About YouYou are a Software Developer with a team-first mentality. You have a knack for solving difficult problems, debugging non-trivial issues and creating innovative solutions. You're a developer at heart and continuously on the lookout for self betterment and mastering the art of software development. Most of all, you are someone who finds delight in learning new technologies and frameworks, and someone who cherishes the opportunities to work on cutting edge technologies that might not be within your regular comfort zone. In a nutshell, you're a persevering developer adamant on succeeding, growing and being an instrumental team player.

Join our dynamic Product & Fulfillment team, where we play a crucial role in maintaining the backbone of any marketplace service: the product catalog. Using cutting-edge technology, we harness the power of GraphQL APIs within a micro-service architecture to seamlessly integrate with vendors and customers, ensuring a seamless end-to-end experience. If you're passionate about driving value through innovative solutions and enjoy working in a collaborative environment, we'd love to have you on board!

What you'll do and how you'll have an impact

• Design, implement, and support scalable, fault-tolerant systems
• Support initiatives to drive the latest best practices in the industry in terms of architecture or technology and assist in setting engineering-wide standards
• Research and champion new technologies
• Collaborate with multiple teams to deliver enterprise-grade software and solutions
• Develop and maintain microservices focused on Product profile creation, Catalog management and Fulfillment services.
• Maintain and migrate services out of monolith to micro services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Developers, Product Managers, QA Engineers; Technical Consultants, Support Staff and Account Managers;
• Implement messaging solutions using Kafka for efficient data exchange;
• Utilize MySQL and MongoDB for database management and ensure data integrity.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years in Software Development
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Passion for software development with a strong product sense
• Knowledge of micro-service technologies
• Courage to dig-in, refactor code, and explore new technologies
• You have experience with following technologies: Node.JS / TypeScript, Data Structure / Algorithms, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Design Patterns, Agile Development methodology, MySQL / MongoDB / Redis
• Added advantage if you have experience in: Core Java & Java Frameworks: Spring Framework / J2EE, JS & Node.JS Frameworks: Express / HappiJS, Container: Docker / Rkt, GraphQL APIs, ReactJS / AngularJS / TypeScript, Orchestration: Kubernetes / Mesos / OpenShift, Messaging: RabbitMQ / Kafka

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