Fullstack Developer

About NxtWave:

NxtWave is one of India’s fastest-growing edtech startups, transforming the way students learn and build careers in tech. With a strong community of learners across the country, we’re building cutting-edge products that make industry-ready skills accessible and effective at scale.

What will you do:

• Build and ship full-stack features end-to-end (frontend, backend, data).
• Own your code – from design to deployment with CI/CD pipelines.
• Make key architectural decisions and implement scalable systems.
• Lead code reviews, enforce clean code practices, and mentor SDE-1s.
• Optimize performance across frontend (Lighthouse) and backend (tracing, metrics)
• Ensure secure, accessible, and SEO-friendly applications.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Ops to deliver fast and effectively.
• Work in a fast-paced, high-impact environment with rapid release cycles.

What we are expecting:

• 3–5 years of experience building production-grade full-stack applications.
• Proficiency in React (or Angular/Vue), TypeScript, Node.js / NestJS / Django / Spring Boot.
• Strong understanding of REST/GraphQL APIs, relational & NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Docker, AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, API Gateway), Redis, Elasticsearch.
• Solid testing experience – unit, integration, and E2E (Jest, Cypress, Playwright).
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and team collaboration skills.
• Passion for learning, ownership, and building great software.

Location: Hyderabad (In-office)

Apply here:- https://forms.gle/QeoNC8LmWY6pwckX9

A full-stack developer is a versatile professional who has expertise in both front-end and back-end web development. They are responsible for building and maintaining all aspects of a web application or software product. Here are some key roles and responsibilities typically associated with full-stack developers:

1. Front-end Development:

• User Interface (UI) Design: Designing the user interface of web applications to ensure they are visually appealing and user-friendly.
• HTML/CSS: Creating the structure and styling of web pages using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
• JavaScript: Writing client-side code to add interactivity and functionality to web applications. Knowledge of popular JavaScript frameworks and libraries like React, Angular, or Vue.js is often required.

1. Back-end Development:

• Server-side Programming: Developing server-side logic and APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) using programming languages like Python, Java, Ruby, Node.Js(Node), or React Js(React).
• Database Management: Designing and managing databases, including creating schemas, writing SQL queries, and using database management systems like MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or SQL Server.
• Server Configuration: Setting up and configuring web servers, such as Apache, Nginx, or IIS, and deploying applications.

1. Integration and APIs:

• Building and integrating third-party APIs and services into web applications.
• Developing RESTful or GraphQL APIs to allow communication between the front-end and back-end components.

1. Version Control:

• Using version control systems like Git to track changes in code and collaborate with other developers.

1. Security:

• Ensuring the security of web applications by implementing authentication, authorization, and other security measures.
• Protecting against common web vulnerabilities like SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and cross-site request forgery (CSRF).

1. Testing and Debugging:

• Writing unit tests, integration tests, and performing debugging to ensure the reliability and quality of the code.

1. Deployment and DevOps:

• Deploying web applications to production servers and managing the deployment process.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), is often beneficial.

1. Performance Optimization:

• Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks in web applications to ensure optimal speed and responsiveness.

1. Collaboration:

• Collaborating with designers, product managers, and other team members to understand project requirements and deliver functional solutions.

1. Maintenance and Updates:

• Regularly updating and maintaining web applications to ensure they remain compatible with evolving technologies and security standards.

1. Documentation:

• Creating documentation for code, APIs, and system architecture to facilitate future development and troubleshooting.

1. Problem Solving:

• Full-stack developers need strong problem-solving skills to diagnose issues, implement solutions, and adapt to evolving project requirements.

1. Continuous Learning:

• Staying updated with the latest web development trends, tools, and technologies to enhance skills and deliver cutting-edge solutions.

Full-stack developers play a crucial role in the development lifecycle of web applications, from conceptualization and design to deployment and ongoing maintenance. Their ability to work on both front-end and back-end components makes them valuable assets in web development teams.

1. We are looking for candidates who have good programming skills. Strong on data structures, algorithms, understand time space complexity, able to come up with multiple solutions and then arrive at most optimized one keeping in mind customer requirements. Should also be well aware of OO concepts. If he / she has a strong background on these areas ( in any programming language), half the job is done. – 50% weightage
2. Next the candidate should have worked on JS  with good hands on experience in a few projects mainly in backend development like making api calls, handling exception, models, data transformations, controllers etc.  – 20-30% weightage
3. The last would be having some experience in any one of react.js/ node.js or even angular.js since some of these are being used in the current project. – 20-30% weightage
4. Prefer candidates with Angular (ver 8+), react (ver 16+), Node (Ver 14+) and extremely good in JavaScript, HTML & CSS
5. Experience : 4-6 years relevant

As a core member of the Software Development team, you will be responsible for the architecture, coding, development, testing and release of customer applications hosted both on-premise and on-cloud. Candidates with proven experience in both Frontend and Backend Development (predominantly Backend Development) with prior experience in deploying applications on AWS/Azure cloud will be preferred.

You will be leading a small team of developers (not more than 3 at a time) on a given project, and be a client-facing SPOC to work with the client and meet stringent deadlines. You will be responsible for Coding and Development with a code coverage of minimum 90%. You will adhere to coding and security standards and ensure that your delivery is secure and free from any critical, high and medium-rated vulnerabilities.