MERN Stack Developer

Job Title : MERN Stack Developer

Experience : 5+ Years

Shift Timings : 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Role Overview:

We are hiring a skilled MERN Stack Developer to build scalable web applications. You’ll work on both front-end and back-end, leveraging modern frameworks and cloud technologies to deliver high-quality solutions.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop responsive UIs using React, GraphQL, and TypeScript.
• Build back-end APIs with Node.js, Express, and MySQL.
• Integrate AWS services like Lambda, S3, and API Gateway.
• Optimize deployments using AWS CDK and CloudFormation.
• Ensure code quality with Mocha/Chai/Sinon, ESLint, and Prettier.

Required Skills :

• Strong experience with React, Node.js, and GraphQL.
• Proficiency in AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (CDK/Terraform).
• Familiarity with MySQL, Elasticsearch, and modern testing frameworks.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Technical Lead with strong expertise in AWS, Node.js, Angular, and MongoDB to drive the design, development, and deployment of scalable applications. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading a team of developers, defining best practices, and ensuring high-quality code delivery while working in an agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end development of web applications using Node.js, Angular, and MongoDB.
• Architect scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud-based applications on AWS.
• Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and mentorship to the development team.
• Optimize backend APIs and database queries for performance and scalability.
• Ensure best practices in coding, security, and DevOps for cloud deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX/UI designers, product managers, and DevOps engineers.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code on AWS.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive continuous improvement in system reliability.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and advocate for relevant tech adoption.

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in software development.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js (Fastify/Express), Angular (latest versions), and MongoDB (Mongoose, Aggregations, Indexing).
• Cloud expertise with AWS services like EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, Code Build, Athena, Glue etc.
• Experience with Microservices Architecture and containerisation using Docker & Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, WebSockets, GraphQL, and authentication mechanisms (OAuth, JWT, SSO).
• Experience with DevOps & CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible).
• Hands-on experience with performance tuning, caching strategies (Redis, CloudFront), and database optimisation.
• Strong problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with AI/ML integration in applications.
• Knowledge of Serverless Architectures (AWS Lambda, Step Functions).
• Exposure to NoSQL databases like like Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with GraphQL, WebRTC, or real-time data processing.

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced environment.
• Opportunity to lead a strong technical team and shape the product architecture.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• A culture that values innovation, ownership, and growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Become an expert in our technology and platforms
• Provide top-tier, highly skilled and attentive support to our consumer app teams.
• Perform production support, troubleshooting and maintenance tasks with a focus on quality and timeliness
• Work with the Implementations and Delivery Teams on defect resolution and solution delivery
• As an active member of the backend team you would utilize and promote best practices and standards
• You’ll develop new technical skills and gain industry knowledge
• You’ll provide occasional “after-hours” incident response and support
• Maintain software to integrate with internal back-end systems
• Build tools to reduce occurence of errors and improve customer experience
• Manage system troubleshooting and maintenance.

Required skills and qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience supporting Web and Backend based application software and environments preferred

• Ability to prioritize effectively and handle shifting priorities professionally

• Experience with version management systems like GIT, Subversion

• Knowledge on Payment gateways (Razorpay, Juspay)

• Experience with web application servers, basic idea on AWS and Azure

• Databases (SQL and NoSQL) and SQL query language.

• Good understanding of Networking principles.

• An understanding and background with Object Oriented Programming languages

• Required Full stack development knowledge.

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelor of science degree (or equivalent) in computer science, engineering, or relevant field

Responsibilities

• Design and develop REST-based web services utilizing Java micro services web frameworks (Spring Boot)
• Apply design principles and patterns in creating enterprise level solutions, as needed
• Perform web services tuning and performance testing
• Implement unit tests as needed
• Support front-end developers in leveraging web services
• Automate/script common developer tasks, continually optimize personal and team workflows
• Infrastructure setup and configuration
• Engage in code review and feedback process
• Take a feature from inception to completion independently across the stack
• Collaborate with teammates on proposed UX/UI and provide feedback as needed
• Participate in and support the entire SDLC processes

Requirements

• Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring JPA & Hibernate
• Relational data modelling concepts and experience in PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar
• Adopted opinionated RESTful web services design patterns
• Microservices-based application architecture
• Application containerization technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-vendor implementations (AWS, Azure, other)
• Other modern technologies relevant to the technology stack defined here
• Javascript ES6 or later
• React
• Git

Technical Skills & Competencies: Mandatory:

Web Development – HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Frameworks – ReactJS/AngularJS

Server-side development – Python/Django/Node.js

Database: SQL or NoSQL Databases (SQL Server/ MongoDB)

API Design concepts and Development of RESTful web services

Preferable:

• Familiarity with the Development of reusable frameworks, libraries to be used by multiple development teams
• Familiarity with cloud-native application architecture patterns
• Hands-on experience on project management tools like Jira
• Experience using DevOps Tools for CI/CD
• Conversant with agile methodologies

Roles & Responsibilities

• Work independently or in a small team setup
• Manage a team of highly skilled Frontend/Full Stack and Backend developers
• Creating, executing, and maintaining project plans including activity definition, sequence, dependencies, work effort, duration, and resource requirements
• Work with the technical team, communicating requirements and ensuring all product development meets the goals of the project and overall business and strategic goals
• Project management including release management, add-on compatibility reporting, updating documentations
• Assist in other ad-hoc or administrative tasks as part of daily/routine business activities
• Work with product technical architects to design new products or enhancements. Take part in system development including analysis, coding, and testing
• Performs design and code reviews with senior technical staff
• Act like the person everyone turns to resolve tough technical problems
• Work closely with other teams/vendors to connect front-end components with the other (often third-party) web and data services and support the back-end developers by integrating their work with the application
• Mentors team on proper standards/techniques to improve their accuracy and efficiency
• Performs the unit testing, system integration testing and assist with user acceptance testing
• Articulates business requirements in sufficient detail such that a technical solution can be designed and engineered
• Develops technical understanding of how the data flows from various source
• Provide ongoing support to applications used within the organization

Requirement

• 5+ years of experience in product development, with 2+ years of experience in a leadership role in current organization
• Reliable, self-motivated, and self-disciplined individual capable of planning and executing multiple projects simultaneously within a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional debugging skills and strong experience with performance tuning
• Excellent technical, analytical, and organizational skills
• Good range of hands-on technical experience
• Expert knowledge in Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Expert understanding of Node.js and JavaScript
• Familiarity with code revisioning and repo maintenance on Git, code profiling and auditing

Varivas is a community that allows users to create, support, and recommend content. The mission of Varivas is to give the community freedom, ease, and complete control of their content.

Varivas is an early-stage startup looking for its first few members. 

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Become part of a core team of an upcoming startup building an exciting product from scratch.

• Progressive Web App (PWA)
• JavaScript, Typescript
• MEAN stack https://angel.co/recruit/jobs/1383984">Angular, Node JS, Express, MongoDB
• Azure for hosting and data storage etc.
• Any previous experience in building a social network, payment system or content hosting is a big plus. (Please mention this in your application)

• Payment for work done (of course 🙂)
• Remote work from anywhere
• Complete flexibility of working hours
• Complete freedom and ownership of your work
• No meetings, standups, or daily status group calls. (We prefer asynchronous communication like slack)
• High equity (1-2.5%) if you are interested

• Should be able to work independently without any hand-holding.
• Problem solver who takes complete ownership of given work.
• Smart developer who delivers on results. (You will be assessed based on what you deliver, not by how hard or how long you work)
• Self-motivated candidates who do the work because they like it and are good at it.
• Self-managed individuals. You will not be managed by anyone on day to day basis. (There are no managers in the company)

What you will do:

• Work with stakeholders (product owners, project managers, and scrum masters) to define and clarify requirements.
• Provide technical and work direction to the other global developers (be their conduit to the local team)
• Hands-on development of defined architecture and design of both front-end and back-end programming.
• Ability to keep informed of industry trends and technologies.
• Ability to break down complex requirements into specific work items.
• Implement and carry out unit testing.
• Leverage the DevOps team to ensure the product can be automatically built, deployed, and tested using CI/CD pipelines across all of the release cycles from dev to production.
• Strong grasp of modern security principles and how to apply them to applications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven ability to develop resilient code that performs, and scales based on application usage.
• 6+ years of experience in developing using JavaScript and JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as Angular and React
• 6+ years of experience building applications using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Web, JSON/XAML-based REST API.
• 3+ years of experience building RESTful web services using NodeJS
• Experience with Unit Testing Frameworks like UnitJS, Mocha
• Understanding of code versioning tools such as Git or Visual Studio Team Services
• Experience with Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Atom or Eclipse
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a distributed and global environment
• Understanding of building applications deployed in the cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) leveraging PaaS and IaaS Services
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with a diverse group of people

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven ability to quickly learn new technologies
• Experience with agile methodologies
• Strong problem-solving orientation
• Can manage multiple competing tasks/projects at the same time
• Strong team and customer service focus