MERN Stack Developer - React.Js and Node.Js

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Junior React Native Developer to join our team and take the lead on developing our cross-platform mobile application. You’ll play a critical role in building, launching, and scaling a high-performance mobile app that runs seamlessly on both iOS and Android platforms from a single codebase.

If you’re passionate about mobile technologies, have a strong command of React Native, and are excited about creating a high-quality product from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end development of a cross-platform mobile application using React Native.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver high-quality user experiences.
• Build reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Optimize app performance for speed and scalability across devices and OS versions.
• Ensure the app complies with design standards and platform-specific guidelines (Apple App Store & Google Play).
• Set up CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, and deployment (e.g., using Fastlane, EAS, or similar).
• Integrate RESTful APIs and third-party services.
• Handle app store submissions and updates.
• Mentor junior developers and enforce best practices in mobile development.

Requirements

Must-Have:

• 1+ years of experience in mobile application development.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with React Native.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and React architecture.
• Deep knowledge of iOS and Android mobile app development lifecycle.
• Experience with mobile UI/UX best practices and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with native build tools (Xcode, Android Studio).
• Experience integrating REST APIs and handling network latency issues.
• Proficient with Git, GitHub/GitLab, and agile development practices.
• Experience with push notifications, in-app purchases, deep linking, and analytics SDKs.

Preferred:

• Experience with Expo or EAS for managed workflows.
• Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines (Fastlane, Bitrise, etc.).
• Experience with native modules (Objective-C/Swift and Java/Kotlin) as needed.
• Knowledge of automated testing frameworks (Jest, Detox).
• Published apps in both the App Store and Google Play.
• Prior experience in startups or high-growth environments.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead and build a product from the ground up.
• Work with a dynamic and talented team in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible working hours and remote-first culture.
• Competitive salary and equity options (if applicable).
• Learning and development budget.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Understand and troubleshoot technology problems and offer solutions
• Understand the technology infrastructure and Application architecture end to end
• Code review for the source code delivered by team
• Understand the business requirements and deliver it through outsourced team
• Support/lead new technology initiatives and related technology deliveries
• Take part in evaluation of new products, POC, Time bound RND and solution deliveries
• Manage teams (both internal and external)/projects within given cost and time
• Plan, execute, track and report progress of initiatives taken up
• Adopt new processes/ improve existing processes to deliver better business solutions
• Adhere to quality / info-security guidelines and processes including maintain adequate documentation
• Attend review meetings, business user meetings, IT meetings etc

• Minimum qualification required is Graduation in computers / electronics with an experience of 2-6 years
• Require good written and spoken communication skills
• Require ability to lead a team and manage delivery with help of partners.
• Require hands on experience in developing applications with Angular, .Net Core, Asp.Net, MVC, SQL and Node JS.
• Require proven abilities to analyze, debug and find solution to technology issues
• Require process orientation, ability to adopt new processes and improve existing processes on ongoing basis
• Require experience in developing responsive web applications
• Require hands on experience in scaling/load balancing applications
• Require hands on experience in writing queries on SQL technologies
• Require knowledge of Windows operating systems
• Passion to learn and work on any technology

we are building a professional network for the top 1% of women with a simple mission - more women in leadership positions. we launched in may 2020, and have an early product-market fit (10k paying members, great nps, retention) and strong business signals. we are backed by some of the best investors in india. click https://love.leap.club/" target="_blank">here to read what our members say about us ❤️

our founding team members have previously built zomato, uber, linkedin, facebook, wework. our 0-1 journey is done and we are now ready to scale 🤞

about the role - full stack developer:

• you will work on a disruptive product that is in its early stages.
• you are someone with experience in building products that have significant user base/revenue and robust backend systems running in production catering to real-world users.
• 2+ years of experience in engineering with applied knowledge of restful api design principles and best practices are a must. 
• an ideal candidate would have exceptional application development skills with experience working with nodejs, react, typescript, cloud (aws), mongodb amongst other in-demand technologies.
• having a good understanding of cloud technologies, deployments, backend & frontend end-to-end operations is key for this role.

skills required:

• experience with building and deploying cloud-based backend systems. operating the backend at low latency, high availability, and quality
• experience with developing distributed systems and scalable real-time applications
• excellent programming skills in node.js, react, express.js with a solid understanding of event-driven architecture
• understanding of sql and nosql databases. experience with designing and maintaining scalable databases
• experience with 3rd party libraries and api integrations. eg. stripe, razorpay, etc
• strong problem-solving skills with an understanding of core algorithms and complexity analysis
• solid understanding of operating system fundamentals, networking and concurrency concepts
• experience with aws technologies like lambda, api gateway, beanstalk, ecs, ec2 etc
• experience with docker, kubernetes good to have

why you should work with us:

• you will be part of our founding team and get a front seat view of building a company. we promise a steep learning curve
• work with smart folks who like to have fun and don't take themselves too seriously
• independently lead projects and own your deliverables
• we are generous with esops for folks who treat leap.club like their own company
• 5 day work week, flexible leave policy, health and accidental insurance
• regular offsites and travel to gurgaon (our hq)

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our thesis:

there are 3 critical factors that help us live our best social-professional life -

1. connections & network
2. jobs and opportunities
3. learning & development (courses, coaching etc.)

in the next 5 years, leap.club will transform all three for our members.

• the current-gen platforms have a simple playbook - big networks, feeds, photos, followers/ influencers and monetize through ads. 
• the next gen networks will be smaller/focused and algo driven
• linkedin enables connections, jobs, learning but it's built for scale and not depth.

our goals :

• 2022 - 10,000 members and $1 mil+ annual revenue 
• 2024 - 100,000 members and $10 mil+ annual revenue 
• 2027 - 1,000,000 members and $100 mil+ annual revenue 

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions

• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications

• Write effective APIs

• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency

• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

• Create security and data protection settings

• Write technical documentation

• Proven experience in Software Development

• Experience developing web applications

• Knowledge and Understanding  of programming languages(e.g. Java, Python, C, C++) and Understanding JavaScript frameworks (e.g. React, Node.js)

• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) 

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

• Great attention to detail

Who should not apply for this job

• If you are looking for a 100% hike in your salary but can't commit to what value you will bring on the table
• If you never read books
• If you jump companies every 11-12 months
• If you are not comfortable working on Saturdays
• If you have less than 2 years of experience
• If you have more than 4 years of experience

At this position you will:

• Get solid experience with high-load distributed architecture using REST and High load services.
• Work with automated CI/CD processes, AWS cloud, and VoIP.
• Implement and support microservices based on Elasticsearch, Mongo, and frontend.

Key-Skills Required:

Node.js  | Express  | REST Api   | Javascript  | Redux-Saga |   MongoDB | Web security TLS/SSL | Web Sockets |   Promises & Call-backs | Database & Data structures |   Redis | Elasticseach | React.Js

Key Deliverables: 

• New feature design and implementation, Bug fixing, testing and performance tuning.
• Work on the API and Engines.
• Code deployment on cloud & maintenance of the same.
• Take complete ownership of a product/feature from setup to deployment.
• Time-bound feature delivery & updating.
• Cost-saving using efficient & effective technologies

Role and Responsibilities: 

• Work on back-end (+ frontend integration) development of core scripts using NodeJS / MongoDB /Express /Redux, and Redis.
• Manage Key-value based databases like Redis.
• Active participation in the development of a sophisticated platform as one of the leading developers.
• Document code consistently throughout the development process by listing a description of the program, special instructions, and any changes made in database tables on procedural, modular, and database level.
• Respond promptly and professionally to bug reports. 
• Knowledge of bluebird.js (Promises), Async, etc will be of advantage.
• Coding and programming using Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structure and Algorithms, architecture/ design and build RESTful API.
• Passionate about building products and features and build the product from scratch with thrust on Web security, TLS/SSL, web sockets, etc
• Knows one or more of Wireframes/ Prototyping/ Functional Documentation of business.

4-10 LPA based on experience and on performance in the interview round (70% Fixed - 30% Variable Incentive based on performance/delivery schedule)

(We do ZERO deductions since the salary will be paid from US/Singapore)

• Design implement and support highly scalable applications and web services using Microsoft technologies (ASP.NET, C#, MVC, WCF, SQL Server, Windows Forms, Web API/Rest API)
• Candidates should have the ability to train and work along with development teams to ensure timelines and quality deliveries.
• Lead project estimations, system architecture and performance engineering of projects
• Support software engineers on the team with guidance, experience, oversight, advice and code reviews
• Work with the quality assurance team to ensure that the software is fully unit tested, can be performance tested, and passes quality requirements

Desired Candidate Profile – 

• Candidate needs to have more than 5+ years of experience with IT industry.
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in designing and developing applications on the .NET platform.
• More than 1+ year of experience with MVC, WCF framework is needed.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in React or Angular or JQuery, HTML, CSS
• Experience in web application Architecture and Development with hands on expertise in delivering solutions based on/customizing ASP.Net 4.0 / MVC and above.
• Expert-level knowledge of SQL Server programming.
• Strong understanding of OOPS fundamentals, Entity Framework, LINQ and REST APIs.
• Good knowledge of SQL Server Reporting Services and Crystal Reports.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (TFS/SVN/Git).
• Proficient understanding of build/release management processes.
• Must have experience of working in Agile/Scrum environment.
• Must have some experience developing Windows-based applications.
• Must possess very good logical, analytical and communication skills.
• Candidates with knowledge of US Mortgage process will be given preference.
• Must be willing to travel abroad for short- and long-term duration.
• Shift timing 11 am- 8 pm, 6 pm- 3 am, 4 pm- 1 am (Candidate needs flexibility for all shift as per client requirements).

Major Responsibility/ Job Responsibility:    

Strong knowledge with Java frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, Mybatis)

Strong core Java 7 or Java 8 skills (with good understanding of multithreading and performance tuning)

Strong understanding of object-oriented design patterns.

Strong experience in Architecture & Designing, Web services (Rest or SOAP)

Good knowledge on Jasper Reports, iReports & XML

Strong understanding and experience on JavaScript (object oriented), AJAX, JQuery, Anuglar 2 or 4, Primefaces

Good knowledge on SQL and PL/SQL for Postgres, Oracle database

Good understanding of application and web servers – JBOSS, TOMCAT, JETTY

Hands- on experience for Eclipse IDE

Self-learner willing to experiment with latest features

Team player, willing to take responsibility and contribute

Experience in Waterfall/Agile development

Good communication skills both written and oral.

Hands on Experience with Unit Testing of Application using Junit Framework.

Key Result Areas:

Requirement analysis, design, Coding & unit testing

Technical documentation

Timely delivery of module with good quality

Sound knowledge on OOAD

Sound knowledge on n-tier, MVC architecture

Necessary Qualification/ Technical Skills:

2-5 years of total IT experience

Strong knowledge with Java frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, mybatis,)

Strong core Java 7 or Java 8 skills (with good understanding of multithreading and performance tuning)

Strong understanding and experience on JavaScript (object oriented), AJAX, JQuery, Anuglar 2 or 4,Primefaces

Good knowledge on Jasper Reports, iReports & XML

Good knowledge on SQL or PL/SQL for Postgres, MySQL, Oracle database.

Good understanding of application and web servers – JBOSS,TOMCAT,JETTY

Desirable:

Experience in short release cycles & full software life cycle.

Entire SDLC knowledge

Demonstrated problem solving, analytic and troubleshooting skills.

Basic/Advanced Java Certification

Special Skills (If Any):

Experience in Performance Tuning and creation of secured applications

Experience with high volume and highly scalable application is a plus.

Experience in Transport, Logistics & Finance domain