Business Development Associate

Tech Lead

Full Stack, Architecture & Client Delivery

📍 Mumbai (On-site) | Full-time | 5-6 years

About the Role:

Unico Connect is an AI-first technology partner that builds custom mobile, web, and AI products for clients across multiple geographies.

We are hiring a Tech Lead who will own the technical direction of full stack engagements, lead a small pod of engineers, and represent Unico Connect directly in front of customers.

The mandatory requirement for this role is hands-on production experience as a senior or lead engineer building full stack web applications with React on the frontend and either Node.js or Python on the backend.

The role is hands-on.

Expect to spend meaningful time on architecture, complex implementation, and code reviews, while also driving delivery, mentoring a pod of 3 to 6 engineers, running client conversations, and contributing to solutioning on new opportunities.

A typical week includes a design review on a new module, a working session with a client product owner, paired implementation on a complex flow, and pre-sales input on an active opportunity.

Responsibilities:

Solutioning and Architecture

Own end-to-end architecture for client engagements: system design, API contracts, data models, integrations, deployment topology, and trade-off analysis.

Document and defend decisions in writing and in client reviews.

Hands-on Full Stack Delivery

Lead by example on complex modules, performance-critical paths, and high-risk areas of the system using React (with Next.js where relevant) and Node.js (Express, NestJS) or Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask).

Database Design and Performance

Drive PostgreSQL schema design, indexing strategy, query optimisation, migrations, and capacity planning.

Set the standard for data modelling across the pod.

Cloud and Infrastructure

Set up and operate production workloads on AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Make and own decisions on compute, storage, networking, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and cost.

Code Quality and Engineering Standards

Run code reviews, define engineering conventions, and raise the quality bar across the team.

Set the standard for testing, linting, branching, release management, and incident response.

Team Leadership and Mentorship

Lead, mentor, and grow a pod of 3 to 6 engineers.

Plan sprints, unblock the team, run retros, and own delivery commitments.

Client Engagement

Act as the primary technical point of contact for the client.

Run technical discussions, present trade-offs, manage scope and risks, and keep stakeholders informed in writing.

Pre-Sales and Solutioning

Partner with sales and account leadership on new opportunities, including discovery calls, effort estimation, architecture diagrams, and solution write-ups.

AI-Assisted Development

Use Claude, Cursor, and similar tools day to day.

Set the standard for the team on prompts, patterns, AI-assisted code review, and where these tools are and are not appropriate.

AI Feature Delivery

Where an engagement calls for it, design and ship LLM-based features into production, including prompt design, retrieval pipelines, evaluation, observability, and guardrails.

Requirements:

Hands-on Full Stack Production Experience as a Senior or Lead Engineer (Mandatory)

Must have personally built and shipped production web applications using React on the frontend and either Node.js or Python on the backend.

POCs, internal tools, and coursework do not qualify.

5 to 6 Years of Professional Software Engineering Experience

Including at least 1 to 2 years in a tech lead, team lead, or senior engineering role with direct responsibility for technical decisions and team output.

Hands-on Cloud Experience on at Least One of AWS, GCP, or Azure

Including deploying and operating production workloads.

Comfort with at least three of: EC2 or equivalent compute, S3 or equivalent object storage, Lambda or serverless functions, RDS or managed databases, CloudFront or equivalent CDN, IAM, VPC.

Strong Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript

With React and Next.js (SSR, SSG, app router) on the frontend, and either Node.js (Express, NestJS) or Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask) on the backend.

API design experience across REST and GraphQL.

Willingness and demonstrated ability to pick up the other backend stack as engagements demand.

Production Experience with Docker, Git-Based Workflows, and CI/CD Pipelines

(GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or equivalent).

Strong PostgreSQL Skills

Schema design, normalisation, indexing, query performance, migrations, and at least one production system where you owned the data model end-to-end.

Caching and Event-Driven Architecture

Hands-on with Redis (or equivalent) for caching and session management, and message queues or event-driven patterns (RabbitMQ, SQS, Kafka, or NATS) for asynchronous workflows.

AI and LLM Feature Delivery in Production

Experience designing and shipping at least one AI feature to production, covering prompt design, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, evaluation, observability, and guardrails.

POCs and demos do not qualify.

System Design Depth and End-to-End Ownership

Able to take an ambiguous problem, break it into components, evaluate alternatives, produce an architecture that holds up under review and load, plan execution, and ship to production with limited supervision.

Excellent Written and Spoken English

Experience working directly with international clients.

Confident, clear, and firm in stakeholder communication.

Comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders, pushing back where needed, and managing expectations across time zones.

Job Overview:

A Desktop Support Engineer is responsible for providing technical assistance to users, troubleshooting hardware and software issues, and ensuring the smooth operation of computer systems. They install, maintain, and support IT infrastructure, including desktops, laptops, printers, and network devices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Support: Provide first-level support for hardware, software, and network issues.
• Installation & Configuration: Install, configure, and maintain desktops, laptops, operating systems, and applications.
• Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve system errors, application failures, and connectivity issues.
• Network Support: Assist with basic networking issues such as internet connectivity, VPN setup, and LAN/Wi-Fi troubleshooting.
• Security & Updates: Ensure system security by updating antivirus software, installing patches, and following IT security protocols.
• User Assistance: Provide guidance and training to end users on IT best practices.
• Peripheral Support: Manage printers, scanners, and other office peripherals.
• Documentation: Maintain records of IT assets, support requests, and resolutions.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Education: Diploma/Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Technical Knowledge: Experience with Windows, macOS, Linux, Microsoft Office, and remote desktop tools.
• Networking Basics: Understanding of LAN, WAN, IP addressing, and DNS.
• Problem-Solving: Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Communication Skills: Ability to interact with non-technical users and explain solutions clearly.
• Certifications (Preferred): A+, N+, MCSA, CCNA, or other relevant IT certifications.

Work Environment:

• On-site or remote support depending on company policies.
• May require flexible hours or on-call support for urgent issues.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the execution of manual testing procedures to ensure the functionality, usability, and performance of software applications.
• Create and execute test cases based on project requirements and specifications.
• Document test results, defects, and issues encountered during testing.
• Work collaboratively with developers and other team members to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Participate in test plan and test case reviews to ensure thorough test coverage.
• Assist in the identification and implementation of process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the QA process.
• Support the QA team in various tasks and projects as needed.

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a degree program in computer science, information technology, or related field.
• Strong interest in software testing and quality assurance.
• Basic understanding of software development lifecycle and testing methodologies.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Familiarity with testing tools and technologies is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous internship or coursework in software testing or quality assurance.
• Experience with bug tracking and test management tools, such as JIRA or TestRail.
• Basic understanding of programming languages such as Java, Python, or C#.
• Knowledge of automated testing tools and frameworks.

Key roles:

·       Develop backend application with clean code practices foe the application

·       Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic

·       Troubleshoot and debug application

·       Gather and address technical and design requirements

·       Build reusable code and libraries for future user-facing

·       Communicate with other third-party team for collaborations

Skillset:

·       Core Java - Hands on experience with Jdk 11 and above

·       Experience with code hosting and collaboration tools like Bitbucket/Github/GitLab

·       Microservice architecture - Rest API calls, inter-service exception handling

·       Non-relational DB - MongoDB basic DB commands to insert, update, delete, find records and Indexing

·       Springboot framework - Spring Data JPA, ORM

·       Event driven architecture - Kafka

·       Tools like Postman, Jenkins, Doppler, IDE, MongoDB atlas

Qualifications:

·       UG: B.Tech/B.E. in Any Specialization, B.Sc in Any Specialization, BCA in Any Specialization

·       PG: Any Postgraduate

• 5 years of experience as Java/Jee Developer, Springboot
• Good knowledge of OOPS concepts.
• Experience in Java8, JSP, Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring Rest & Spring JPA Repository
• Experience in Hibernate, relational databases and sql.
• Experience in Rest API development.
• Experience in implementation of Jasper Reports
• Familiar with Git & Maven

We are building a team whose area of focus will be web GUI development. This will be a horizontal team that will specialize in GUI development and will build GUIs for all our products. Our GUI development platform is a proprietary tool. It has an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) which comes with a rich library of widgets. It allows you to design the web page without having to go into details of the HTML/CSS, by using a drag and drop philosophy. Once a widget is in place on a page, one can define the database interactions of the widgets by defining the underlying table structure and SQL queries. In addition to SQL & database knowledge, the work also involves data manipulation using Java programming. Query performance and Java code performance and optimization will be very essential for work. So we are looking for good programmers with UI + Java + SQL background who are keen to take up GUI development as a specialization.

Job Description:

1. Developing the latest user-facing features using React.js.
2. Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality and responsive screens.
3. Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
4. Learn and understand user interactions & Translate designs and wireframes
into high-quality code.
5. Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
6. Creating servers and databases for functionality and coordinating with various
teams working on distinct layers.
7. As a MERN Stack Developer, you will be involved from conception to
completion with projects that are technologically sound and aesthetically
impressive.

Skill Requirements:

1. Full-stack experience designing and building scalable applications end-to-end.
2. Excellent JavaScript skills and strong proficiency in React.
3. Familiarity with the MERN stacks (Mongo DB, Express.JS, React.JS, and Node.JS)
and Working experience with React, Redux, ES6.
4. Experience building backend APIs using Node JS and Express JS.
5. Experience with NoSQL databases such as Mongo DB, mongoose, aggregation
framework, and Redis.
6. Experience with Web sockets and related frameworks (e.g. Socket.IO) and
Knowledge of JSON Web Token.
7. Experience using RESTful APIs and basic Authentication Mechanisms.
8. Create and Maintain Microservices & Ability Showcase past work via live web
pages and familiarity with code versioning tool Git