Web Developer/ Cloud

Job Title: Backend Developer (Full Time)

Location: Remote

Interview: Virtual Interview

Experience Required: 3+ Years

Backend / API Development (About the Role)

• Strong proficiency in Python (FastAPI) or Node.js (Express) (Python preferred).
• Proven experience in designing, developing, and integrating APIs for production-grade applications.
• Hands-on experience deploying to serverless platforms such as Cloudflare Workers, Firebase Functions, or Google Cloud Functions.
• Solid understanding of Google Cloud backend services (Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Secret Manager, IAM roles).
• Expertise in API key and secrets management, ensuring compliance with security best practices.
• Skilled in secure API development, including HTTPS, authentication/authorization, input validation, and rate limiting.
• Track record of delivering scalable, high-quality backend systems through impactful projects in production environments.

About Us

21 Knots is a design, engineering, and consulting firm providing services to the global maritime and oil & gas industry. In an industry constantly evolving due to dynamic regulations, economic fluctuations, and climate change mandates, we strive to deliver cutting-edge solutions with an unwavering commitment to excellence. Our comprehensive services are designed to create value for our esteemed clients while enabling them to achieve their business goals.

The Role

We’re looking for a skilled and motivated Software Developer to join our team at 21 Knots. Someone with backend development with a working knowledge of frontend technologies. The ideal candidate will have a strong command of backend frameworks such as Django, FastAPI, or Flask, and familiarity with frontend tools like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and optionally React, Angular, or Vue. You will play a key role in building, maintaining, and optimizing scalable software solutions while collaborating with a team

Responsibilities

• Develop,test, and maintain backend services using Django, FastAPI, or Flask.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs for web and internal tools.
• Work with relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.
• Optimize application performance and implement backend security best practices.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, designers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Support basic frontend development tasks using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Work with modern frontend frameworks like React.js, Angular, or Vue (good to have).

What You’ll Need

Experience:

• 1–4 years of hands-on experience in backend development.
• Exposure to full-stack development environments.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs, databases, and cloud integration is a plus.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Tools & Software Proficiency:

• Proficiency in Django, FastAPI, or Flask.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.
• Basic knowledge of frontend technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Exposure to Bootstrap or Tailwind CSS for responsive UI design.
• Good to have: experience with React, Angular, or Vue.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Agile/Scrum methodologies is an added advantage.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Understanding of RESTful architecture and secure coding practices.
• Ability to collaborate in a cross-functional environment.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong hands-on experience with .NET Core based Web API, C#, LINQ, Entity framework.

• Strong hands-on experience on writing complex stored procedures, functions, creating views and writing complex database queries with database being SQL Server

• Nice to have: Working experience on Azure components such as Azure functions, App Services, Azure Storage such as blobs/Queues/Table storage etc., Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming

• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like GIT

Job Responsibilities

✓ Perform the role of Technical Lead on assigned projects to drive solution design (especially backend) and API services development.

✓ Be the thought leader and champion for above mentioned technologies.

✓ Drive technical analysis for new projects including planning and driving proof-of-concepts, if needed.

✓ Drive tasks related to backend development by providing architectural and technical leadership to mid-tier and database developers.

✓ Conduct peer reviews as the lead into Git to confirmed that developed code meets acceptable standards and guidelines.

✓ Work closely with the rest of the leads, mid-tier development, front-end developers, database developers, etc. to ensure end-to-end integrity of the solution being developed.

✓ Work closely with the rest of the tech leads and senior engineering leadership team to ensure reuse where applicable to increase productivity and throughput.

✓ Conduct technical interview to staff open positions in the backend team.

✓ Delegate work and assignments to team members

✓ Collaborate with their team to identify and fix technical problems

✓ Analyze users' needs and then finding applications to serve them

✓ Drive assigned tasks related to SOC 2 certification and ensure compliance to defined controls for areas under lead’s purview.

✓ Guiding their team through technical issues and challenges

✓ Prepare Technical design documents which would help the team to understand the technical flow

✓ Active participation in customer calls especially discussions related to Technical/Architectural and provide inputs.

Required Experience: 

✓ Backend Lead around 14 years of experience

✓ Server less Computing Architecture

✓ NodeJS, MySQL, Jenkins, Python, GitLab Technologies

✓ Good knowledge of AWS Cloud

✓ Full cycle AWS implementation experience

✓ Project experience in development and maintenance support for AWS web service and Cloudbased implementations

✓ Experience leading teams of up to 10 + professionals

Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-moving environment 

Educational Qualifications: 

Engineering graduate or B. Tech/MCA with relevant major subjects like Computer Science

Required Skills 

1) Good experience in Angular

2) Hand on Node.JS./Express JS 

3) Database : MYSQL/MongoDB 

4) Experience in Java Script, Typescript. 

5)Good experience in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Jquery 

6) Experience working in an Agile environment. 

7) Good communication skills.

Profile Summary: The Software Engineer - Full Stack is responsible for software development as a member of a project team. He/she works closely with subject matter experts, business analysts, quality analysts, and others to design, develop, and test software solutions to business problems.

Responsibilities:

• Solve problems of considerable scope and complexity.
• Designing, coding (at least 80%), debugging and optimizing both frontend and backend components as well as internal tools, such as configuration management and development/test environments.
• Help select and incorporate new tools and methods.
• Work closely with project, application, and enterprise architects to develop solutions.
• Drive the continuous evolution of best practices within the development team.
• Identify and recommend where increased automation, performance enhancements, application enhancements and quality enhancements may be incorporated.
• Balance customer and business needs to design, develop, test, and deliver against timelines.
• Contribute to architecture and code design, estimates, code reviews, and documentation to ensure top quality software.
• Keeps current with emerging technologies and technological developments within the industry.
• Monitors and evaluates competitive applications and products.
• Reviews current practices relevant to the solution of assigned projects.
• Remains flexible and responsive to changing priorities and multiple, concurrent responsibilities.
• Be a talent multiplier that motivates the team around them to excel and perform well.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field.
• 3-5 years of software development experience.
• Experience in lieu of education: Two years of experience for every year of formal education required. Application development experience using. NET, C#, . NET Core, SQL Server, CSS, and other web development technologies.

Position: PHP / MYSQL Developer & NodeJS / MongoDB Developer 

  -  The selected candidate is required to work on Core PHP or NodeJS/MongoDB. 

  -   Building web services for Mobile applications. 

   Selected candidate will be a part of product development team and have to manage both maintenance and enhancement projects. 

As a PHP Developer: 

1. You love an Agile work culture and deliver as per plan  
2. You're a lively person who's passionate on what you do  
3. You're a nonstop learner and enjoy sharing the learning to your juniors 
4. You're socially connected with the team and helping others team voluntarily. 
5. You're tech- expertise and effective in tools operation and automate the regular process  
6. You're someone who loves problem- working by seeing the occasion in every challenge and you enjoy learning from failures  
7. Honestly share your experience, feedback, challenges, learning and emotions for the day in your daily diary. 
8. Think of user needs instead of system needs 

Skills & Expertise we look for: 

1. Hands-on experience in Core PHP and MySQL Database 
2. Design and implement the Restful services. 
3. Familiar with HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript 
4. Good knowledge in front-end frameworks such as Angular JS / React JS 
5. Good knowledge in gathering requirements, creating technical specifications, architecture documents and project planning 
6. Maintain and improve the performance of the applications.  
7. Should good in evaluate and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency and improve the applications. 
8. Should good in communication skills and ability to work closely with diverse teams in a fast-paced environment. 
9. Should have some experience in integrating projects with third-party vendors