Ziploan - Lead BackEnd Engineer

Basic Qualifications

Candidates for this role must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field
• At least three years of experience writing production code of increasing complexity
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, complexity analysis, data structures, problem solving, and object-oriented analysis and design
• Proficiency in at least one of the following: Java, C, C++, C#, Ruby, Scala, Python
• Experience refactoring code and evolving architectures
• Experience crafting unit, integration, functional and regression tests

 Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science or a related field
• Experience developing in a Linux environment
• Experience applying service-oriented architecture techniques to production use cases
• Experience in developing secure, multi-platform mobile applications

• Java, J2EE
• Microservices
• Spring Boot
• JPA, REST API, JSON, JWT, OAuth, Spring Security, Swagger
• Oracle / MySQL / Postgres DB
• Angular / React / React Native
• JIRA, Bitbucket

Must-Have -

• Excellent knowledge of Core Java and Spring
• Strong experience in REST API and web services
• Experience in Oracle / Mysql / Postgres DB
• Should be efficient with Java J2EE and related technologies
• Should have very good communication skills and analytical skills.
• Should have good knowledge in Software Development Life Cycle and Agile methodologies.
• Good knowledge of current / emerging technologies and trends
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. High levels of initiative and creativity
• Good communication skills with all stakeholders, good team player with the ability to mentor juniors

Good to Have:

• Knowledge in Banking Domain
• Full-stack developers with knowledge and understanding of Javascript and associated technologies like React, Angular, HTML5, CSS will have an advantage.

About the Company

RealPort is a digital brokerage platform that provides small institutional investors around the
globe with access to single-asset infrastructure investments, sponsored by highly reputable
asset managers. Low minimum investment tickets and reduced fees allow small investors to
build customized, diversified co-investment portfolios across multiple sectors and risk categories
like their larger counterparts. In-depth risk analysis provided by RealPort’s exclusive analysis
partner Scope offers greater control and improved transparency on individual and portfolio risk.
Asset managers benefit from global access to professional investors and an improved time-/
cost- efficient fundraising process through RealPort's all-on-one platform.

We are:
● innovative problem solvers
● transparent
● trustworthy
● pragmatic
● dependable
● diverse,
... and are looking for a talented and dedicated Senior Python Developer with experience
building complex applications to join our team to work on an innovative FinTech platform.
You will be working alongside our Product and Technology teams in our Mumbai office.
You have a good understanding of:
● Python 3
● node.js
● PostgreSQL
● API / REST
● Django 2x and Django Rest Framework
● Supervisor
● Jenkins
● AWS
● Linux (Ubuntu)
● boto3.

Ideally, you have:
● Min. 5-8 years of experience building web application engines
● University degree from a reputable university
● Excellent communication skills in English and knowledge of European languages
(German and/or French preferred) is an added bonus
● Experience in banking/financial API integrations
● Familiarity with blockchain (open zeppelin, ERC223, truffle, solidity, solidity-coverage,ganache-cli, mocha-js).
You job will consist of the following:
● Deliver smooth functionality of the application while working closely with the Front end team
● Build efficient back-end features in Python
● Help design and implement functional requirements
● Manage testing and bug fixes
● Ultimately, you’ll build highly responsive web applications that align with our business
needs.

Others consider you to be/have the following:
● Excellent at communicating with different people from different walks of life and
cultures/work and communicate across multiple time zones
● Excellent demeanor, manners, and communication skills
● Exceptional organizational skills with great attention to detail
● Open/transparent, but trustworthy and trusting
● Ability to work independently and handle high volumes of work
● Ability to work on complex and uncertain topics independently
● Solution-oriented
● Strong analytical skills
● Critical, but positive and constructive
● Efficient, dependable, and accountable
● Discreet

Benefits:
● Work on a ground-breaking product at the forefront of FinTech innovation on a global
basis
● Opportunity to work with open-minded, experienced, talented, cross-functional, and
cross-cultural teams along with an innovative network of partners who are some of the
biggest companies in the industry
● Opportunity to travel for work
● Learn from teams with 15+ years product development experience
● Competitive salary package

Your Opportunity

• Own and drive business features into tech requirements
• Design & develop large scale real time server side systems
• Quickly create quality prototypes
• Staying updated on emerging technologies
• Ensuring that all deliverables adhere to our world class standards
• Promote coding best practices
• Mentor and develop junior developers in the team

Required Experience

• 4+ years of relevant experience as described below
• Excellent grasp of Core Java, Multi Threading and OO design patterns 
• Experience with Scala, functional, reactive programming and Akka/Play is a plus
• Excellent understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Solid grasp of large scale distributed real time systems

• Prior experience on building a scalable and resilient micro service

• Solid understanding of relational databases, NoSQL databases and Caching systems
• Good understanding of Big Data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop is a plus
• Experience on one of AWS, Azure or GCP 

Who you are

• You have excellent and effective communication and collaborative skills
• You love problem solving
• You stay up to date with the latest technologies and then apply them in real life
• You love paying attention to detail
• You thrive in meeting tight deadlines and prioritising workloads
• Ability to collaborate across multiple functions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience within the field

What we are looking for

• At-least 3 years of experience of development on backend applications. Full stack experience is a cherry on the top!
• Experience / knowledge of designing robust systems, maintaining & scaling them
• Experience with usage of NoSQL databases like MongoDB & with SQL and RDBMS Systems
• Experience of creating applications with any of the popular frameworks in Python, Java, GoLang, Node
• Experience with JS frontend frameworks like React, Angular, Vue etc is a big plus
• Well versed with versioning systems like git
• Understanding of rest API implementation

Some of the responsibilties you will be taking up are following

• Working on creating performant and fault tolerant systems which are scalable
• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable codebase
• Effectively work with product to gather requirements, gain deep understanding of use cases and business needs, and translate into design and implementation.
• Maintain code integrity and organization.
• Manage basic devops related to CI/CD
• Creating secure systems
• Lead other junior developers
• Define optimal and minimal architecture to achieve product requirements

You have 3 to 14 yrs of software engineering & product delivery experience with strong

background in datastructures & algorithms

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You are experienced with one or more general programming languages (e.g. Java, C/C++,

Go). Ability to learn other coding languages as needed.

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You have a strong foundation in the fundamentals of computer science, with familiarity in

data structures, algorithms and a strong command of object-oriented principles.

• You have experience in one or more of the following areas: Server Backend, Distributed

and Parallel Systems, Full Stack Development (frontend and backend), Scalable Enterprise

Platforms and Applications, Application Security and Incident Management, Android,

iOS, and Machine Learning.

• You have a spark that separates you from the crowd and ability to think out of the box and

on your feet

• You possess multi-dimensional skills that make you a valuable co-worker in a fast,

changing and ambiguous environment

• You have the ability to learn other coding languages as needed real quick

• You are comfortable in working with a team that deals with ambiguity every day

Mandate Skills: Java Server side development, Web-Services, .NET, Security, Agile Design Patterns Required: • Good Experience in previous testing environment using industry best practices. • Proficient in automation test tools including Selenium. • Experience in programming languages (Java, .Net). • Exposure to working with databases (PL/SQL, SQL Server, Oracle) • Experience in working on Web services testing, UI testing, XML interfaces, test automation frameworks. • Strong understanding of Agile Development lifecycle. • Strong oral and written communication skills. • Be self-driven to accomplish the job, able to organize own workload and deliver to changing priorities. • Ability to work as a member of matrix based, diverse and geographically distributed project team. Desirable • SDLC support tools (ALM, Confluence, SharePoint) • Code packaging and publishing automation • Financial services experience (Cards/PCI)

We are looking for software development engineers to form our initial core team to design and develop our marketplace platforms from scratch. These include scalable backend platform and frontend applications for customer & seller apps, demand generation platform, supply chain & logistics platform, and several cross platform components. As an early stage startup growing at fast pace, we are looking for leaders who have the hunger to work with some of the smartest people, and leave a legacy. The work we do will impact real lives, and has the potential to bring positive change to a billion people by fundamentally changing the face of the B2B ecosystem in India, leave a legacy in the country, and in the technology fraternity.

You need to have: Deep knowledge of Core Java Deep knowledge of Java reflections Understanding and hands-on experience in Java Network programming Understanding and hands-on experience in Multi-threaded programming Understanding and hands-on experience in Object-oriented designing and programming Understanding of message queues/message brokers Understanding of algorithm analysis Core understanding of the Operating system Understanding of Databases Ability to convert business needs in to modularise software Able to do data analysis, designing data models Flexibility to work on any language/platform Good to have skills: Experience in working on at least one Telecom product REST based Web Programming Hibernate Hands on experience with Linux/Unix environment Hands on experience in scripting (Ruby/Python/Shell/PHP) Non-technical skills: Should be able to help peers and juniors Should be able to design and develop POCs Should be able to write design documents