UIUX DESIGNER

Position: Backend Developer - MERN - GraphQL

Location: Surat, Gujarat

Company: Glazer Labs

Overview: As a Backend Developer at Glazer Labs, you will be at the heart of our technical team, responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the server-side logic of our engagement platform for the gaming community. Your expertise will ensure the seamless integration of front-end elements, robust performance, and high scalability, contributing to a world-class user experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Server-Side Development: Architecture Design: Design and implement scalable and efficient server-side architecture using Node.js and Express.js. Database Management: Develop and maintain databases, ensuring data integrity, security, and optimal performance using MongoDB or other relevant databases. API Development: Create and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs to support various frontend functionalities and third-party integrations.
• Performance Optimization: Scalability: Design and implement solutions to ensure the application can scale efficiently to handle increasing user loads. Load Balancing: Utilise load balancing techniques and tools to distribute traffic effectively across multiple servers. Caching: Implement caching strategies using Redis, Memcached, or similar technologies to enhance application performance and reduce latency.
• Security Implementation: Data Security: Ensure robust security practices, including data encryption, authentication, and authorization mechanisms to protect user data. Vulnerability Management: Regularly conduct security audits and vulnerability assessments, implementing necessary fixes and improvements. Compliance: Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations, such as GDPR, to maintain user trust and legal integrity.
• Integration and Collaboration: Third-Party Integrations: Integrate third-party services and APIs, such as payment gateways, social media platforms, and analytics tools. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with frontend developers, mobile app developers, product managers, and UX/UI designers to ensure seamless integration and functionality. DevOps Collaboration: Collaborate with DevOps teams to automate deployment processes, monitor server performance, and implement CI/CD pipelines.
• Code Quality and Best Practices: Clean Code: Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best practices and coding standards. Code Reviews: Conduct thorough code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring adherence to coding standards. Testing: Implement comprehensive testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests, using tools like Mocha, Chai, or Jest.
• Monitoring and Maintenance: Monitoring: Implement and manage monitoring tools like New Relic, Prometheus, or Grafana to track server performance and uptime. Logging: Set up and manage logging solutions to monitor application health and troubleshoot issues efficiently. Incident Response: Develop and maintain incident response protocols to ensure rapid resolution of production issues and minimal downtime.
• Data Management: Database Design: Design efficient database schemas and ensure optimal indexing and query performance. Backup and Recovery: Implement robust backup and disaster recovery strategies to safeguard data. Data Analysis: Collaborate with data analysts to provide necessary data access and support data-driven decision-making.
• Continuous Improvement: Skill Enhancement: Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in backend development, continuously improving your skills and knowledge. Knowledge Sharing: Participate in and contribute to knowledge-sharing sessions, workshops, and mentoring programs. Innovation: Explore and implement innovative solutions to enhance the backend infrastructure and overall application performance.

Qualifications:

Experience: Minimum 3+ years of experience in backend development, with a strong focus on Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB. Proven experience in designing and implementing scalable, high-performance server-side architectures.

Technical Skills:

Node.js/Express.js / GraphQL Expertise: Strong proficiency in Node.js, GraphQL and Express.js, including asynchronous programming and middleware.

Database Management: In-depth knowledge of MongoDB and experience with other databases (SQL or NoSQL).

API Development: Experience in designing and implementing RESTful and GraphQL APIs.

DevOps Practices: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and cloud services (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Security Practices: Strong understanding of web security principles and best practices.

Testing Frameworks: Proficiency with testing frameworks and tools for backend development.

Soft Skills:

Problem-Solver: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.

Detail-Oriented: Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable backend solutions.

Team Player: Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

Effective Communicator: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

By joining Glazer Labs, you will have the opportunity to shape the backbone of our engagement platform for the gaming community, leveraging your expertise to build a robust, scalable, and high-performing backend infrastructure. Your contributions will be pivotal in delivering an exceptional user experience and driving our product forward.

About us :-

Merito is a curated talent platform where we identify, assess, and connect candidates for matching job opportunities. We are working with the mission to change the way hiring is done. The company is founded by a team of alumni from IIM Ahmedabad, McKinsey with more than 2 decades of experience in recruitment, training, and coaching.

About our Client :-

Content Operations Specialist 

Location: Work from home

Type: Primarily contract based 

Nature of work: Full-time.

As a Content Operations Specialist at Pratilipi Hindi, you will closely work with our Content Operations lead and other language owners to ensure the delight of millions of readers via content curation. You will be the one who gets to decide which content list goes on our App and Website homepage. You will run writing competitions for thousands of authors. You will focus on the health and hygiene of your language by filtering content from the backend. You will get to decide which content goes into our social media. 

In short - you will own a content funnel in Pratilipi Hindi. We are looking for extraordinarily creative and logical personalities to create great experiences for our authors and build great reading experiences for our readers. 

What we are looking for in a person:

You must be passionate about stories and literature. Strong and commendable verbal and written communication skills in both Hindi and English are a MUST. You are hungry for growth and learning. You should be super organized, take ownership of each initiative, and have a curious mindset to learn new tools and techniques. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and G Suite is required, as is the ability to prioritize tasks and frequently multitask. You must have a deep love for Pratilipi, aspire to work with authors, and make a positive impact in the language literature world.

What you’ll be doing:

• You will be closely working with our Content Operations team and take end-to-end ownership of Writing competitions in your language. You will work on ideas around writing competitions, You will create and translate drafts, rules, and value systems around competitions. You will be in charge of competition results and rewards mechanisms. 
• You will understand user funnels and take up focused initiatives to scale event participation and published content numbers. 
• You will do regular content sanity checks based on necessary metrics and choose the best content for the Pratilipi Premium section.
• You will do awesome vibrant translations of articles whenever required, by fully understanding the content needs.
• You will choose which story goes in front of readers on our Facebook channel. You will select creatives to engage readers in each story. 
• You will be an admin of our large social media page and group, where you will approve daily published content and establish communication and customer success. 
• You will be working on the health and hygiene of the platform by removing pirated content, hate speech, and explicit content. 
• You will read all event content and curate the highest quality event results based on necessary metrics and what is best suited for the Pratilipi community.
• You will reply to user queries over email and help them with any kind of issues related to Pratilipi events. 
• You will be responsible for assisting in the day-to-day content needs of our product managers to run different experiments. Your content would go to millions of readers each day. 

What we offer:

• Work opportunity in a high-growth start-up environment. Be a part of something big, exciting, and meaningful.
• Learn new skills, take on challenging tasks, grow as an individual, and grow within the organization.
• Career development in Content operations, Linguist, Content Management, Community operations, Content writing, or similar fields. 
• Dynamic, creative, and collaborative work environment. Supportive leadership.
• Flexible work hours and better work-life balance
• Work from Anywhere
• Salary up to 20K per month. 

Interview process:

• We won’t look for an experience.
• We would take interviews over a few phone calls and Zoom. 
• Expect one or two assignments once you clear the first round of interviews.

• Java – Spring, Hibernate, Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Knowledge on a Database system.
  3+ years of experience in software development.

Preferably BE/B-Tech engineering degree, but not a must.
• 3 years’ experience developing server-side Java – Spring, Hibernate and REST
• Full-SDLC cycle, with large-scale live roll-out participation as a developer.
• Expert understanding of the object-oriented design and programming concepts
• Good understanding of relational and non-relational database/datastores/caches best practices and challenges
• Have a passion for quality and writing clean, solid, readable code that scales and performs well
• Proficient in Git and familiarity with continuous integration
• A team player who values collaboration, innovation, and inclusion
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Develop client projects using Asp.net core 3.1 and above, MySQL Database, Azure Functions, CosmosDB, C#.
• Communicate with external clients on a regular basis regarding progress, challenges, timelines and results of client projects
• Gather technical requirements as needed
• Create and update, design and functional documents
• Identify and troubleshoot issues as needed
• Perform a new development as required
• Implement project applications according to specifications
• Research technical issues and provide recommendations to enhance client websites
• Work both independently and as part of a team to create reliable and high-performing Web Applications
• Unit test code to ensure quality

• Develop client projects using Asp.net core 3.1 and above, MySQL Database, Azure Functions, CosmosDB, C#.
• Communicate with external clients on a regular basis regarding progress, challenges, timelines and results of client projects
• Gather technical requirements as needed
• Create and update, design and functional documents
• Identify and troubleshoot issues as needed
• Perform a new development as required
• Implement project applications according to specifications
• Research technical issues and provide recommendations to enhance client websites
• Work both independently and as part of a team to create reliable and high-performing Web Applications
• Unit test code to ensure quality

Responsibilities

• Develop a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction.
• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs.
• Arrange business meetings with prospective clients.
• Promote the company’s products/services addressing or predicting clients’ objectives.
• Prepare sales contracts ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines.
• Keep records of sales, revenue, invoices etc.
• Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support.
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers.
• Develop entry level staff into valuable salespeople.

Behavioural strengths :

• Strong communication skills and confidence
• Strong presentation skills
• Problem solving skills

Experience : * 5-8 Year experience in solar industry (Preferably solar modules, Inverter, Robot Sales)

• B.tech/Mtech/MBA

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Role:

• Developing a good understanding of the solutions which Company delivers, and how these link to Company’s overall strategy.
• Making suggestions towards shaping the strategy for a feature and engineering design.
• Managing own workload and usually delivering unsupervised. Accountable for their own workstream or the work of a small team.  
• Understanding Engineering priorities and is able to focus on these, helping others to remain focussed too
• Acting as the Lead Engineer on a project. Helps ensure others follow Company processes, such as release and version control.
• An active member of the team, through useful contributions to projects and in team meetings.
• Supervising others. Deputising for a Lead and/or supporting them with tasks. Mentoring new joiners/interns and Masters students. Sharing knowledge and learnings with the team.

Requirements:

• Acquired strong proven professional Front End Development experience.
• Proven track record and experience working on Javascript and front end frameworks like React (preferred) and Angular
• Knowledge and experience working with Node.js, Go or any other back end programming language is a plus .
• Experience of turning UI/UX designs to applications and keen interest in the UI/UX side of an application. 
• Able to build prototypes quickly and work with the product teams to test a concept. 
• Demonstrable experience in building front end or UI/UX development practices in previous jobs. 
• Building and implementing a product on cloud based infrastructure.
• Good understanding of Microservice Architecture, Cloud Technologies, CI/CD and Serverless.
• Ability to document requirements and specifications.
• A naturally inquisitive and problem-solving mindset.
• Strong experience in using Agile Methodologies such as Kanban or Scrum to build quality software.
• Good communication skills.

• Accountable & Responsible for delivering initiatives and projects for region and country focused on implementing Web Analytics, Mobile app Analytics
• Spearhead Adobe Analytics implementation by working with Digital Customer Experience and Digital Sales & Marketing team
• Conduct and document journey walkthrough ensuring all scenarios, customer interactions are captured
• Understand business measurement requirements and translate these requirements into Solution Design Reference (SDR)
• Prepare tagging specifications in line with approved SDR
• Conduct QA on Adobe Analytics implementation
• Ensure tagging process governance, documenting all the necessary artefacts and approvals
• Mentor juniors in the team and train them on tools/techniques required for day to day deliverables
• Work with production teams & vendors to efficiently develop, implement, and maintain tracking strategies to seamlessly integrate other customer-level data

• 6+ years of experience in implementing Web Analytics & Mobile app Analytics, exposure to financial services domain is an added advantage
• Deep expertise & experience in implementing Adobe Analytics (Omniture) for complex requirements and maintaining JavaScript libraries
• Expert in implementing Adobe DTM/Launch web properties, Variables (eVars, Props, Events) and Rules (On-Page, Event and Direct Calls)
• Hands-on experience of working with clickstream data
• Experience with multi-channel and cross-channel attribution
• Ability to clearly and concisely articulate the problem, approach and recommendations to both technical and business audience
• Expertise and experience leveraging Adobe Analytics to access web/mobile performance data, use the data and visualization to check data-collection accuracy and perform basic digital analysis
• Ability to think strategically, and then follow-through with detail-orientation, execution and managing competing priorities
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Strong executive presence, communication, presentation and story-telling skills
• Self-motivated and good team player

• Bachelor degree or above in any of the following disciplines: Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Operational Research, Business Administration, Economics etc. from Premier Institute or a track record of performance that demonstrates this ability
• MBA or PGDM would have an added advantage

Key responsibilities: 

• 1-2 years experience in React-Native based app development
• 1-3 years experience in Mobile app development (React-Native + iOS)
• Hands on experience in Redux
• Knows how to embed React-Native in a native (iOS/Android) component and vice versa
• Strong hold on JS/ CSS fundamentals
• Development experience of UI (layouts, animations, etc.) 
• Experience of customizing libraries
• Good understanding of Design and Architecture Patterns 
• Strong focus on app performance

Must have:

• Experience in iOS development
• Willingness to learn and work in React Native 

Good to have:

• Experience in unit testing