Lead Engineer

About Us

We are a company where the ‘HOW’ of building software is just as important as the ‘WHAT.’ We partner with large organizations to modernize legacy codebases and collaborate with startups to launch MVPs, scale, or act as extensions of their teams. Guided by Software Craftsmanship values and eXtreme Programming Practices, we deliver high-quality, reliable software solutions tailored to our clients' needs.

We thrive to: 

• Bring our clients' dreams to life by being their trusted engineering partners, crafting innovative software solutions.
• Challenge offshore development stereotypes by delivering exceptional quality, and proving the value of craftsmanship.
• Empower clients to deliver value quickly and frequently to their end users.
• Ensure long-term success for our clients by building reliable, sustainable, and impactful solutions.
• Raise the bar of software craft by setting a new standard for the community.

Job Description

This is a remote position.

Our Core Values

• Quality with Pragmatism: We aim for excellence with a focus on practical solutions.  
• Extreme Ownership: We own our work and its outcomes fully.  
• Proactive Collaboration: Teamwork elevates us all.  
• Pursuit of Mastery: Continuous growth drives us.  
• Effective Feedback: Honest, constructive feedback fosters improvement.  
• Client Success: Our clients’ success is our success.   

Experience Level

This role is ideal for engineers with 4+ years of hands-on software development experience, particularly in Ruby on Rails at scale.  

Role Overview

If you’re a Software Craftsperson who takes pride in clean, test-driven code and believes in Extreme Programming principles, we’d love to meet you. At Incubyte, we’re a DevOps organization where developers own the entire release cycle, meaning you’ll get hands-on experience across programming, cloud infrastructure, client communication, and everything in between. Ready to level up your craft and join a team that’s as quality-obsessed as you are? Read on!   

What You'll Do 

• Write Tests First: Start by writing tests to ensure code quality 
• Clean Code: Produce self-explanatory, clean code with predictable results 
• Frequent Releases: Make frequent, small releases 
• Pair Programming: Work in pairs for better results 
• Peer Reviews: Conduct peer code reviews for continuous improvement 
• Product Team: Collaborate in a product team to build and rapidly roll out new features and fixes 
• Full Stack Ownership: Handle everything from the front end to the back end, including infrastructure and DevOps pipelines 
• Never Stop Learning: Commit to continuous learning and improvement  

What We're Looking For

• Expertise in Ruby on Rails, Test Driven Development, React, React.js or JavaScript, and TypeScript 
• Strong skills in object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering methodologies 
• Ability to design and develop web architecture and optimize existing infrastructure 
• Experience working in Agile and eXtreme Programming methodologies within a continuous deployment environment 
• Interest in mastering technologies like web server ecosystems, relational DBMS, TDD, CI/CD tools 
• Knowledge of server configuration and deployment infrastructure 
• Experience using source control, bug tracking systems, writing user stories, and technical documentation  

Benefits

What We Offer 

• Dedicated Learning & Development Budget: Fuel your growth with a budget dedicated solely to learning.  
• Conference Talks Sponsorship: Amplify your voice! If you’re speaking at a conference, we’ll fully sponsor and support your talk. 
• Cutting-Edge Projects: Work on exciting projects with the latest AI technologies   
• Employee-Friendly Leave Policy: Recharge with ample leave options designed for a healthy work-life balance. 
• Comprehensive Medical & Term Insurance: Full coverage for you and your family’s peace of mind. 
• And More: Extra perks to support your well-being and professional growth. 

Work Environment 

• Remote-First Culture: At Incubyte, we thrive on a culture of structured flexibility — while you have control over where and how you work, everyone commits to a consistent rhythm that supports their team during core working hours for smooth collaboration and timely project delivery. By striking the perfect balance between freedom and responsibility, we enable ourselves to deliver high-quality standards our customers recognize us by. With asynchronous tools and push for active participation, we foster a vibrant, hands-on environment where each team member’s engagement and contributions drive impactful results. 
• Work-In-Person: Twice a year, we come together for two-week sprints to collaborate in person, foster stronger team bonds, and align on goals. Additionally, we host an annual retreat to recharge and connect as a team. All travel expenses are covered. 
• Proactive Collaboration: Collaboration is central to our work. Through daily pair programming sessions, we focus on mentorship, continuous learning, and shared problem-solving. This hands-on approach keeps us innovative and aligned as a team. 

Incubyte is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

💥 What will you do?

As a Lead Frontend Engineer, you will

• Own our frontend engineering applications for two products each of which run as independent applications which query our backend systems via REST APIs

• Act as a leader and coach within the front-end engineering team, collaborating with and mentoring senior engineers.

• Collaborate on a daily basis with a small, nimble team of product managers, engineers, and UX designers to understand business requirements and user experience goals and pain points.
• Write and review modular, reusable components and features (React.js / Vue.js) and integrate backend APIs to create a seamless front-end user experience
• Integrate third-party plugins to enhance customer experience. These include 3rd party plugins which provide customer support and analytics plugins that help improve the user experience we provide to customers.
• Actively participate in code reviews
• Work with our quality assurance team to improve coverage on our automated testing suites

🙋 What are we looking for? 

While we do not have a strict list of requirements for candidates interested in this role, some indicators that you would fit this role and our engineering culture are 

• Prior experience of a few years (3+ years) with frontend frameworks as React.js or Vue.js would be essential to work on our application stack.

• You actively promote a culture of engineering excellence some of which could be writing efficient code, use of elegant design patterns, and styling your code through code-linting policies.

• You enjoy designing software architecture by collaborating with leads to explore existing systems, determining areas of complexity, potential risks to successful implementation.

• You have an eye for pixel-perfect UI and micro-interactions.
• You enjoy coaching folks to achieve outcomes through nudges.

📢 Other information you may want to consider 

• We will be flexible for the rest of the pandemic and work remotely; however, we are not a remote-first company, and the work location would be Bangalore when things settle.
• Our frontend tech stack includes React.js, Vue.js, Netlify for CI / CD, TestCafe for UX testing, d3.js, and Regraph for visualizations.

About Plum

We are making health insurance - simple, accessible and affordable. Hundreds of businesses of all sizes from startups to large corporates trust Plum for their employee's health protection.

Healthcare in India is seeing a phenomenal shift. Healthcare cost is seeing an inflation that is three times the general inflation. Treatments of diseases including Covid-19 can wipe out entire household savings. Majority of Indians won't be able to afford a health insurance on their own. As many as 600mn Indians would depend on employer-sponsored insurance.

Enter Plum. Plum is re-imagining the health insurance stack, and accelerating the penetration of health insurance in India to 100%. Plum has forged new underwriting and fraud detection algorithms to enable companies as small as 2 to benefit from a group insurance. The platform enables realtime insurance design & pricing to enable companies to buy insurance in 3-clicks. And offers employees a hassle-free claims experience through an integrated digital process.

Plum is backed by leading global investors including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Tanglin Ventures and Incubate Fund (read more https://www.plumhq.com/blog/plum-series-a-funding">here)

About the role

Having found exceptional product/market fit, we’re in the midst of transitioning from 'start-up' to ‘scale-up’, and looking for a senior frontend engineer to help us scale Plum, and spearhead the frontend of our product.

You will have a direct impact on the customer experience through the design and implementation of new features and functionalities in our product. You'll work as part of a small but rapidly growing high-energy team delivering incredible, creative improvements to our product. You'll be in charge of reviewing the implementation of applications following code standards and style guides. You would analyze and build UI Pattern Libraries (Design Systems, UI Kits, etc.)

• Spec, build, test, and deliver new features while improving the performance and quality of the product.
• Run test-harness to guarantee the structure, integrity, and design of the application.
• Solve complex CSS, HTML, and User Interface compatibility issues across browsers.
• Optimize JavaScript implementations to ensure that code remains performant.
• Implement front-end development workflows: build systems, dependency management, quality checkers (linting), etc.
• Ability to push things over the line, ship awesome features, and delight customers.

• 2+ years of hands-on experience building web applications with JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS.
• Comfortable with Responsive Web Design and Development and weave out beautiful code in React.
• Strong product and design sensibilities and has an obsessive attention to detail.
• Write testable, maintainable code that's easy to understand.
• Understand complex problems and break them down into smaller tasks.
• Strong sense of ownership and integrity demonstrated through clear communication and collaboration.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Design and construction of platform with the best possible encryption and security mechanisms
• Compare different design options and take technology-driven design decision
• Define Data model/Information model
• Define services and convert functional requirements to design
• Define APIs and implement them
• Build front end based on user experience design
• Test and Debug as required
• Write Technical Documentation
• Optimize code and design for Performance
• Design and implementation of continuous integration and deployment pipelines

Expected Qualifications and Key Skills

• Working experience in Spring, Spring-boot or equivalent, Hibernate or equivalent persistence framework.
• Working experience of No SQL databases such as MongoDB or equivalent
• Working experience of setting up Production environment including SSL certificates, logging, backup, archival, etc.
• Working experience of JavaScript frameworks such as React JS, JQuery, etc.
• Working experience of API gateways and Web services such as REST
• Working experience of using GIT
• Working experience of a dev-ops tool such as Jenkins
• Deployment experience on Azure/AWS
• Microservices design and development
• Excellent understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms
• Understanding of OOP and Design Patterns
• Works well in a team setting
• Can multitask, adapt to shifting priorities, detail-oriented
• Good work ethic, including a sense of individual responsibility
• Comfortable working on changing requirements in a growing company
• Must be analytical, flexible, innovative, and self-motivated
• Experience with payment platforms and processors would be a plus