MEAN Stack Developer - Team Lead

We are looking for a talented full-stack software engineer to join our small and extremely talented product team. We love to build amazing products fast and with a high standard of code and UX, always on the cutting edge of new technologies.

Tasks

• Design and build features end-to-end. You'll be working on the frontend, backend, and anything in-between, whatever it takes to solve problems and delight users.
• Build beautiful and usable UIs with our modern toolset of React (NextJS, ES11, TypeScript) and TailwindCSS.
• Continue developing our distributed backend using Node (NestJS + TypeScript) and Rust. Technologies also include PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ.
• Stitch many different services and APIs together, even if you have not worked with them before.
• Build solutions that take scaling and growth into consideration while balancing the time to launch.
• Engineer solutions to solve existing tech debt and write maintainable, sound and safe code.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, working with Typescript, React and serious interest or even better experience with Rust. However, we care much more about your general engineering skill than your knowledge of a particular language or framework.
• The ability to put yourself in the users' shoes and craft intuitive, high-quality web UI experiences
• A high bar for code quality and robustness for long-term expansion and use
• High personal initiative to learn, improve, and excel
• A Can-Do, entrepreneurial mentality with enjoyment for being a generalist
• DevOps: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and other DevOps tools.
• Experience with distributed systems, scaling applications, and/or microservices.
• Fluent in English (German is a plus)

Plus:

• Hands-on experience with the Rust
• Experience with functional programming
• Previously worked in an early-stage startup and experienced scaling of engineering teams

Designation: Tech Lead

● Location: Bandra West, Mumbai, India

● Position Type: Full-time, Permanent

Company Description

Brown Living (www.brownliving.in) is a platform focused on making Sustainable Living Easy, Accessible, and Affordable. As India's first plastic-free marketplace, we promote a sustainable and earth-friendly lifestyle. Our team curates a wide range of everyday-use products that are

ethically sourced and promote minimal waste. We support artisan groups and sustainable brands dedicated to creating a positive environmental impact. Through our platform, we are building India's largest ecosystem for sustainable living and empowering artisans, women entrepreneurs, and innovators to combat plastic pollution.

Role Description

The Tech Lead is responsible for providing technical leadership and direction to the technology team. This role involves overseeing technology projects, setting the technology strategy, and ensuring the smooth operation of digital assets. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical

background and the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

■ Lead and manage the technology team (currently outsourced).

■ Oversee all technology-related projects and initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to quality standards.

■ Develop and implement the technology strategy and roadmap aligned with business goals.

■ Manage the development, maintenance, and optimization of the website, e-commerce platform, and other digital assets.

■ Ensure technology solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant with industry standards.

■ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their technology needs and provide effective solutions.

■ Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation.

Key Result Areas (KRAs):

● Successful delivery of technology projects within budget and timeline.

● Improved website and e-commerce platform performance and user experience.

● Enhanced system reliability, security, and scalability.

● Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams to meet business objectives.

● Development and implementation of a robust technology roadmap.

● Increased efficiency and productivity of the technology team.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

● Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering, or a related field.

● Proven experience in a technical lead role.

● Strong technical expertise in web development, e-commerce platforms, and related technologies.

● Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

● Excellent project management and organizational skills.

● Strong leadership and team management abilities.

● Problem-solving and analytical skills.

● Ability to stay up-to-date with emerging technologies.

● Tech Stack:

○ Frontend: Angular 18

○ Backend: Nodejs

○ Database: MySQL

○ AWS: S3, ECS, Lambda etc

Note: This role offers an exciting opportunity for a young professional who is passionate about technology and making a positive impact in the sustainability space. Based in Mumbai, India, the successful candidate will join a collaborative and passionate team dedicated to driving innovation and positive change at Brown Living.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates can apply online via the job application form available here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgb8MMrZX0STJb1Nt63jizdYccAxTQWbAmFAt4YcoAJBJlmg/viewform

Read More:

1. Website - https://brownliving.in/

2. About Brown Living’s Mission & Vision - https://brownliving.in/pages/about-us

3. Meet the Brown Living Team - https://brownliving.in/pages/our-team

4. Work with Us - https://brownliving.in/pages/work-with-us

5. The Brown Lens Curation Method - https://brownliving.in/pages/the-brown-lens

6. Brown Living’s Impact - https://brownliving.in/pages/our-impact-plastic-free-carbon-neutral-shopping

We are looking for a Full Stack Web Developer with 4-6 years’ experience as a web developer in the latest of technologies. As a Full Stack Developer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing web applications that deliver a seamless user experience. You will work on both the front-end and back-end development, ensuring the entire application functions effectively.

Skills Required:

• Good communication and client interfacing skills.
• Solid fundamentals in core JavaScript concepts while working on web projects for 4-6 years.
• Proficient with Frameworks like Node.js/Nest.js, Angular/React/Vue.js/Next.js along with related technologies & frameworks like HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Material UI.
•  Good experience with Relational and/or NoSQL databases.
•  Hands-on experience in building high-quality Web applications.
• Good knowledge of at least one major cloud service provider (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Good knowledge of Docker, Docker Compose.
•  Basic Understanding of Kubernetes.
•  Good experience with Git and branching strategy (preferably GitFlow)
•  Good architectural & design skills.
•  Strong analytical, problem solving, debugging and troubleshooting skills.
•  Strong understanding of emerging technologies, standards, and best practices for development.
•  Software development experience with significant time spent working on Cloud technologies preferred.
• Agile/Scrum methodology experience.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Go to the person of the Project lead for complex feature implementations.
• Understand requirements on its own and implement them.
• Create efficient, reusable, and scalable code for both front-end and back-end.
• Optimize applications for maximum performance and responsiveness.
•  Troubleshoot and debug issues in a timely manner.
• Write and maintain technical documentation.
•  Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and best practices in web development.
•  Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and enhance team collaboration.
• Guide junior members in the team to help them improve their skills.

Job Responsibilities:

The role is responsible for designing, coding, and modifying web apps, from layout to function and according to the specifications. Integrating data from various back-end services and databases.

Job Duties

• Candidate must have a strong understanding of UI, cross-browser compatibility, general web functions, and standards.

• The position requires constant communication with colleagues.
• Experience in working with distributed environments

• Deep expertise and hands-on experience with Web Applications and programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, and API.

Skills:

Proven working experience (2 years) in:

• Node.js

• Angular

• React

MERN Stack Developer

2.5+ YEARS

Roles and Responsibility

Working experience as a MERN Stack Developer.

Design, code and manage large scale services using cutting edge technologies (NodeJs, ReactJS/AngularJS/VueJs etc).

In-depth knowledge of NodeJS.

Creating secure RESTful-based web services in XML or JSON.

Good knowledge in ECMAScript(6/7/8) is essential.

Strong fundamentals in Data Structures and Algorithms.

Experience implementing applications using Angular or React.

Should have an working experience with state management, React Hooks, React Fragments etc.

Should have a good Knowledge of Redux, Flux, and Webpack.

Writing the test case for components.

Experience working with Docker, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB.

Comfortable taking challenges and learning new technologies.

Excellent communication skills and client-facing experience.

Ability to mentor and build the team.

Knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git, Bitbucket or SVN.

Knowledge of the following will be considered as an advantage

Experience with Socket.IO for Real time communications.

Consumer Web Development Experience for High-Traffic, Public Facing web applications.

Caching with Redis For Speedy Performance.

Experience with cloud message APIs.

Knowledge of GraphQL, PostgreSQL.

Knowledge of NextJs.

Knowledge of any frameworks of NodeJS.

Experience with Progressive Web applications.

Knowledge of SSR.

• 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

Do you want to develop products and experiences that mean the world to your clients and their users? Do you want to work on transformative projects as opposed to minor tweaks to a product? Do you want to be exposed to work ranging from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises to global non-profits?

We are Finiteloop, a growing design and technology studio in Bangalore. We work hard to build grounded and exhilarating experiences for our customers and their users. Our design work dives deep into Design Thinking, Experience design, and Service design. On the technology side, we work on Solution architecture of large enterprise applications and, cutting-edge explorations on new technologies like Machine Learning and Blockchain.

We strive for client success and push our clients into thinking and doing more for their customer's experiences. All of us are self-driven individuals passionate about building products that deliver great experiences at scale. Our team is currently working on a wide variety of projects: communication design for safety culture on board cargo ships, mobile app for seafarer community, transforming how public radio can integrate with the digital world and, simplifying the user experience of oil and gas explorers.

We are looking for a person with excellent visual sensibilities with an ability to code jaw-dropping designs that make people feel like a part of the future. We want to look towards you as our Usability champion, especially when designing for accessibility. You will have to be self-driven, understand your brief and think more on it before executing it as per schedule. You will juggle couple of projects at the same time and we will create a space you follow your creative processes within these project constraints.

We have an extremely open culture that promotes questioning, honest critique and, quirky thinking. Over and above everything, we only can work with people who will do anything to follow the highest ethics of business and teamwork and a dedication to their craft.

Applications we want to work with you on:

• Digital applications and media (web or Mobile)
• Detailed component-level reusable UI libraries
• Applying micro interactions and creating components for the same.
• Developing user friendly, interactive, responsive web and mobile apps.

Things we would love to surprise us with:

• Independently design & develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimise application for maximum speed and scalability on front-end side
• Collaborate with team members and key stakeholders
• Ensures latest technology standards, guidelines are utilized for development
• Assess & analyse web performance, come with resolution & causes and guide the team in implementation
• Guide and mentor team members
• Image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image
• Enable and use automation tools to fast track development

Technologies & Tools we would want you to work on:

• ReactJS
• Angular
• HTML, CSS, CSS Pre-Processors
• NodeJS
• SEO, Accessibility
• Automated Unit & End-End tests
• React Native, Flutter

Some of our projects which you will get to work on: COVID-19 response | Service design exercise for reorganizing a $200mil company | Creating UX experience for products using Blockchain technology | Speculative design exercises for imagining the future | Creating an award-winning marketing website | Reimagining public radio digital experience

Write to us with any samples of work and a small note on why you would be interested to work with us.