Job Openings SDE II

About the job SDE II

Overview

Making an end-to-end data-driven interview process with a clearly defined pipeline starting from headhunting and ending with onboarding or reason-based rejection.

Applicable for: Software Development Engineer 2 role

Role

A typical SDE2 is expected to take up the following responsibilities:

  • Work closely with Team Leads and Product Managers to gather data and estimate project timelines.

  • Should be able to understand product specifications and come up with optimal scalable solutions.

  • Should be aware of the Agile working model and follow JIRA hygiene

  • Complete ownership of features worked upon should be able to perform RCAs and provide quick resolution of relevant issues/production bugs while training Tech Support Engineers to offload recurring chunks of work.

  • Should be a full-time mentor for SDE1s and be able to assist all other SDE1s as and when required.

  • Be part of the lateral hiring process and allocate fixed bandwidth for interviewing processes.

  • Should strive to follow best coding practices throughout designing, development, and testing.

  • Should have great communication skills over email and in-person discussions.


Skillset

  • Understanding of algorithms and data structures

  • Should have worked with MVC frameworks, web / client-based server architecture, and structured and unstructured databases.

  • Ability to translate product spec to engineering actionable

  • Ability to navigate and structure code bases

  • Rudimentary skills around service hosting and infrastructure. Should understand the end-to-end deployment cycle

  • Experience with Java / Spring-boot Or Node.JS is required.


Persona

  • Education Background
    • B.Tech / Dual Degree with Computer Science as a major discipline, BCA / MCA.

    • Preferred to have graduated in CS or IT-related subjects.

    • Open to all colleges

  • Worked as SDE for 2-5 years in startup / mid-tier product companies with a small team size (2-3 recent experiences even if the initial job is in service-based companies).

  • Excellent internship record

  • Executed on RCAs / challenging engg problems with an SDE III at work

  • Won awards / Recognised by upper management for going above and beyond

  • Has working experience with Linux. Any certification is good to have

  • Open source/pet project contributions

  • Active on GitHub / StackOverflow

  • Published papers in A-level conferences like IEEE, ACM (optional)