Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Location: New Delhi, India

Job Type: Full-time

About the Team

Chegg's engineering team is a group of passionate engineers who, in close collaboration with data scientists, product managers, designers, and other backend developers, build the future of the online education industry. We build our products to scale and to last, we don’t take shortcuts (hello unit-tests and documentation), and we take pride in delivering high quality solutions on time. We are cloud native.

Role

We are looking for software engineers who are passionate about solving real world problems for students in online education using technology. The ideal candidate is the one who can think outside the box, is passionate about technology, adaptable, thinks big and has a passion for making an impact. Chegg is evolving at a very fast pace and we are constantly redefining our offerings matching the requirements of our student community, the candidate should have the appetite to pivot fast and is interested in continuous improvement and learning. Chegg has a very open and vibrant engineering culture where the candidate will get the opportunity to work with the best in the industry, the role demands to ideate and share creative ideas as you never know the next big thing Chegg works on can come from you !! If you have dreamt of leveraging your skills and knowledge to make an impact on something which is big enough to matter Chegg provides those opportunities and the candidate should make the best use of it.

Responsibilities

• Oversee software development activities with the engineering team.
• Guide the creation and support of highly scalable and fault tolerant systems. On-time delivery of quality product is utmost critical for the organization.
• Collaborate with Senior Engineers, Technical Leads and Manager as well as cross-functional teams to define, design, and clearly articulate those to the Engineering Team.
• Reinforce best practices in development by conducting regular design and code reviews, and proactively suggest improvements.
• Mentor and develop technical talent and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, ensuring system reliability and performance.
• Drive process improvements by staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies.

Skills and Qualifications [Must Have]

• B. Tech/ M. tech/ MCA/ M.Sc. in Computer Science or related discipline with good academic record.
• Proven Senior Engineer with excellent organizational, project planning and leadership skills
• Working Experience of 5+ years into designing (HLD, LLD) and developing server-side applications in product based medium to large organizations
• Strong hands-on development experience with Java/J2EE frameworks like SpringBoot including test driven development.
• Strong experience working with cloud computing technologies like AWS
• Strong experience working with microservices, containerization (docker) and event driven architectures (using message brokers like Kafka, SQS/SNS)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab.
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery.

Skills and Qualifications [Good To Have]

• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in Agile teams.
• Experience with Rest and GraphQL API Architectural Styles.
• Experience in working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform.
• Background in having worked in commerce teams.

Why do we exist?

Students are working harder than ever before to stabilize their future. Our recent research study called State of the Student shows that nearly 3 out of 4 students are working to support themselves through college and 1 in 3 students feel pressure to spend more than they can afford. We founded our business on provided affordable textbook rental options to address these issues. Since then, we’ve expanded our offerings to supplement many facets of higher educational learning through Chegg Study, Chegg Math, Chegg Writing, Chegg Internships, Thinkful Online Learning, and more to support students beyond their college experience. These offerings lower financial concerns for students by modernizing their learning experience. We exist so students everywhere have a smarter, faster, more affordable way to student.

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Chegg is an equal opportunity employer