Software Development Engineer

Company ProfileXpressBees– a logistics company started in 2015 – is amongst the fastest growing companies of itssector. While we started off rather humbly in the space of ecommerce B2C logistics, the last 5 yearshave seen us steadily progress towards expanding our presence. Our vision to evolve into a strong full-service logistics organization reflects itself in our new lines of business like 3PL, B2B Xpress and crossborder operations.Our strong domain expertise and constant focus on meaningful innovation have helped us rapidly evolveas the most trusted logistics partner of India. We have progressively carved our way towards best-in-class technology platforms, an extensive network reach, and a seamless last mile management system.While on this aggressive growth path, we seek to become the one-stop-shop for end-to-end logisticssolutions. Our big focus areas for the very near future include strengthening our presence as serviceproviders of choice and leveraging the power of technology to improve efficiencies for our clients.Job Description XB is looking for driven & talented engineers to build highly scalable, reliable and performant cloud-based platforms to drive the logistics business. You will have opportunities to make a big impact at XBon the software solutions being built for Logistics businesses. We build a variety of technology productsthat span multiple businesses. The challenges that SDEs at XB solve are big (handle 50 Lakh shipments per day!) and influence the E-Commerce business in India in coming years. We are looking for individuals who are passionate aboutcreating new products, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the fast paceof the company. The challenges span areas like highly scalable and reliable orchestrationplatforms, Client Integration API frameworks, Billing Solutions, Workforce Engagement. Further you maysolve complex optimization problems like Vehicle routing, Allocation, Network Optimization etc. Roles & Responsibilities  You will be responsible for working with cross functional teams to deep dive into thebusiness and technology problems related to our portfolio of products, understanding thegaps that exist in our current tools, and work within our team and with partner teams todesign best in class solutions.   You will have the opportunity to influence, invent, and design system architectureacross multiple product and technology spaces.  You will lead and mentor other talented engineers. You will be responsible for buildingthe best customer experience, keeping latency, security, and usability in mind.  You will interact with Product Managers and Designers and convert their vision intoa technical solution.   You will own portions of software deliverables including major critical path code fromyour designs while finding opportunities to grow and mentor the team around you.  You will collaborate with other engineering leads and guide the team on softwaredevelopment best practices and set examples by using them in solutions that you build.   You will own the end-to-end design of major deliverables, working closely with a teamof SDEs and Front-End Engineers to execute them. This is a high visibility and fast-pacedenvironment where you will make a direct impact on the customer experience and thebottom line of the company.   You should have a commanding understanding of object-oriented design, datastructures and algorithms which you use to mentor a team of engineers. You should haveexperience with agile methodologies, experience building scalable services and robust userinterfaces. We make extensive use of AWS Services (API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, etc.) andprior experience is a plus. Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (like angular,react, backbone, and node.js) would be a plus. Qualifications  Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design forscalability, performance, and reliability.  Development experience defining, developing and maintaining web service API's  Demonstrated ability to mentor other software developers to maintain architecturalvision and software quality.  Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and seniormanagement to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs,and product strategy.  Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have beensuccessfully delivered to customers.  Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the fullsoftware development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source controlmanagement, build processes, testing, and operations.  Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems  Deep understanding of CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms andcomplexity analysis.  Experience building large-scale, high-performance systems in a complex, multi-tiered,distributed environment.  Design and architecture expertise as well as familiarity with object-oriented analysis anddesign patterns (OOA/OOD).  Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.