Job Title: Software Engineer II
Location: Bangalore, India
ABOUT US
Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its SaaS platform - Circles X, helping telco operators launch and operate successful digital brands through its offerings.
Having pioneered a successful blueprint for disrupting the telco space in Singapore, Circles has since launched its own digital telco, Circles.Life, in Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. Circles has also partnered with other telco operators to launch digital services, enabling our partners to accelerate growth and capture market share within a short period of time.
Today, Circles is partnering with operators in 14 countries to deliver delightful digital experiences to millions of people through our businesses.
We are backed by global investors such as Sequoia, Warburg Pincus, EDBI and Founders Fund – renowned backers of industry-shaking innovators.
Job description:
Circles.life is seeking a talented and experienced Software Engineer (Backend) to join our dynamic team. As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend), you will play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of our cutting-edge software applications. You will be responsible for both front-end and back-end development, ensuring seamless integration of user-facing elements with server-side logic. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth and innovation of our company while working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.
As a key member of our team, your responsibilities include:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications from concept to production.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze requirements, and translate them into technical specifications.
- Implement user interfaces using modern front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React.js).
- Develop server-side logic using back-end platforms, tools and technologies.
- Design and implement database schemas, queries, and optimizations for relational and non-relational databases.
- Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, adhering to coding standards and best practices.
- Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior team members.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues, and implement effective solutions in a timely manner.
- Take part in on-call responsibilities to address urgent issues outside of regular business hours.
- Utilize monitoring and debugging tools such as New Relic and Grafana to analyze application performance and identify bottlenecks.
- Stay updated on emerging technologies and trends, and propose innovative solutions to improve our products and processes.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
- 2-4 years of experience in full stack web development, with a strong focus on back-end technologies.
- Passion to get hands dirty with coding.
- In depth understanding/High Proficiency in at least one modern backend development framework / language with a focus on Golang and/or Node.js.
- Preferred at least one modern frontend development framework with a focus on ReactJS. Experience in Vanilla JS, CSS and JQuery.
- High proficiency in working on SQL & NoSQL Databases such as MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis etc. Hand-on experience in query optimizations and data modeling for scale and performance.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
- Experience with monitoring and debugging tools such as New Relic, Grafana, or similar.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive and self-motivated attitude.
- Experience working in an Agile development environment is a plus
- Ability to Mentor and lead teams
What’s on offer
We provide a great environment and platform for employees to build their career. In this role, you can expect:
- Unique opportunity to be a part of innovating the telecommunications industry.
- Once in a lifetime chance to help shape a brand from the ground up.
- Autonomy in the role and in managing your own portfolio.
- Exposure to the fast-paced world of high-tech start-ups.
- Attractive experience and compensation.
- Working with passionate, smart and driven colleagues in a vibrant environment.
- Get continuous mentoring to fast-track your career.
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What We Do
Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its SaaS platform - Circles X, empowering telco operators launch and operate successful digital brands. Today, Circles is partnering operators in 14 countries with the mission to deliver delightful digital experiences to millions of people through our businesses. With Circles.Life, our digital lifestyle brand, we empower and delight customers across the world by offering digital experiences that go beyond traditional telco services. With Circles X, our digital telco technology empowers operators to launch digital telco brands from anywhere in the world. Built for operators by an operator, Circles X powers both Circles.Life and our partner operators’ digital telco brands. Circles is backed by global investors such as Sequoia, Warburg Pincus, EDBI and Founders Fund – renowned institutions with a track record of backing industry-shaking innovators. To learn more, visit www.circles.co.
