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Staff Software Engineer - Backend - Delhi @ Chegg

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 Staff Software Engineer - Backend - Delhi

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Staff Engineer - Backend | Engineering Team | New Delhi, India

Core Competencies - Object - Oriented / Functional Programming concepts, Development Languages, Database, Design Ability, Architecture Understanding & Server - Side Programming

Tech Stack : Java, Spring Boot, REST/ GraphQL, Microservices, AWS

Your Goal - To technically lead and execute on multiple projects and initiatives at Chegg which empowers all of Chegg Engineering to move faster and deliver better for an awesome Student experience.

About the Engineering Team:

Chegg's Engineering Team is a group of passionate engineers who, in close collaboration with data scientists, product managers, designers, and UX researchers, build the future of the digital 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.

The Role:

We are looking for an experienced backend software engineer, who is able to lead the complete SDLC for projects, right from conception till the finished product, is able to deliver high - quality technical designs and code in fast - paced agile scrum environment and is capable of communicating / working closely with all other teams at Chegg.

A staff engineer at Chegg is expected to drive global tech initiatives, cross - team projects, solve complex architectural problems in the team, handle/owning its deliverables and communicating both upwards and downwards. Hence, bringing in Chegg wide impact.

The ideal candidate likes to think outside the box, bring in innovative ideas, is interested in constantly improving themselves and their team through education and feedback, and wants to give some of their work to an open - source community. They love tackling new problems, deploying frequently, thinking on their feet.

Responsibilities:

  • Engineering and delivery ownership of complex product/services.
  • Build and ship reliable software practicing robust software design and in - depth code reviews.
  • Code, build efficient, clean and reusable features / libraries / components which can be shared with all of Chegg engineering, hence contribute to the inner source.
  • Help design and implement components of Chegg Next Generation Design Systems.
  • The role model for engineering excellence to deliver software, that includes design and coding standards, test - first strategy, CI/CD, resiliency, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Analyze and optimize webserver code for security, efficiency, and performance.
  • Be a voice in ensuring the team stays true to the technical vision.
  • Should act as the face of Chegg Engineering to external world. They should passionately talk about Chegg engineering best practices, technical challenges, architecture, etc.
  • Being a technical mentor to the team, keeping up to date with latest tech and grooming the next generation of engineers.
  • Participate in global architecture reviews and influence outcomes.

Skills and Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent training or work experience.
  • The overall experience of 9 years into designing (HLD, LLD), developing & building architecture for server - side applications.
  • Expertise with server - side programming languages like Node , Java, PHP.
  • Good exposure to Spring Boot, Rest / GraphQL based services, APIs and Microservices architecture .
  • Experience with AWS cloud service platform for similar is an added advantage.
  • Should possess good soft skills as an important attribute to be influential and be able to leave an impact.
  • Good analytical, problem - solving skills, and critical thinking.

Job Classification

Industry: Education, Teaching, Training
Functional Area: IT Software - Application Programming, Maintenance,
Role Category: Programming & Design
Role: Programming & Design
Employement Type: Full time

Education

Under Graduation: B.Sc in Chemistry
Post Graduation: Post Graduation Not Required
Doctorate: Any Doctorate in Any Specialization, Doctorate Not Required

Contact Details:

Company: Chegg India
Location(s): Delhi, NCR

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Keyskills:   Computer science Software design Backend Coding Database design Analytical PHP HTTP Open source SDLC

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