Senior Software Engineer (Node)

Cvent; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A software company in Gujarat is looking for a Software Development Engineer to lead a team in building scalable applications. Candidates should possess 4 to 7 years of software development experience, with skills in RESTful services, database technologies, and team leadership. This role requires collaboration with product and design teams and implementation of complex architectures like Microservices and SOA. A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science is essential, along with excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• 4 to 7 years of Software Development experience.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, result-oriented culture.
• Strong analytical skills for complex, modular software development.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and mentor a team of engineers.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams.
• Implement Microservices, SOA, and EDA in applications.

Skills

Software Development

RESTful Web Services

API Development

Agile Environment

Team Leadership

Database Technologies

Microservices Architecture

Design Patterns

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Tools

AWS DynamoDB

Couchbase

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

RabbitMQ

Kafka

AWS

Job description

Overview

• Provide technical leadership and mentor a team of engineers to build Internet-scale applications where performance, reliability, and scalability are critical design goals – not after-thoughts
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to create solutions for our customers
• Implement the nuts and bolts of Microservices Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) in real-life applications
• Use database technologies, ranging from traditional relational to the latest NoSQL products such as AWS DynamoDB and Couchbase
• Work with some of the best engineers in the industry to work on complex Software as a Service (SaaS) based applications

What You Will Need for this Position

You need to have a strong passion for software development and must take pride in designing and coding. You should also have great analytical skills and ability to handle complex, modular software development in a collaborative team-based environment.

In addition to this, you will have a leg up if you also meet the following criteria:

Educational Qualifications / Background

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science OR related technical discipline
• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with strong interpersonal skills

Primary Skills

• 4 to 7 years of Software Development experience in developing and shipping software
• Proven ability to work in a fast paced, agile environment and result oriented culture
• Experience with RESTful Web Services and API development
• Experience in contributing to the architecture and design (Design Patterns, Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) including Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Security)
• Experience with one or more of the databases: SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Couchbase, Cassandra, AWS DynamoDB or other NoSQL technologies
• Experience of working with Queuing technologies such as SQS/RabbitMQ/Kafka/Active MQ
• Strong influence in technical discussions and building team’s technical vision
• Experience in leading an engineering team

Preferred Skills

• Experience in full stack development ranging from front-end user interfaces to backend systems
• Experience/knowledge of React, Vue or Angular; Graph Query Language (GQL)
• Experience of working with Elasticsearch/Solr
• Experience with Cloud Computing platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure Cloud
• Experience using feature flags and trunk-based development