Team Lead Software Development

Primary job role

Develops software/ information systems, by creating & designing sets of new functionalities and installing software solutions and play a leadership role thorough understanding of design methodologies and overall software development lifecycle. 

Main duties/responsibilities

• Involve in all stages of the software development process including requirement gathering, design, development, testing, deployment management, issue review and perform maintenance.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Learn and maintain up to date knowledge of latest technologies, tools and platforms.
• Responsible for maintaining a high level of expertise in all areas of technology used (or potentially used) by the team.
• Produce high quality and designs by following industry best practices and coding standards.
• Communicate with clients as and when required.
• Responsible for clear communication (both written and verbal) with technical and non-technical contacts (internal and external) and all seniority levels.
• Ability to work both independently and as a part of a team.
• Work with non-technical business teams to understand the functionality, composition, and user requirements.
• Ability to achieve tasks with minimum supervision.
• Participate in estimations.
• Participate in design discussions.
• Provides technical support to customers and employees.
• Provides training and guidance to the new developers.
• Ability to play a leadership role within the team

Experience

• 4-5 years of experience in the relevant field with 1-2 year in SSE role.

Technical Knowledge

• Angular, React/Redux (or Similar Technology)
• Node.js
• RESTfull API integration
• Experience working with Docker and containerized applications
• Experience working with Kubernetes or other container orchestration tools
• Knowledge and understanding of working in AWS environments
• Experience in full stack development (with passion)
• RDBMS and Document Database
• Experience with Agile/Scrum Development Methodology
• Exposure to Continues Integration (CI/ CD)
• Version control systems like Git/ TFS

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / IT or an equivalent qualification.

Behavioral competencies

• Communication
• Teamwork & collaboration
• Client orientation

Expecting leads to know Angular9, React (Functional, Hooks), Nodejs(NestJS), Test Driven Development (Unit Test)/JEST, Microservice / Container ( Docker )

Your Day-to-Day Role:

• Design and implement web applications from initial concept, architecture design, to completed, operational software.
• Lead complex engineering tasks where you’ll act as the technical authority.
• Contribute to code reviews and continuous integration.
• Adapt and apply cutting edge technologies.
• Collaborate with other engineers, designers, and product owners to define elegant customer solutions.
• Ensure robustness by writing automation tests for your code.

What Are We Looking For:

At least 3 years of professional experience in Fullstack development.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• Robust experience in MERN Stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, NodeJS). Expertise in ReactJS, Redux, HTML, CSS.
• Proficiency in Javascript (ES6) and TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience in Socket Implementation.
• Solid understanding of GIT and its workflows.

Good to Have Skills (Optional)

• Familiarity with Material UI.
• Experience with HTML Canvas APIs (Ex: KonvaJS for canvas drawing).
• Basic understanding of AWS services (S3, Redis, Lambda, Messaging services, etc.). 

About Us

UnScript.AI is a Deep-Tech company with a focus on creating highly engaging interactive videos solving conversion and engagement problems leveraging the most recent breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence.

Responsibilities:

Full Stack Engineers at UnScript.AI are involved in all parts of the product life cycle: idea generation, design, planning, execution, and shipping. On day-to-day work, we create reliable, scalable and highly performant systems. A commitment to teamwork, hustle and good communication skills are our key requirements. As Full Stack Engineer, you will lead end-to-end development of modules with complete ownership of design, planning, coding & delivery.

• The Software Development Engineer's core responsibilities include working on highly maintainable and unit-tested software components/systems that address real-world problems.
• Ensure quality at every level be it problem-solving, design, code or bug fixes.
• Should be able to collaborate with product managers, architects and other stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of sprints.
• Own and unblock users on production issues, able to troubleshoot and fix production issues on priority.

SKILL SETS REQUIRED: Kubernetes, AWS/any other cloud, NodeJS, JavaScript, React/Next, Design thinking, API Framework

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• B.Tech or higher in Computer Science from a premier institute. (We are willing to waive this requirement if you are an exceptional programmer).

• You are a strong coder, Love to explore multiple languages and tech stacks; We are language-agnostic, and we love people who like to explore multiple stacks. We’re looking for people who can write clean, effective code.

• Building scalable & performant web systems with clear focus on reusable modules.

• You are comfortable in a high paced environment and can respond to urgent (and at times ambiguous) requests

• Ability to translate fuzzy business problems into technical problems & come up with design, estimates, planning, execution & deliver the solution independently.

Follow Agile development model to incrementally build out the applications with regular reviews with Product

• Knowledge in AWS would be great to have.

• Ability to work with databases, data pipelines.

About Us:

UnScript is a deep tech startup that builds powerful SAAS tool to generate videos using AI. UnScript was founded by distinguished alums from IIT, with exemplary backgrounds in business and technology. UnScript has raised two rounds of funding from global VCs with Peter Thiel(Co-founder, Paypal) and Ried Hoffman ( Co-founder, Linkedin) as investors. 

The Team:

Unscript was started by Ritwika Chowdhury. Our team brings experience from other foremost institutions like IIT Kharagpur, Microsoft Research, IIT Bombay, IIIT, BCG etc. We are thrilled to be backed by some of the world's largest VC firms and angel investors. 

Responsibilities

• Ability to translate Wireframes and PSD Designs into functional web apps using HTML5, AngularJS, React , Node.js, and Mongo

• Binding of UI elements to JavaScript object models

• Creating RESTful services with Node.js

• Architect scalable web architectures

• Work in a cross-functional team to deliver a complete user experience

• Create Unit and Integration tests to ensure the quality of code

• Be responsive to change requests and feature requests

• Write code that is cross-platform and cross-device compatible

• Ability to wear many hats and learn new technologies quickly

• demonstrates a growth mindset, seeks feedback often and is effective in continuous personal and professional development
• provides expertise in all phases of the development lifecycle from concept and design to testing
• defines the architecture, best practices and coding standards for the product development team
• supports continuous technical improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
• motivates team members and extends goodwill to other employees while having fun!

• 2+ years of software industry experience
• Strong Expertise in JS, PHP, React, Node, Angular2+, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Solid understanding of software design, development, testing, and problem-solving
• Expertise in coding efficient, high quality and modularized software
• Experience in developing Web services - Rest/Soap APIs/HTTP API - Microservices
• Experience setting up and managing servers. Devops experience is a big plus
• Strong exposure on Database like RDBMS - Postgres DB / NoSQL DB like DynamoDB, Elasticsearch
• Experience in Cloud / Storage like Amazon (AWS) - EC2/EBS/S3
• Expertise in test automation
• Familiarity with Unix shell and source control systems and tools such as git
• Strong technical leadership skills
• Comfortable collaborating with designers, front-end developers and other team members
• Strong communication skills
• Technical Coaching and mentoring skills
• Understanding of machine learning, natural language processing is a plus