MERN FRONTEND Product Engineer

Candidate must have Experience with Language React, Angular,MobX, and SCSS .

Candidate should have Hands-on experience working with RDBMS

Candidate should have developed from scratch.

Candidate should be more stronger in Angular.

Candidate from service based companies will be preferred.

Frontend Engineer (Next.js / React / TypeScript)

Position Summary

We are seeking a Frontend Engineer with deep expertise in Next.js, React, and TypeScript to join our growing engineering team. The ideal candidate will have experience building scalable, modern web applications, with strong knowledge of Tailwind CSS for styling and proficiency in integrating with MongoDB backends and AI/LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI). You will work closely with backend engineers and AI specialists to build seamless user interfaces that power cutting-edge AI-driven applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and maintain frontend features using Next.js, React, and TypeScript.
• Implement responsive and scalable UI components with Tailwind CSS.
• Integrate with backend APIs built on MongoDB and other data sources.
• Work with AI/LLM APIs (OpenAI, LangChain, etc.) to deliver intelligent, context-aware features.
• Collaborate with backend and AI engineers to ensure efficient data flow and optimal performance.
• Write clean, reusable, and testable code with strong attention to detail.
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and product design discussions.

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Strong proficiency with Next.js, React, and TypeScript.
• Experience with Tailwind CSS and modern component-based UI development.
• Familiarity with integrating MongoDB backends into frontend applications.
• Experience consuming AI APIs (OpenAI, HuggingFace, etc.).
• Understanding of REST and GraphQL API consumption.
• Strong problem-solving skills, debugging, and optimization techniques.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience with SSR (Server-Side Rendering) and ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration) in Next.js.
• Familiarity with state management libraries (Redux, Zustand, Recoil, etc.).
• Exposure to vector databases or AI-driven UI personalization.
• Prior experience working in a SaaS or data-heavy application environment.

About the company:

NowPurchase is transforming the 140B$ Metal Manufacturing industry. The metal industry forms the backbone of the economy and the fundamental block of the physical world - be it transportation, construction and every machinery. NowPurchase is building a rich, digital marketplace where Metal Manufacturers can procure high quality raw materials in a trusted manner. At the same time we are building the OS (Operating System) that will supercharge their productivity and processes to ultimately make procurement autonomous. Now Purchase raises USD 2.4 million in Nov 2021, led by Orios Venture Partners, InfoEdge Ventures.

About you: 

We are looking to add an immensely talented Senior Front End Engineer that will help us invent, design, refine and deliver products that will meet our vision. Expect to build a lot of web interfaces and dashboards both for the browser as well as native IoT enabled terminals that will be placed at the manufacturers' premises. You need to lead the front end team to make sure they are delivering high quality code and are constantly inspired to experiment with tools to push out MVPs.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• You are empowered to work directly with leadership and the product team to make decisions about your code and future of the product.
• Deliver high quality modular code deployed over web, mobile and native IoT enabled terminals that leverage REST-based services and real time sockets.. This would include visual dashboards and real time optimizations that are critical for the manufacturing process.
• Have a strong emphasis on shipping features quickly without sacrificing code quality. Be ready to build a lot of MVPs that will go through iteration or be completely scrapped depending on the outcome at the customer end.
• Own your Agile projects and lead the team from software design to implementation and deployment. Maintain sprints, delivery timelines and contribute to better managing the engineering team.
• Transform UI designs and mockups into pages and flows using CSS3 and JavaScript frameworks. Be ready to do the mockups yourself sometimes.
• Build a culture of simplicity and pragmatism, which is reflected in your elegant code that other developers emulate and you ensure through thorough code reviews and processes.
• Have an exceptional understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and service workers and command over the internals of JavaScript, React and Redux.
• Continuously evaluate existing engineering processes and recommend improvements.

Required Skills and qualification:

• 4+ years’ experience developing rich UI/Front-end for user-facing web applications.
• Strong experience with React or similar frameworks, TypeScript, SSR (Server Side Rendering), SPA (Single Page Application), PWA (Progressive Web application), OOP (Object Oriented Programming), Reactive programming, and Unit tests.
• Demonstrated ability to function as a project leader as well as an individual contributor.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

Tech Stack skills required:

• React/Redux
• Python/Django/Celery
• Git, AWS, ELB (Elastic Beanstalk), Netlify
• PostgreSQL/Redis/S3

Location: 

On- site: Kolkata, West Bengal

Compensation & Benefits:

• Cash Compensation: As per industry standards & pedigree of candidate
• ESOPs: 10% of NowPurchase is dedicated to current & future team members. Your package would entail some ESOPs so that you own a part of the company and grow along with it.
• Medical Insurance: Benefits of group insurance of 3 lakhs for family including parents, spouse, children
• Generous leave structure and WFHs including Marriage, Maternity & Paternity leaves
• Complete Relocation Expenses: We are building a unicorn out of the city of Joy (Kolkata). We will pay for everything you spend to relocate here.

Company Link: https://nowpurchase.com">https://nowpurchase.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nowpurchase/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/nowpurchase/

• You have a minimum of 6 years of experience building high-performance consumer-facing mobile applications at Product companies of a decent scale.
• You have founded/worked in a start-up and have worked in an enterprise environment You have a keen eye for mobile architecture and have led/participated in architectural discussions.
• You have a passion for mentoring and helping people on your team grow and achieve their goals and work with cross teams.
• You practice test-driven development and you are able to drive agile practices.
• You have worked with multiple languages/frameworks and have expertise in any one programming language/framework/stack.
• You have published reusable packages.
• You have worked with building automation, devise farms, multi-target testing.
• You are able to optimize the application for performance and speed.
• You are an excellent collaborator & communicator.
• You know that start-ups are a team sport.
• You listen to others, aren’t afraid to speak your mind and always try to ask the right questions.
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company

Tech Stack

• HTML5 (DOM)
• CSS 3
• Javascript (E6)/Typescript
• React Native/React/Angular/NativeScript/Vue
• In-depth knowledge of how frameworks works
• GraphQL
• Javascript ecosystem
• Linters
• Code formatters
• Transpilers
• Bundlers
• Testing tools(Jest, Enzyme)
• You are comfortable with caching, performance optimization, etc
•  You are comfortable with native mobile development
• Java/Kotlin/Android
• Swift/iOs