Full-Stack Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices and RESTful APIs using Python (Flask, FastAPI, or Django).
• Architect data models for SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, MongoDB, DynamoDB) to optimize performance and reliability.
• Implement efficient and secure data access layers, caching, and indexing strategies.
• Collaborate closely with product and frontend teams to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Build responsive UI components using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like React or Angular.
• Ensure system reliability, observability, and fault tolerance across services.
• Lead code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and promote engineering best practices.
• Contribute to DevOps and CI/CD workflows for smooth deployments and testing automation.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python, with deep understanding of OOP, asynchronous programming, and performance optimization.
• Proven expertise in building FAST API based microservices architectures.
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL data modeling, query optimization, and schema design.
• Excellent hands on proficiency in frontend proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and a modern framework (React, Angular, or Vue).
• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and messaging queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and system design skills.

About Us

21 Knots is a design, engineering, and consulting firm providing services to the global maritime and oil & gas industry. In an industry constantly evolving due to dynamic regulations, economic fluctuations, and climate change mandates, we strive to deliver cutting-edge solutions with an unwavering commitment to excellence. Our comprehensive services are designed to create value for our esteemed clients while enabling them to achieve their business goals.

The Role

We’re looking for a skilled and motivated Software Developer to join our team at 21 Knots. Someone with backend development with a working knowledge of frontend technologies. The ideal candidate will have a strong command of backend frameworks such as Django, FastAPI, or Flask, and familiarity with frontend tools like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and optionally React, Angular, or Vue. You will play a key role in building, maintaining, and optimizing scalable software solutions while collaborating with a team

Responsibilities

• Develop,test, and maintain backend services using Django, FastAPI, or Flask.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs for web and internal tools.
• Work with relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.
• Optimize application performance and implement backend security best practices.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, designers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Support basic frontend development tasks using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Work with modern frontend frameworks like React.js, Angular, or Vue (good to have).

What You’ll Need

Experience:

• 1–4 years of hands-on experience in backend development.
• Exposure to full-stack development environments.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs, databases, and cloud integration is a plus.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Tools & Software Proficiency:

• Proficiency in Django, FastAPI, or Flask.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.
• Basic knowledge of frontend technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Exposure to Bootstrap or Tailwind CSS for responsive UI design.
• Good to have: experience with React, Angular, or Vue.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and Agile/Scrum methodologies is an added advantage.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Understanding of RESTful architecture and secure coding practices.
• Ability to collaborate in a cross-functional environment.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Technical & Professional
Requirements

• Reactjs Nodejs developer must know MongoDB, Express, Node.js, & React.
• Creating RESTful services with Node.js
• MERN stack developer must have proven experience in front & back-end development
• Work in a cross-functional team to deliver a complete user experience
• Create Unit and Integration tests to ensure the quality of code
• Be responsive to change requests and feature requests
• Candidate must have good Knowledge of Node Debugging
• Understanding & proficiency in REST APIs.
• MERN stack developer should know Git Repository
• Integration of data storage solutions [RDBMS, NoSQL DB]

• Implementation of security and data protection
• Elementary knowledge of GRAPHQL
• Understanding of performance testing and optimization techniques
• MERN software developer must have good communication & interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.

Type of Work

• 80% Backend 20% Frontend
• Building SAAS products inhouse and working on SI(System integrator) projects for other SAAS companies

• Graduation in computers –Full-time B.E / B. Tech or an MCA degree (Regular Program, no part-time or long-distances courses).

Required Skills 

1) Good experience in Angular

2) Hand on Node.JS./Express JS 

3) Database : MYSQL/MongoDB 

4) Experience in Java Script, Typescript. 

5)Good experience in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Jquery 

6) Experience working in an Agile environment. 

7) Good communication skills.

What you need to succeed in this job ?

• MS or BS/B.Tech in computer science or equivalent experience from top college.
• Minimum 2+ Experience in Java 8, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Cloud Gateway etc
• Good understanding of Design Patterns usage and implementations.
• REST Services and understanding and implementation of Microservices Architecture.
• Unit testing tools – Junit & Mockito.
• Experience is PostgreSQL database is must, 
• Excellent data structure & algorithm and problem solving skills.
• Should be an active contributor to developer communities like Stackoverflow is added advantage.
• Experience and knowledge of open source tools & frameworks, broader cutting edge technologies around server side development (Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Kafka).
• Must be a proven performer and team player that enjoy challenging assignments in a high- energy, fast growing and start-up workplace.
• Must be a self-starter who can work well with minimal guidance and in fluid environment.

Tech CoFounder wanted for our startup. We're building a TikTok of dashcam type videos to allow users to capture interesting scenes or moments from across more than 6 crore kms of roads globally. This solution can have a lot of Connected Mobility potential at the back.

It's a short videos app meant for dashcam style videos getting recorded but from the user's smartphone (placed on a holder in a car or on a bike or in the users hands as well)

The individual should have knowledge of Full stack mobile app development preferably in Kotlin and MEAN stack along with the ability to deploy things on cloud (AWS) A plus point if he OR she knows about iOS app development as well. Bigger plus point will be the ability to move quickly with regards to developing and rolling out features for users at lightening speed.

*Salary mentioned is the salary we both can draw once the initial set of investors come on board and we can raise north of US$ 100k in the first round. You will be entitled to 30-35% equity in exchange of your initial tech development efforts.

Salaries will obviously go up as we raise more rounds and so will the value of our equity go up during each fund raise.

Graphene is an award-winning AI company, developing customized insights and data solutions for corporate clients. With a focus on healthcare, consumer goods and financial services, our proprietary AI platform is disrupting market research with an approach that allows us to get into the mind of customers to a degree unprecedented in traditional market research.

Graphene was founded by corporate leaders from Microsoft and P&G and works closely with the Singapore Government & universities in creating cutting edge technology. We are gaining traction with many Fortune 500 companies globally.

Graphene has a 6-year track record of delivering financially sustainable growth and is one of the few start-ups which are self-funded, yet profitable and debt free.

We already have a strong bench strength of leaders in place. Now, we are looking to groom more talents for our expansion into the US. Join us and take both our growths to the next level!

• Primary Purpose: As part of a highly productive and creative AI (NLP) analytics team, design and develop web applications and SPA’s i.e., UI/UX, and underlying backend – API’s, security framework, scalable microservices etc.
• Daily Grind: Interface with the product manager, project managers, and the engineering team to achieve sprint goals on the product roadmap.
• Career Progression: Senior Full Stack Engineer, Technical Architect

• Work in a product-development team capable of independently authoring software products.
• Guide junior programmers, set up the architecture, and follow modular development approaches.
• Design and develop code which is well documented.
• Optimize of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Adhere to the best Information security and Devops practices.
• Research and develop new approaches to problems.
• Design and implement schemas and databases with respect to the AI application
• Cross-pollinated with other teams.

HARD AND SOFT SKILLS

Must Have

• Problem-solving abilities
• Extremely strong programming background – data structures and algorithm
• Angular/React, Strong UI/UX skills
• Very strong python background, TDD, CI/CD,
• Software design skills i.e., OOPs, design patterns
• SQL, NoSQL – design of schemas and databases
• Microservices architecture, Cloud native apps

Good to Have

• Enterprise Design Patterns
• Distributed Systems
• Exposure to ML and Data Science
• Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, Kafka, Graph databases