Technical Lead

We are looking for a skilled Java Angular Developer with 5+ years of experience in designing and developing scalable web applications. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Angular, along with experience building RESTful APIs and cloud-based applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable backend services using Java 8/11/17 and Spring Boot.
• Build responsive front-end applications using Angular.
• Design and develop RESTful APIs and integrate with third-party services.
• Deploy and manage applications on AWS.
• Work with relational databases and write optimized SQL queries.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Java development.
• Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices.
• Hands-on experience with Angular (v10+).
• Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs.
• Experience with SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and ORM frameworks such as Hibernate/JPA.
• Knowledge of Git, Maven/Gradle, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.
• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

We are looking for a young and enthusiastic personality who loves coding. Who is passionate and ready to tackle some of the most difficult problems in the laundry industry. 

We believe that user-centric design ultimately leads to the best products, so we listen closely to our users, both external and internal. As an engineer on our close-knit, cross-functional team, you’ll be an active voice in shaping our product. 

You will play a role in product planning, drive the implementation and release of major features, and be a champion of best practices for writing well-tested, well-organized code.

Our tech stack is ASP.NET, MVC, Webform, WebAPI, MSSQL Server, JQuery, Javascript, Angular 2 and micro services architecture.Our platform is hosted on Google Cloud. 

• Work with internal business teams and management to define requirements and develop technical specifications.
• You will be creating modules and components and coupling them together into a functional app.
• Creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components
• Developing and integrating RESTful API services.
• Convert legacy code to new tech stack single-page web applications.
• You will be working with payment gateway, barcodes, QR codes, biometrics, integrating different hardware (printer, scanner, cash register, POS terminal, laundry and drycleaning machines, conveyor belt etc), map routing and distance algorithms.

• Strong knowledge of Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, complexity analysis, databases, networking, and distributed systems.
• 3-4 years of experience with product development (.ASP.Net, C#.Net, WCF, MVC, SQL Server development applications, version control, CI/CD pipelines).
• Should have a strong online presence on different forums like stack overflow etc, Github etc.
• Excellent verbal and written skills. The ability to explain sophisticated architectures to engineers, product managers, and support & operation executives. You should also be able to write a proposal for your idea/solutions and take feedback from the team.
• Previous work experience at a product-based company or startup would be a bonus.

Personality traits we really admire 

• Great attitude to ask questions, learn and suggest process improvements.
• Pays great attention to detail and helps identify edge cases.
• Gives equal importance to planning, coding, code reviews, documentation, and testing.
• Highly motivated and coming up with fresh ideas and perspective to help us move towards our goals faster.
• Follows release cycles and absolute commitment to deadlines.

We are on a mission to make Dry Cleaners and Laundry business winning in the digital era.

We believe in 

• Helping traditional laundries to come at par with digital businesses: Traditional We help laundry businesses adapt modern technology and deliver the customer experience that today’s digital businesses like Swiggy, OLA and Flipkart are delivering. We feel successful when we hear stories like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbB828K28zs&;feature=emb_title">these.
• Building a large profitable business: We envision building a capital-efficient, large profitable business to achieve our mission of making laundry business win. This means less dependence on investors & more ownership with the team. We are one of the few profitable Indian SaaS startups buildinghttps://valuesaas.co/"> value SaaS
• Employee Wellness <> Customer Success: We give as much importance to each team member’s personal & professional success as much as we care about our customer's success. We believe it’s all about balance.

Our impact so far

• 3 Billion garments processed through QDC Dry Cleaning Cloud
• 47 countries
• 1000+ Paid subscribers
• 5000+ Users
• All this could be achieved with a nimble team of 20 from our single office in Noida

• Freedom & Responsibility: If you are a person who wants to take up challenging work & push your boundaries with no one monitoring you, then this is the right place for you. There are no hierarchies. No managers to please.
• Holistic Growth: Building a career doesn’t have to be at the cost of missing out on your personal front. We believe that professional success is worth when the personal goals are nurtured with equal importance. We will support you all in on that journey of yours.
• Transparency: If you ever wanted to know what it’s like to be on an entrepreneurial journey, then working with QDC gives you that opportunity to experience it all first hand.

• Thorough understanding of React Native and its core principles- Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Experience in React Js, Javascript, Ruby on Rails (preferred)- Experience with popular React workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript (ES6 & ES5 )- Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Working knowledge of git for version control- Understanding of Unix tools
• A user-centric mentality for building products

Roles and responsibilities:

•  Proficient in SQL, NoSQL, relational database design and methods for efficiently retrieving data 
•  Experience building complex and non-interactive systems batch, distributed, etc.
•  Be responsible for the technical design and experience in guiding/mentoring others.
•  Strong OOPS knowledge, including experience with design patterns
•  Experience with relational databases like MySQL/Oracle
•  Experience with enterprise application servers like Tomcat/Weblogic/Websphere.
•  Exposure to Web Services SOAP and RESTFUL
•  Exposure to Agile/Scrum, TDD, and Continuous Integration tools like Jenkins, Bamboo etc.
•  Excellent analytical aptitude and problem solving skills.
•  Excellent communication and customer interfacing skill

• 3-12 years Senior level candidate should run department Independently.
• Should have hands on coding experience in Core Java, JSP, Servlets, JQuery, JavaScript, J2ee, Spring, Hibernate, TypeScript,  Angular 2/6/9, HTML, CSS3
• Microservices, CICD, Devops experience would be preferred.
• Release management
• Prepare detailed plan for the release, identify and manage risks
• Estimate time, effort and resources required for assignments
• Organize, delegate, track and coordinate team activities
• Provide visibility to senior leadership through regular updates
• Effective Interaction with Product Management, Domain experts on engineering related issues
• Design and development of subsystems and modules as per specifications
• Ensure team availability and responsiveness to production issues

Our ideal candidate is someone who is an exceptional JS developer with significant experience on React and Node. You should be able to build and support complex applications single-handedly with a keen eye towards UX, design, security and performance. Additionally you will need to have a basic understanding of microservices, API integrations to aid in achieving our vision of building the most robust and scalable integration platform in the B2B Retail + Food verticals. You will be responsible for architecture, design and implementation of the entire system to support thousands of customers globally. Our stack is primarily built around Node, PHP, React, Angular, Mongo, PHP and advanced Infra and DevOps tools such as Kubernetes, Grafana, Prometheus, ELK and more.

Mentoring should come naturally to you, as well as finding the right balance towards process and documentation.

Highlights:
1) You will be working on interesting technical challenges in a product centric and open-source driven environment.
2) You will help set a very high bar on code quality with a focus on test driven development and writing highly performant, fault tolerant and secure code.
3) You will take ownership of product features from conception to implementation, testing deployment and support.
4) A lot of freedom on when and where you work from - just get stuff done.
5) You will open source as much as possible, and blog about cool things that you learnt and built.
6) You will help define who we become as a company.
7) You will get stock options in line with silicon valley standards.


Caveats:
1) We have a strict no-divas rule. There are a lot of smart engineers on the team but no one with an attitude / superiority complex.
2) If you think writing tests for your code, writing docs, doing customer support etc are not your cup of tea, this isn't the right role for you.
3) Similarly, if you're viewing this just as a 20-40% increment opportunity over your current compensation, this isn't the right role or company for you.


This role can be the growth opportunity of a lifetime for anyone who has been operating as a backend lead and wants to grow into a fullstack CTO. Check out the links below if you'd like to learn more about us. We encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.

1) Why ShoppinPal? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE7DgtwA0ws" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE7DgtwA0ws
2) Our hiring philosophy and process http://techstory.in/building-startup-team/" target="_blank">http://techstory.in/building-startup-team/
3) Our culture- https://www.shoppinpal.com/culture">https://www.shoppinpal.com/culture