Lead Engineer

• Graduate in Computer Engineering or similar IT background or equivalent practical experience
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience
• Excellent knowledge of programming principles (OOP, SOLID, Cohesion, Coupling, Encapsulation)
• Strong Object-Oriented Analysis & Design skills required
• Good concept of enterprise-level software development (Advanced) is desirable
• Strong expertise with Core software engineer concepts.
• Deep knowledge and proven experience in either Spring Framework or software engineer EE and related Programming Models
• Good knowledge of how JVM works and concepts like hashing.
• Advanced experience with transactional middleware (Databases, Transaction Managers, Messaging Systems)
• Advanced Knowledge of SQL and Relational Databases
• In-depth knowledge of software engineer Application Servers (Tomcat, Websphere, Weblogic, or JBOSS)
• Good concept of Design patterns and their implementation
• Good knowledge of HTML, CSS, script, Database and web application security.
• Excellent knowledge of test-driven development and Continuous Integration
• Knowledge of loose coupling, database agnostic, sharding, multitenant
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable with client communication
• Results-oriented, customer-focused with a passion for resolving tough technical and operational challenges.
• Possess excellent analytical and problem solving abilities
• Good leadership skills - ability to motivate and mentor team members, ability to plan and make sound decisions, ability to negotiate tactfully with the client and team
• Ability to lead a team of software development engineers and work with senior management, technological experts, and the product team.
• Good documentation skills (API Documentation, Deployment Documents, Application Architecture Documents etc.)
• Good Knowledge of amazon web services(EC2, S3, RDS, SES), expertise in deployment and server management.
• Excellent knowledge of build tools like Maven or Ant
• Highly experienced with Agile methodologies like Scrum/Kanban
• Experience of cross cutting technologies like Groovy on Grails, Scala, Hadoop is preferable.

In addition, the candidate should also possess experience and expertise in the following technologies:

• React
• React Native
• Postgres & MongoDB
• Cassandra
• Redis
• Kubernetes
• Apache Kafka

• Fully responsible for analysis, design, development, deployment and maintenance of the project.
• Ensure modular, reusable and excellent quality code through TDD, code reviews and implementation of best practices
• Make architectural decisions in collaboration with technology experts, ensure proper technical documentation
• Pro-active involvement in project risk analysis and mitigation, continuously reviewing problems to determine the root cause in order to prevent them in the future.
• Ensure scalability, performance, reliability and security of the application
• Keep up with trends in the constantly evolving technology.
• Gather and analyze business requirements, understand the business perspective of the client, and plan product roadmap in collaboration with the project manager and client
• Encourage, involve, motivate, and lead team members in learning and achieving project and departmental goals.
• Identify training needs, organize, and coach team members on various aspects of their career growth.
• Actively involved in ensuring implementation of organizational culture, process and standards.

Daily Work Support

• 🏠 Hybrid work: Flexibility to work from office or home
• 💻 Support for resources: Get internet and laptop allowance monthly, and request resources for convenient WFH
• 📆 5-day workweek: Take the weekend off and come back refreshed on Monday
• 🍔 Food: Eat healthy food while you’re here.

Professional Growth

• 📚 'Growth mindset' fund: Investment in your post-grad degree, learning opportunities, and career growth
• 👶 Child scholarship: Scholarships for your child in selected schools
• 📈 Bi-annual bonus: Get timely festival and company bonus
• 💸 Advance salary: Request salary in advance

Work/Life Balance

• ✈️ Paid time-offs: Annual, sick, compensation, and bereavement leaves
• 🍼 Maternity leave: 3 months of paid leave, 1 month of unpaid leave, and 90 days of reduced workload
• 🐣 Paternity leave: 11 days of paid paternity leave and reduced workload after
• 💊 Menstruation leave: 6 days of paid menstruation leave annually

We take care of you

• 🌿 Your well-being: Company-funded counseling services from certified therapists as well as covid care services.
• 💰 Retirement fund: Social security fund with health and accidental insurance.

Celebrating your efforts

• 🎉 Engagement and Events: Team lunch/dinner, company outing, and festival celebrations with your favorite co-workers!
• 😎 Exposure: Visit and work in the States and build better client rapport.

💖 Recognition: In-house awards, appreciation platforms, and 5th-anniversary gifts!

🌞 Life at Leapfrog:

• Work with talented engineers and remarkable professionals in Nepal, the US and Europe, building state-of-the-art digital health products.
• Have an amazing career growth plan with support from experienced mentors and unlimited learning opportunities.
• Be a part of an experienced team—apply the best industry practices, get mentored by experienced professionals and be ready to mentor the new ones.
• Get exposure to clients who are leading entrepreneurs and startups from Silicon Valley.
• Your work will be at the cutting edge of healthcare innovation and make a difference in the lives of thousands of people worldwide.
• You will get the flexibility to work remotely or in the office— we value accountable freedom.
• Get growth opportunities, not just in your work. We organize various internal initiatives where you can be a part of a bigger learning community with webinars, Knowledge Sharing Sessions (KSS), and internal conferences.
• Be a part of a safe workplace where it’s okay to fail fast— get constructive feedback and grow as you move ahead.
• Get recognized for your work and all the changes you will make. We always look for, NO, create opportunities to celebrate efforts, play games, and have fun together!
• You will have a lot of fun at Leapfrog— there’ll never be a dull day.