Technical Lead

Job Summary:

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Founding Engineer to join our innovative team in Mumbai. This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape our technology and product direction, leveraging your expertise in full-stack development using React.js, Node.js, and MySQL.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement user-friendly frontend applications using React to enhance user experience.
• Develop robust server-side applications and APIs with Node.js to support our business logic and data processing needs.
• Manage and optimize MySQL databases, ensuring data integrity and performance while querying and updating data.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product management and UX/UI to deliver cohesive product features.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices in software development, maintaining high-quality code.
• Assist in troubleshooting and debugging issues across the stack, ensuring a smooth operation of our applications.
• Contribute to the architecture and roadmap of our technology platform, helping to define future iterations based on user feedback.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 1 to 4 years of experience in full-stack development with a focus on React.js, Node.js, and MySQL.
• Strong understanding of web technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks.
• Proficient in database management and design, particularly in MySQL.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team and communicate technical concepts clearly.
• Passion for building innovative and scalable applications that meet user needs.

Egregore Labs (http://www.egregorelabs.com/" target="_blank">www.egregorelabs.com) is a financial software company founded in 2017 by Prashant Vijay (ISB, Tulane) & Hari Balaji (IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Madras) both of whom have spent over a decade each in Financial Services, with a majority of their experience at Goldman Sachs across New York, Hong Kong & Singapore in roles across Trading, Quant & Technology.

We are looking for an experienced fullstack engineer with front-end development experience to join our team.
We will share our workload as a team and we expect you to work on a broad range of tasks.

Here’s are some of the things you might have to do on any given day:

• Implement responsive and performant UIs with user centered approach with frontend technologies including Angular 2, Javascript(ES 6), Typescript, SCSS, etc
• Build back-end REST APIs on Python 3 based server frameworks for deployment and scaling of our product(s)
• Write meaningful test cases for frontend & backend platforms
• Integrate our products with 3rd party products/tools/services
• Develop Infrastructure for delivering services using a performance driven approach, build databases, schedule automated jobs, etc

• At least 24 months of diverse experience in web development for product or services oriented environment with exposure to working production deployments
• Expertise in programming using Python/Javascript or similar scripting languages
• In-depth exposure to technologies used in web-based SaaS products, including REST APIs
• Sound understanding of Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Nice to have exposure to any of

• AWS
• Azure
• ELK
• Object Relational Models (SQLAlchemy, etc)
• Google APIs
• Microservices Architecture Pattern
• NodeJS / ExpressJS

We are looking for a person who has

Resourcefulness - we're looking for versatile developers who are good at figuring out what they need to use, learn, build, re-purpose to get the job done quickly and efficiently.

Ownership - We like to be directive and not prescriptive in our management. We’d love for you to take ownership of what you work on, and tell us what to do, rather than the other way round.

Work Ethic - We’ve grown up on Wall Street. We work hard, and have aggressive goals. We want our team-mates to be focused, goal-oriented and consistent high achievers.

Execution Focus - Our business is about getting things done, and getting things done right. We want outcome focused colleagues who can multi-task, and execute quickly and elegantly.

We are an early stage company. Working here is not for the faint-hearted. An intense and unstructured work environment, lots of excitement and a group of motivated colleagues is what we bring to the table. We ask you to bring your undivided attention, strong worth ethic & resourcefulness. We are Delhi based and work 6 days a week. We operate in a Python environment.

        As a member of the development group, you will be primarily responsible for the design, development, and maintaining the product.

        Work with the Product and Design teams to build new features to solve business problems and fill business needs.

        Participate in code reviews to create robust and maintainable code.

        Work in an agile environment where quick iterations and good feedback are a way of life.

        Continually look for opportunities to improve our platform, process, and business.

        Communicate and coordinate with our support and professional services teams to solve customer issues.

        Help scale our platform as we expand.

        8+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise software development using J2EE Framework. 

        Experience with React.js, AngularJS, strong knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML5

        Passion for building enterprise web applications leveraging modern architecture principles, strong prior experience as a full stack developer. 

        Expertise with CSS and building responsive pages, with a keen eye for UI design and usability

        Experience with web-accessibility/WCAG standards

        Experience working collaboratively with a globally distributed team.

        Experience with agile methodologies and good exposure to DevOps/CICD models.

        Passion for keeping up with new trends and developments in the programming community and is eager to find ways to incorporate these new ideas into our codebase.