Full Stack Software Engineer

Job Title : Principal Backend Engineer (AI-Driven)

Experience : 10+ Years

Location : Chandigarh

Tech Stack : PHP, Node.js, Laravel, MySQL, MongoDB

Additional Requirement : Hands-on experience with AI technologies, APIs, or ML integrations

Role Overview :

We're looking for a Principal Backend Engineer (AI-Driven) to design and lead scalable backend systems while driving AI adoption across products.

The role involves integrating AI-powered features, architecting intelligent systems, and mentoring engineering teams on modern backend and AI implementation.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and lead backend architecture using PHP (Laravel/CodeIgniter) and Node.js
• Build scalable microservices / modular backend systems
• Develop APIs and backend workflows for AI-driven features
• Integrate AI APIs (OpenAI, LangChain or similar frameworks)
• Work with LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, and AI pipelines
• Ensure performance, scalability, and security of backend systems
• Mentor engineering teams and drive backend + AI best practices

Requirements :

• 10+ years of backend development experience
• Strong expertise in PHP / Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB
• Hands-on experience integrating AI/ML APIs or AI-powered features
• Strong system design and architecture skills
• Experience leading engineering teams

Good to Have :

• Prompt engineering or AI cost optimization
• Exposure to MLOps / ML pipelines

Roles/Responsibilities:

 Own a team of 15-20 Developers and QAs at various levels

 Provide continuous feedback, training and make sure team is working on their full

    potential at all time

 Review the architecture/design of a product/module/feature and provide feedback

 Architect, design and/or hands-on code the critical portion of a

   product/module/feature

 Mentor the tech-leads on architecting the product to deliver on-time

Jobs Skills required:

 Strong tech background of working in product company

 Understanding of various backend and frontend technologies and its core concepts

 Ability to understand the business problems and solve it with innovative tech

    solutions

 Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills in super changing environment

Full-stack Developer

CAST is the market leader in Software Intelligence. Its unique technology thoroughly examines the structure of complex software systems, with MRI-like precision. It delivers accurate, actionable, and automated views of software architecture, critical flaws, quality grades, sizing metrics, open source usage, and cloud readiness levels. Hundreds of companies rely on CAST for greater objectivity in crucial business decisions, faster application modernization for Cloud, raising the quality and security of their custom software. CAST operates globally with offices in North America, Europe, India, China.

Title: Software Developer

Location: Bangalore

Job definition

Working at CAST R&D means being an important part of a highly-talented, fast-paced, multicultural and Agile team based in Paris (France) and Bangalore (India). The team builds sophisticated source code analysis platform leveraging parsing, control flow, data flow and others mechanisms to fully understand the inner structure of the complex IT Systems developed and used by the Fortune 500 companies.

You, working as individual contributor, will be integrated in Dashboard Teams working on web portals of CAST AIP. Your teammates will be located in India and in France and you will have the opportunity to travel to France every year.
You will collaborate to writing and designing new features and improve existing ones. You will write unit tests and drive code reviews. You will participate into best practices definition and technology watch. Depending on will, skills and experience, you will have the opportunity to take technical lead on topics or projects.

While the domain of CAST is a niche, the position will propose you to work on software that dedicate to company Dashboards and control software, focusing on technical and creative skills.

Profile

• Experience : 3-6 years
• Experience in developing front-end/full stack applications at scale

• Should have experience in any of the front-end framework like React, Angular, BackboneJS, Ext etc and HTML/CSS/Bootstrap .
• Experience in backend technologies like GOLANG, NodeJS, Python, REST web services and Java(OOPS, Collections, DB Access) or any other technology.

• Hands on experience in JavaScript Concepts (OO-JS, Closures, Unit Testing, Module Patterns etc)

• Good to have skills like REST, Bootstrap, UI Components, CI/CD, NoSQL based DB is added advantage.

• Experience with advanced CSS programming using LESS or SASS is a plus.
• Expertise in of server side technologies and SQL/NoSQL is a plus.
• Experience of JavaScript testing frameworks like Karma, Mocha, Jest etc.

• It involves design the software system, Select algorithms, theories or technologies that will be used for BUSINESS Applications
• Contribute to software development design discussions for new features and new product development
• Strong Problem solving skills and ability to troubleshoot applications & environment issues.
• Adaptability, ability to learn faster, Independent, responsible and diligent.
• Good team spirit and interpersonal skills, Excellent Written, Verbal, communication skills, Analytical skills & Business Thinking.

The candidate should have a passion for technology and a flexible, creative approach to problem solving. You are autonomous and take responsibility for your work.

Ideally, you know how to write unit tests and maybe even better write them in TDD. You have knowledge in agile methodologies such as Scrum. You know about GIT and the use of continuous integration tools. You have developed single page JS applications end to end.

Candidate should have a bachelor or Master technical degree or equivalent experience. Strong knowledge in software engineering. Proactive Self Starter, creative thinker in designing, developing and supporting applications. Work as part of cross functional, passionate agile project teams to ensure quality is driven into the heart of the development process.

Requirements:

• Strong programming experience in javascript, HTML/CSS.
• Experience of creating and consuming REST APIs and SOAP services.
• Strong knowledge and awareness of Web Technologies and current web trends.
• Working knowledge of Security in Web applications and services.
• experience in using the NodeJS framework with good understanding of the underlying architecture is a plus
• Experience of deploying web applications on Linux servers in production environment.

• Excellent communication skills.
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• 2-5 years of work experience, preferably in a startup
• An engineering degree preferably, from a top-tier school (or equivalent experience)
• Hands-on experience in developing end-to-end applications using Node.Js, ReactJs,
• Knowledge of HTML/CSS, web standards, best practices
• Experience of working with databases - MySQL, MongoDB
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• An experience in writing clean, semantic code with cross-browser compatibility in mind
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git/SVN
• Excellent coding and debugging skills
• A passion and the ability to make beautiful, smooth, delightful web experiences
• A Will-Do attitude

• A team of aces, from top-tier schools and startups, to work with
• A fast-paced, data-driven, and fun work environment
• A huge appetite for new, disruptive, creative and implementable ideas
• An open work culture

• Competitive salary
• Great working environment, opportunity to work directly with the founders on very exciting real-life problems.
• Opportunity to grow really fast.
• Opportunity to hire a team & mentor them in the future.
• ESOPs

• Shortlist
• Intro call of 15min
• 1-2 Tech rounds
• HR round
• Offer rollout