experience in PHP, Node, Mongo, and MySQL
• Should have good Web service and Web application fundamentals
• Understanding of OOPS concepts, Persistence, Threading.
• Should have worked with HTML/ CSS/ Jquery/ Js / API.
• Knowledgeable in data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with open-source projects.
• Experience in designing interactive applications.
• A background in Engineering with sound oral and written communication skills.
• Prior experience with AWS, Azure, Google or OpenStack will be a plus.
• Hands-on a google cloud platform and Experience in Suite CRM is an added advantage.

   

Your application should include

• Details about applications you have previously worked on
• A GitHub or stack overflow profile if you have one.

What we offer

• Competitive salary, Startup Flexibility
• Great working atmosphere in a comfortable office.
• And an opportunity to get associated with a fast-growing VC funded startup.