Lead Software Engineer - Backend at Freshworks

Chennai, tamil nadu, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Jan, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Development, OOPS Concepts, Design Patterns, SOLID Principles, Java, Ruby, Python, Design Skills, Analytical Skills, Problem-Solving Skills, Agile Methodologies, SDLC, Data Structures, Algorithms

Industry

Software Development

Description

Company Description Organizations everywhere struggle under the crushing costs and complexities of “solutions” that promise to simplify their lives. To create better experience for their customers and employees. To help them grow. Software is a choice that can make or break a business. Create better or worse experiences. Propel or throttle growth. Business software has become a blocker instead of ways to get work done. There’s another option. Freshworks. With a fresh vision for how the world works. At Freshworks, we build uncomplicated service software that delivers exceptional customer and employee experiences. Our enterprise-grade solutions are powerful, yet easy to use, and quick to deliver results. Our people-first approach to AI eliminates friction, making employees more effective and organizations more productive. Over 72,000 companies, including Bridgestone, New Balance, Nucor, S&P Global, and Sony Music, trust Freshworks’ customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) software to fuel customer loyalty and service efficiency. And over 4,500 Freshworks employees make this possible, all around the world. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us. Job Description Overview of the role: As a Lead Software Engineer, you will focus on building next-generation platform services for Freshworks with your strong background in distributed systems and mentor your team to achieve this. You will have an opportunity to redefine customer experiences by building systems that are milli-second efficient, always available and working at internet scale. If you are the kind of engineer who is passionate about building systems, has a good eye for analysis and a mind that can think outside the box, we want to talk to you. Responsibilities: Lead teams to deliver scalable, low latency, and cost-efficient solutions to different product teams. Drive solutions and implementation leveraging different open-source distributed systems and deliver a complete product. Build innovative solutions from scratch and closely work with architects and engineers from other product teams to build solutions and drive adoption. Elicit quality attributes of the system as well as create criteria metrics for the product to establish the success of achieved metrics. Implement and support compliance of self and team to Freshworks compliance and information security processes. Qualifications Requirements / Must Have: Overall, 6-9 years of software development experience. Should have a good knowledge of OOPS concepts. Must be comfortable with Design Patterns and SOLID principles. Expertise in one or more programming languages like Java, Ruby, Python. Strong design skills and ability to design for scale and performance. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Extensive experience in Agile methodologies. Good knowledge of SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle). Good understanding of data structures and algorithms Desired Skills (but not all required): Experience with large-scale systems Intermediate knowledge of Ruby on Rails Prior experience with AWS Experience with open-source projects Experience troubleshooting in a SaaS environment with an assertive deployment schedule. Additional Information At Freshworks, we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion, welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees, communities, and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.

Responsibilities

Lead teams to deliver scalable, low latency, and cost-efficient solutions. Build innovative solutions from scratch and work closely with architects and engineers from other product teams.