Web Developer-Backend

About FoundingMinds:

We are one of the preferred product development partners in the software industry. We work with clients across the globe to design and develop products for them. We are also an incubator for many startups. As a contributor, you will get an opportunity to work with different ideas, brainstorm with diverse people, widen your way of thinking, learn different technologies, research what you have to do, contribute your best to the projects and take ownership of what you do to your project. If you are passionate you will have no dearth in opportunities to build your career in Founding Minds.

Profile required 

• Experience in Java stack (preferably Springboot)
• Strong knowledge in Design Principles & Patterns and Development methodologies
• Must have Good experience working on Rest services
• Good experience with Java Microservices architecture
• Strong Expertise with RDBMS and NoSQL databases
• Experience in test driven development (unit testing. Mocking, BDD)
• Strong experience in Agile methodologies
• Preferable to have experience working on Angular and React 
• Preferable to have experience on Docker and kubernetes
• Preferable to have experience in finance domain
• Preferable to have experience in AWS or any other cloud services

The ideal candidate should have

• Strong fundamentals in Core Java, JDBC, and J2EE.
• Hands-on experience of development and support of enterprise-level cloud-native application
• Hands-on experience in Java, Spring, Spring Boot, ORM Tools, and Cloud technologies
• Hands-on experience of Java Microservices architecture
• Hands-on experience with AWS services
• Good communication & presentation skills
• Have a good sense of humor

If you’re an innovative thinker with a passion for technology and a drive to make a difference, we’d love to meet you. Apply now and take the next step in your career with FoundingMinds!

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

- At least 7 years of experience in back-end development, specifically with Node.js.

- Strong understanding of JavaScript and TypeScript would be a plus.

- Experience with asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture.

- Familiarity with RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL.

- Proficient in working with databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).

- Knowledge of version control systems, particularly Git.

- Experience with cloud services (e.g., Azure Cloud) and containerization tools (e.g., Docker).

- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Our client is a rapid growth stage Edtech start-up focused on solving the teacher shortage crisis in the US education system using technology by bringing teachers to the classrooms and giving them access to the right tools to teach students in a highly engaging manner.

They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.

What does the role entail:

● Design, develop, and maintain software applications using .NET Core ,C#

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement new features

● Develop and implement unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality

● Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers

● Lead requirements/tasks and guide/mentor junior software engineers in the development process and help them grow their technical skills

Required Skills:

● B.E/B.Tech in computer science

● 4 - 7 years of experience

● Hands-on experience following skills

MS Technologies: NET CORE 5+, C#

Backend : MSSQL/MySQL/Postgres 

● Good understanding of Cloud technologies like Azure/AWS.

● Strong understanding of Design Principles, Design patterns and Microservices Architecture.

● Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills

● Must understand full stack development frameworks including knowledge of building scalable APIs, interfaces, software components, schema design, availability, and latency preferably in a cloud environment.

● Worked in fast-paced environment product startup/startup-like culture in an Agile software development environment

• Mandatory skills -PHP Experience.
• Experience in web application development and web developer.
• Good Knowledge of PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, XML
• Good debugging skills .
• Expertise in MVC Frameworks and good technology exposure of CI/Larvel frameworks added advantage.

Responsibilities:-

• Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications
• Integrate software components and third-party programs
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Ensure highest standard of performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.

Requirements:-

• Overall 3-7 years of software engineering experience working with web applications and backend systems.
• At least 2 years of experience in production environment working with Ruby on Rails along with common libraries such as RSpec, Sidekiq, Redis.
• Strong understanding of concepts like MVC, ORM, and RESTful
• Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of server-side templating languages like SLIM and CSS pre-processors like SASS.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Strong experience working with Linux like Operating Systems and shell environments like Bash, ZSH.
• Strong knowledge of integrating multiple databases into one system.
• Basic understanding of systems architecture and fundamental design principles behind a scalable web application.
• Ability to understand business requirements, derive database schemas and translate them into technical specifications and code.
• Strong hands on experience of Relation Databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL with ability of benchmarking and performance optimisation.
• Strong knowledge of any NoSQL database like MongoDB.
• Strong experience practicing TDD and writing test cases to achieve highest code coverage.
• Experience working with search engines like Elasticsearch, Solr is a plus.
• Experience integrating third party software and payment gateways is a plus.
• Experience deploying applications to cloud and setting up CI/CD is a plus.
• Experience building container images using tools like Docker is a plus.
• Experience with any popular JavaScript frameworks like React JS, Angular JS is a plus.
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies.

• Need to develop applications in PHP, HTML5, JQuery and Node.JS.
• Need to interact with Team Leads, QA team, Deployment team
• Need to interact with in-house and external customers
• Need to interact with internal team members for integrated development
• Need to have good communication skills
• Will Report to Lead Developer - PHP

Skills required:

• Need to have experience in developing projects using PHP, MySQL, HTML5, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery , CSS3, Elastic Search and Node.JS
• Need to have experience in implementing web frameworks
• Need to have experience in database concepts
• Need experience in unit testing
• Need to have experience in trouble shooting and analyzing run time errors

Preference of Educational background:

• B.E
• B.Tech
• MCA

Preference of Professional background:

• Should have strong knowledge and understanding of Software Development Life Cycle.
• Solid Work experience of Object Oriented Development and MVC Design & Core PHP
• Sound knowledge of JavaScript / AJAX technologies and methods.
• Prior experience with XML, JSON and SOAP web services.
• Hands-on experience in writing complex SQL queries.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Node.js, Angular.js is a plus
• Version control systems like Sub version, GITLAB

Educational Qualifications:

• /MCA /B.Sc.

Software Knowledge Requirements:

• Experience in technologies like PHP (Code Ignitor or Laravel frameworks), Flutter, Java, HTML, CSS, Java Script, Node JS, Python, Rest API, XML/JSON
• Experience in WP CMS framework, Divi Page builder
• Build and Manage Cloud and non-Cloud hosting platforms
• Scheduling Backing up and restoration of Web sites and Domains
• Understanding in Cron job scheduling

Requirements:

• Have experience or self-read knowledge of Agile development methodology
• 1-4 years Website development, CMS framework management and designing
• Development experience on CMS frameworks and worked on Divi page builders and themes, predominantly on WordPress and WooCommerce
• Backend supporting mobile application team for Rest API creations and JSON
• Good in logical reasoning and creative thinking

Responsibilities:

• Prepare project timeline and effort estimations on-demand
• Take ownership of maintaining the delivery timelines of the project team
• Meet delivery timelines and own client communication for the handling projects
• Manage the project people and drive the team with enthusiasm
• Proven track on continuous learning and problem-solving capability and solution finding skill