NodeJS Developer

About FrontM

At FrontM, we are on a mission to transform the lives of frontline workforces, particularly in the maritime industry. We believe in creating a more connected, empowered, and engaged workforce by building cutting-edge solutions that merge the power of technology with human-centric needs. Our vision is to develop the world’s leading digital toolbox platform for maritime operations —a platform that brings everything for frontline workforces from digital wallets, recruitment, onboarding, healthcare, and learning to welfare and human capital management under one seamless umbrella.

Role Summary

As a JavaScript Developer at FrontM, you will be at the forefront of developing our pioneering digital toolbox platform and the low-code developer framework that powers it. You will have the opportunity to work with the latest JavaScript frameworks, integrating advanced technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs), AI, and the latest GPT models. You’ll also be part of our exciting roadmap to evolve our low-code platform into a no-code solution, making app development accessible to everyone. Your contributions will be pivotal in the creation and enhancement of the Maritime App Store, where innovation meets practicality, offering solutions that make a tangible difference in the lives of seafarers and other frontline workers.

Key Responsibilities

Application Development (≈60%)

• Build micro-apps using the frontm.ai framework
• Implement intent-based architectures, context and state management
• Develop responsive UIs, forms, collections, filters, and workflows
• Integrate AWS services (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, Bedrock)
• Build conversational AI features and real-time capabilities (messaging, video, notifications)

Framework Development (≈25%)

• Enhance and extend the frontm.ai core framework
• Build reusable components, patterns, and accelerators
• Improve performance for low-bandwidth environments
• Contribute to documentation, examples, and design reviews
• Support migration towards TypeScript and future Rust components

AI-Assisted Development (≈15%)

• Use Claude Code for efficient development
• Write and refine prompts for code generation
• Review, validate, and harden AI-generated code
• Implement LLM integrations via AWS Bedrock / OpenAI
• Build AI assistants using the skills layer

Required Technical Skills

JavaScript / TypeScript

• 5+ years professional JavaScript experience
• Strong TypeScript, async patterns, modular design
• Clean code practices and modern tooling

Architecture & Cloud

• Microservices and event-driven systems
• Serverless AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3)
• REST APIs, WebSockets, CI/CD
• Infrastructure as Code experience preferred

AI & LLMs

• Hands-on use of Claude Code or similar tools
• Prompt engineering and hallucination mitigation
• Conversational AI and NLP experience

Data

• MongoDB / MongoDB Atlas
• Caching, indexing, and multi-tenant data patterns

Desired skills

• Experience with low-bandwidth or offline-first systems
• Understanding of secure, distributed deployments
• Exposure to healthcare, logistics, or maritime systems

Experience & Education

• 5+ years software development
• 2+ years AWS serverless
• 1+ year AI-assisted development
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Personal Attributes

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking
• Comfortable reviewing AI-generated code
• Clear communicator and reliable team contributor
• Self-driven, detail-oriented, and adaptable

Why join FrontM?

Above-Market Compensation: We believe in rewarding talent, offering a salary package that reflects your skills and potential.

Long-Term Career Growth: As FrontM expands, so will your opportunities. We are committed to helping our team members develop their careers, offering mentorship, learning opportunities, and the chance to take on more responsibility.

Cutting-Edge Technology: Work with the latest in JavaScript frameworks, AI, LLMs, and GPT models, contributing to a platform that’s at the forefront of technological innovation.

Make a Real Impact: This is your chance to work on something that matters—to build solutions that directly improve the quality of life for thousands of people worldwide.

Location: Bhavnagar (On-site)

Job Type: Full-time

Experience: 6 Months – 1 Year

Job Description:

We are looking for a Web Developer with experience in Laravel and PHP to join our on-site team in Bhavnagar. The candidate should have basic knowledge of backend development, databases, and web technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain web applications using Laravel
• Write clean, efficient, and secure PHP code
• Work with MySQL and handle database operations
• Troubleshoot and debug issues
• Collaborate with the team to implement new features

Requirements:

• 6 months to 1 year of experience as a Web Developer (Laravel)
• Good knowledge of PHP, Laravel, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Understanding of MVC architecture and OOP
• Familiar with Git/version control
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (preferred)

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Learning and growth opportunities
• Supportive work environment
• Leave Encashment
• Alternate Saturdays Off
• Festival Holiday
• Yoga Sessions

About us:
Equal parts creative agency, engineering firm, and consultancy, Grappus has a reputation of doing things differently. We work with brands big and small, far and wide, helping them understand, prototype and deploy a broad range of custom tech. We value design and we cringe at bad UX. Each project is a clean slate, we don’t have frameworks, or any pre-made formulas. We’re not here to just grow big, make money and win awards. We’re here to crack the process of building truly innovative products from scratch. Products that make people say ‘damn’.

People at Grappus usually experience a highly accelerated career growth well beyond the narrow constraints of their ‘job description’. Here, the growth ladder is tailored to you. It operates exactly as fast as you can manage to grow. We think it's a waste when smart people are unable to make an impact. Our aim is to unleash your potential by giving you massive challenges and the freedom to solve them.

We’re in a fluid world, where we don’t know what technologies we’ll use next, or the projects we’ll work on. We’re actively searching for ways to shine a light on our blind spots, whether it is in the products we want to build, the problems we like to solve, or the company culture we try to create. That’s what makes life at Grappus so exciting. Grappus is an ongoing experiment and you are a part of it. We'll be a different company a few years from now because you are going to change it for the better. We can’t wait to see where you take us.

About the role:
We are seeking a Senior Backend Developer who has a knack for coming up with creative solutions to unique problems, planning development cycles and writing technical documentation while leading a team of developers. You should have experience with different design pattern implementation and be quick in making architectural decisions. You can get in where needed to write clean, reusable, and performant code, with creative sensibilities to push projects towards perfection. You should have good time management skills and be able to work both autonomously and collaboratively with a cross-discipline team of product managers, strategists, UX designers, art directors, and developers.

What we’d like to see:
● Ability to write elegant and readable code
● Excellent problem solving skills and love technical challenges
● Comfortable working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment
● Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
● Stays plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and applies them proactively
● Taking leads on projects as needed
● Knowledge of software best practices, like test driven development and continuous integration
● Directing the development team in the design, development, coding, testing and debugging of applications

Must have:
● BE/ BTech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience
● 4+ years of professional backend development experience
● Experience coaching and mentoring junior developers
● Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving skills and client handling      skills
● Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse web technologies and techniques
● Experience working with Python/Django or NodeJS
● Knowledge of DRF, Redis, Celery, RabbitMQ, Jenkins, MongoDB and PostgreSQL
● Implemented CI/CD in any of the projects done
● Strong understanding of the full web technology stack (i.e. HTTP, caching, headers, cookies, etc)
● Proficiency in working with API’s and third party integrations
● Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies
● Experience with multi-tenant architectures (SaaS)
● Experience with Test Driven Development
● Excellent project and time management skills

Nice to have:
● Familiarity and experience using a variety of architectural Design Patterns
● Knowledge of Kubernetes/Docker and Devops
● Personal projects or contributions to the open source community
● Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timelines
● Team player (those great personality types that people love to work with)
● Great communication skills

Why you’ll love it here:
(Besides working with our team with infinite charm)

● We have no fixed work timings or leave policy, you can take unlimited leaves and start your day whenever you want. (Just make sure others in your team don’t suffer)
● We don’t track these hours you put in or ask you to fill time sheets. We don’t believe in
micromanaging, if you’re struggling, ask for help. If someone else is, offer some support.
● We never mind if people make mistakes or screw up in any way, and offer full encouragement to help people learn fast by failing fast.
● We always encourage people to be completely candid, raise alarms, or log complaints
anonymously in our feedback tool, no matter how harsh.
● We are a ‘Work from Anywhere’ company, since passionate, driven people can work from
anywhere they want; their homes, or cafes, or mountains, or beaches, anywhere.
● We have a 15-day notice period. We want to build a place where people work willingly and passionately.

Responsibilities:

• Setup and integrate various APIs
• Dealing with scripts written in different languages (PHP, Node.js, Python, PhantomJS, Ruby)
• Must be an R & D specialist
• Keep up-to-date with advanced concepts
• Adaptable to learn new technologies
• Knowledge on Linux and its commands
• Fast in debugging the code
• Should be a quick learner
• Good at communication

Requirements

• Minimum 3 Years of experience in PHP7
• 1 Year experience in Node.js/Python
• Good work experience in PHP7 
• Strong knowledge in OOPS.
• Proven knowledge on REST and SOAP API integrations 
• Experience in composer installations
• Strong in Javascript and Node.js concepts.
• Good knowledge of MongoDB and MySql
• Knowledge of versioning tools (SVN/GIT)
• Having knowledge on Amazon AWS and Google Cloud Platform is an added advantage
• Having knowledge of elastic search is an added advantage
• Good to have knowledge on p threads