Technical Lead - BigBasket

Software Architect

Bangalore, India / Engineering/ Full-time

Job Overview:

As a Software Architect, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend solutions for our software applications. You will be responsible for making strategic technical decisions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality software products with scalable backend infrastructure. 

Responsibilities:

• System Architecture:
• Design and architect scalable, efficient, and maintainable backend systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Technical Leadership:
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team, ensuring best practices and coding standards are followed.
• Mentor and coach team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Backend Development:
• Lead the development of backend components, modules, and features primarily on Ruby on Rails tech stack and also be open to contribute in other tech stacks based on Java/Kotlin and Python.
• Implement and maintain APIs, data models, and database structures to support application functionality.
• Performance Optimization:
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring optimal system response times and resource utilization.
• Implement caching strategies and other performance optimization techniques.
• Collaboration:
• Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to integrate frontend and backend components seamlessly.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to standards, and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Security and Compliance:
• Implement and enforce security best practices to safeguard sensitive data.
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure compliance and security standards are met.
• Documentation:
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for the backend architecture, APIs, and development processes.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the evolution of development methodologies and practices.

Qualifications:

• Overall 10+ years of experience, with 2+ years as a Software Architect with a focus on backend development using Ruby on Rails.
• In-depth knowledge of Ruby on Rails framework, database design, and API development.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with performance optimization, scalability, and security considerations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to mentor and guide development teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Bonus points:

• Familiarity with front-end technologies and frameworks(ReactJs).
• Experience with other programming languages.(Kotlin/Python)
• Experience with cloud platforms and microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.(AWS, Kubernetes, )

Join us in revolutionizing the way software solutions are developed, and contribute to building cutting-edge applications that make a positive impact on our users and the industry.

We are looking for a Java Developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. . You'll be required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner continuously with your many stakeholders daily to stay focused on common goals You will be part of a talented software team that works on mission-critical applications

Responsibility

• Write automated test cases to test code.
• Excellent teamwork skills with an ability to get the work done with minimal
• Experience with multiple mobile platforms is a plus.
• A passion and will to accept any new technical challenge that may come across.
• Linux scripting and SSH terminal
• Conceptual, Working knowledge of - DBMS, SQL, PL/SQL.
• Ability to write clean and documented code.

• A team player can provide technical expertise for a small team of developers.
• Strong hands-on and experience in core Java - Java/J2EE
• Design and implement new features, create UI, debugging, and data modeling.
• To update and sync with other team members daily.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and oral, at all levels to various technical and non-technical audiences
• Testing all applications against software and hardware versions. Provide timely turnaround and documentation of things implemented.

Additional preferred skills * JSP/Servlets OR JQuery/HTML5 AND JavaScript

Requirements:-

• Working knowledge of - MySQL.
• Working experience on Struts/Spring.
• Experience with web services standards and related technologies - SOAP/Rest, AJAX, JSON, and XML.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Have profound interest in Java technologies.
• Must have accomplished academic projects using Java.
• Understanding of OOD patterns.
• Excellent communication skills written and oral.
• Git or SVN experience/knowledge.
• Proficient in Core Java, JSP, JavaScript, JDBC.
• Knowledge in Frontend technologies ( e.g. Angular, HTML, CSS, Java Script, JSP and JQuery)
• Knowledge in java frameworks - Spring/Spring MVC.
• Knowledge with working with databases MYSQL/SQL.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented principles and programming.
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Sound knowledge of OOPS concept
• Ability to practice good coding standards in order to enable reusability of code.
• Problem solving & Resilience.
• Timely & Error free Delivery
• Ability to perform R & D with code in order to increase product performance.
• Keen to learn new technologies.
• Self-Motivated Individual.

What We offer:

1. Freedom of Work

• 5 days week
• Flexible Timing.
• No Bond System in any form (Training Agreement, No Blank Cheque Deposit).
• Work from home after Domain and Product Training.

2. Work life Balance

As per the experience of more than 2 decades management of Uffizio always believes that work of software development is creative and requires many efforts hence no developer shall work more than 8 hours a day. So, we prefer 8 hours / day working standard is the normal scenario for software developers.

3.We are open to new ideas

• You can bring new ideas / technologies without any hesitations to the management.
• Once feasibility testing of idea is found okay then company is ready to work on your idea.

4.You will be adding new feather to your crown by getting experience of high-end German Analytics systems development while working with us.

5.WorkShops and Training Activities

6.Compensation

• We don't follow bell curve system.
• We judge people on their capabilities rather than their experience in number of years.
• We offer compensation to our employees based on the values they bring to our organization not based on their tenure.
• We have fair increment system bring values on table and claim your desired increment.

•  2 - 6 years of software development experience
•  Good grasp on programming fundamentals including OOP, Design Patterns and Data Structures
•  Excellent analytical, logical and problem-solving skills
• Software Development Engineer
• Good understanding of complexities involved in designing/developing large scale systems
• Strong system design skills
•  Experience in technologies like Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka etc
• Good knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with common machine learning algorithms. In-depth knowledge is a plus
• Experience of working with big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Hive is a big plus
• Ability to understand business requirements and take ownership of the work
• Exhibit passion and enthusiasm for building and maintaining large scale platforms