Technical Architect (.Net)

About Shopalyst:

Shopalyst offers a Discovery Commerce platform for digital marketers. Combining data, AI and deep integrations with digital media and e-commerce platforms, Shopalyst connects people with products they love. More than 500 marquee brands leverage our SaaS platform for data driven marketing and sales in 30 countries across Asia, Europe and Americas. We have offices in Fremont CA, Bangalore, and Trivandrum. Our company is backed by Kalaari Capital.

About the Role: Software Engineer (Python)

We are currently looking for people to join our Engineering team where internet scale, reliability, security, high performance and self-management drives almost every design decision that we take. This role will be based out of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

We are looking for Software Engineers to help us build functional products and applications. Software Engineers responsibilities include participating in software design, writing clean and efficient code adhering to coding standards, guidelines & best practices for various applications, running tests to improve system functionality, performance & security and documenting design and code.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop robust and scalable server-side applications using Node.js.
• Utilize Python to write batch jobs and scripts for various automation tasks, ensuring efficiency and reliability.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve bugs and other performance issues to maintain system stability.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and compliance with coding standards.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Mentor junior developers and share knowledge to foster a collaborative learning environment.

Must Have requirements

• Strong understanding of Node.js and its core concepts, such as event-driven. architecture, asynchronous programming, and callbacks.
• Proficiency in Python, with a strong understanding of its ecosystem, libraries, and frameworks.
• Proven 1-5 years of experience working as a Node.js/Python Developer or in a similar role.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Strong working knowledge in any NoSQL (preferable)or relational databases
• Good exposure to working on Linux/Unix systems.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (such as Git)

Nice to have requirements

• Proficiency in TypeScript to write scalable and maintainable code.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS.
• Basic understanding of GoLang/Java as a coding language

Xoxoday is looking for a candidate who has a strong background in the design and implementation of scalable architecture and a good understanding of Algorithms, Data structures, and design patterns. Candidates must be ready to learn new tools, languages, and technologies

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 4 -7 years of experience as a software developer.
• At Least 3 years of experience in .net core C#, aws stack, ms sql server, mvc, nodejs experience is a plus
• Strong working knowledge in distributed event-driven messaging architecture/platform
• Strong knowledge in data access layer especially ability to work with stored procedure
• Established and stimulated software development standards and processes along with best practices for delivery of scalable and high-quality software.
• Production experience with AWS stack
• Fluent English speaker

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with OOP languages.
• Experience designing and developing Microservices and SOA.
• Experience working with AWS Kinesis, Lambda, SQS, S3, ElastiCache, ElasticSearch, Kubernetes, EventBridge, RDS, CloudWatch, APIGateway
• Experience designing and building high-performance scalable web services.
• Experience in REST API design and implementation.
• Experience in unit testing, test automation, and continuous delivery.
• Experience with stream-processing and message-broker software.

Nice to have:

• Experience working with distributed teams.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work quickly toward tight deadlines, and make smart tradeoffs between speed, accuracy, and maintainability.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science (or equivalent professional experience).

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment that will enable you to juggle between concepts, yet maintain the quality of content, interact, and share your ideas and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at Xoxoday.

Xoxoday is a rapidly growing fintech SaaS firm that propels business growth while focusing on human motivation. Backed by Giift and Apis Partners Growth Fund II, Xoxoday offers a suite of three products - Plum, Empuls, and Compass. Xoxoday works with more than 2000 clients across 10+ countries and over 2.5 million users. Headquartered in Bengaluru, Xoxoday is a 300+ strong team with four global offices in San Francisco, Dublin, Singapore, New Delhi.

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. We however assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.

• Experience working on large enterprise application integrations. Deep understanding and delivering solution using common messaging patterns
• Experience with Enterprise Service Bus/Azure Service Bus preferred
• Deep understanding and experience with agile development practices, including unit testing and continuous integration.
• Willingness to take on additional responsibility to ensure team success and quality solutions.
• Team player that understands how your own work is important to the team's success.
• Ability to multitask across different projects.
• Become a partner and trusted advisor to the internal development team on best-fit technologies and best practices.
• Familiarity with object serialization to one of the following: XML, JSON, BSON.
• Database development skill using SQL Server a must.
• A deep understanding of the .NET platform.
• Experience with the ASP.NET MVC. C#, JavaScript, Microservices, Web API, WPF
• Exposure to an ORM such as Entity Framework or NHibernate or equivalent implementation.
• Windows server and Azure development experience
• Queuing experience using MSMQ (or equivalent).
• Development experience using HTML5/CSS/JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS or Ember or equivalent.
• Professionalism to include written and oral communication and the ability to communicate collaboratively in front of a whiteboard. An ability to understand your audience and adjust your communication style appropriately.
• A desire to constantly learn and share new knowledge
• A caring attitude – care about what you do, who you do it with, and how you’re going to be successful in the end.
• 10+ yrs. professional software development experience.
• Solid working knowledge of four or more of the following technologies:
• Authoring APIs compliant with REST standards
• Development using HTML5/CSS/JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJS or Ember or equivalent
• Development using Silverlight or WPF JQuery

• Designing, developing, implementing, and releasing high quality custom software solutions.
• Applying the very best technical agile patterns and practices when building custom software solutions.
• Collaborating with customers to provide technical consultation and assistance when required.
• Working with CTO, Software Development Manager and Architect, but will be expected to work independently on complex, non-routine tasks and projects. You may interact with end-users and other technical personnel to identify and correct issues.
• Maintaining continuous, open, consistent professional communication with peers and team members. Openly listen to others and confirm understanding to ensure everyone is on the same page.
• Working closely with team members on quality-related activities.

• 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.

• 4-7 years of experience working on .Net Technologies ( Core , C# )

• Write clean, scalable code using .NET programming languages
• Development, maintenance and production support of existing products
• Understand business requirement and come up with design and solution.
• Remain up to date with the terminology, concepts and best practices for coding web and mobile apps

• Strong knowledge of .NET Technologies such as Dot Net Core, C#
• Experience in building API Programming REST-based services and/or applications with Event-Driven Microservices Architecture
• Good understanding of Design Patterns and Principles
• Working knowledge of Relational Database, SQL, and ORM technologies (Entity Framework Core, Hibernate) with extensive DB experience in writing SQL and NoSQL queries, SQL statements / SQL Injection, and Change Data Capture (CDC)
• Experience in test-driven development with experience in writing effective unit testing using XUnit
• Clear understanding on CI/CD pipeline [QA/UAT/PROD environments]
• Experience with using GitHub , VSTS for Source control.
• Demonstrated problem solving, analytic, and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage time effectively

• 3-5 Years of experience in Backend Development.
• Must have experience in Python (FLASK framework).
• Have a Deep understanding of how RESTful APIs work.
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns that can work at scale.
• Sound knowledge of NoSQL/SQL Databases (Mongo DB preferred).
• Strong experience with at-Cloud technology, preferably AWS or GCP, or Azure.
• Core experience in developing complex backend systems.
• Communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Passionate about application scalability, availability, reliability, and security.