Senior Software Engineer

The job requirements for the full-time position of Senior Software Engineer (Backend Developer) at Steerwise are described below in terms of Required Education & Experience, Responsibilities & Duties, Knowledge & Skills and Location & Travel. Candidates who meet the requirements may email their resume and contact information to careers@steerwise.com

Required Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Mathematics, Physics or related technical field or equivalent practical experience. Relevant experience of at least 3 years in lieu of above if from a different stream of education.
Well-versed in and 5+ years of hands-on designing experience in Object Oriented Design, Data Modeling, Class & Object Modeling
Well-versed in and 5+ years of hands-on programming experience in Core Python Programming, Advanced Python Programming, Exception Management Framework, Log Framework, Build & Deployment Framework, Static Code Quality Tools, etc.
3+ years of hands-on experience developing Domain-Driven Microservices using libraries & frameworks such as FastAPI, Agraffe, etc.
3+ years of hands-on experience in RBDMS, NoSQL Databases, Cloud Databases and development practices (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, AWS DynamoDB, Google BigQuery, Snowflake, etc.)
3+ years of hands-on experience developing Webservices using OpenAPI Specification, REST API, API Gateway using Token based authentication, access management
1+ years of hands-on experience developing python application using python frameworks such as Pyenv, Poetry, Pydantic, Pytest, Pytest-BDD, Tox, Black, Pylama. And Jupyter, PySpark, Pandas is a Plus.
1+ years of hands-on experience developing and hosting microservices using Serverless and Container based development (Docker, Kubernetes etc.). AWS Lambda or GCP Cloud Function, GCP Cloud Run is a Plus.
1+ years of hands-on experience developing Messaging (Event Driven) Applications using any message systems such as Apache Kafka, AWS SQS, GCP PubSub is a Plus.
Having Knowledge & hands-on experience in DevOps CI/CD tools such as JIRA, Git (Bitbucket/GitHub), Artifactory, etc. & Build tools such as Maven & Gradle
1+ years of hands-on experience developing applications using Behavior Driven Development, Test Driven Development Methodologies is a Plus • Having Knowledge & hands-on experience in AWS Cloud Services such as IAM, Lambda, EC2, ECS, ECR, API Gateway, S3, SQS, Kinesis, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, etc. is also a Plus
Having Knowledge & hands-on experience in Google Cloud Services such as IAM, Cloud Run, Cloud Function, Cloud Storage, Pub-Sub, CloudLog, CloudSQL, BigQuery, etc, is also a Plus
Having Knowledge & hands-on experience in building the Packageable “Developer Environment” using Virtualization such as VirtualBox, Vagrant, etc. is also a Plus
Having Knowledge & hands-on experience in AI based Coding tools such as Copilot, Codium, etc, and well versed in Prompt Engineering is also a Plus

Responsibilities & Duties:
Break a complex problem down to its simple parts, uncover the logical inter-relationships between them and infer or discover new requirements from existing facts
Design & build efficient, reusable & reliable codebases & creative prototypes according to specifications; Integrate software components & third-party programs; design & develop algorithms
Develop test scenarios, test cases & test data for all the combinations & permutations that are comprehensive & complete reflecting the actual operational aspects of business
Adopt & execute lean-agile, design driven & test-driven development methods; Write test code, unit test code & data, acceptance test code & data, non-functional test code & data
Write application & infrastructure code, readable standard source code, maintainable modular code, reusable code components
Annotate code, annotate APIs, annotate configuration files, annotate complex logic; Write build scripts, library dependency lists, build tasks, scripts & configurations and bill of materials & build log
Build source code & run tests cases; Perform unit & integration testing; Troubleshoot & debug issues; Review & refactor application & test code, automatic code inspection results, peer review source code
Create & publish cookbooks, lightweight end user guide, lightweight developer guide, lightweight operational manual Configure environments; Deploy application packages & config specs; Deploy orchestration scripts, dataset migration scripts, rollback & redeploy scripts
Run automated tests; Create smoke & unit test scripts & results, acceptance test scripts & results, integration test scripts & results, performance test scripts & results

Pre-requisite Core Competencies:
Act with Integrity
Use Sound Judgment
Commit to Quality
Demonstrate Adaptability
Innovate
Think Strategically
Communicate Effectively & Influence Others Work well both Independently & as part of a Team

Knowledge & Skills:
Critical Thinking, Analytical Skills & Attention to Detail : Think clearly & rationally with an open-minded approach by skilfully evaluating, decomposing, analysing, conceptualizing & synthesizing business functions, processes, business rules, data, facts, numbers, statistics, trends, etc. to reach an evidence based conclusion
Interpersonal & Communication Skills: Establish, develop, and maintain key business relationships both within the team and across businesses, demonstrate facilitation skills, translate raw data or information into an understandable document, present findings with visual constructs, write and speak clearly, communicate complex ideas with ease and persuade individuals & teams with open-minded conversations
Collaborative Behaviour & Attitude: Effectively collaborate and work with individuals and groups at various levels in the organization through active listening and empathy-driven facts presentation
Self-Motivation & Urgency Recognition: Recognize need of the hour and shift focus to deliver the critical artifacts at the right time with the right quality to the right stakeholder without resistance by performing multiple tasks simultaneously by efficiently managing time & resources in a proactive self-motivated way

Location & Travel:
• The base location for this position is Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. This position does not require travel.

About Steerwise:
Steerwise is a value-focused intellectual solutions firm, providing business technology strategy & delivery services for organizations across industries. We bring strategy consulting, solution delivery and system operation competencies to actualize transformation & optimization endeavors. We work with clients to build capabilities that empower organizations to create digital customer experience, curate and monetize data assets, and exploit modern technologies for gaining competitive advantage by leveraging our Business Technology Architecture® intellectual capital. Our Business Value First™ culture makes us a valuable partner for our clients and an inspiring place to work for our employees