Engineering Manager (Backend)

About us

EDMO is an AI-powered company that provides enrollment-centric solutions to universities,

colleges, and higher education institutions. By streamlining repetitive tasks—such as document verification, transcript evaluation, SOP/essay reviews, and applicant matching.

EDMO enables its clients to process student applications faster and more accurately. Its intelligent workflows

not only reduce administrative workload but also empower admission advisors to focus on personalized guidance and student engagement.

With features like AI-powered chatbots, Photo ID verification, GPA calculator, and transfer credit evaluation, EDMO ensures transparency and efficiency across the enrollment journey. Institutions using EDMO services report significant time savings, improved decision-making, and

enhanced student satisfaction.

At its core, EDMO is built to reimagine & streamline admissions—making them smarter, quicker, and more human-centric.

Website - https://goedmo.com/

Position Overview

We're seeking an exceptional Lead Software Engineer / Senior Tech Lead who can energize and guide a team of brilliant engineers while driving rapid, high-quality product development using AI and innovative technologies. The ideal candidate brings deep full-stack and backend

engineering expertise combined with strong leadership capability and a hands-on approach to architecture and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of 5–8 senior engineers across AI, Salesforce, and full-stack development

• Drive technical strategy and architectural decisions — including backend, API design, and system design — for EDMO's product portfolio

• Own and evolve backend architecture using Node.js / NestJS and front-end solutions in React or Angular

• Define and implement telemetry, observability, and monitoring standards (logging,tracing, alerting) across services

• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous learning, and technical excellence

• Manage sprint planning, code reviews, and technical delivery timelines

• Collaborate closely with product management and design teams

• Guide technical hiring and team scaling decisions

• Ensure code quality, security, and performance standards

• Lead technical discussions with university clients and stakeholders

• Drive adoption of best practices, tools, and development methodologies

Required Qualifications

Experience & Leadership

• 8+ years of software development experience with 3+ years in technical leadership roles

• Must have: Proven track record of leading high-performing technical teams

• Must have: Experience energizing and motivating senior engineers to achieve exceptional results

• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps practices

• Excellent communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Experience with performance management, career development, and team building

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure

Technical Stack — Must Have

• Node.js and NestJS — production-grade backend services, microservices, and API design

• TypeScript — Good Have

• React or Angular — front-end development and component architecture

• Backend and system architecture — designing scalable, maintainable, distributed

systems

• Telemetry & monitoring — hands-on experience with logging frameworks, distributed tracing (e.g. OpenTelemetry, Datadog, New Relic, or similar), and alerting pipelines

• Cloud platforms — GCP preferred; AWS or Azure acceptable

• Databases — PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or equivalent; Redis for caching/queuing

• CI/CD — GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, or equivalent pipelines

Additional Technical Background

• Strong background across multiple domains: AI/ML integration, web development, cloud- native architecture• Microservices patterns, API gateway design, event-driven architectures

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in EdTech, SaaS, or B2B technology companies

• Background in AI/ML or emerging technologies

• Experience scaling engineering teams from startup to growth stage

• Knowledge of the Salesforce ecosystem and integrations

• GCP certifications or demonstrated GCP production experience (Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, GKE)

• Experience building and operating observability stacks (dashboards, SLOs, on-call runbooks)

• MBA or advanced degree in technology or business

• Track record of successful product launches and customer implementations

• Experience working with US-based clients and distributed teams

Leadership Philosophy We Seek

• Servant Leadership: Empowering team members to achieve their best work

• Technical Excellence: Setting high standards while maintaining development velocity

• Growth Mindset: Continuously learning and helping others grow

• Results-Oriented: Delivering measurable business outcomes through technology

• Cultural Builder: Creating an inclusive, innovative, and collaborative team environment

Growth Opportunities

• Path to VP of Engineering

• Opportunity to build and scale EDMO's India engineering organization

• Lead major strategic partnerships and technical initiatives

• Drive innovation in AI-powered educational technology

Juntrax is a global integrated office management platform for SMEs.

**What we are looking for : **

* Someone who has led a team of developers in a product-centric company by providing technical direction for the design, development, testing, and release of a product.  

* Designed scalable Applications 

* Possesses hands-on experience building end to end systems 

* Good architectural & product design skills 

* Strong coding, data structures and algorithms background

* The ability to own end to end responsibility - right from requirement gathering to product release 

* The ability to produce bug-free and production-grade code 

* Engage with stakeholders and ensure the product is on target for timely development.

* Possess the following technical skills: Javascript,MeteorJs, NodeJS, MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS, Elastic Search, AWS, ReactNative

* Must be highly motivated and be willing to take up the challenges with working in a start-up.
- Must have entrepreneurial skills.

**Main Responsibilities: **

Build & lead a team by example 

* Develop a deep understanding office management product and startup ecosystem and execute to the release of the product 

* Architect, design, and document processes and procedures for future releases.

* Should be able to help out in coding and performing code reviews with the team in MERN/Meteor Stack.**

**What we have to offer : **

* -Work with a performance-oriented team driven by product ownership 

- Learn to design system for high accuracy, efficiency, and scalability 
- Equity and Co-foundership will be offered

- Office Culture based on collaboration and desire to deliver the best product

About the company

The client is the home base for hardware engineers. They give the teams building robots, rockets, medical devices, and the next generation of physical products a single place to move fast without breaking things, turning CAD chaos into a system of record engineers actually love to work in. We're profitable, post-Series A, and growing our Hyderabad engineering team.

About the role

We're looking for a tech lead to set the technical direction for a growing team and raise the bar for everyone around them. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll still write production code, but your largest impact comes through architecture, mentorship, and the standards you instill. You own outcomes for a team, not just your own commits. 

What you'll do

• Lead the technical direction of a team building across our TypeScript/React + Node.js + AWS stack
• Drive architecture decisions, document tradeoffs, and align the team on a clear technical path Mentor engineers through code review, pairing, and guidance, growing them toward strong production ownership
• Set and uphold standards for code quality, testing, and operational rigor
• Stay hands-on: write production code on the highest-leverage and hardest problems
• Partner with product and leadership to scope work, manage technical risk, and deliver predictably
• Be accountable for the reliability and maturity of the systems your team owns in production

What we're looking for

• Demonstrated technical leadership: you've set direction for a team and elevated those around you
• Strong full-stack proficiency in TypeScript, React, and Node.js, plus solid AWS depth
• A track record of shipping to production and owning systems in operation, and of holding a team to that same standard
• Strong architectural judgment: you decompose ambiguous problems, weigh tradeoffs, and make decisions others can build on
• Excellent communication: you keep your team aligned and stakeholders informed, and you surface risk early
• Comfort leading in a fast-paced, high-ownership early-stage environment 

Why choose us?

• The teams building advanced hardware and the robots, machines, and devices shaping the future run
• Direct access to founders; you'll help shape product and engineering direction, not just execute tickets
• Fast feedback loops: what you build is in front of customers in days, not quarters
• Profitable at Series A, so you get startup upside without the constant fundraising-survival anxiety
• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity
• Bi-yearly appraisal cycles
• Upto 20% Bonus based on performance
• Monthly Swiggy vouchers
• Flexibility with work hours

Sapical  is looking for an experienced Full Stack Technical Lead to provide technical leadership, engineering governance, delivery management, and people leadership across multiple software development projects.

The role combines hands-on full-stack technical expertise with project delivery and team management responsibilities. You will be responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, secure, and high-quality enterprise applications.

The ideal candidate should have strong experience across React.js, Node.js, MongoDB, APIs, integrations, cloud technologies, and microservices, along with proven experience leading engineering teams.

Experience Required

• 8+ years of overall software engineering experience
• At least 3 years of experience in a Technical Lead, Engineering Lead, or Delivery Lead role
• Experience managing teams of 10+ members
• Strong experience in full-stack application development and technical leadership

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design, architecture reviews, and engineering governance across multiple projects.
• Provide technical oversight for React.js, Node.js, MongoDB, APIs, integrations, and cloud-based solutions.
• Manage multiple project streams, delivery plans, risks, dependencies, and resource allocation.
• Drive Agile delivery practices including sprint planning, estimation, tracking, and release management.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
• Mentor development teams and support technical and professional growth.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, business users, architects, QA, and DevOps teams.
• Monitor project progress and provide regular status reporting to leadership.
• Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and team development.
• Ensure successful delivery within agreed scope, schedule, quality, and budget expectations.

AI & Automation

• Drive the strategic adoption of AI and automation technologies across engineering teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity and delivery efficiency through AI and automation.
• Help reduce development effort and time-to-market through effective adoption of emerging technologies.

Technical Requirements

Frontend Technologies

• Strong hands-on experience with React.js
• JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript
• Modern JavaScript frameworks and state management libraries
• Experience building responsive and performance-optimized web applications

Backend Technologies

• Strong experience with Node.js
• Express.js and/or NestJS
• REST APIs and GraphQL
• Microservices architecture
• API integrations and enterprise application development

Databases

Experience with one or more of:

• MongoDB
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• MS-SQL

Cloud & DevOps

• Docker
• CI/CD pipelines
• AWS and/or Azure
• Monitoring and observability tools

Leadership & Delivery Competencies

• Project planning and delivery management
• Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Stakeholder management
• Risk and issue management
• Resource planning and team allocation
• Executive reporting and communication
• Team leadership and mentoring
• Continuous improvement and process governance

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale digital transformation projects
• Experience managing distributed teams
• Experience working in client-facing engagements

What Success Looks Like

• Successful delivery of multiple concurrent projects
• High customer and stakeholder satisfaction
• Strong engineering quality and governance
• Effective team leadership and retention
• Consistent adherence to project timelines and delivery commitments

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of full-stack engineering and technical delivery, while leading teams and driving engineering excellence across enterprise projects.

You will play a key role in shaping technical solutions, improving engineering processes, mentoring teams, and driving the adoption of AI and automation across engineering.

Key Skills

React.js | Node.js | TypeScript | JavaScript | Express.js | NestJS | MongoDB | PostgreSQL | REST API | GraphQL | Microservices | Docker | CI/CD | AWS | Azure | Agile | Technical Leadership | Team Management | AI & Automation

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Software Engineer to drive the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable B2B products from our Bangalore office. This role requires a strong hands-on technologist who can lead a team of engineers, make sound architectural decisions, and collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, DevOps, and Customer Success teams.

As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of our platform, ensuring high-quality engineering practices, and delivering enterprise-grade solutions to our customers. This job can quickly grow into a Technical Lead position.

**Key Responsibilities**

🔹 Technical Leadership

Own end-to-end technical architecture and system design for core product modules.

Drive scalable, secure, and high-performance backend and frontend solutions.

Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and ensure adherence to engineering best practices.

Evaluate and introduce new technologies where appropriate.

🔹 Team Management

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 5–6 engineers.

Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and innovation.

Support hiring, onboarding, and mentoring.

🔹 Product Delivery

Collaborate closely with mangement to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Drive sprint planning, estimations, and delivery timelines.

Ensure predictable, high-quality releases aligned with business goals.

🔹 Quality & DevOps

Champion CI/CD practices, automated testing, and DevOps processes.

Ensure system reliability, uptime, security, and performance monitoring.

Participate in incident management and root cause analysis.

🔹 Stakeholder Collaboration

Work cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, and Support teams for enterprise deployments.

Communicate technical decisions clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

**Required Qualifications**

4+ years of software development experience in product-based companies.

Strong experience with modern backend technologies (e.g., Java, Node.js, Python, or similar technologies).

Experience with frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or similar).

Solid understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful APIs.

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Strong knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL).

Experience building scalable B2B SaaS products.

**Preferred Qualifications**

Experience with multi-tenant SaaS architecture.

Familiarity with enterprise integrations (SSO, APIs, third-party systems).

Experience handling high-scale systems with large enterprise clients.

Exposure to security and compliance standards (ISO, SOC2, GDPR).

**Key Competencies**

Strong problem-solving and system design skills.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to balance hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities.

Strong ownership mindset with attention to detail.

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.

**What We Offer**

Competitive compensation and performance bonuses.

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge B2B products.

Collaborative and growth-oriented culture.

Health insurance and wellness benefits.

If you are passionate about building scalable B2B platforms and leading high-performing engineering teams, we would love to hear from you.

Strong Engineering Manager / Lead Profiles

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Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 8+ years of overall Software Engineering / Development experience with a strong IC foundation.

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Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have 2+ years of formal Engineering Manager experience with direct people-management responsibility (informal Senior Engineer / Tech Lead experience managing a team does not count)

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have directly managed 4–6+ engineers, including 1:1s, performance management, growth plans, promotions, mentoring, and team development.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must own technical direction and delivery for an engineering team/pod, including architecture, system design, code/PR reviews, execution planning, and engineering quality.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have strong backend/software engineering experience with hands-on technical depth in building APIs, services, integrations, and scalable systems; specific language/framework can vary.

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have experience owning production operations, including on-call, incident management, debugging, and postmortems for their area.

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Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have experience driving cross-functional alignment with Product and Design and translating ambiguous business/product requirements into scalable technical solutions.

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Mandatory (Company) – Must be from a Product Company / Startup, particularly B2B SaaS, Fintech, Payments, or similar technology product environments. (Refer Target Company List)

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Mandatory (Role Fit) – Role is 80% people/team management and 20% technical/IC involvement;

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Preferred (Education) - Tier 1 engineering college

Strong Engineering Manager / Lead Profiles

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Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 8+ years of overall Software Engineering / Development experience with a strong IC foundation.

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Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have 2+ years of formal Engineering Manager experience with direct people-management responsibility (informal Senior Engineer / Tech Lead experience managing a team does not count)

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have directly managed 4–6+ engineers, including 1:1s, performance management, growth plans, promotions, mentoring, and team development.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must own technical direction and delivery for an engineering team/pod, including architecture, system design, code/PR reviews, execution planning, and engineering quality.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have strong backend/software engineering experience with hands-on technical depth in building APIs, services, integrations, and scalable systems; specific language/framework can vary.

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have experience owning production operations, including on-call, incident management, debugging, and postmortems for their area.

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Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have experience driving cross-functional alignment with Product and Design and translating ambiguous business/product requirements into scalable technical solutions.

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Mandatory (Company) – Must be from a Product Company / Startup, particularly B2B SaaS, Fintech, Payments, or similar technology product environments. (Refer Target Company List)

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Mandatory (Role Fit) – Role is 80% people/team management and 20% technical/IC involvement;

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Preferred (Education) - Tier 1 engineering college

Strong Engineering Manager / Lead Profiles

2

Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 8+ years of overall Software Engineering / Development experience with a strong IC foundation.

3

Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have 2+ years of formal Engineering Manager experience with direct people-management responsibility (informal Senior Engineer / Tech Lead experience managing a team does not count)

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have directly managed 4–6+ engineers, including 1:1s, performance management, growth plans, promotions, mentoring, and team development.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must own technical direction and delivery for an engineering team/pod, including architecture, system design, code/PR reviews, execution planning, and engineering quality.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have strong backend/software engineering experience with hands-on technical depth in building APIs, services, integrations, and scalable systems; specific language/framework can vary.

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have experience owning production operations, including on-call, incident management, debugging, and postmortems for their area.

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Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have experience driving cross-functional alignment with Product and Design and translating ambiguous business/product requirements into scalable technical solutions.

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Mandatory (Company) – Must be from a Product Company / Startup, particularly B2B SaaS, Fintech, Payments, or similar technology product environments. (Refer Target Company List)

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Mandatory (Role Fit) – Role is 80% people/team management and 20% technical/IC involvement;

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Preferred (Education) - Tier 1 engineering college

Strong Engineering Manager / Lead Profiles

2

Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 8+ years of overall Software Engineering / Development experience with a strong IC foundation.

3

Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have 2+ years of formal Engineering Manager experience with direct people-management responsibility (informal Senior Engineer / Tech Lead experience managing a team does not count)

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have directly managed 4–6+ engineers, including 1:1s, performance management, growth plans, promotions, mentoring, and team development.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must own technical direction and delivery for an engineering team/pod, including architecture, system design, code/PR reviews, execution planning, and engineering quality.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have strong backend/software engineering experience with hands-on technical depth in building APIs, services, integrations, and scalable systems; specific language/framework can vary.

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have experience owning production operations, including on-call, incident management, debugging, and postmortems for their area.

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Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have experience driving cross-functional alignment with Product and Design and translating ambiguous business/product requirements into scalable technical solutions.

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Mandatory (Company) – Must be from a Product Company / Startup, particularly B2B SaaS, Fintech, Payments, or similar technology product environments. (Refer Target Company List)

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Mandatory (Role Fit) – Role is 80% people/team management and 20% technical/IC involvement;

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Preferred (Education) - Tier 1 engineering college

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Write, review and merge production code across Vue.js frontend and Node.js backend
2. Own code quality for the India team — set review standards and refactor technical debt
3. Debug across the full stack — from Vue rendering issues to Mongo aggregations to Kubernetes pod issues
4. Guide the team on day-to-day development decisions and step in on unsolved problems
5. Design solutions for new modules from spec to schema to API contract to implementation
6. Own MongoDB data modelling decisions — document structure, embedding vs referencing, index strategy
7. Review Node.js service design: API structure, error handling, validation, authentication, rate limiting, background processing
8. Make and document build-vs-buy calls on third-party services with cost and integration effort
9. Ensure the platform stays stable and performant on a live, revenue-generating system
10. Demonstrate daily working use of AI coding tools and spec-driven development practice
11. Judge AI output quality and know when tasks should not be handed to agents
12. Set up and maintain repo-level context files and make the team's AI setup consistent
13. Coach the team on AI tools while holding the line on quality
14. Work with LLM APIs, embeddings, semantic search and understand where AI features help
15. Run sprint planning, estimation, standups and retros for the India team
16. Break requirements into technical tasks with clear acceptance criteria
17. Track velocity and flag slippage and blockers early
18. Own release coordination — deployment planning, rollback strategy and post-release monitoring
19. Line-manage 6–10 engineers across web, mobile and QA — 1:1s, feedback, performance conversations and growth planning
20. Mentor mid-level engineers into senior ones and build depth
21. Participate in hiring — technical screening, interviewing and onboarding
22. Keep the team's engineering practices consistent: documentation, testing, branching, incident handling
23. Act as the main technical point of contact between the India team and the UAE office product and business stakeholders
24. Communicate clearly to mixed technical and non-technical audiences — status, risk, trade-offs and time cost
25. Manage the time-zone gap with structured overlap hours, written updates and async documentation
26. Own technical delivery on modules including product catalogue, pricing, ordering, workflows, order management, payments, invoicing and vendor onboarding

Ideal Candidate

1Strong Hands-On Technical Team Lead Profile (Vue.js + Node.js) with AI-assisted development and B2B e-commerce exposure2Mandatory (Experience) - Must have 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2+ years leading a team of 5 or more engineers3Mandatory (Tech skill 1): Must have strong, current, hands-on Vue.js experience including component architecture, state management and performance optimisation4Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Must have strong, current, hands-on Node.js and Express experience for production API development at scale5Mandatory (Tech skill 3): Must have deep MongoDB experience including aggregation pipelines, index design, query performance tuning and schema decisions6Mandatory (Tech skill 4): Must have AWS experience particularly Kubernetes/EKS with deployments, resource limits, health probes and production monitoring7Mandatory (Tech skill 5): Must have working understanding of Flutter including widget architecture, state management, platform channels and Play Store/App Store release pipelines8Mandatory (Tech skill 6): Must have demonstrable, daily professional use of AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI or equivalent) with real examples9Mandatory (Tech skill 7): Must have experience with spec-driven development including writing structured requirement and design documents and reviewing AI-generated output against acceptance criteria10Mandatory (Tech skill 8): Must have experience setting up and maintaining repo-level context files, rules files and custom commands for AI development11Mandatory (Tech skill 9): Must have Git and CI/CD experience including branching strategy, review workflow and automated pipelines12Mandatory (Leadership): Must have line-managed engineers (1:1s, feedback, performance, growth), mentored mid-to-senior, and participated in hiring13Mandatory (Communication): Must communicate clearly to mixed technical/non-technical audiences and manage a time-zone gap with structured overlap and async documentation (works with the UAE office)14Mandatory (Education): Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering or related field15Mandatory (Domain): Background in B2B e-commerce, wholesale/distribution or marketplace platforms16Preferred (Offshore Experience): Experience working as the offshore technical counterpart to an overseas leadership team17Preferred (AI Integration): Experience integrating LLM APIs into a production product18Preferred (Observability): Exposure to observability tooling such as CloudWatch, Datadog or Sentry and analytics instrumentation19Preferred (Third-party Integrations): Experience with payment gateways, e-signature, logistics APIs, mapping and geolocation integrations