Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Who we are Plaksha is a 21st-century university focused on solving global challenges through transformative technology education. A unique collective philanthropy effort, our initiative is driven by a dedicated team committed to advancing technology education in India. What can Plaksha offer you? A mission-driven workplace with opportunities to collaborate with leading minds in academia and industry. A transparent work culture embodying our values C.R.E.A.T.E. (Curious, Rigorous, Enterprising, Authentic, Thankful, Exemplary), fostering personal growth. An inclusive environment that values diverse talent, promotes innovation, and supports the development of individuals from underrepresented groups. Job Description There are primarily three areas of work at Plaksha for a developer. Website Our website is built and maintained in-house. We keep improving it and adding features based on the requirements of various departments, faculty and centres at Plaksha University. Our website is powered by a custom-built Laravel-based CMS. The front-end is written in Blade templates and Bootstrap CSS is used as the foundation for our styling rules. Products We develop in-house products for amplifying various efforts in the university. Were also developing AI-powered products for a university of the future. Some examples of internal tools are a portal to showcase students projects, a helpdesk tool to manage internal requests and a QR generation tool to act as a unified hub for all QR codes related to the university. Integrations For operational efficiency, Plaksha also uses commercial software for various functions. We integrate them in our in-house Data Lake infrastructure powered by an AI-chatbot. For leading this team, wed like to invite a dev lead who • Has 5+ years of experience in building and deploying software which is used by other people. • Is confident of their software development skills, irrespective of the technology stack involed. • Would be able to tease out clear requirements based on sometimes fuzzy problem statements. • Would be able to envision and architect solutions that are robust, secure, easy-to-use, easy-tomaintain and can scale with the needs of the university. • Would be able to rethink, reorganise and refactor existing products and codebases to meet changes in requirements. • Would be able to coordinate and work with multiple teams and non-technical stakeholders to build products that solve their problems while meeting reasonable timelines. • Is comfortable with front-end and back-end technologies as well as connected databases. • Has experience handling Apache/Nginx servers and is familiar with Azure and AWS platforms. Experience with Laravel/PHP and .NET is a plus. • Has a working knowledge of good design/UX principles. • Exhibits good verbal and written communication skills (including when managing task tickets and writing comments in code). • Has experience working with other developers in a team and mentoring them • Can work responsibly in a dynamic environment with minimal oversight Experience and Education • Bachelors Degree, ideally B.E. or B. Tech. • Minimum of 5+ years in software development • Minimum of 2+ years of experience as a manager, working with junior developers as well as nontechnical stakeholders Location Mohali (Full time)