Backend Lead Developer - Node.js / Python

Key Responsibilities :

1. Provides technical leadership with defining, developing, and evolving software and products / tools in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development and DevOps practices

2. Must be able to individually contribute to projects.

3. Provides guidance to developers with planning, design, and execution of their user stories

4. Drives increased efficiency across the team, eliminating duplication, leveraging product and technology reuse where possible.

5. Excellent development, and debugging skills

6. Ability to learn, act, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

7. Work with an Agile mindset with experience working in Agile (Scrum) Development projects.

8. A natural curiosity for new scripting languages , frameworks and technologies

Desired Candidate Profile :

1. Experience as a developer with a proven track record in onetime and successful deliveries in Node.js / Java / dotNet / Php / Python & PostgreSQL / Mongo / MySQL stack.

2. Must be equally proficient in front-end technologies like react / angular / vuejs.

3. Work end to end on microservices and Serverless architectures built on cutting edge technologies like gRPC, GraphQL, Prisma, etc (Strong practical experience preferred)

4. Strong knowledge of database & web applications & design patterns.

5. Hands-on development and architecture / system design experience.

6. Should have strong logical abilities

7. Expert in core data structures as well as algorithms and has the ability to implement them using language of choice when necessary

8. User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environment.

9. Should have experience with setting processes for development team

10. Must be familiar working in the below environments.

11. Experience with creating & using reusable components

12. Must be experienced with writing technical documentation for projects.

15. Strong knowledge in following tools / tech - CI - Jenkins,DB (Postgres, mysql, Oracle, MongoDB) and Cache (Redis, Memcached), Git , Jira / Confluence, NPM, Postman, Containers, CI / CD tools

(ref : hirist.tech)