Mern Stack Developer

Position Title: Software Development Engineer (SDE-2)

Department: Engineering & Product

Location: Pune, Maharashtra (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation: Competitive, commensurate with market standards and experience

ORGANISATION OVERVIEW:

Growloc Private Limited is a leading Agri-tech enterprise in India, specialising in Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for modern farm management. We are committed to empowering farmers through innovative technology that optimises resource utilisation, enhances crop yields, and ensures the delivery of consistent, quality produce.

Backed by a team of purpose-driven professionals, Growloc Private Limited is at the forefront of building a more sustainable, efficient, and productive future for Indian agriculture. Our work sits at the intersection of technology and rural impact — and every product we ship makes a difference.

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven MERN Stack Engineer (SDE-2) to join our growing Engineering team. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), a proven ability to apply Design Patterns, and expertise in Low-Level Design (LLD) to architect and implement robust, scalable, and efficient full-stack solutions. This role is critical for building and maintaining high-quality, lean engineering environments that value smart development practices, quality-first thinking, and the strategic use of modern AI-assisted development tools.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

•       Design, build, and maintain robust full-stack applications leveraging MongoDB, Nest.js, React.js, and Node.js, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and maintainability through the judicious application of efficient algorithms, established design patterns, and sound Low-Level Design (LLD) principles.

•       Take complete ownership of features from architectural design through production deployment, utilising modern CI/CD workflows including GitHub Actions, Vercel, and AWS.

•       Integrate and strategically leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) to accelerate development velocity, improve documentation quality, and streamline test authoring.

•       Author and maintain comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end test suites to uphold rigorous code quality standards.

•       Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, and Hardware teams within an agile, lean delivery framework to drive frequent, high-quality releases.

•       Ensure consistent performance, responsiveness, and scalability across both frontend and backend systems.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

Educational Qualification

•       Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering discipline.

Technical Skills

•       2–5 years of professional experience building production-grade applications on the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js).

•       Strong proficiency in Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), with the ability to analyse problem complexity and implement optimised solutions.

•       Demonstrable experience with various Design Patterns (e.g., MVC, Singleton, Factory, Observer) and their practical application in building scalable and maintainable software systems, coupled with a strong understanding of Low-Level Design (LLD) principles for modular and efficient code architecture.

•       Strong proficiency in frontend architecture, including React Hooks, Context API, and/or Redux.

•       Solid understanding of Node.js, Express.js, RESTful API design, and MongoDB schema design.

•       Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and cloud deployment on AWS or equivalent platforms.

•       Proficiency with automated testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha, and/or Cypress.

•       Demonstrated use of AI-assisted coding tools integrated into day-to-day development practices.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (GOOD TO HAVE):

•       Exposure to IoT systems or prior experience with hardware device integration.

•       Experience with real-time data technologies, including WebSocket.

•       Professional background in agriculture, climate-tech, or rural technology sectors.

•       Working knowledge of TypeScript or serverless computing architectures.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

•       Strong problem-solving ability and analytical thinking, with a focus on applying Data Structures and Algorithms and Low-Level Design (LLD) principles to solve complex technical challenges efficiently and effectively.

•       High ownership mindset with the ability to drive features independently.

•       Effective cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.

•       Adaptability and willingness to work in a fast-paced, lean startup environment.

•       Commitment to code quality, continuous improvement, and engineering best practices.

What You’ll Do:

We’re looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join us early, own critical systems, and help shape both the product and the engineering culture from day one.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Own end-to-end product development, from user experience to backend integration
• Build and scale a modern SPA using React, TypeScript, Vite, and Tailwind Design intuitive, high-trust UIs for finance workflows (payments, approvals, dashboards)
• Collaborate closely with backend systems written in Go via well-designed APIs
• Translate product requirements into clean, maintainable components and state models
• Optimize frontend performance, bundle size, and load times for complex dashboards
• Work directly with founders and design partners to iterate rapidly on product direction
• Establish frontend best practices around architecture, testing, and developer experience
• Contribute across the stack when needed, including API design and data modeling discussions.

What You’ll Need:

• Strong experience with Go in production systems
• Solid backend fundamentals: APIs, distributed systems, concurrency, and data modeling
• Hands-on experience with AWS, including deploying and operating production services
• Deep familiarity with Postgres, including schema design, indexing, and performance considerations
• Comfort working in early-stage environments with ambiguity, ownership, and rapid iteration
• Product mindset — you care about why you’re building something, not just how
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make pragmatic tradeoffs

Set Yourself Apart With:

• Experience with Tailwind or other utility-first CSS frameworks
• Familiarity with design systems and component libraries
• Experience building fintech or enterprise SaaS UIs
• Exposure to AI-powered UX (LLM-driven workflows, assistants, or automation)
• Prior experience as an early engineer or founder
• product engineering culture from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain frontend applications using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and TailwindCSS
• Design and develop RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express.js
• Integrate frontend with backend APIs efficiently
• Write clean, reusable, and well-documented code
• Optimize applications for performance, SEO, and scalability
• Work with databases to design schemas and write optimized queries
• Implement authentication, authorization, and role-based access
• Debug, test, and improve existing systems
• Collaborate with designers and product managers to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions

What you'll do :

• Work closely with product managers and engineers to design, implement, test, and continually improve scalable frontend and backend services.
• Develop products using agile methods and tools.
• Develop commercial-grade software that is user-friendly and suitable for a global audience.
• Plan, create, and execute (manual and automated) tests.
• Be involved and participate in the overall application lifecycle.
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Staying up to date with current technologies and providing insights on cutting-edge software approaches, architectures, and vendors.
• Ensure that non-functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability are considered when architecting solutions.
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Skills you bring to the table:

• 3+ years of relevant experience. 
• Fluency in any one of JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.
• Should have built large scalable enterprise applications from scratch.
• Strong experience in architectural patterns, High-level designs.
• Experience in NoSQL and SQL DBs.
• Have a knack for launching and iterating on products quickly with quality and efficiency.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to learn and ability to flourish in a dynamic, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment.
• Hands-on, self-starter, capable of working independently.
• True love for technology and what you do.
• Maniacal attention to detail.

• Lead the delivery of high quality, innovative, flexible and scalable technical solutions that meet business requirements.
• Design, Develop, Test and maintain software applications.
• Perform hands-on coding and provide thoughtful code reviews.
• Demonstrate ability to work within an agile team as well as collaborate with many other teams on design and implementation strategies.
• Follow SCRUM Agile Development methodology
• Problem Solving and ability to present ideas - Self-motivated, Open-minded, User Focused, Adaptive.
• Generate guidelines for other web designers to match visual design intent.
• Experience in building web application using ReactJS as the frontend framework.
• Expertise in using JavaScript framework.
• Have worked on REST client and WebSockets
• Be able to write Unit tests using a framework like Jasmine, Enzyme etc.
• Have experience in using any of the Build scripts.
• Proficient understanding of GitHub or other version control systems
• Strong programming basics, with a clear understanding of Object-Oriented and Functional programming.
• Expert in developing backend application with RESTful API's Using Rest Framework
• Understanding creation of website layout/user interfaces by using standard HTML5, CSS3, jQuery.
• Experience in Bootstrap4 or CSS pre-processor like Less or Sass is desirable.
• Low-Latency UI, Page optimization, and bundle build + caching.

• Good hands-on and experience in Ruby on Rails, NodeJS and React/Angular/VueJs
• Knowledge of an SQL Database like MYSQL, Postgres.
• Basic Knowledge of programming in basic data structures and algorithms.
• You should have good experience working with relational and non-relational databases. We use Postgres and Cassandra.
• Good knowledge of version management with git.
• Awareness of TDD.
• CI/CD knowledge would be a huge advantage
• Will to design and maintain large scale distributed systems.

• You will be responsible for the delivery of the application/ feature/ module your team will be working on.
• Write/Review Code every day in addition to pairing with team members on functional and non-functional requirements and spread design philosophy, goals, and improvements to code quality across the team
• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Ensure all code is thoroughly covered by automated tests and that all features meet quality checks before deployment.
• Contributing to the constant improvement of practices and processes in the team.
• Building and managing automated build/test/deployment environments
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Sales, Marketing, Product, Mobile, DevOps, UX, Data Science, Data Engineering, QA, etc.) to define and execute the feature roadmap.
• Research new technologies and tools and share your learning with the rest of the team.
• Provides mentoring and guidance to other team members, including new hires.

What makes you a great fit for our team:

• 5-8 years of overall experience with at least 2+ years of full-stack experience. 
• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• Experience developing desktop and mobile applications
• Familiarity with common stacks
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
• Experience in NodeJS for at least two years and exposure to Python, Go, etc will be a huge plus and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, ReactJs(preferred), VueJs)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB) and UI/UX design
• Experience and knowledge of open source tools & frameworks, broader cutting edge technologies around server-side development.
• Data modeling experience in both Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience in building microservices-based architectures
• Knowledge of or experience with at least one or more of PaaS environments - AWS, Google App Engine, Windows Azure Cloud Services or similar
• Ability to deliver in a global team environment with members working remotely in various time zones and locations
• You are a problem solver with exceptional analytical skills and high attention to detail
• Good knowledge of data structures(list, graphs, maps) and their advantages or disadvantages.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment, successfully handle ambiguity, and have experience working with Agile methodologies, TDD and Test Engineering and Automation
• You have excellent written and oral communication skills, with an ability to handle both executive-level discussions as well as technical deep dives
• Excellent understanding of interactive application development paradigm, memory management, performance/resource optimizations, database interactions, concurrency and multithreading, fault tolerance, monitoring, security, operability, and scalability of systems.
• Able to occasionally travel to our USA headquarters in Redwood Shores, CA

Education: 

• Bachelors - (Preferably from Tier-1 College)

Keywords:

• Node, NodeJS, AWS, Full Stack, Serverless, Amazon Web Services, Lambda, REST APIs, Webservices, Microservices, ReactJs, VueJs, AngularJs

Full Stack Developer with excellent and strong experience in the design and development of secure and high performing applications/products using MEAN Stack on Cloud-based architecture using DevOps processes.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Developing front end website architecture
• Designing user interactions on web pages
• Developing back end website applications
• Creating servers and databases for functionality
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

Technical Experience/skills & Qualifications required:

• Degree in Computer Science
• 6 to 8 years of experience in Information Technology with at least 4+ years in MEAN stack development
• Highly experienced with back-end programming languages Ex: Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, JavaScript etc
• Proficient experience using advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, ReactJS, Node JS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, etc.
• Development experience for both mobile and desktop.
• Understanding of server-side languages including such-as Jade, EJS, Jinja, etc.
• Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications
• Experience in development using the DevOps tools like Kubernetes, GitHub, Jenkins
• Experience in developing applications on the cloud platform especially AWS
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB
• Understanding and implementation of security and data protection.
• Experience working with JIRA and Gitlab
• Maintain code integrity and organization
• Experience working with graphic designers and converting designs to visual elements.

Other Generic and Behavioural Skills

• Experience in Healthcare domain and HIPAA compliance awareness would be a big plus
• Strong team player and ability to adapt to a dynamic and agile environment
• Design thinking and ability to deliver innovative solutions
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to details

Why should you apply:

• Great opportunity to be a part of booming Healthcare sector and ride the wave
• Big opportunity to work with the leadership team which promotes and encourages innovation-driven thought process and execution
• Opportunity to work with young minds using the latest technologies
• Ability to work in an environment that will enable you to realize ownership with the freedom to learn and deliver a great product
• Fantastic opportunity to grow with the company and achieve great heights of success.

Ability to interact with team members and stakeholders from different cultures within and outside India