Lead Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a Technical Lead with 5–7 years of experience in the JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js ecosystem to drive core platform development. This is a hands-on leadership role that requires strong backend expertise, as well as exposure to mentoring and team management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development of core platform components including frameworks, APIs, and backend services
• Design and build scalable RESTful APIs and microservices using Node.js (NestJS preferred)
• Take ownership of system design, architecture, and performance optimization
• Mentor junior developers and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices
• Drive Agile development (JIRA-based) and ensure smooth sprint execution
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (UI, DevOps, Product)
• Conduct code reviews and enforce efficient coding using DSA principles
• Manage version control and collaboration using Git/Bitbucket

Required Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript
• Hands-on experience in Node.js (NestJS preferred)
• Good understanding of Data Structures & Algorithms (DSA)
• Experience with SQL databases
• Strong knowledge of REST services and API development
• Experience with Git (version control)
• Understanding of backend architecture and scalable systems

Good to Have Skills

• Experience with Bitbucket
• Knowledge of AWS Cloud (EC2, S3, Load Balancer)
• Exposure to SAP UI5 or frontend frameworks
• Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Leadership & Behavioral Skills

• Experience in team handling / mentoring developers
• Strong knowledge of JIRA and Agile methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities:

• Work with product managers to find solutions to critical problems, face internal customers, and create requirements.
• Triage and fix critical issues that arise in the field that affect our core product.
• Manage git repositories, pull requests, and review code.
• Communicate properly & promptly with all stakeholders.
• Build a proof-of-concept for new products from scratch.
• Optimize, clean up, and comment on the existing codebase.

Requirements:

• Must have 5-8 years of hands-on engineering experience.
• Must be an expert in JavaScript/Typescript with ES6+ features, Node.js, ReactJS, and Redux
• Must be an expert in HTML5 CSS3 SASS, and Webpack.
• You are proficient with RESTful API design and implementation using Node.js.0
• Proficiency in relational (MySQL, Cloud Spanner etc. ) and non-relational (MongoDB, Google Cloud Firestore etc. ) databases.
• Must be an expert in data structure and creating highly optimized algorithms.
• Should have a working knowledge of GCP services like App Engine, CloudSQL, Compute Engine etc.
• Should have a working understanding of microservices patterns, serverless design, and event-based architecture.
• Willingness to learn new programming languages, frameworks, and paradigms.

🔍 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞: Full-Stack Developer

📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Chennai

💼 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥: 3 to 5 years

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞:

As a Full-Stack Developer at ClubSpot, you will:

🔧 Develop and maintain scalable backend systems using Node.js and PostgreSQL.

🌐 Build and optimize frontend components with React and TypeScript.

📡 Design, develop, and maintain APIs (GraphQL and REST) for efficient data communication.

🤝 Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ideate, design, and deliver new features.

💬 Participate in technical discussions and contribute to architectural decisions.

🧹 Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code adhering to best practices.

🛠️ Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize the platform for performance and scalability.

📚 Contribute to team growth through collaborative programming, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:

🎓 At least 3 years of experience as a Full-Stack Developer, with strong backend and frontend expertise.

🔧 Proficiency in Node.js, TypeScript, and React for frontend development.

🗃️ Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL.

📡 Solid knowledge of API development (GraphQL and REST).

☁️ Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.

🔄 Strong understanding of system architecture and best practices in software development.

🧠 Exceptional problem-solving and communication skills, both technical and non-technical.

🐳 Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐬?

- Work in a collaborative, transparent environment.

- Learn and grow with cutting-edge technologies.

- Make a significant impact on a product transforming sports club management.

A niche, specialist position in an interdisciplinary team focused on end-to-end solutions. Nature of projects range from proof-of-concept innovative applications, parallel implementations per end user requests, scaling up and continuous monitoring for improvements. Majority of the projects will be focused on providing automation solutions via both custom solutions and adapting machine learning generic standards to specific use cases/domains.

Clientele includes major publishers from the US and Europe, pharmaceutical bigwigs and government funded projects.

As a Senior Fullstack Developer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable and performant web applications using modern technologies. You will work with cutting-edge tools and cloud infrastructure (primarily Google Cloud) and implement robust back-end services with React JS with Typescript, Koa.js, MongoDB, and Redis, while ensuring reliable and efficient monitoring with OpenTelemetry and logging with Bunyan. Your expertise in CI/CD pipelines and modern testing frameworks will be key to maintaining a smooth and efficient software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Fullstack Development: Design, develop, and maintain web applications using JavaScript (Node.js for back-end and React.js with Typescript for front-end).
• Cloud Infrastructure: Leverage Google Cloud services (like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, etc.) to build scalable and resilient cloud solutions.
• API Development: Implement RESTful APIs and microservices with Koa.js, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability.
• Database Management: Manage MongoDB databases for storing and retrieving application data, and use Redis for caching and session management.
• Logging and Monitoring: Utilize Bunyan for structured logging and OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing and monitoring to ensure system health and performance.
• CI/CD: Design, implement, and maintain efficient CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment, ensuring fast and reliable code delivery.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Write unit and integration tests using Jest, Mocha, and React Testing Library to ensure code reliability and maintainability.
• Collaboration: Work closely with front-end and back-end engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions, following agile development practices.
• Optimization & Scaling: Identify performance bottlenecks, troubleshoot production issues, and scale the system as needed.
• Code Reviews & Mentorship: Conduct peer code reviews, share best practices, and mentor junior developers to improve team efficiency and code quality.

Must-Have Skills:

• Google Cloud (GCP): Hands-on experience with various Google Cloud services (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Firestore, etc.) for building scalable applications.
• React.js: Strong experience in building modern, responsive user interfaces with React.js and Typescript
• Koa.js: Strong experience in building web servers and APIs with Koa.js.
• MongoDB & Redis: Proficiency in working with MongoDB (NoSQL databases) and Redis for caching and session management.
• Bunyan: Experience using Bunyan for structured logging and tracking application events.
• OpenTelemetry Ecosystem: Hands-on experience with the OpenTelemetry ecosystem for monitoring and distributed tracing.
• CI/CD: Proficient in setting up CI/CD pipelines using tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
• Testing Frameworks: Solid understanding and experience with Jest, Mocha, and React Testing Library for testing both back-end and front-end applications.
• JavaScript & Node.js: Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), and experience working with Node.js for back-end services.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Experience with other cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with TypeScript.
• Knowledge of other logging and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and project management tools (JIRA, Trello, etc.).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of hands-on experience as a Fullstack Developer.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

About the Organization

Real Estate Syndicators leverage SyndicationPro to manage billions in real estate assets and thousands of investors. Growing at 9% MoM, http://syndicationpro.com/">SyndicationPro.com is #1 Platform to Automate Real Estate Fund Raising, Investor Relations, & Close More Deals!

What makes SyndicationPro unique is that it is cash flow positive while maintaining a healthy growth rate and is backed by seasoned investors and real estate magnates. We are also part of, FirstPrinciples.io, a tech-holding company that starts, acquires, and advises B2B SaaS Companies. FirstPrinciples.io and SyndicationPro.com have people across India, U.S, Spain, and Germany.

SyndicationPro.com has been featured by https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/syndicationpro-establishes-hq-lehi-utah-130600371.html?guccounter=1">Yahoo Finance and https://www.benzinga.com/business/best-crms-for-real-estate-investors/">Benzinga, among other top publications! We also were Finalists in Industry Leading Awards such as https://informaconnect.com/finovate-industry-awards/awards-categories/">Finnovate and https://www.cloud-awards.com/2021-software-awards-shortlist/">2021 SaaS Awards.

Tech Stack [High-Level]: We are JavaScript focused i.e., we work in ReactJS, NodeJS, AngularJS, TypeForm, TypeScript, Redis. On the server side, we work with AWS/GCP/DO. Database: MySQL, PostgreS and Mongo DB. API: REST and GraphQL API. We also have a strong DevOps stack - including Kubernetes(K8), Dockers and CI/CD automation.

About the Role:

This role provides you the opportunity to truly accelerate your engineering career by giving you a front-line seat on a Rocketship product. Our fintech product has grown by 10x over the last year and we are expecting that growth to continue for the foreseeable future. The leadership team is committed to make massive investments in its technology and people. Given the growth of the product, individuals will have opportunities to move into leadership roles.

Why SyndicationPro?

Along with having an explosive product, SyndicationPro also has mature leadership, systems, processes, and structures that most fast-growing StartUps lack. SyndicationPro.com is part of the FirstPrinciples.io Venture Studio; this gives us the operational and technical backbone that most young companies struggled with. We are also a profitable SaaS Company that is cash-flow positive; ensuring financial viability. Our founding team also are daily users of the product and are real estate syndicators themselves, ensuring that we continue to maintain product leadership.

Job Description:

Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Perform full stack development activities using MERN Stack
2. Ability to translate UX Designs into functional web apps using React JS
3. Technical architecture design along with system architect and product manager
4. Writing effective business logic (using Rest API or GraphQL API)
5. Algorithm design for system modules
6. Database design for scalable and secure system using NoSQL (MongoDB) or RDBMS (MySQL or PostgreSQL)
7. POC development with other engineers
8. Efforts estimations with Product Manager and Engineering Head
9. Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
10. Writing Unit testing for robust system
11. Technical documentation

Requirement & Skills:

1. Bachelor’s degree in computer sciences or equivalent stream. PG is good to have
2. Strong Knowledge of algorithms and data structures
3. Hands on experience in MERN stack (MySQL or PostgreSQL would be plus)
4. Hands on experience to develop Rest/GraphQL API using Node.js with Typescript.
5. Hands on experience on AWS services (EC2, SQS, SES, Lambda).
6. Fundamentals of Docker/Containerized application development would be plus
7. Experience working with US Clients is a Must
8. Experience and Exposure working with different projects and business models will be an advantage
9. 5+ years of experience as Full Stack Development (MERN stack)
10. Experience in SaaS product development would be a plus
11. Experience in other JS frameworks like Next.JS, React Native/Expo would be plus