Technology Consultant

• Expert knowledge in WordPress installation, configuration, Administration, security, and optimization.
• Experience with WordPress Theme, Widgets and Plugin customizing and developing new wordpress themes, Plugin modification/development and widgets development.
• Strong understanding and hands-on in HTML, DHTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery/Prototype and AJAX.
• Develop high performance, highly scalable, custom development and/or plugin development for WordPress sites
• Experience with parent themes, caching systems (WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache etc.), HyperDB, Yoast SEO.
• Strong PHP background to implement core WP functions, template tags & hooks in the theme.
• Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, ebay etc)
• Very strong understanding of database technologies and SQL Optimization.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience with building B2B and consumer quality products, enabling business capability and objectives through technology.
• Strong cloud infrastructure experience with AWS.
• Experience in engineering practices such as code refactoring, design patterns, design driven development, continuous integration, building highly scalable applications and application security.
• Experience working with a development team using Agile methodology.
• Experience in container technologies like Docker/Kubernetes a plus.
• Hands-on skills working with SQL and No-SQL databases
  Broad experience across the following application development technologies and in depth skills with at least one: NodeJS, React, GraphQL,Python, R, Java/C++ and/or other open source application development frameworks.
• Ability to strategically balance test coverage, documentation and timelines (API/ Unit testing).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills paired with the ability to develop creative and efficient solutions.
• Able to work under competing priorities, manage expectations effectively and support the team under pressure; distinct user focus and quality mindset.

The key skills and expertise needed are:

1. eCommerce/Retail experience can be optional but needs to have experience with any high volume customer facing web/mobile site

2. Web Development, Front End Development, AND In the browser performance profiling

3. Java, Spring Boot, React, Node, Redux, Webpack, Microservices, AND experience with AWS technologies to make the overall application stack more resilient

4. Performance Profiling of web/mobile experiences and experience with working in CICD environment

5. Experience working with Web based and mobile ecommerce sites or similar public facing websites with high customer volume

6. Needs to be able to work at the code level doing performance profile to evaluate how the website and associated digital platform is built to find performance improvement opportunities

- Good understanding of NODE JS back-end development

- Strong understanding of Node.js and frameworks available for it

- Understanding of front-end technologies, such as React/Angular, HTML and CSS3
-Solid understanding of object-oriented development and design patterns.

- Good experience with AJAX, REST and JSON

- Experience with development practices such as Test-Driven Development and Continuous Integration
-Experience in Version Control Systems like GIT, Bitbucket
- Must have good problem solving and analytical skills.

- Must be a team player, having good communication skills, self-starter

- Ability to pick up new technology is needed.

• Be involved in full-fledged product development.
• Build New Features, Push them to production fast.
• Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack
• Build services or APIs which will for easy application integrations at Sokrati to develop applications faster.
• Build scalable/fault-tolerant backend systems that process and analyze billions of data points every day.
• You will use every aspect of computer science you have learned or heard of. We believe in experimenting to facilitate more efficient systems.
• You will become an owner in no time. The company aspires in creating effective owners.
• You will participate in every aspect of Software Life Cycle. From inception, to design, to coding, to testing, to deployment and maintenance.

1) Core PHP: Yes/No(Mandatory)

2) JavaScript and JQuery: Yes/No(Mandatory)

3) Ajax: Yes/No

4) Curl: Yes/No

Github will be an added advantage

MYSQL: 

Stored Procedures: Yes/No

Indexes: Added advantage

Triggers: Added advantage

• Experience writing software with a strong engineering background
• Experience writing extensible, scalable backend and detailed frontend applications
• Solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Understanding of how the web works and web development technologies across the stack
• You should have a strong command of core web technologies like JavaScript, HTML CSS and working experience of JavaScript frameworks/libraries like ReactJS, AngularJS or VueJS etc is nice to have.
• If you have knowledge about server-side languages like Java, Kotlin, Python, NodeJS etc along with experience in API design and development, it is a huge plus.
• Non-optional: Aptitude for quick learning and problem solving attitude