Tech Lead (8-12 years)

iSchoolConnect is an online platform that makes the University Admissions process hassle-free, fun and accessible to students around the globe. Using our unique AI technology, we allow students to apply to multiple universities with a single application. iSchoolConnect also connects with institutions worldwide and aids them in the transformation of their end-to-end admission processes using our various cutting-edge use cases.

Designation : Senior Fullstack Developer

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Full Stack Developer to join our growing development team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building scalable, high-performance web applications and will be responsible for delivering robust backend services and modern, user-friendly frontend solutions. This role will also involve working with cloud services, databases, and ensuring the technical success of projects from inception to deployment.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-End Development: Lead the development and maintenance of both frontend and backend applications. Write clean, scalable, and efficient code for web applications.
• Backend Development: Develop RESTful APIs and microservices using technologies like Node.js, Express.js, and Nest.js.
• Frontend Development: Implement and maintain modern, responsive web applications using frameworks React, Angular, etc
• Database Management: Design and maintain scalable databases, including MongoDB and MySQL, to ensure data consistency, performance, and reliability.
• Cloud Services: Manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and Google Cloud, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver new features and improvements.
• Code Quality & Testing: Follow best practices for code quality and maintainability, utilizing Test-Driven Development (TDD), and write unit and integration tests using Jest, and Postman.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance to junior developers, perform code reviews, and ensure high standards of development across the team.

Requirements:

• Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience in full stack development, with a proven track record in both backend and frontend development.
• Backend Technologies: Proficiency in Node.js, Express.js, and Nest.js for building scalable backend services and APIs.
• Frontend Technologies: Strong experience with React, Angular, etc to build dynamic and responsive user interfaces.
• Databases: Strong knowledge of both relational (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with AWS and Google Cloud for managing cloud services, databases, and deployments.
• Version Control: Proficient in Git for version control and collaboration.
• Testing: Experience in writing unit and integration tests with Jest, and Postman.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to work with complex systems.
• Communication: Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools.
• Familiarity with GraphQL and Microservices Architecture.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

This role is physically based out of Mauritius and will require you to relocate to Mauritius. Relocation expenses like air tickets/work visa/permit/medical for work permit will be borne by the company

The role of a senior java developer is to ensure high quality software development and delivery to the end client.

As senior software developer, you shall be the technical SME on the project and ensure that the team abide by the quality standard set on the project.

On the Java Expertise Center, you shall be contributing to the knowledge building committee where you will be coaching juniors and demy students

Key Skills:

 Very good knowledge in Java (at least from Java 8).

 Good knowledge of Spring boot

 Experience with JPA/Hibernate

 Experience in middleware such as MessageQueues

 Experience with REST interfaces and GRPC

 Experience with modern agile software development (Continuous Integration)

 Experience in securing APIs

 Knowledge in design patterns

1. Software Development

 Act autonomously in the delivery of tasks of simple to high complexities on projects.

 Participate actively with team members to reduce risks related to tasks and activities.

 Ensure deliveries (code, documentation, release notes) are executed within set quality standards and processes.

 Understand and apply standard methods, tools and processes in daily tasks.

 Participate in sprint backlog estimation.

2. Team coaching & technical reference on project.

 Work with the team architect to help coach team members and ensure they

abide by the technical standards set on the project.

 Coach new joiners and accompany them technically & functionally on the

project.

 Be the technical reference on the project, besides the architect.

 Communicate technical KPI to your project manager.

 Review code contributed by team members, ensuring adherence to coding standards, best practices, and quality standards.

 Act as a coach or trainer and contribute actively to the Java Expertise Center.

 A commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with industry trends and best practices

 Participate in budget auditing activities as required by direct report in the capacity of a Developer

Key Dimensions:

 Ability to monitor unit test coverage and ensure team abide by same standard (Standard unit test coverage

of 60% on new and overall codes)

 Ensures Sonar analysis of project is as per quality gate and any deviations are tackled by the team

 Ensuring highest quality delivered to client.

About Seek

We are building a consumer-first rewards platform that brings personalised offers and rewards for every consumer.

This is a very early opportunity, you will be working with the Founding team to build Seek's first product and business from the ground up.

What will I do in this role?

- develop designs into high-perfomance Flutter apps for Android and iOS

- own and be responsible for performance, security and experience on the Seek mobile apps

What's in it for me?

- You'll be one of the earliest members in the team

- Experience how a startup is built in its early days

- Explore and acquire new skills along with building depth in your desired field of work

Required Skills and Interests

- Flutter

- Firebase

- Android/iOS Development

- AWS

- Full-stack experience preferred

What you need to have:

Proficient in Java 8 Version, J2EE and related technologies.
• Experienced in using spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, messaging systems.
• Good understanding of relational database performance concepts and usage of ORM frameworks such as Hibernate
• Expert understanding of the object-oriented design and programming concepts
• Strong working experience  on Data Structures, Algorithms and Collections.
• Solid experience building applications on top of RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge/experience with Spring MVC
• Stroing knowledge in developing and executing automated unit, functional and integration tests
• Good communication and analytical skills.
• Strong trouble shooting skills

B.E. (Computers) or equivalent candidate is required for this profile along with expertise In Java/ PHP Programming. We are looking for a thoughtful Java/ PHP Developer. Must have strong fundamentals. You will be joining the core team of a rapidly expanding company focusing on making Google Workspace- Cloud Telephony products. We are generally agnostic of language, technology or tools; we use whatever fits the bill best. However, we emphasize a lot on clean abstractions of code, loosely coupled services and good coding practices. You must possess the ability to work on projects without detailed instructions; being a self-starter and taking ownership is a crucial requirement for this role. Good Communication Skill is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build applications on Java/ PHP
• Code review 
• Guide team members 
• Keeping the code optimized and readable.
• Coordination with team members and customer
• Coding, Bug fixes and unit testing
• Coordination with team members and customer

Who Should apply 

1. Candidate should have  2-4 year of work experience  
2. PHP/ Java Developer
3. Having Good Communication Skills

Specific Skill Sets:

• We are looking for a candidate who can work flexibly
• Experience in working on any one of the MVC architectural pattern : Codeigniter / Laravel / Yii/ Struts 2 would be an added advantage 
• Know your way around HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, PHPScript, JQuery and frontend frameworks (such as Ember.js, React.js)
• Must have built SOAP / REST APIs / backends
• Knowledge of APIs and platform capabilities
• Past experience of shipping mobile products (live apps in Play Store a huge plus).
• Expertise in working on multi­threaded apps, XML & JSON, and web services. 
• Should be very strong in Computer Science fundamentals (such as threads, virtual memory, process stacks etc.)
• Should have worked on different data stores (RDBMS, No-SQL) and know when to use what, how to scale them etc.
• Ability to work on projects without detailed instructions; being a self­starter and taking ownership is a crucial requirement for this role.
• Good communication skills is an essential advantage for collaborating with customers and the team.