Fullstack Developer

Looking for 5+ years experienced Senior Fullstack Engineer for research-focused, product-based, US-based Startup

AI Assistant for Research using state of the art language models (ChatGPT for Research)

At SciSpace, we're using language models to automate and streamline research workflows from start to finish. And the best part? We're already making waves in the industry, with a whopping 5 million users on board as of November 2025!

Our users love us too, with a 40% MOM retention rate and 10% of them using our app more than once a week! We're growing by more than 50% every month, all thanks to our awesome users spreading the word (see it yourself on Twitter).

And with almost weekly feature launches since our inception, we're constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Our team of experts in design, front-end, full-stack engineering, and machine learning is already in place, but we're always on the lookout for new talent to help us take things to the next level.

Our user base is super engaged and always eager to provide feedback, making Scispace one of the most advanced applications of language models out there.

We are looking for insatiably curious, always learning SDE 2 Fullstack Engineer. You could get a chance to work on the most important and challenging problems at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Work in managing products as part of SciSpace product suite.
• Partner with product owners in designing software that becomes part of researchers’ lives.
• Model real-world scenarios into code that can build the SciSpace platform.
• Test code that you write and continuously improve practices at SciSpace.
• Arrive at technology decisions after extensive debates with other engineers.
• Manage large projects from conceptualization, all the way through deployments.
• Evolve and ecosystem of tools and libraries that make it possible for SciSpace to provide reliable, always-on, performant services to our users.
• Partner with other engineers in developing an architecture that is resilient to changes in product requirements and usage.
• Work on the user-interface side and deliver a snappy, enjoyable experience to your users.

Our Ideal Candidate would:

• Strong grasp of one high-level language like Python, Javascript, etc.
• Strong grasp of front-end HTML/CSS, non-trivial browser-side javascript
• General awareness of SQL and database design concepts
• Solid understanding of testing fundamentals
• Strong communication skills
• Should have prior experience in managing and executing technology products.

Bonus:

• Prior experience working with high-volume, always-available web-applications
• Experience in ElasticSearch.
• Experience in Distributed systems.
• Experience working with Start-up is a plus point.

Skills:

• 8+ years of software development experience using traditional software development life cycle methodologies (covering requirements, design, development, testing and Implementation of n-tier architecture)
• Extensive experience with object-oriented software development methodologies and practices. Strong in following technologies
• OOAD/OOPS/UML, Design Patterns, MVC, Spring, Hibernate, Java, J2EE
• UI technologies AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3, java script library, Ajax and other UI frameworks
• Exposure to component model design, SOA, open sources framework/tools
• Web Services, JMS, XML, SQL& Oracle
• Must have exposed with Test Driven Development/Re-factoring ideas/ Domain driven design patterns/continuous integration/Build Automation / Data-Mapper framework/Mocks.

Good to Have: Microservices

Competencies:

• Experience in developing platforms or frameworks, components
• Excellent knowledge of the open source software/ tools/ technologies

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems, delivering high-availability and performance.
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code.
• Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications.
• Prepare and produce releases of software components.
• Build and deploy on to AWS
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.

Skills and Qualification: 

1. Experience in working MEAN stack / Full Stack platform
2. Front-end developer with knowledge of coding into NODE/EXPRESS, JavaScript, Jquery & its plugins.
3. js/Redux/React-native.
4. Knowledge of different NPM packages (Session, Async etc.).
5. Knowledge of Mongo dB/Mongoose/Nosql.
6. Knowledge of Any one framework (Mean.io/Ionic/Meteor).
7. Experience in Backbone.js or Angular.js is a must.
8. Knowledge of responsive design creation.
   CSS3 / HTML / HTML5.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Proficient in SQL, NoSQL, relational database design and methods for efficiently retrieving data 
• Experience building complex and non-interactive systems batch, distributed, etc.
• Be responsible for the technical design and experience in guiding/mentoring others.
• Strong OOPS knowledge, including experience with design patterns
• Experience with relational databases like MySQL/Oracle
• Experience with enterprise application servers like Tomcat/Weblogic/Websphere.
• Exposure to Web Services SOAP and RESTFUL
• Exposure to Agile/Scrum, TDD, and Continuous Integration tools like Jenkins, Bamboo etc.
• Excellent analytical aptitude and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and customer interfacing skill