Senior Software Developer

Senior Software Developer,
Chennai, India.

About the Job:

Developers at Vendasta work in teams, working with Product Managers and Designers in the creation of new features and products. Our Research and Development department works hard to help developers learn, grow, and experiment while at work. With a group of over 100 developers, we have fostered an environment that provides developers with the opportunity to continuously learn from each other.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate that they are bright and can tackle tough problems while being able to communicate their solution to others. They are creative and can mix technology with the customer’s problems to find the right solution. Lastly, they are driven and will motivate themselves and others to get things done. As an experienced Software Developer, we expect that you will grow into a thought leader at Vendasta, driving better results across our development organization.

Your Impact:

• Develop software in teams of 3-5 developers, with the ability to take on tasks for the team and independently work on them to completion.
• Follow best practices to write clean, maintainable, scalable, and tested software.
• Contribute to the best engineering practices, including the use of design patterns, CI/CD, maintainable and scalable code, code review, and automated tests.
• Provide inputs for a technical roadmap for the Product Area. Ensure that the NFRs and technical debt get their due focus.
• Work collaboratively with Product Managers to design solutions (including technical roadmap) that help our Partners connect digital solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.
• Analyzing and improving current system integrations and migration strategies.
• Interact and collaborate with our high-quality technical team across India and Canada

What You Bring to the Table:

• 8+ years experience in a related field with at least 3+ years as full stack developer in an architect or senior development role
• Experience or strong understanding of high scalability, data-intensive, distributed Internet applications
• Software development experience including building distributed, microservice-style and cloud-based application architectures
• Proficiency in modern software language, and willingness to quickly learn our technology stack
• Preference will be given to candidates with a strong Go (programming language) experience, and who can demonstrate the ability to build and adapt web applications using Angular. Experience in designing, Building and Implementing cloud-native architectures (GCP preferred).
• Experience working with the Scrum framework

Technologies We Use:

• Cloud Native Computing using Google Cloud Platform
  
• BigQuery, Cloud Dataflow, Cloud Pub/Sub, Google Data Studio, Cloud IAM, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Spanner, Cloud Datastore, Google Maps Platform, Stackdriver, etc.… We have been invited to join the Early Access Program on quite a few GCP technologies.
  
• GoLang, Typescript, Python, JavaScript, HTML, Angular, GRPC, Kubernetes
• Elasticsearch, MySQL, PostgreSQL

About Vendasta:
So what do we do? We create an entire platform full of digital products & solutions that help small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have a stronger presence online through digital advertising, online listings, reputation management, website creation, social media marketing … and much more! Our platform is used exclusively by channel partners, who sell products and services to SMBs, allowing them to leverage us to scale and grow their business. We are trusted by 65,000+ channel partners, serving over 6 million SMBs worldwide!

Perks:

• Stock options (as per policy)
• Benefits - Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Public transport reimbursement
• Flex days
• Training & Career Development - Professional development plans, leadership workshops, mentorship programs, and more!
• Free Snacks, hot beverages, and catered lunches on Fridays
• Culture - comprised of our core values: Drive, Innovation, Respect, and Agility
  
• Provident Fund