Web Developer

Unico Connect is a forward-thinking technology company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the digital world. We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Backend Developer to join our team. In this role, you will be primarily responsible for developing robust backend applications using Xano, a NoCode platform. 

Responsibilities

1. Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain backend systems and RESTful APIs using Xano, a NoCode backend platform. Ensure scalability, performance, and reliability of server-side applications.
2. Database Design: Work with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) to design, create, and optimize database structures, and implement data models.
3. API Development: Build and maintain REST APIs, integrating third-party services to enhance functionality and user experience.
4. Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and ensure the efficient use of resources.
5. Security: Implement best practices for data security and access control, including user authentication and authorization.
6. Documentation: Maintain detailed technical documentation, including API documentation and database schemas.
7. Code Reviews: Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers to ensure code quality and best practices are followed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4-6 years of proven experience in backend development using Java or PHP (Laravel) or Node.js.
• Solid experience with relational databases, including database design, managing optimization and performance at scale. 
• Skilled in building REST APIs and integrating with third-party services.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to NoCode tools such as Xano and others.
• Proficiency in cloud services (AWS/GCP), including setup and management of various cloud-based resources.
• Experience in implementing API caching using Redis or similar.  
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with NoCode platforms
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with batch processing and implementing queue management systems such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, SQS.
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices.

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About Us:-

FlexiLoans, a dynamic digital financing platform, emerged with a mission to address the challenges that small businesses encounter in securing quick, flexible, and adequate funds to foster their growth. With a vision to provide "Financial access at a click," our team comprises seasoned professionals from diverse backgrounds, including ex-founders, investment bankers, and experts in e-commerce and payments, all driven by a passion to make a positive impact on the lives of over 70 million MSME businesses in India.

As pioneers in the ecosystem-based digital lending landscape for small businesses in India, FlexiLoans.com has disrupted the conventional lending model. Remarkably, we have successfully disbursed over 58,000+ loans, totaling over Rs. 3,000 crores, to small-sized businesses across 1,600+ cities – all without maintaining a physical branch. Our strength lies in leveraging cutting-edge technology and innovative risk models, focusing on alternative and surrogate methods for customer scoring.

Our 100% digital origination process is fortified by over 100 embedded partnerships with industry giants such as Amazon, Flipkart, Nykaa, Paisabazaar, and more, facilitating seamless credit access for MSME businesses. Founded by CA/ISB alumni, FlexiLoans has garnered support from marquee funds and high-net-worth individuals, including MAJinvest, Fasanara Capital, Sanjay Nayar, Dr. Harry Banga, Yogesh Mahansaria, Gunit Chaddha, Anil Jaggia, Vikram Sud, Narayan Seshadri, Gopal Srinivasan, and Siddharth Parekh.

Explore our diverse range of financial solutions on our website: https://www.flexiloans.com/. Join us in revolutionizing financial access for small businesses, one click at a time.

Why Join Us:-

At FlexiLoans we are a three-time certified ‘Great Place to Work’ workplace. You will be working with top-tier talent from diverse backgrounds hungry to make a dent in the MSME universe. We believe in people owning what you do and providing support to folks for making decisions (sometimes even wrong decisions!) all the while learning and growing with the organization. FlexiLoans is your front-row seat to the MSME Fintech revolution in India.

Qualification and Experience:

● 3-5 years of experience in both front end (AngularJS) and back end (Node.js) development

The ideal candidate:

● Strong expertise in HTML, CSS, and writing cross-browser-compatible code.

● Good understanding of AJAX and JavaScript DOM manipulation techniques.

● Experience with RESTful services and integrating 3rd-party services.

● Proficiency in JavaScript, with knowledge of Node.js and frameworks such as Express, Hapi, or Loopback.

● Experience in JavaScript build tools like Grunt or Gulp.

● Expertise in modern JavaScript MV-VM/MVC frameworks, such as AngularJS/React, JQuery, NodeJS, or

GruntJS.

● Familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., Jasmine) and test runner frameworks (e.g., Karma).

● Hands-on experience implementing complex AngularJS applications, directives, controllers, and services.

● Strong problem-solving skills and a critical thinker.

● Ability to work well in a team and possess good time-management skills.

● Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

● Experience running Node.js services at scale and building applications using Amazon Web Services.

What you will work on:

● Ensure high performance of both front-end and back-end applications.

● Collaborate with teams to implement new features, improvements, and fixes.

● Build, optimize, and scale our Node.js platform and applications.

● Implement secure applications and data protection.

● Integrate RESTful APIs and internal web services to ensure high performance.

● Develop user interfaces for modern rich internet applications using the latest front-end technologies

● Write tested and documented JavaScript, HTML, and CSS code.

● Make design and technical decisions for AngularJS projects.

● Develop application code and perform unit testing using AngularJS, RESTful web services, and Java technologies.

● Troubleshoot production issues and implement necessary fixes.

● Work closely with product owners and internal teams to define and shape tasks.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Utilize your professional software development experience to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code in Ruby on Rails
• Ensure the code you write is defect-free and meets our product requirements
• Demonstrate strong debugging skills to identify and resolve issues promptly
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement new features and enhancements
• Contribute to the planning and execution of CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions
• Operate with minimal technical guidance, demonstrating your ability to take ownership of projects and deliver results

Requirement

• 10+ years of professional software development experience with Ruby on Rails
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Deep understanding of software development best practices, design patterns and architecture of any Rails application Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and GitHub
• Exceptional problem-solving and debugging skills
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Strong communication skills
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Immediate joiners are preferred

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Become an expert in our technology and platforms
• Provide top-tier, highly skilled and attentive support to our consumer app teams.
• Perform production support, troubleshooting and maintenance tasks with a focus on quality and timeliness
• Work with the Implementations and Delivery Teams on defect resolution and solution delivery
• As an active member of the backend team you would utilize and promote best practices and standards
• You’ll develop new technical skills and gain industry knowledge
• You’ll provide occasional “after-hours” incident response and support
• Maintain software to integrate with internal back-end systems
• Build tools to reduce occurence of errors and improve customer experience
• Manage system troubleshooting and maintenance.

Required skills and qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience supporting Web and Backend based application software and environments preferred

• Ability to prioritize effectively and handle shifting priorities professionally

• Experience with version management systems like GIT, Subversion

• Knowledge on Payment gateways (Razorpay, Juspay)

• Experience with web application servers, basic idea on AWS and Azure

• Databases (SQL and NoSQL) and SQL query language.

• Good understanding of Networking principles.

• An understanding and background with Object Oriented Programming languages

• Required Full stack development knowledge.

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelor of science degree (or equivalent) in computer science, engineering, or relevant field

• Java,Jdbc,J2ee,Ajax,jquery,Spring,Hibernate, Restful Web Services, JAVASCRIPT, HTML, CSS 
• T-SQL and PL/SQL 
• Strong experience in core java 
• Experience in OOAD frameworks, Spring Integration, Hibernate, JSP, Tiles, Applets, Servlets 
• Extensive development experience with PL/PGSQL (PostgreSQL) 
• Good experience in code optimization, performance tuning, debugging 
• Web/App server: TOMCAT/JBOSS/WAS 
• Knowledge of OOPS concepts, SDLC, and design patterns 
• Good Analytical ability and Problem Solving Skills 
• Good communication skills in both written and verbal 
• Java Certification will be an added advantage 

• 2+ years of experience on Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate in medium to large-scale projects
• Must have experience with at least some flavours of both SQL (MySQL, Postgres) and NoSQL (Kafka, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, NoSQL distributed cache system, DynamoDB etc), datastores in production
• Must have experience with Kafka or similar message queue systems in production
• Stellar problem solving skills
• Hunger to learn new things and ability to grasp new concepts quickly
• Ability to move quickly without breaking things too much (we are dreamers)
• Ability to work under immense pressure which is balanced by a sense of responsibility and ownership
• Should be able to groom juniors and take them to the next level