Java Full Stack developer - React

SDE (Fullstack) – Nexa (Conversational Voice AI Platform)

Location: Bangalore Type: Full-time

Experience: 4+ years (preferably in early-stage startups)

Tech Stack: Python (core), Node.js, React.js

About Nexa

Nexa is a new venture by the founders of HeyCoach—Pratik Kapasi and Aditya Kamat—on a mission to build the most intuitive voice-first AI platform. We’re rethinking how humans interact with machines using natural, intelligent, and fast conversational interfaces.

We're looking for a Tech Lead to join us at the ground level. This is a high-ownership, high-speed role for builders who want to move fast and go deep.

What You’ll Do

●     Design, build, and scale backend and full-stack systems for our voice AI engine

●     Work primarily with Python (core logic, pipelines, model integration), and support full-stack features using Node.js and React.js

●     Lead projects end-to-end—from whiteboard to production deployment

●     Optimize systems for performance, scale, and real-time processing

●     Collaborate with founders, ML engineers, and designers to rapidly prototype and ship features

 ●     Set engineering best practices, own code quality, and mentor junior team members as we grow

✅ Must-Have Skills

●     4+ years of experience in Python, building scalable production systems

●     Has led projects independently, from design through deployment

●     Excellent at executing fast without compromising quality

●     Strong foundation in system design, data structures and algorithms

●     Hands-on experience with Node.js and React.js in a production setup

●     Deep understanding of backend architecture—APIs, microservices, data flows

●     Proven success working in early-stage startups, especially during 0→1 scaling phases

●     Ability to debug and optimize across the full stack

●     High autonomy—can break down big problems, prioritize, and deliver without hand-holding

🚀 What We Value

●     Speed > Perfection: We move fast, ship early, and iterate

●     Ownership mindset: You act like a founder-even if you're not one

●     Technical depth: You’ve built things from scratch and understand what’s under the hood

●     Product intuition: You don’t just write code—you ask if it solves the user’s problem

●     Startup muscle: You’re scrappy, resourceful, and don’t need layers of process

●     Bias for action: You unblock yourself and others. You push code and push thinking

Humility and curiosity

: You challenge ideas, accept better ones, and never stop learning

💡 Nice-to-Have

●     Experience with NLP, speech interfaces, or audio processing

●     Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS), CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes

●     Contributions to open-source or technical blogs

●     Prior experience integrating ML models into production systems

Why Join Nexa?

●     Work directly with founders on a product that pushes boundaries in voice AI

●     Be part of the core team shaping product and tech from day one

●     High-trust environment focused on output and impact, not hours

●     Flexible work style and a flat, fast culture

This person MUST have:

• BE Computer Science, MCA or equivalent
• Cloud app development experience
• Strong Django and ReactJS experience
• Advanced knowledge of Python and relational databases
• Understanding of APIs, pagination, searching, sorting 
• Experience with building, modifying and extending API endpoints (REST or

GraphQL) for data retrieval and persistence.

• Creating high performance UI etc.
• Experience with SQL and NOSQL databases

• Experience with the full software development life cycle, including requirements

collection, design, implementation, testing, and operational support.

• Experience with scrum or other agile software development methodology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, teamwork, decision making and

influencing skills.

Experience:

• Min 3 year experience
• Not more than 15 year experience.
• Startup experience is a must. 

Location

• Remotely, anywhere in India

Timings:

• 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone.  Typically clients are in California PST Timezone.

Position:

• Full time/Direct
• We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
• We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods.  You will stay here because you love the company.  We have only a 15 days notice period.

• upGrad was awarded the Best Tech for Education by IAMAI for 2018-19,
• upGrad was also ranked as one of the LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in India.
• upGrad was earlier selected as one of the top ten most innovative companies in India by FastCompany.
• We were also covered by the Financial Times along with other disruptors in Ed-Tech.
• upGrad is the official education partner for Government of India - Startup India program.
• Our program with IIIT B has been ranked #1 program in the country in the domain of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code.
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements.
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards. 
• Support test and deployment of new products and features.
• Participate in code reviews.

• A highly talented developer with 6-9 years of hands-on experience in building secure and scalable web based applications using Java in backend and JS based frontend frameworks
• Strong knowledge of Java 8+, databases (SQL and NoSQL) , MySql, Mongo
• Experience working with Cassandra, Spring Boot, Apache Spark, Kafka, RabbitMQ is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of any one or more of AngularJS/ReactJS/VueJS and CSS3, HTML5.
• Strong experience in data modelling for data storage tools in SQL; experience with noSQL is highly desirable.
• Experience building scalable solutions for 2x, 5x and 10x growth with high quality and flexibility.
• Practitioner of test driven development practices. Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development.
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and knowledge of CI/CD processes for automated integration and deployment. Basic knowledge of AWS preferred.
• Strong experience in Microservices (SRP) paradigm.
• Willing to learn new technologies (Golang).

• Proficiency with fundamental front end languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React.
• Proficiency with server side languages such as Python, Java, PHP and .Net.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle and MongoDB.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.

- Experience with front-end technologies such as Angular or React with Redux. 

- Experience working in NodeJS with Express 

- Experience with PHP development using any one of it's framework will be considered as    a value add 

- Experience working with SQL or NoSQL databases, the ability to write efficient queries        and benchmark/profile them 

- Mastery of object oriented JavaScript, ES6, HTML, and CSS/SASS/StyledComponents 

- Experience in RESTful API development 

- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming 

- Experience with performance debugging and benchmarking 

- Experience with testing frameworks like Karma, mocha, or jest 

- Experience with Git version control 

- Understanding of CI/CD 

- Strong attention to design detail (UI/UX). 

• Think like a product owner
• Design and build new products and manage their delivery
• Drive culture, learning, and development of team members and of the larger org
• Mentor, motivate & ensure delivery from a small team
• Take ownership and get the job done
• Ensure the quality of deliverables

• 4-7 years of hands-on experience in the design and development of applications using NodeJs, ReactJs, MySQL, etc.
• Good architectural and design skills
• Strong coding, data structures, and algorithms
• An engineering degree preferably, from a top-tier school (or an equivalent experience)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git/SVN
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Experience in Elastic Search/ Solr/ Amazon AWS
• Experience building sites to function cross-platform and cross-browser
• The ability to own end-to-end responsibility
• The role will give you an opportunity to work with a cross-functional team from Business, Product, and Design, and lead a team of 4-7 rockstar engineers.

• 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
• A great working environment with an 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.
• ESOPs