Lead Software Engineer Job in Cleartrip

We are looking for someone who sees the big picture!

In 2006 we started on a journey to make travel simple through a platform with unforeseen simplicity and intuitive, which remains unparalleled even today. Almost 11 years later we decided to take the joy of enriching lives by helping experience new to the next level by adding the layer experiences. Making Cleartrip the most comprehensive travel player in the world. Local our experiences platform allows Cleartrip for a differentiated, synergistic strategy.

Along the way, we built some great products and a whole of industry firsts. Our pioneering approach and fanaticism over customer-centricity and good design has brought us an ever-growing number of awards and recognition.

We are looking for a passionate Lead Software Engineer to join our tech team, to spearhead building high-traffic, highly-scalable, multi-tiered, complex web applications. This person needs to be a hands-on engineer with strong object-oriented design skills and a thorough understanding of common design paradigms.

Who fits the bill?

If you have a solid understanding of the basic fundamentals of data structures, are good with algorithms and computer science fundamentals we are looking for you!

To succeed in this role you must possess a strong ability to translate functional and non-functional requirements into detailed design and architecture documents. Hence, your ability to collaborate with multiple teams to solve a large business problem will be key.

Contributing to design and architecture reviews of peer systems will be another facet of this role. This role will see you practicing and advocating the best coding principles while ensuring high-quality products through mentorship and code reviews.

The world of travel is dynamic and the traveler needs ever-evolving and we want someone who isn't afraid to think out of the box. This will require you to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions, and be prepared to deal with loosely defined problems, fast-changing environments, and think abstractly. If a challenge gives you a kick, this role will not let you down!

Prior experience that gets your closer to being the right fit:

• Fluent in Java
• Should have strong Coding, Algorithms, and Problem-solving skills.
• Good working knowledge of JVM internals, memory management, garbage collection, throughput, latency, CPU utilization, and networking configuration
• Experience with distributed systems and their application for building scalable, supportable systems
• Experience with any of the prevalent NoSQL solutions like HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, Couchbase, ElasticSearch, etc.
• Experience with any of the prevalent messaging and queuing technologies like ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.
• Experience with Test Driven Development using technologies like RSpec, Cucumber, Capybara
• Preferably over 5 years of experience