Team Leader (Platform) at Checko

Roles & Responsibilities

● Complete ownership of the components that one works on - starting from
architecture design to monitoring metrics post deployment
Strong bias for action with a problem solving mindset. Meeting current
requirements or resolving issues while keeping bigger picture in mind.
● Thinking big while designing components. Keeping in mind that if we build our
current version for x users, it will be 10x within a year & 100x within 1.5 years
hands on experience in software development with excellent
problem-solving skills.
● Hands on experience on building highly-available, scalable systems.
● Expertise in Java with data structures, algorithms, spring, hibernate skills.
● Knowledge of NoSQL, MongoDB, caching data stores, queuing and search.
● Proficiency in computer science fundamentals: Object oriented design, data
structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
● Good with the design patterns and architecture solution to large scale
applications.
● Nice to have: Cassandra, Kafka, Aerospike development experience with highly
scalable and performant software systems.

Company Profile
XpressBees– a logistics company started in 2015 – is amongst the fastest growing companies of its
sector. While we started off rather humbly in the space of ecommerce B2C logistics, the last 5 years
have seen us steadily progress towards expanding our presence. Our vision to evolve into a strong full-
service logistics organization reflects itself in our new lines of business like 3PL, B2B Xpress and cross
border operations.
Our strong domain expertise and constant focus on meaningful innovation have helped us rapidly evolve
as the most trusted logistics partner of India. We have progressively carved our way towards best-in-
class technology platforms, an extensive network reach, and a seamless last mile management system.
While on this aggressive growth path, we seek to become the one-stop-shop for end-to-end logistics
solutions. Our big focus areas for the very near future include strengthening our presence as service
providers of choice and leveraging the power of technology to improve efficiencies for our clients.
Job Description 
XB is looking for driven & talented engineers to build highly scalable, reliable and performant cloud-
based platforms to drive the logistics business. You will have opportunities to make a big impact at XB
on the software solutions being built for Logistics businesses. We build a variety of technology products
that span multiple businesses. 
The challenges that SDEs at XB solve are big (handle 50 Lakh shipments per day!) and influence the E-
Commerce business in India in coming years. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about
creating new products, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the fast pace
of the company. The challenges span areas like highly scalable and reliable orchestration
platforms, Client Integration API frameworks, Billing Solutions, Workforce Engagement. Further you may
solve complex optimization problems like Vehicle routing, Allocation, Network Optimization etc. 
Roles & Responsibilities 

 You will be responsible for working with cross functional teams to deep dive into the
business and technology problems related to our portfolio of products, understanding the
gaps that exist in our current tools, and work within our team and with partner teams to
design best in class solutions.  
 You will have the opportunity to influence, invent, and design system architecture
across multiple product and technology spaces. 
 You will lead and mentor other talented engineers. You will be responsible for building
the best customer experience, keeping latency, security, and usability in mind. 
 You will interact with Product Managers and Designers and convert their vision into
a technical solution.  
 You will own portions of software deliverables including major critical path code from
your designs while finding opportunities to grow and mentor the team around you. 
 You will collaborate with other engineering leads and guide the team on software
development best practices and set examples by using them in solutions that you build.  
 You will own the end-to-end design of major deliverables, working closely with a team
of SDEs and Front-End Engineers to execute them. This is a high visibility and fast-paced
environment where you will make a direct impact on the customer experience and the
bottom line of the company. 

 
 You should have a commanding understanding of object-oriented design, data
structures and algorithms which you use to mentor a team of engineers. You should have
experience with agile methodologies, experience building scalable services and robust user
interfaces. We make extensive use of AWS Services (API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, etc.) and
prior experience is a plus. Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (like angular,
react, backbone, and node.js) would be a plus. 

Qualifications 

 Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for
scalability, performance, and reliability. 
 Development experience defining, developing and maintaining web service API's 
 Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architectural
vision and software quality. 
 Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior
management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs,
and product strategy. 
 Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been
successfully delivered to customers. 
 Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full
software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control
management, build processes, testing, and operations. 
 Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems 
 Deep understanding of CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms and
complexity analysis. 
 Experience building large-scale, high-performance systems in a complex, multi-tiered,
distributed environment. 
 Design and architecture expertise as well as familiarity with object-oriented analysis and
design patterns (OOA/OOD). 
 Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design & build a highly scalable, robust backend architecture for our cloud services
• You will be part of a software development team for developing and enhancing SaaS applications.
• Take responsibility of entire module/feature set and develop, test, debug and maintain the application software throughout the product lifecycle
• Working with the Product Management Team to validate and plan new features
• Working with cross-functional teams to deliver stellar end user experience
• Research new technologies and tools that help in building the next generation of our services
• Test, debug and maintain the application software throughout the product lifecycle

Must-Have Skills: Java, REST API

Desired Candidate Profile

• Must have experience with web development in Java 8+, Spring/J2EE or similar frameworks and technologies. (Mandatory)
• Must have worked on REST API (Mandatory)
• Should be an enthusiast for writing clean, reusable code, willing to learn new things as a self-starter person
• 2+ years of strong relevant experience in developing Object-oriented technologies.
• Strong working experience with any of the following DBs - Postgres / MySQL / Oracle or MSSQL
  

Must-Have:

• Core Java (Must be good in Core Java concepts, Java programming practices, Clean coding.)
• Spring Framework(Must have working experience in Spring Core)
• Any SQL framework(hands-on working experience in any of these: Hibernate/JPA/MyBatis/Spring Data/Others)
• Hands-on experience in REST API
• Hands-on experienceSQL Database(any of the databases: Oracle/MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQLServer)
• Must have working experience with basic GIT
• Maven or Gradle (Must have working experience in building Java projects using maven or Gradle.)
• Should be able to work independently under someone's guidance.

Good to have:

• Advanced Java(Threading, Performance optimization)
• Spring Boot
• Other Spring frameworks(Spring Security, Spring Batch, Others)
• Microservices - Any NoSQL database(MongoDB, Cassandra, others)
• Application designing concepts.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead one of the product verticals in the development of technology strategy, planning, hiring and execution of the next iteration of the WeInvest platform.

• Institutionalize a strong software engineering culture and facilitate a rapid, iterative, layered development approach.

• Be hands on with the coding, evaluate design and architecture choices, do in-depth code reviews, and implement standards and practices for software development.

• Inspire the engineering team to build quality, scalable code by pairing with team members periodically.

• Participate in the definition and management of high-quality product roadmaps based on business, product & tech strategy.

• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Masters /BE/ B.Tech from a reputed institute

• About 6-10 years professional experience in software development.

• Excellent logical and analytical reasoning capabilities combined with strong knowledge of core

computer science concepts like algorithms, data structures, software design patterns, OOP etc.

• Should have experience in all the phases of SDLC

• Must have experience in leading a team. (At least 2-3 people)

• Be an expert in ruby on rails with experience OR from Fintech, Wealth Management OR Investment

• Management Domain with experience in any of the programming languages (Java/Python/Ruby).

• Breadth of experience in multiple technologies, tools, frameworks and processes is a big plus.

• Excellent understanding of core computer science concepts like algorithms, data structure,

Software design patterns, OOP etc. Be able to lead the team in design & architecture discussions,

introduce new tools, concepts & process to the team and guide other members of the team.

• Experience working in an agile team with software engineering practices like automated testing,

test- driven-development, continuous integration etc is a big plus.

• Excellent oral and written communication.

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BlazeClan is a Premier Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Consulting company, providing cloud consulting and managed services. An organization that is born in the cloud, it has an international presence with offices across the ASEAN region (Malaysia and Singapore), Europe (Belgium and France), U.S.A. and Canada, along with a strong sales presence and primary delivery center in India. Established in 2010, BlazeClan has attained various accolades including AWS Premier Consulting Partner status, AWS Manage Service Partner status, AWS Big Data Competency status, Customer Obsession Recognition 2014 and 2015, Partner of the Year ASEAN 2015 and Consulting Partner – West India.

About eCommerce Platform Team : From massive scale to reliability to the customer interaction and innovation that powers new businesses across Amazon, the eCommerce Platform Service group is at the heart of Amazon's growth and success. Our global systems are part of every Amazon purchase, every shipment, every browse of a product, and every login. The e-Commerce Platform team at Amazon India Development Center is an agile team whose charter is to deliver the next generation of e-Commerce solutions. As a member of this team, your mission will be to design, develop, document and support massively scalable, distributed real time systems. Using C++, Java, object oriented design patterns, distributed databases and other innovative storage techniques, you will build and deliver software systems that support complex and rapidly evolving business requirements. Basic Qualifications Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field. 3 to 12 years of industry experience. Solid experience in C, C++ , Java or C# (expert in at least one). Solid expertise in Data Structures and Algorithms. Solid understanding of Object Oriented design and concepts. Solid UNIX or Linux experience. Good understanding of networking concepts. Experience with scaling and performance of large systems. Great understanding of database theory and solid experience in at least one relational DBMS. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills. Obsession with quality and customer experience - Attention to detail coupled with ability to think abstractly