Platform Engineering Lead

Job Title: MERN Stack Developer

Company: Pentabay Softwares

Location: Anna Salai (Mount Road), Chennai

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience Required: 1–4 Years

Job Description:

Pentabay Softwares is looking for a skilled and motivated MERN Stack Developer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in developing scalable web applications using MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain web applications using the MERN stack
• Build reusable, efficient, and scalable code
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers and backend teams
• Design and integrate RESTful APIs
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance
• Participate in code reviews and follow best development practices
• Work closely with project managers to meet deadlines

Required Skills:

• Strong experience with MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js
• Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3
• Experience with REST APIs and third-party integrations
• Knowledge of Git/version control systems
• Basic understanding of security and performance optimization
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology

Good to Have:

• Experience with Redux, Next.js, or TypeScript
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines

Who Can Apply:

• Candidates with 1–4 years of relevant experience
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Work Location:

📍 Anna Salai (Mount Road), Chennai

TL;DR

Founding Software Engineer (Next.js / React / TypeScript) — ₹17,000–₹24,000 net ₹/mo — 100% remote (India) — ~40 h/wk — green-field stack, total autonomy, ship every week. If you can own the full lifecycle and prove impact every Friday, apply.

🏢 Mega Style Apartments

We rent beautifully furnished 1- to 4-bedroom flats that feel like home but run like a hotel—so travellers can land, unlock the door, and live like locals from hour one. Tech is now the growth engine, and you’ll be employee #1 in engineering, laying the cornerstone for a tech platform that will redefine the premium furnished apartment experience.

✨ Why This Role Rocks

💡 Green-field Everything

Choose the stack, CI, even the linter.

🎯 Visible Impact & Ambition

Every deploy reaches real guests this week. Lay rails for ML that can boost revenue 20%.

⏱️ Radical Autonomy

Plan sprints, own deploys; no committees.

• Direct line to decision-makers → zero red tape
• Modern DX: Next.js & React (latest stable), Tailwind, Prisma/Drizzle, Vercel, optional AI copilots – building mostly server-rendered, edge-ready flows.
• Async-first, with structured weekly 1-on-1s to ensure you’re supported, not micromanaged.
• Unmatched Career Acceleration: Build an entire tech foundation from zero, making decisions that will define your trajectory and our company's success.

🗓️ Your Daily Rhythm

• Morning: Check metrics, pick highest-impact task
• Day: Build → ship → measure
• Evening: 10-line WhatsApp update (done, next, blockers)
• Friday: Live demo of working software (no mock-ups)

📈 Success Milestones

• Week 1: First feature in production
• Month 1: Automation that saves ≥10 h/week for ops
• Month 3: Core platform stable; conversion up, load times down (aiming for <1s LCP); ready for future ML pricing (stretch goal: +20% revenue within 12 months).

🔑 What You’ll Own

1. Ship guest-facing features with Next.js (App Router / RSC / Server Actions).
2. Automate ops—dashboards & LLM helpers that delete busy-work.
3. Full lifecycle: idea → spec → code → deploy → measure → iterate.
4. Set up CI/CD & observability on Vercel; a dedicated half-day refactor slot each sprint keeps tech-debt low.
5. Optimise for outcomes—conversion, CWV, security, reliability; laying the groundwork for future capabilities in dynamic pricing and guest personalization.

Prototype > promise. Results > hours-in-chair.

💻 Must-Have Skills

Frontend Focus:

• Next.js (App Router/RSC/Server Actions)
• React (latest stable), TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
• State mgmt (TanStack Query / Zustand / Jotai)

Backend & DevOps Focus:

• Node.js APIs, Prisma/Drizzle ORM
• Solid SQL schema design (e.g., PostgreSQL)
• Auth.js / Better-Auth, web security best practices
• GitHub Flow, automated tests, CI, Vercel deploys
• Excellent English; explain trade-offs to non-tech peers
• Self-starter—comfortable as the engineer (for now)

🌱 Nice-to-Haves (Learn Here or Teach Us)

A/B testing & CRO, Python/basic ML, ETL pipelines, Advanced SEO & CWV, Payment APIs (Stripe, Merchant Warrior), n8n automation

🎁 Perks & Benefits

• 100% remote anywhere in 🇮🇳
• Flexible hours (~40 h/wk)
• 12 paid days off (holiday + sick)
• ₹1,700/mo health insurance reimbursement (post-probation)
• Performance bonuses for measurable wins
• 6-month paid probation → permanent role & full benefits (this is a full-time employment role)
• Blank-canvas stack—your decisions live on
• Equity is not offered at this time; we compensate via performance bonuses and a clear path for growth, with future leadership opportunities as the company and engineering team scales.

⏩ Hiring Process (7–10 Days, Fast & Fair)

All stages are async & remote.

1. Apply: 5-min form + short quiz (approx. 15 min total)
2. Test 1: TypeScript & logic (1 h)
3. Test 2: Next.js / React / Node / SQL deep-dive (1 h)
4. Final: AI Video interview (1 h)

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🚫 Who Shouldn’t Apply

• Need daily hand-holding
• Prefer consensus to decisions
• Chase perfect code over shipped value
• “Move fast & learn” culture feels scary

🚀 Ready to Own the Stack?

If you read this and thought “Finally—no bureaucracy,” and you're ready to set the technical standard for a growing company, show us something you’ve built and apply here →

Responsibilities:

• Your primary focus will be developing interactive Vue js applications.
• You will ensure that you produce robust, secure, modular, and maintainable code.
• You will coordinate with other team members, including backend developers and UX/UI designers.
• Developing web applications using Vue.js
• Building modular and reusable components and libraries
• Optimising your application for performance

Requirements:

Frontend:

• Proficient with the JavaScript language and its modern ES6+ syntax and features
• Proficient with Vue.js/React framework and its core principles such as components, reactivity, and the virtual DOM
• Familiarity with the Vue.js or React ecosystem, including Vue CLI, Vuex, Vue Router, and Nuxt.js
• Good understanding of HTML5 and CSS3, including Sass
• Understanding of server-side rendering and its benefits and use cases
• Ability to write efficient, secure, well-documented, and clean JavaScript code
• Experience with both consuming and designing RESTful APIs

Backend:

• Experience as a Python Developer for 2+ years
• Expertise in Python framework Django/Flask, creating & use REST API, object-relational mapping (ORM)
• Experience in AWS, GIT, CI/CD Pipelines, and unit testing

We are looking for a Full Stack Engineer for a client of ours, that is headquartered in USA and is operating in the field of health tech space, offering an innovative solution for dominate health issues. The company is well funded and backed by investors like Sequoia Capital.

They are looking for people who are interested to join their company and help them make an impact on their product development and growth.

In this role you will be part of the Product Engineering Team, and will be responsible for working with cross functional teams.

Experience Required

5+ years experience, having worked on both frontend and backend development - hands on development experience from front end, middle tier and back end.

3+ years of experience building Restful web service using node.js

3+ years of experience for writing batch/cron jobs using Python and shell scripting

3+ years of experience in web application development using javascript and ReactJs

Have understanding of javascript, Typescript, HTML, CSS, JSON, Rest based applications

Experience in database techs - mongodb, mysql, redis, elastic search

Experience of building applications deployed on the cloud using AWS, Docker and kubernetes

Good to have : - understanding of code versioning tools like Git

Experience or understanding of JS based build tools like Grunt, Gulp, Bower, Webpack and NPM

Good communication, willingness to work in a diverse team, and a fast paced environment would be a requirement to be successful in this role.

Education Experience

Degree in Computer science would be preferred / equivalent professional experience in product companies.

• Extensive experience in building REST APIs
• Experience in building, managing, and enhancing backend / server-side development using java / java scripts. Expertise in NodeJS is preferred
• The person must have built systems that consume and process volumes of data from various sources. Experience in handling and managing data in NoSQL databases such as Mongodb.
• Extensive experience of building custom UI for web using the popular frameworks like angular and react. Experience in developing mobile UI is nice to have
• Experience of working with code repositories such as Github and GitLab.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Experience of working on Cloud environments and experience in AWS is preferred.
• Experience in Dockers and Kubernetes for deployments