Description :

Profile summary :

The Experienced Software Engineer's (solutions/product engineering) is responsible for developing scalable and robust innovative products aligned to the technical vision of Mobileware.

This is a hands-on role where the Experienced Software Engineer is involved in writing software code on a daily basis, assisting their team to meet deadlines and improve the quality of the codebase.

They also act in a supportive/mentorship role for new or evolving software developers or programmers in the development team, primarily through processes such as pair programming, conducting of code reviews, promoting good development principles, such as test-driven development, and taking the lead in correcting code defects.

About the role :

While the responsibilities are primarily technical, they also have responsibilities in delegating work, as needed.

They ensure that sections of software projects come in on time and under budget.

The key role responsibilities include :

Product Planning :

- Collaborates with the Project Managers to gain insights into the feature requirements and discuss technical constraints and feasibility options with the Principal/Solution Architect

- Supports creation of development schedules for the products while analyzing priorities and deadlines and seek approval and feedback from the Principal/Solution Architect

- Researches, evaluates and assists in the presentation of alternative options for product development to best meet the product vision as defined by the Principal/Solution Architect

- Identifies and articulates implementation risks, mitigation strategies and assists in creation of contingency plans

Product Development :

- Supports the Tech Lead in assigning appropriate tasks to new team members basis their competence and availability

- Participates, hands-on, in all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle full-stack development, components, services, and APIs.

- Supports integration of user-facing elements, and collaborate closely with the design, and front-end UI/UX team.

- Writes elegant, effective, and scalable code while maintaining the highest level of coding standards and takes complete ownership of projects and ensure timely deliveries with ability to debug, refine, review, and deploy code

- Supports new team members by consistently urging them to analyze feature requirements and drive best coding standards to achieve the delivery schedules

- Tests the products and works closely with Testers to analyze high level defects and gets the team to resolve them in a timely manner

- Provides technical quality assurance oversight for work of other engineers through matrix team structure, instils test driven software development environment with emphasis on test automations

- Conducts periodic reviews with developers to oversee and gauge the progress of project and drive mid-course correction as well as to assess the quality of the code (vulnerability, no. of bugs, % test cases run etc.)

- Shares reports on the development progress, problems, risks and solutions as per the defined periodicity

- Utilizes SonarQube for ensuring a continuous inspection on the quality of code in order to detect any vulnerabilities, bugs etc and correct issues wherever applicable

- Participates in weekly meetings with the Project Managers to analyze corrective action taken on issues detected by SonarQube

- Conducts verification at all levels as per the internal and external quality standards and ensure product delivery is in line with the requirements as per the BRD

- Maintains version history of all apps going live and a repository of templates / features / slides etc in order to use at a later date

- Supports the team to create sample Apps for use as marketing collaterals / demo for clients

- Interacts with clients for any queries if required, for any new CRs that come in and for providing support for any production issues post the go-live in order to maximize client satisfaction

Process Compliance and Improvement :

- Ensures internal process compliance by the developers to enable operational excellence of the code while also addressing issues that may arise during process audits

- Conducts the research on various technologies / devices and suggest the same to the Principal/Solution Architect for implementation across various products ( SDK, e-KYC etc.)

- Regularly, and proactively, updates job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment, and by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.

- Reviews the codes periodically and provide constant guidance on improving the product quality

Team Collaboration :

- Engages with new team members on a regular basis to support and guide them through their activities

Special Projects :

- Drives and manages any additional projects / teams as may be required from time to time

General Requirements :

- B.Tech in Computer Science or Electronics, or equivalent, from an institute of repute; with preference for post-graduation in relevant area

- Typically, 5 to 7 years of relevant work experience.

- Combination of qualification, relevant certifications, and work experience may be considered in lieu.

- Experience of at least 3 years in Digital Payments domain (UPI) is mandatory

- Strong background in Core Java with good knowledge of Collections framework, knowledge of JSP/Servlets, and proficiency in Mark-up Languages like XML and JSON

- Experience with Web frameworks - Struts/Spring, Service-Oriented Architecture / Web Services - SOAP/REST/API and proficiency with OOPS concepts

- Knowledge of SQL and hands-on experience in Hibernate or JPA

- Hands on knowledge of Linux systems and Shell scripting

- Knowledge of Web Technologies - HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery preferred; and dependency Injection (as demonstrated in Spring or Java EE through @Resource

- Knowledge of build tools (Ant, Maven) is advantageous

- Experience in SDLC & associated tools/processes, with proven ability to manage development of complex initiatives throughout SDLC while managing competing priorities on an ongoing basis

- Having good people and project management skills.

- Flexible both in mindset and readiness to work a variety of working hour; and be able to work under pressure and time-pressing deadlines

- Should have Strong communication skills, including problem solving, analytics, negotiation, presentation, influence skills and inter-personal skills; and a zeal to work in a start-up environment