
Founding Full-Stack Software Engineer – Next.js | Remote (India)
TL;DR
Founding Software Engineer (Next.js / React / TypeScript) — ₹17,000–₹24,000 net ₹/mo — 100% remote (India) — ~40 h/wk — green-field stack, total autonomy, ship every week. If you can own the full lifecycle and prove impact every Friday, apply.
🏢 Mega Style Apartments
We rent beautifully furnished 1- to 4-bedroom flats that feel like home but run like a hotel—so travellers can land, unlock the door, and live like locals from hour one. Tech is now the growth engine, and you’ll be employee #1 in engineering, laying the cornerstone for a tech platform that will redefine the premium furnished apartment experience.
✨ Why This Role Rocks
💡 Green-field Everything
Choose the stack, CI, even the linter.
🎯 Visible Impact & Ambition
Every deploy reaches real guests this week. Lay rails for ML that can boost revenue 20%.
⏱️ Radical Autonomy
Plan sprints, own deploys; no committees.
- Direct line to decision-makers → zero red tape
- Modern DX: Next.js & React (latest stable), Tailwind, Prisma/Drizzle, Vercel, optional AI copilots – building mostly server-rendered, edge-ready flows.
- Async-first, with structured weekly 1-on-1s to ensure you’re supported, not micromanaged.
- Unmatched Career Acceleration: Build an entire tech foundation from zero, making decisions that will define your trajectory and our company's success.
🗓️ Your Daily Rhythm
- Morning: Check metrics, pick highest-impact task
- Day: Build → ship → measure
- Evening: 10-line WhatsApp update (done, next, blockers)
- Friday: Live demo of working software (no mock-ups)
📈 Success Milestones
- Week 1: First feature in production
- Month 1: Automation that saves ≥10 h/week for ops
- Month 3: Core platform stable; conversion up, load times down (aiming for <1s LCP); ready for future ML pricing (stretch goal: +20% revenue within 12 months).
🔑 What You’ll Own
- Ship guest-facing features with Next.js (App Router / RSC / Server Actions).
- Automate ops—dashboards & LLM helpers that delete busy-work.
- Full lifecycle: idea → spec → code → deploy → measure → iterate.
- Set up CI/CD & observability on Vercel; a dedicated half-day refactor slot each sprint keeps tech-debt low.
- Optimise for outcomes—conversion, CWV, security, reliability; laying the groundwork for future capabilities in dynamic pricing and guest personalization.
Prototype > promise. Results > hours-in-chair.
💻 Must-Have Skills
Frontend Focus:
- Next.js (App Router/RSC/Server Actions)
- React (latest stable), TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
- State mgmt (TanStack Query / Zustand / Jotai)
Backend & DevOps Focus:
- Node.js APIs, Prisma/Drizzle ORM
- Solid SQL schema design (e.g., PostgreSQL)
- Auth.js / Better-Auth, web security best practices
- GitHub Flow, automated tests, CI, Vercel deploys
- Excellent English; explain trade-offs to non-tech peers
- Self-starter—comfortable as the engineer (for now)
🌱 Nice-to-Haves (Learn Here or Teach Us)
A/B testing & CRO, Python/basic ML, ETL pipelines, Advanced SEO & CWV, Payment APIs (Stripe, Merchant Warrior), n8n automation
🎁 Perks & Benefits
- 100% remote anywhere in 🇮🇳
- Flexible hours (~40 h/wk)
- 12 paid days off (holiday + sick)
- ₹1,700/mo health insurance reimbursement (post-probation)
- Performance bonuses for measurable wins
- 6-month paid probation → permanent role & full benefits (this is a full-time employment role)
- Blank-canvas stack—your decisions live on
- Equity is not offered at this time; we compensate via performance bonuses and a clear path for growth, with future leadership opportunities as the company and engineering team scales.
⏩ Hiring Process (7–10 Days, Fast & Fair)
All stages are async & remote.
- Apply: 5-min form + short quiz (approx. 15 min total)
- Test 1: TypeScript & logic (1 h)
- Test 2: Next.js / React / Node / SQL deep-dive (1 h)
- Final: AI Video interview (1 h)
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🚫 Who Shouldn’t Apply
- Need daily hand-holding
- Prefer consensus to decisions
- Chase perfect code over shipped value
- “Move fast & learn” culture feels scary
🚀 Ready to Own the Stack?
If you read this and thought “Finally—no bureaucracy,” and you're ready to set the technical standard for a growing company, show us something you’ve built and apply here →

About Mega Style Apartments
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Mega Style Apartments, based in Melbourne Australia, provides fully-furnished, premium 1 to 4-bedroom apartments accommodation. We let them out to business travellers, families, students and other professionals for short- and mid-term stays, providing a “hotel-like” experience with the space and comfort of a private flat.
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Mega Style Apartments, based in Melbourne Australia, provides fully-furnished, premium 1 to 4-bedroom apartments accommodation. We let them out to business travellers, families, students and other professionals for short- and mid-term stays, providing a “hotel-like” experience with the space and comfort of a private flat.
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