Senior Software Engineer

Ally; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Opportunity to mentor junior engineers

Job summary

Ally, a B2B SaaS startup based in Chennai District, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will take charge of designing, developing, and deploying large-scale applications. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with various teams to ensure the timely delivery of features while maintaining high quality standards in their coding practices.

The applicant should possess strong technical skills with at least 4 years of experience in building customer-facing web and/or mobile applications and excellent coding abilities, particularly in Ruby, Java, C/C++, or Scala. The role offers opportunities for mentorship and participation in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building customer-facing web and/or mobile applications.
• Strong coding skills using Ruby, Java, C/C++, Scala (or equivalent programming language).
• Excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and delivery of large-scale software applications.
• Interact and collaborate with multiple teams and various stakeholders to deliver features on time.
• Obsess about writing modular and high quality code.
• Adopt new technologies, suggest recommendations and influence the direction of the product.

Skills

Ruby

Java

C/C++

Scala

Data Structures and Algorithms

Agile Methodologies

Education

Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Job description

Ally is a B2B SaaS startup. We enable teams to focus, align and achieve goals, with strong employee engagement. Our OKR solution is ridiculously easy to use and scalable to startups and larger teams.

We believe in being where the work happens. It is well integrated with the tools and products that we already use in our daily workflows. Further, you can access it from the web and mobile. Ally’s Insights identifies problems and helps the team make the necessary changes to achieve the goals on time.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced, senior software engineer to architect and build scalable and performant applications using engineering best practices. As an experienced leader, you will closely work with other engineers, managers, product, design and operations teams to create solutions that meet business requirements. You will drive engineering and operational excellence across Ally. You will collaborate with other engineers to surface common pain points, develop solutions and evangelize best practices. You will also support, mentor and help other engineers in the team.

What does a senior software engineer do at Ally?

• Own the design, architecture, development, testing, deployment, and delivery of large-scale software applications
• Interact and collaborate with multiple teams and various stakeholders to deliver features on time
• Have a strong bias towards action
• Obsess about writing modular and high quality code
• Ideate with your peers, being supportive of their work and providing constructive feedback on their solutions
• Obsessed with customers and their feedback
• Write modular and high quality code with adequate tests to meet the stringent quality standards
• Adopt new technologies, suggest recommendations and influence the direction of the product

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building customer-facing web and/or mobile applications
• Strong coding skills using Ruby, Java, C/C++, Scala (or equivalent programming language)
• Excellent knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms
• Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Self-starter, quick learner and passionate problem resolver
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, with an enthusiastic attitude to support and resolve customer problems
• Above all, an insatiable desire and ability to learn

Additional Information

• Ownership and autonomy to drive customer and culture initiatives
• Centrally located in the city; right next to Metro station
• Opportunity to get mentored and mentor junior engineers
• Paid time off
• Medical insurance