Vice President - Platform Engineering and Scalability

Job Description

A Position Overview

Position Title

Vice President - Platform Engineering and Scalability

Department

TDA-BSG (IT)

Level/ Band

VP

Role Summary : The Senior Developer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining applications. The ideal candidate should have a deep understanding of application architecture principles and best practices, with experience in cloud-based technologies like Azure and mobile development frameworks.

B Organizational Relationships

Reports to

SVP

Supervises

SM/M

C Job Dimensions

Geographic Area Covered

PAN India

Stakeholders Internal

TDA-BSG and all other TATA AIA internal departments

External

Partners

D Key Result Areas

Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and maintainable Node.js applications.

Ensure code quality by following best practices and standards, and maintain comprehensive code/design documentation.

Implement error-handling mechanisms and troubleshoot issues effectively.

Work closely with cross-functional teams, including other developers, engineers, and stakeholders, to ensure seamless integration of various layers of the product infrastructure.

Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks to ensure applications perform smoothly and efficiently.

Continuously measure, drive, and optimize non-functional aspects such as app size, memory usage, and performance.

Integrate APIs effectively and ensure secure authentication and authorization mechanisms.

Continuously maintain database security and manage multiple databases, integrating them as necessary.

Work with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP to deploy, manage, and scale applications.

Follow CI/CD guidelines to ensure zero-touch build, deploy, and test processes.

Monitor application performance and stability using appropriate tools

Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in Node.js and digital solutions.

Innovate and propose changes to improve the application architecture and overall product performance

G Skills Required

Technical

Effectively encrypt sensitive data in Node.js and enable secure authentication in your online application

Familiar with dependency audits to find and address any potential security issues in your dependencies

Manage multiple databases and, if necessary, integrate them.

Continuously maintain database security

Ability to work with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP to deploy, manage, and scale applications

Demonstrate basic error-handling skills, including troubleshooting and syntax manipulation

Working experience as a Node JS developer, strong proficiency in java script and JS tech stack, knowledge of ReactJS is plus.

Hands- on knowledge of node js and frameworks available for it like express/fastify.

Strong knowledge of Data structures, algorithms, exception handling and SQL.

Understanding of databases such as NoSQL, PostgresDB.

Understanding the asynchronous/non-blocking programming concepts.

Ensure the code is developed following the best practices and standards.

Develop and maintain code/design documentation to ensure that the architecture is well-documented and communicated to all stakeholders.

Knowledge of user authentication and authorisation between multiple systems, servers and environments.

Hands- on knowledge of messaging technologies like Kafka.

Hands-on knowledge of REST based API and JSON schema.

Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in digital solutions, and apply them to continuously improve the performance and functionality of our applications.

Proficiency in project management tools like JIRA etc, code versioning tools such as Bitbucket and GIT

Proficiency in following CI/CD guidelines and ensuring zero touch build/deploy and test.

Behavioral

Essential

Desired

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Creative thinking skills

Supervising/Leadership skills

Teamwork Skills

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