Backend Developer

Kochi, IN
Software Engineering
Professional

Backend Developer

Kochi, IN
Software Engineering
Professional

Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
Data and AI Development team is looking for enthusiastic and talented Backend development Engineer to join us. Our services belong to Match360 product portfolio. Our services are tightly integrated with IBM Cloud Pak for Data where customers can access a suite of leading data and AI capabilities in a unified experience. You are a Backend Developer, who will Design, develop and/or re-engineer complex product components, and integrate software packages, programs and reusable objects residing on multiple platforms. As an ambitious individual who can work under senior architect’s direction towards agreed targets and goals, you have the ability to manage change and to work under stress. You are curious to learn as demonstrated by your up-to-date technical knowledge. You are a good team player and you are familiar with Agile methodologies and principles and/or have experience working in an Agile team. We seek an applicant who will thrive in an open, dynamic, flexible, fun, spirited, collaborative environment; an individual who desires creative freedom and the opportunity to work in a high performing team.

Job Responsibilities:

As a Backend developer you will be responsible for development/ maintenance/ Support of the Match360 applications through the full systems development lifecycle.
Participate in the design and implementation of sophisticated software systems front end.
You will work with the Product Architects, Product Managers to understand various priorities and work towards the execution.
Participate in software design and code reviews. Reviews include other Software Engineers and are held to ensure a high level of software quality and to share knowledge with team members.
Participate in, and adhere to, professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Source Code Management (git), and GitHub.
Ensure good code coverage. Support bug fixes during testing and deploy to target environments.
Participate in the planning, creation and execution of automated test cases and load/performance testing. Create/maintain technical documentation.
Hands on experience in handling and debugging customer issues, work with L2 support team.
Maintain a high level of proficiency with Computer Science/Software Engineering knowledge and contribute to the technical skills growth of other team members.
You will be providing vigilance and compliance to various software engineering, support and release processes e.g security, stack upgrades that are free of vulnerabilities etc.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

5+ years of professional/industrial experience in software development.
Good Expertise in JavaScript, React, Redux, HTML/CSS, NodeJS, Node Express, SaaS, MVC Web Frameworks.
Expertise in RESTful APIs, JavaScript, Java J2EE, Microservices Architecture, MVC Web Frameworks. Expertise with consuming REST APIs from JavaScript based UX
Experience in using messaging brokers like RabbitMQ, Kafka etc
Understanding and experience writing and executing Unit and Integration Tests as part of Test-Driven DevOps Development
Understanding and experience with at least one relational database (DB2, Oracle etc.)
Understanding and experience with Agile, and Design/Implementation and Secure Software Engineering Best Practices
Working knowledge on tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Maven/Gradle.
Experience implementing distributed applications in a container environment
Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly
Strong sense of ownership of deliverables

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Degree in Computer Science Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
Working experience on Docker/Kubernetes, RedHat OpenShift, Linux Operating Systems (such as Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.) , the DevOps
Experience working with open-source technologies.

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