Web Developer

Position : Senior Full Stack Engineer (Python + Full-Stack (JS) Developer)

Total Years of Experience : 5+ Years

Opportunity : Full-time, 4 to 5 hours PST overlap

Notice Period : Immediate

Mandatory Skills : Python (5+ Years), JavaScript (5+ Years), TypeScript (5+ Years), Docker, React, Node.js, Nest.js.

About the Role : We are actively seeking talented developers proficient in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript to join our ambitious team dedicated to pushing the frontiers of AI technology. This opportunity is tailored for professionals who thrive on developing innovative solutions and aspire to be at the forefront of AI advancements. You will collaborate with various US-based companies focused on developing cutting-edge commercial and research AI solutions.

Job Responsibilities :

• Write readable, reusable, and maintainable code for high-quality software development.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to standards for code quality and best practices.
• Develop web applications using modular architectures with a focus on scalability, readability, and security.
• Utilize Python and JavaScript/TypeScript to create robust and efficient backend and frontend solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative features and solutions.
• Leverage Docker for containerization to ensure smooth development and deployment workflows.

Job Requirements :

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5+ years of professional experience as a full-stack engineer.
• Extensive expertise in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript, including a solid understanding of ES6.
• Strong experience working with Node.js, React, or Nest.js.
• Proven track record of developing scalable and modular web applications.
• Mandatory knowledge of Docker for efficient containerized development.
• Experience with software quality assurance, test planning, and test-driven development.
• Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and prompt engineering using tools like ChatGPT.
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Springboard engineering team is looking for software engineers with strong backend & frontend technical expertise. In this role, you would be responsible for building exciting features aimed at improving our student experience and expanding our student base, using the latest technologies like GenAI, as relevant. You would also contribute to making our platform more robust, flexible and scalable. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful impact as well as grow in your career.

We are looking for engineers with different levels of experience and expertise. Depending on your proficiency levels, you will join our team as a Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for the Springboard platform, which enriches the learning experience of thousands through human guided learning at scale
• Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues and so on
• Contribute to the platform architecture through redesign of complex features based on evolving business needs
• Influence and establish best engineering practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools
• Provide technical mentoring to team members

You

• You have experience with web application development, on both, backend and frontend.
• You have a solid understanding of software design principles and best practices.
• You have hands-on experience in,
• Coding and debugging complex systems, with frontend integration.
• Code review, responsible for production deployments.
• Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
• Re-architecting / re-designing complex systems / features (i.e. managing technical debt).
• Defining and following best practices for frontend and backend systems.
• You have excellent problem solving skills and are comfortable handling ambiguity.
• You are able to analyze various alternatives and reach optimal decisions. 
• You are willing to challenge the status quo, express your opinion and drive change.
• You are able to plan reasonably complex pieces of work and can handle changing priorities, unknowns and challenges with support. You want to contribute to the platform roadmap, aligning with the organization priorities and goals.
• You enjoy mentoring others and helping them solve challenging problems.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. You are able to communicate with various stakeholders to understand their requirements.
• You are a proponent of quality - building best practices, introducing new processes and improvements to make the team more efficient.

Non-negotiables

Must have

• Expertise in Backend development (Python & Django experience preferred)
• Expertise in Frontend development (AngularJS / ReactJS / VueJS experience preferred)
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Experience building multiple significant features for web applications

Good to have

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (or any cloud platform)
• Experience working with any Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas
• Experience working with GenAI ecosystem, including usage of AI tools such as code completion
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and applications deployed on Kubernetes
• Experience with refactoring (redesigning complex systems / features, breaking monolith into services)
• Experience working with NoSQL databases
• Experience with Web performance optimization, SEO, Gatsby and FE Analytics
• Delivery skills, specifically planning open ended projects
• Mentoring skills

Expectations

• Able to work with open ended problems and come up with efficient solutions
• Able to communicate effectively with business stakeholders to clarify requirements for small to medium tasks and own end to end delivery
• Able to communicate estimations, plan deviations and blockers in an efficient and timely manner to all project stakeholders

• Design and implementation of the overall web architecture
• Pixel-perfect implementation and integration of our approved user interface
• Design and construction of REST API
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
• Design and deployment of database
• Integration of data storage solutions including various databases, blob stores, key-value pairs, etc.
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability
• Design and implementation of continuous integration and deployment
• Handle overall website deployment and build process
• Work closely with different stakeholders to both develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables and timelines, and to ensure timely completion of deliverables.

• 3-5 years of experience in web development and coding within a cross-disciplinary environment
• Good at writing HTML, CSS,Bootstrap and JavaScript. Being up on the latest practices is a must, e.g., HTML5, CSS3, and ECMAScript 6 (minimum)
• Good experience in JQuery, JavaScript
• Must have exp. on PHP, MYSQL, MVC, Linux, logging, Unit testing, Subversion, Restful/soap
• Experience with Source Control tools (Subversion
• Expert in back-end programming language PHP with Laravel framework and IDE
• Good experience in JQuery, JavaScript.
• ReactJS, AngularJS or VueJS would be preferred
• Experience with Source Control tools (Subversion)
• Ideally, familiarity with CSS preprocessors, bundlers, and associated languages/ syntaxes/ libraries
• Database design and management with No-SQL, Mysql, including being up on the latest practices and associated version
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX design
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Familiarity with a relevant and globally supported framework both front-end and back-end
• Thorough understanding of user experience and possibly even product strategy
• Experience implementing testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficiency with version control system preferred Git
• Appreciation for clean and well-documented code
• Experienced in full web development life cycle from requirements gathering to Server management and deployment for the relevant environment
• WordPress Experience is a plus.
• Understanding of SEO principles.

About Lentra:

Lentra is a new-age, domain-native platform built from the ground up, designed and developed to empower financial institutions with tomorrow’s lending ecosystem, today. With its full-stack, fully digital, secured products and solutions, Lentra is the future of smart, seamless, secure digital lending. 

Our solutions cover the Indian lending stack effectively for digital origination by providing capabilities like eKYC, vKYC, eSign, eNACH, etc., besides MultiBureau(R), a comprehensive BRE for faster decisioning and configurable onboarding workflows. Reliability and minimal TATs are the key takeaways from Lentra’s offerings. 

Our Marquee Clients including the topmost private banks in India are now future ready and encashing business opportunities. Lentra's zero risk instant lending solution will empower the FIs to leapfrog into the future.

About the Role:

Lentra AI Pvt. Ltd looking for a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to the software development life cycle, from design and development to testing, release and maintenance. Software Developer responsibilities include building web application modules and testing features before release. If you have hands-on experience developing software with agile methodologies and are ready to lead our junior developers, we'd like to meet you. Ultimately, you will create, enhance, deploy and maintain functional, secure and high-quality applications

Responsibilities:

The candidate has to perform the below responsibilities:

• Active contribution in designing, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining software
• Collaborate with the team to develop web services, mobile and web applications
• Write well designed, efficient, secure and performant code
• Follow best practices in design and testing
• Review, test and debug team members code
• Actively contribute in writing and updating documents

Candidate requirements:

• Candidates should have a minimum of 5 year of experience in web based development using these technologies:
• Core Java, SpringMVC, Node.js, ORM
• Working knowledge of relational database and noSQL databases, Caching technologies
• RESTful, SOAP, JSON
• Angular, HTML5, CSS
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Knowledge of Agile Scrum development Methodologies
• Integrate applications with network systems, servers, and databases
• Troubleshoot problems with application development and use
• Excellent conceptual, and critical thinking capabilities
• Self-directed and self-motivated with the ability to take charge or play a supporting role
• Strong understanding of product development
• Clear written and verbal communications skills (English), including presentation

Location & commitments:

• This is a Permanent Opportunity.
• Job Location is Pune