Technical lead

About the company:

YouShd is a venture-backed (two global mega VC funds) social commerce enabler that is helping DTC brands succeed by harnessing the power of consumer networks. Our mission is to decentralize marketing away from low-trust channels such as FB, Google, and large influencers toward the high-trust social networks of everyday consumers.

Founding Engineer:

As a Founding Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and launching our product to customers. Specifically,

• Since our team is lean and we plan to keep it that way - you’ll be one of the first five engineers in leading the zero-to-one journey of a product our customers are hungry for
• Lead technical design and implementation of the frontend and backend of the product with coaching and mentorship from world-class technical architects
• Have knowledge of (or learn) how to work with Shopify’s CLI
• Iterate quickly to create delightful user experiences, working closely with customers/ design partners
• Help us hire a world-class engineering team in the months ahead
• Our team is currently fully remote (with offices to be opened in Bangalore and Mumbai over next few months) and cross-border across San Francisco, Boston, and India - help us cultivate a remote-first, inclusive, diverse, and friendly culture
• Work directly with the founders with an ownership mindset

Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience working with backend tech stacks (e.g. Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel)
• Experience with service service-oriented architecture, writing REST APIs, unit testing, and architectural design
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Mysql, Redis, Kafka)
• Prior experience working with frontend tech stacks (e.g. React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Prior experience working with frontend UI frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)

Founding Engineer - Full-Stack
We are hiring a Founding Engineer to anchor our engineering team. We’re looking for an enterprising and climate-conscious young engineer to build scalable financial systems and innovate on the future of climate finance. You will help build the first version of our product(s) and work
directly with our founders. The ideal candidate has demonstrated experience in product development at an early stage and an interest in climate tech. Bonus points if you’ve worked on marketplaces or lending products at a FinTech in a previous role.

Location: Hybrid / In-office (Mumbai) depending on preference

Role Type: Full-time

What you’ll be doing
• Lead the development of first product(s) across all phases of software and web
development including ideation, prototyping, design, production, and maintenance.
• Work closely with founders and internal/external stakeholders to build products, tools, and
services from scratch and deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Be actively involved in requirements gathering, customer interviews and the creation of
robust product solutions.
• Brainstorm and lay the foundations of the technology and architectural roadmap as well as
the development processes.
• Share your technical expertise to help the team make thoughtful and scalable design
decisions and identify performance bottlenecks to troubleshoot quickly.
• Manage product development priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Hire and manage a small team of engineers (internal/outsourced).
• Ensure high-performant and responsive web applications and websites.

Skills & Qualities we’re looking for

Hard Skills
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
• 4-7 years of experience as a full-stack developer (rare exceptions for highly skilled
developers) at a fast-paced, preferably early / growth stage start-up.
• Proficient with frontend technologies - HTML, CSS, JavaScript & ReactJS/VueJS.
• Proficient with backend technologies - Java/NodeJs/Golang/Python/Ruby.
• Hands-on experience working with any cloud AWS/GCP/Azure/DigitalOcean.
• Knowledge of codebases and version control systems (Git).
• Well-versed with SQL database design & RDBMS concepts.
• Strong arithmetic reasoning, logical and analytical thinking skills.
• Strong knowledge of code quality maintenance and performance analysis.

Soft skills
• Thoughtful problem-solving: We expect you to solve problems. Solving starts with a clear
and accurate understanding of the context. You can decompose tricky problems and work
towards a clean solution, by yourself or with teammates. You're comfortable asking for help
when you get stuck.
• Pragmatic and business-oriented: You care about the business impact of what you're
building, and you prioritise projects accordingly. You're not just going after cool stuff—you
understand the balance between craft, speed, and the bottom line.
• The right attitude toward a sense of urgency, risk, and ambiguity that comes naturally with
working at an early-stage startup.
• Clear communication skills so you can easily convey your thoughts, opinions, and feelings to
customers and teammates.
• Comfortable working in a fluid, growing organisation with minimal supervision.
• Not ideological about technology: To you, technologies and programming languages are
about tradeoffs. You may be opinionated, but you're not ideological and can learn new
technologies as you go.
• Equally effective in individual contributor or team management roles.

Bonus Points if you
• Have a genuine passion for our mission - to solve climate change and its challenges.
• Have worked on the creation of marketplace products/loan management systems (LMS) or
risk assessment solutions.
• Understand object-oriented design principles and design patterns.
• Are familiar with Authentication, Security, XSD, and System Integration concepts.
• Are proficient at product testing - with and without QA support.
• Have experience in agile software development methodologies.
• Have interests outside of technology - could be in any unrelated field (design, sports,
economics, business etc.)

Why Work with us
Aside from being a highly-motivated, mission-driven organisation we offer:
• Highly competitive salaries including attractive stock options.
• Flexibility with location (Remote / In-person) and working hours.
• 25-days paid leave every year + top-ups for key life events.
• Unlimited sick leave.
• Insurance for you and your spouse.
• A yearly learning allowance to go learn a new skill / develop new talent.
• A yearly allowance to use towards the improvement of your physical and mental health.

· Participate in the full development life cycle, working within broadly defined parameters ·Own the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application ·Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments · Work closely with development manager, tech leads, Scrum master and Product owner to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development · Builds software solutions where the problem is not well defined. Designs and defines the interaction between the other component pieces · Create and execute appropriate quality plans, project plans, test strategies and processes for development activities in concert with business and project management efforts. · Self-directed and capable of working effectively in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment. · Writing high quality code, participating in code reviews, designing/architecting systems of varying complexity and scope, and creating high quality documentation supporting the design/coding tasks · Work with a highly multi-disciplinary team spread across multiple continents to drive technology changes and analytical findings · Self-motivated person on software development and code writing, should adopt the technology changes

Relevant job experience:

· 3 – 6 years of experience in software development · BS or MS in Computer Science or in a relevant Engineering discipline · Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design · Computer Science fundamentals in data structures · Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis ·  Strong technical experience with object oriented design (Java, JavaScript related technologies) and RDBMS; however this role appreciates NoSQL technologies exposure. · Working experience in Object Oriented JavaScript (OOJS) frameworks such as Angular, Node etc will be a plus, however core OOJS is expected. ·  Good knowledge of Data structures, Algorithms and distributed system design. ·Good knowledge on Deployment structures of the developing modules and Cloud based deployment precisely. · Good experience on any web framework with stringent security norms : Spring or equivalents · Good working experience in any ORM (Object Relational Mapping) frameworks ·Thorough working experience in one or more Web and Application Servers. Consistent track record and experience leading creation of complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers ·Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations  Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy  Will have experience designing and supporting large-scale distributed systems in a production environment · Ideal candidates will show excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, with an enthusiastic attitude to support and resolve customer problems.

 

Must skills:

Hands- on in the following:

• Java 8/J2EE
• Spring boot
• Gradle/Maven
• REST API
• ORM- hibernate/ JPA
• Unit Testing and Integration Testing- Junit/ TestNG

 

Good to have:

Hands-on in the following:

• CI/CD pipeline deployment
• Messaging- ActiveMQ/RabbitMQ/MQ
• DB2
• Kafka
• NoSQL framework exposure

• Own our user interfaces with an eye to lightning-fast performance and a great user experience
• Implement compelling and intuitive UIs, shaping the design and feel of the product alongside our founders
• Write a significant amount of code for new and existing features
• Ship high-quality code and architecture
• Mentor engineers on the team, developing their skills and helping advance their careers
• Help shape the future of our engineering organization

Requirements

• You have been building production web applications for 5+ years and know the systems from top to bottom
• You know SQL and have significant programming experience on the frontend with React
• You have a BS/MS/Ph.D. in a scientific field or equivalent experience
• You want to work in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment that respects its engineers and customers
• Comfortable working with a 100% distributed engineering team, collaborating on GitHub, Slack, Zoom, etc. in the open and as a self-starter.

Bonus points

• You have backend experience building microservices
• You’ve contributed to open-source libraries and actively participate in the development community (blogging, meetups, tweeting, etc.)
• You have experience building interactive data visualizations
• You have worked in TypeScript, Java, Go

 

 

https://innovation.cargill.com/ For more than 150 years, we’ve been on an unwavering mission to nourish the world safely, responsibly and sustainably. But as the world is in 
a constant state of change, we must also be in a constant search for fresh, new innovations. By bringing brave new technologies to life, we’re putting tomorrow’s ideas to work for the greater good right now. It’s how Cargill is helping the world thrive.

Who we are looking for... A highly motivated, skilled and experienced professional to join us as Full Stack Developer The role would require you to · Develop, customize, maintain and monitor applications for web platforms, utilizing the latest technologies · Responsible for analyzing business requirements and translating them into technical terms · Documenting solutions and communicating with other team members on the way forward · Follow a Test Driven Development (TDD) approach to software development · Proactively Investigates, analyses and fixes reported defects. · Light work to enhance, maintain, and create microservices in Java · Design, build, and unit test software in a collaborative environment · Write clear, efficient, scalable, and maintainable code · Participate in design and code reviews · Participate regularly in an Agile team environment and schedule What we would like to see in you · Java/J2EE - Minimum 4-6 years of Java/J2EE development · Experience in developing web services/APIs (RESTFUL) · Extensive experience about Spring Framework (Springboot, dependency injection, Data access, transaction management, MVC, batch) management. · Experience in Spring Security OAuth. · Experience with microservice-development using Springboot. · In-depth knowledge of XML, WSDL, JSON, NodeJS. · Proficiency in Linux, SQL and NoSQL. · Solid knowledge pertaining to Object Oriented Design Patterns. · Previous experience delivering software as a part of an agile team. · Minimum 2-3 years of JavaScript, AngularJS, ReactJS, ViewJS development. · Develop and troubleshoot UI-components having JavaScript, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML5, Angular Material, What’s in it for you... · Opportunity to be part of the team that delivers Industry-changing technology solutions · Pride of working for India’s first innovative fintech company · Top of the line challenging work · Unmatched learning opportunities · Transparent & open-door work culture · Multi-disciplinary exposure · Quick growth

In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)  Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic  Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code  Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications  Implementation of security and data protection  Working knowledge of CMS framework  Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS)  Excellent analytical and time management skills  Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude  BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field Skills and Qualifications:  Strong proficiency with MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, Node.js, Angular.js)  Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it (such as Express, StrongLoop)  Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds  Good understanding of server-side templating languages (such as Jade, EJS)  Good understanding of server-side CSS pre-processors (such as Stylus, Less, etc)  Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3  Understanding accessibility and security compliance  User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments  Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system  Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application  Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform  Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes  Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests  Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git