Lead Software Engineer - Backend

US based Ed-tech product company is hiring Lead Software Engineer - Backend job in Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru (Bangalore) | Cutshort

Lead Software Engineer - Backend
US based Ed-tech product company
Lead Software Engineer - Backend

at US based Ed-tech product company
Agency job
6
\- 9 yrs
₹22L - ₹32L / yr
Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Skills
.NET Core
C#
MySQL
.NET
ASP.NET
AngularJS (1.x)
Angular (2+)
Javascript
HTML/CSS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Windows Azure
Microservices
Our client is a rapid growth stage Edtech start-up focused on solving the teacher shortage crisis in the US education system using technology by bringing teachers to the classrooms and giving them access to the right tools to teach students in a highly engaging manner.
They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.
What does the role entail:
● Lead User Stories and guide senior/software engineers in the development process
● Understand architecture principles, design patterns and implement them from architectural artifacts.
● Provide effort estimation of assigned work and be able to complete as per the estimations and timelines
● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code including unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality
● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement new features
● Participate in design and code reviews
● Ability to resolve performance issues
● Mentor junior software engineers and help them grow their technical skills
Must Have Skills:
● B.E/B.Tech in computer science
● 8-11 years of experience
● Hands-on experience following skills
MS Technologies: NET CORE 5+, C#
Backend : MSSQL /MySQL/Postgres
● Good understanding of Cloud technologies like Azure/AWS.
● Good understanding of Design Principles, Design patterns and Microservices Architecture.
● Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
● Worked in an Agile software development environment
Must understand full stack development frameworks including knowledge of building scalable APIs, interfaces, software components, schema design, availability, and latency preferably in a cloud environment.
● Worked in a fast-paced environment preferably in a tech driven startup
● Understanding of different types of architectures.
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