Dev Lead

                                  Job Description

Profile Title: Software Development Engineer

Location: Pune Remote

Company Profile:

Growloc Private Limited is a leading Agri-tech company in India specializing in IoT solutions for farm management. We empower farmers with innovative technology to optimize resource usage, improve yields, and ensure consistent quality produce. Backed by a team of passionate individuals, Growloc Private Limited is committed to creating a more sustainable and productive future for Indian agriculture.

Role Overview:

 We’re looking for a MERN Stack Engineer (SDE-2) who’s passionate about building impactful products and believes in working smarter—with AI copilots, automation, and lean dev cycles. You’ll be part of a high-ownership team responsible for delivering full-stack features, writing testable code, and deploying to production with CI/CD.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain robust full-stack applications using MongoDB, Nest.js, React.js, and Node.js.

• Actively leverage AI tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) for faster development, documentation, and writing test cases.

• Write and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure code quality.

• Own features end-to-end—from design to deployment using modern CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Vercel, AWS).

• Collaborate with product, data, and hardware teams in a lean setup to ship fast and iterate often.

• Ensure performance, responsiveness, and scalability of front-end and backend systems.

Required Skills:

• 2–5 years of professional experience building products using the MERN stack.

• Strong understanding of frontend architecture (React Hooks, Context API/Redux).

• Proficiency in Node.js, Express, and MongoDB schema design.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools, Git workflows, and cloud deployments.

• Experience with automated testing frameworks (Jest, Mocha, Cypress, etc.).

• Demonstrated use of AI-based coding assistants in real-world development workflows.

Good to Have:

• Exposure to IoT systems or integration with hardware devices.

• Experience working with LoRaWAN protocols and sensor data ingestion.

• Familiarity with WebSockets, MQTT, or real-time data processing.

• Background in agriculture, climate-tech, or rural tech products.

• Knowledge of TypeScript or serverless architectures.

Compensation: Best as per the market standards

At Growloc, we believe in purpose-driven technology. You’ll be part of a collaborative team working at the intersection of agriculture and innovation. If you're excited about building products that matter—and making a real-world impact—this is the place for you.

We are seeking an experienced Lead Full Stack Developer with a strong background in the MERN stack and serverless technologies. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 6 years of experience in software development, with significant expertise in both relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL databases. You will lead a team in designing and developing scalable, high-quality solutions while ensuring best practices are followed throughout the development lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js and serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, or Azure Functions.
• Architect and implement front-end solutions using React.js, ensuring seamless integration with backend services.
• Design, implement, and optimise both relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
• Translate business requirements into robust, efficient technical solutions.
• Conduct code reviews to maintain high standards of code quality, performance, and maintainability.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in the MERN stack, serverless architectures, and cloud platforms.
• Lead and mentor a team of developers, providing technical guidance and fostering a collaborative environment.
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Requirements:

• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in software development, with at least 6 years specifically in the MERN stack.
• Proven leadership experience in managing and mentoring development teams.
• Proficiency in Node.js, Express.js, React.js, and MongoDB.
• Hands-on experience with serverless architectures, including AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, or Azure Functions.
• Strong understanding of RDBMS (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB).
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and cloud platforms.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and collaboration

Additional Skills:

• Experience with GraphQL, Docker, and Kubernetes is a plus.
• Contributions to open-source projects are highly valued.
• Understanding of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

​​ChiefEx Technologies Pvt Ltd is an early stage SAAS application startup providing an integrated technology platform to small businesses for most of their day to day activities for all of their business cycle with complete control on activities.

Our application is very flexible and its minimalistic design is loved by many customers.

The company is looking at further expanding the solution and rolling across geographies in the coming future.

Our MVP is ready and we started early traction. We are looking for passionate developers with an entrepreneurship mindset to join our team as Team Lead - MEAN Stack.

Joining as a founding team member will come with lots of benefits and opportunities to grow.

There won't be any cash benefits for at least 3 months or till we achieve revenue goals or funding. A very attractive indicative compensation will be offered with equity for the right candidate.

Right candidate will be inducted as Co-founder  / CTO.

You will be getting freedom and autonomy to perform tasks, manage and build your team and engage in cross functional activities.

This is a high growth career opportunity is only best for those who have the capability to fast grow the organisation as a High growth driver and with an Entrepreneur Mindset.

Note: DO NOT APPLY if you are looking for a traditionally paid employee safe mode opportunity. 

Responsibilities:

• Own the product development from scratch.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Architect scalable software solutions and mentor a team of high performing developers.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews and troubleshooting to ensure uptime for live systems etc.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field.
• Prior 5+ years of experience in leading full stack development (MEAN Stack) in a start-up or a dynamic work environment.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript/Typescript and technologies like NodeJS (with Express) / Angular / MongoDb etc.
• Good understanding of System Design, Microservice Architecture, DSA, etc.
• Good understanding of CI/CD, AWS, cloud deployment, Git, etc.
• Customer oriented, responsive to changes, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

If you are a potential candidate and have some questions, please feel free to talk with us.

• ASP.Net
• MVC
• Web Services, WCF & Web API
• SQL Server 
• C#
• Angular (4 & above)
• JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3