Encompass Developer

We are seeking a highly skilled Team Lead – MERN Stack Developer to lead the development and delivery of scalable, maintainable, and high-performance applications using MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and a passion for building innovative solutions. If you have experience in microservices, micro-frontends, message queues, Redis, CI/CD, and best practices for large-scale applications, we’d love to have you on our team.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Team Management

• Lead and mentor a team of developers, ensuring smooth collaboration, technical growth, and high-quality deliverables.
• Assign tasks, set priorities, track progress, and ensure project deadlines are met.
• Conduct code reviews to maintain coding standards, ensure maintainability, and improve code quality.
• Promote a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and problem-solving.
• Architect and implement microservices, micro-frontends, and modular micro-apps for scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.
• Optimize performance and scalability for large-scale applications with dynamic data flows.

Backend Development (Node.js & Express.js)

• Design and implement secure, scalable backend structures and APIs.
• Develop reusable tools and libraries to support a microservices architecture.
• Handle error management and debugging for seamless application functionality.
• Work with message queues like RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Redis for event-driven communication.
• Use tools like New Relic or Prometheus to monitor and debug production systems.
• Solve challenging technical problems with smart, scalable solutions.

Database Management (MongoDB)

• Design efficient and scalable database schemas for large-scale projects.
• Optimize database performance using indexing, aggregation, and advanced querying techniques.
• Leverage MongoDB features like sharding and replication to handle large datasets efficiently.

Frontend Development (React.js & JavaScript)

• Build and optimize reusable, high-performance React.js components and dynamic user interfaces.
• Develop robust solutions for complex UI interactions, including drag-and-drop functionality.
• Implement efficient state management using Redux, Context API, or React Query.
• Optimize web performance, including DOM manipulation, memory management, and responsiveness.
• Ensure applications adhere to WCAG accessibility standards and provide excellent user experiences.

Best Practices & Continuous Improvement

• Define and enforce coding standards, workflows, and best practices for high-quality development.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
• Write secure and robust code to protect against vulnerabilities like XSS and CSRF.
• Regularly monitor and optimize application performance, security, and scalability.
• Stay updated on the latest trends in MERN stack technologies and software development practices.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams for containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes.

The Role

This role is anything but conventional- It is an opportunity to define and execute our plans and make an impact on the development of millions of children.

As our tech lead, you will work closely with the founders to crystallize and own the product roadmap and then, to bring the product vision to life through simple, elegant design & code that delights users.

You will be the key architect of the product and will help the engineering team build and maintain the product across mobile and web. 

You will own development and delivery of the code- including analysis, optimization and debugging.

Key Skills

3-6 years of experience with backend and frontend web-based application development

2+ years of experience with React / Redux + HTML/CSS

2+ years of experience with Python

Have some experience with databases (SQL, MongoDB)

Have created meaningful APIs and models that are flexible and scalable

About You

You will thrive in this role at KinderPass if you:

• Have a passion for our mission to re-imagine child health and development
• Have the drive to be part of building something new - to learn, to work hard, to be your best self and to adapt to the constant change and evolution of a start-up.
• Enjoy autonomy and flexibility but can work well in a team
• Count Ownership and Reliability as your key strengths
• Can communicate effectively

• Building interactive consumer data from multiple systems and RESTfully abstracting to the UI through a Node.js backend
• Define code architecture decisions to support a high-performance and scalable product with a minimal footprint
• Address and improve any technical issues
• Collaborate well with engineers, researchers, and data implementation specialists to design and create advanced, elegant and efficient systems

• Develop website and its successful deployment as per requirements
• Translate storyboards and wireframes to create functional and high-performing websites
• Write, execute, and maintain clean, reusable, and scalable code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implement security and data protection
• Ensure to code that is platform and device agnostic
• Collaborate with other team members for the design and content of the website
• Integration testing to ensure the quality and robustness of code
• Monitoring website traffic with Google analytics to ensure high GTmetrix score
• Maintain well-documented, reusable, and transferrable code
• Troubleshooting and debugging