Engineering Manager

Job Description: Lead Full-Stack Developer

Location: Pune Shift timings: 2-11 p.m. (Hybrid working model)

Job Overview: We are looking for two highly skilled Lead Developers based in India to join U.S.-driven Agile teams as key contributors. These roles will be pivotal in driving the end-to-end technical delivery of essential features across customer-facing and associate-facing platforms. This position requires a hands-on engineering approach, with at least half of the time dedicated to coding and core technical execution, while also leading and supporting the broader team in achieving project goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

 Act as the senior technical lead within a globally distributed team, focusing on domains such as Loyalty, Mobile Applications, CRM, and Customer Pickup solutions.

 Take ownership of design, development, testing, and deployment of cloud-native microservices and modular web components.

 Guide and oversee code reviews, ensure adherence to coding guidelines, and promote engineering best practices.

 Collaborate closely with U.S.-based product owners, architects, and delivery managers to define requirements, decompose epics, refine user stories, and estimate effort.

 Mentor and coach junior developers in India, fostering technical excellence within a remote-first, collaborative work culture.

 Provide transparent updates on risks, blockers, architectural choices, and delivery progress across international teams.

 Deliver high-quality, maintainable, and testable code following scalability, observability, and resiliency standards.

 Build and maintain integrations with Salesforce, internal/external APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and customer data platforms.

Required Skills & Experience:

 Minimum 10 years of progressive software development experience with proven leadership in technical delivery.

 Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, SQL (PostgreSQL, SQL Server), and front-end frameworks such as React or Angular.

 Hands-on experience working in Agile teams, partnering directly with U.S.-based product and engineering stakeholders.

 Advanced skills in debugging, performance optimization, and unit/integration test automation.

 Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based source control, containerization (Docker), and modern deployment strategies.

 Exceptional communication skills with a proactive and solution-oriented approach in a distributed team environment.

 Prior exposure to offshore-onshore collaboration models is highly desirable.

Design and develop frontend applications using Angular (v10+).

Build and maintain RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express.js.

Develop and manage MySQL databases including schema design, query optimization, and stored procedures.

Integrate front-end UI with backend services.

Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other developers to deliver high-quality software.

Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging.

Optimize application performance, scalability, and security.

Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.

Follow Agile/Scrum methodologies and contribute to sprint planning and daily stand-ups.

• 2 years of strong development background building complex applications.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.
• Experience building applications using NodeJS and frameworks such as Express.
• Thorough understanding of React.js and NodeJS including its core principles.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (such as Git, SVN, and Mercurial).
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Strong experience with MongoDB, Postgres
• Developing new user-facing features using React.js
• Thorough understanding of React.js & popular Workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use

Full Stack /Node. JS/ React.js Developer:

We are looking for  Developers responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements into the application. You will also be responsible for building rich UI components with React.

Skills: Node.js, React.js, MongoDB, Express JS, HTML, CSS.

Requirements:

• Should have experience on Node.js and frameworks available for it, such as Express or StrongLoop. Preferably Express.
• Should have experience in building Rich UI components with React.js.
•  Should have hands on experience on MongoDB.  
• Strong understanding of JavaScript, its quirks and workarounds.
• Knowledge of ES6, ES7 and Object-oriented and functional programming.
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.
• Should have experience in working on Linux (Ubuntu) Environment and basic linux commands.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Good to have knowledge on Redis DB.
• Good understanding of browser rendering behavior and performance.
• Good to have exposure working in an agile development environment.

We are looking for a passionate full-stack developer to be responsible for all platform-related duties, from developing designs for complicated applications to analyzing code. The key responsibilities include writing and testing code, debugging programs, and integrating applications with third-party web services, optimizing applications, ensuring UI/UX feasibility, and implementing API designs and architecture.

You should know python and use server-side logic. Ultimately, you'll build highly responsive web applications that align with our business needs.

Selected day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Writing effective, scalable, and sustainable code
2. Developing back-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance
3. Integrating user-facing elements into applications
4. Testing and debugging programs
5. Improving the functionality of existing systems
6. Implementing security and data protection solutions
7. Assessing and prioritizing feature requests
8. Ensuring the feasibility of UI/UX designs
9. Coordinating with internal teams to understand user requirements and provide technical solutions

Are you inspired by innovations?

Is problem-solving through teamwork in your DNA?

Do you have a never-ending passion for Robotics?

If your answer is 'YES' to any of the above questions, then you’ll fit right in here at ANSCER Robotics.

Why? Imagine a world where there is harmonious coexistence between robots and humans; to challenge this status quo, we apply cutting-edge technologies in robotics and software to solve real-world scenarios whilst creating a better world and elevating the human experience.

What do we do?

Design and build modular robotic systems that can be integrated across platforms and industries to work in harsh environments, be it land, air, water or space.

We call this  "ANSCER ENGINE (AE)", which supports industry-leading performing chips to process all types of workload. It is packed with robust features like power management, I/O management, a cooling system with inbuilt gold-standard IMU and controllers. 

All this incredible efficiency has been designed specifically for robots! With a heart and brain fused in a box, we offer a perfect platform for the development of industrial-use services robotic applications such as autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and autonomous mobile industrial robots (AMIR).  Along with our software solution, we enable any developer or company to have API access to our computer vision, planning, telematics and security to build any type of robot in a brief time.

Who are we? A lean team where most of us are self-taught designers, coders, product developers, exploring the field of mechatronics and IoT.  With a highly competitive market and limited time,  we, as a bootstrapped company, are working with finite options and the choices we make are risky yet highly rewarding.

We are a growing, dynamic company with extensive plans for the future ― and our people! We harness our team's potential and intend to create a plethora of opportunities for every striving member. We’re passionate about our work, we believe there is always a better way and we’re in this for the long haul.

How far have we come?  Incorporated in the month of July 2020, in less than a year, we translated our revolutionary idea and built a world-class robotics system that is made in India and produced more than 10 patentable technologies. On the brink of the COVID-19 pandemic, we built a game-changing solution that significantly eliminates the use of chemical disinfectants using our AE technology and won the "Hack For Cause" organized by the government of India, hack for Italy, the World Bank, Robotex and the European Union.

As a member of our Software Engineering Group, we look first and foremost for people who are passionate about solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices.
You'll be required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner continuously with your many stakeholders on a daily basis to stay focused on common goals.

• Design, develop, and maintain a range of web apps using the language of your choice for new and existing client projects
• Develop user-friendly and intuitive front-end interfaces using HTML/CSS, JavaScript, and React
• Provide technical support for ad hoc initiatives across all departments (e.g. automation, reporting, data analysis, marketing analytics, etc).
• Contribute product and feature ideas that solve problems for our clients, users, and internal team
• Work independently and exercise your own creative judgment to achieve high-level project goals
• Write clean, reusable, and well-documented code while keeping technical debt to a minimum

• Back-end: Python, JavaScript, Postgres, GraphQL, Wagtail CMS, GraphCMS
• Front-end: HTML/CSS/Bootstrap, JavaScript (ES6), React
• Other: Git, AWS EC2/RDS, Docker, Webpack
• Excellent knowledge of Java technologies including core Java and SpringBoot
• Experience developing MicroServices
• Strong DB knowledge
• Well versed with cloud-native principles (Cloud Foundry or AWS)
• Front end development skills using Angular/React
• Working proficiency in developmental toolsets
• Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices
• Ability to work in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals
• Passionate about building an innovative culture

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Security: You must possess a base knowledge of security and the techniques involved for better performing at the outcome of such issues.
  
  
• Soft Skills: Knowing technical skills won't benefit the team, discipline, and the ability to accept criticism all add up to the soft skills of a developer.

• Web Architecture: Will be responsible for web architecture, code structure, data structure, file separation, and the location of computational tasks to help other developers develop applications and also be accountable for planning of the architecture to avoid unnecessary confusion related to the development cycle.

• Debugging: Bugs are relatively common in the development process, you will be responsible for setting up a system for developers to ensure that there are no bugs, and testing the code for bugs marks up as an essential skill.
  
  
• Building and Automation Tools:
 Web performance refers to the amount of time a web app takes to load. If performance time seems to be an issue, it is better to scale the images and omit irrelevant characters. Currently, carrying out this process can be time-consuming, you will be responsible for building and automation tools to come to the team's rescue.

• Database/Web Storage: Need to be an expert in relational databases, NoSQL databases, and memory storage with abilities to design and manipulate complex database queries.
  
  
• Developers must be aware of basic design techniques. It is crucial for designing neat and user-friendly websites that appeal to users; they must have fundamental design principles that include UI/UX design and knowing rapid prototype techniques using tools.

QUALIFICATIONS ( Must have skills):

• JavaScript (preferred MERN STACK)
• jQuery
• NPM
• Python
• HTTPS and REST
• AWS / GCP / Azure
• Know how to create your own AI solutions using existing open-source projects
• Micro Architecture
• Must have ability to handle, clean, visualize and analyze big data like (NumPy, Pandas, Sklearn, Matplotlib, Seaborn)

Bonus:

Being aware of design techniques It is crucial for designing neat and user-friendly websites that appeal to users; with strong knowledge of fundamental design principles that include UI/UX design and knowing rapid prototype techniques using 3rd party tools.

NICE TO HAVE: