Senior Full Stack Web Developer

Web Application Developer Job Description

The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing the web module feature implementation for financial technology applications.

They are responsible for the entire software development process, from design to deployment, and contribute as hands-on individual contributors from start to finish of the project life cycle.

• Job Responsibilities:
• Build and implement new features for web applications
• Establish local development environments for robust software development activities
• Experience in working on dev servers, QA/QC servers, staging servers, and production servers for code development
• Strong programming skills and use of coding guidelines to generate high-quality code
• Understanding of release management processes and configuration management systems to resolve issues related to code merges, conflicts in commits, and branching strategies
• Create visually appealing user interfaces and interactions, and design front-end website architectures
• Build web applications, databases, and servers, and design and develop APIs
• Unit test changes to programs, and troubleshoot and fix bugs
• Experience in using code coverage and code quality tools to ensure high-quality code output
• Maintain and upgrade software, and manage database administration and hosting
• Work with product management, user experience designers to understand user needs and implement new features
• Work with agile scrum development methodologies, adhering to best practices and pursuing continued learning opportunities
• Develop and adhere to best practices for developing applications
• Continuously contribute to team performance improvement and collaboration

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience working as a Web Application Full Stack Developer on Agile projects and preferable with an Engineering degree or equivalent
• Core development experience in PHP server-side programming for building web applications
• Implement server-side functionalities using Core PHP and Web APIs to support web services
• Experience in frontend and backend design, development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, MS-SQL, MySQL, Bootstrap framework
• Develop and maintain user interface, user experience, user-friendly, and responsive web applications
• Good knowledge about Microsoft Technologies like Visual Studio and IDE like VS Code for code development
• Usage of unit testing using tools like NUnit, xUnit, and MS-Test
• Design and manage databases in MSSQL, optimizing queries, store procedures, and ensuring data integrity
• Deployment experience related to using CI/CD, DevOps tools like Jenkins, Maven
• Experience in using configuration management systems using tools like Git, GitHub, GitLab
• Usage of industry-standard tools related to code coverage and code quality
• Integrate and support payment gateway systems, ensure secure transactions, and compliance with payment industry standards
• Knowledge of fintech, banking, financial services applications will be added advantages
• Knowledge of using dynamic application security testing (DAST) and static application security testing (SAST)
• Support and maintenance of project activities related to bug fixing, optimizing, security
• Experience in using project management tools like Jira, ClickUp
• Good understanding of defect life cycles and generation of development-related metrics
• Develop and optimize relational databases for storage, retrieval, management, and high-performance
• Build and integrate APIs to make smooth communication between various services and third-party systems
• Knowledge of other tools like Bitbucket, Golang, Zend Framework, POSTGRES, CodeIgniter, and JSON will be useful
• Knowledge of cloud technologies like GCP, AWS, Azure will be an added advantage
• Should closely work with the QA/QC team to ensure that defects identified are resolved on time as per schedule, thus aiding for the time-to-market release
• Should have a forward-looking mindset with an eye on latest emerging technologies in the industry to evaluate and propose new tools and platforms for enhancing deliverables
• Should demonstrate flexibility to scale up, get reskilled, and upskill on the latest technology areas as required to ensure high-quality delivery output

Benefits

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to operate well under pressure
• Flexibility to adapt to changing environments
• Sound decision-making ability
• Should be ready to work in rotational shifts to support US time zones
• Should demonstrate collaborative team work to win as a team
• Should have good presentation and articulation skills
• Should be able to document the work for highlighting the progress
• Should be able to work in hybrid environments
• Should have a long sight towards latest advancements in the technology industry