Senior Java Software Engineer

Profile: MERN Stack Developer

📍 Location: Andheri East, Mumbai

🏤 Work Mode: 5 Days WFO

⏰ Experience: 2+ Years

(Only immediate joiners & candidates who have completed notice period)

What We're Looking For:

✅ 2+ years of MERN stack development experience

✅ MongoDB - database design and complex queries

✅ Express.js - server-side application development

✅ React.js - component-based UI development

✅ Node.js - backend JavaScript runtime

✅ Kafka - event streaming and messaging

✅ Docker - containerization and deployment

✅ Redis - caching and session management

✅ RESTful API design and integration

About the Role

NeoGenCode Technologies is looking for a Senior Technical Architect with strong expertise in enterprise architecture, cloud, data engineering, and microservices. This is a critical role demanding leadership, client engagement, and architectural ownership in designing scalable, secure enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise software architectures.
• Architect distributed, fault-tolerant systems using microservices and event-driven patterns.
• Provide technical leadership and hands-on guidance to engineering teams.
• Collaborate with clients, understand business needs, and translate them into architectural designs.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement modern tools, technologies, and processes.
• Drive DevOps, CI/CD best practices, and application security.
• Mentor engineers and participate in architecture reviews.

Must-Have Skills

• Architecture: Enterprise Solutions, EAI, Design Patterns, Microservices (API & Event-driven)
• Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Python, Angular (recent 2+ years experience), MVC
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Client Handling: Strong experience with client-facing roles and delivery
• Data: Data Modeling, RDBMS & NoSQL, Data Migration/Retention Strategies
• Security: Familiarity with OWASP, PCI DSS, InfoSec principles

Good to Have

• Experience with Mobile Technologies (native, hybrid, cross-platform)
• Knowledge of tools like Enterprise Architect, TOGAF frameworks
• DevOps tools, containerization (Docker), CI/CD
• Experience in financial services / payments domain
• Familiarity with BI/Analytics, AI/ML, Predictive Analytics
• 3rd-party integrations (e.g., MuleSoft, BizTalk)

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.
• 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 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.

Founding Engineer:

As a Founding Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and launching our product to customers. Specifically,

• Since our team is lean and we plan to keep it that way - you’ll be one of the first five engineers in leading the zero-to-one journey of a product our customers are hungry for
• Lead technical design and implementation of the frontend and backend of the product with coaching and mentorship from world-class technical architects
• Have knowledge of (or learn) how to work with Shopify’s CLI
• Iterate quickly to create delightful user experiences, working closely with customers/ design partners
• Help us hire a world-class engineering team in the months ahead
• Our team is currently fully remote (with offices to be opened in Bangalore and Mumbai over next few months) and cross-border across San Francisco, Boston, and India - help us cultivate a remote-first, inclusive, diverse, and friendly culture
• Work directly with the founders with an ownership mindset

Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience working with backend tech stacks (e.g. Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails, Django, Laravel)
• Experience with service service-oriented architecture, writing REST APIs, unit testing, and architectural design
• Understanding of modern web stacks and architecture (HTTP, REST, GraphQL, WebSockets)
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and other technologies (e.g. Mysql, Redis, Kafka)
• Prior experience working with frontend tech stacks (e.g. React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Prior experience working with frontend UI frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)

You’re Awesome at:

• Excellent communication skills (Verbal & Written)
• Great understanding of JavaScript
• Excellent hands-on programming experience of NodeJS/Express/SailsJS
• Excellent hands-on programming experience of React/Angular/Meteor/VueJS
• Good understanding of RESTful API development
• Good knowledge of TDD (Test Driven Development)
• Good understanding of MongoDb/mysql/postgres
• Good understanding of AGILE - SCRUM
• Good understanding of GitHUB, SVN
• Experience with designing of overall architecture of the application
• Good understanding of Web Securities and how to implement in application
• Hand-on designing and implementing robust and scalable web service/api
• Hand-on application deployment and cloud platform such AWS/Heroku/GoogleCloud
• Understanding of the Software Development Life cycle

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

•  Bachelors or master’s in software engineering, Computer Science or other relevant disciplines
•  5+ years experience as a Back-End or Full Stack Developer with hands-on experience working with Python with  3+ years Preferably with AWS Services knowledge (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, Queues, Topics, etc)
•  Strong Knowledge in Python v3.x Language
•  Experience in REST APIs with JSON
•  Error handling and Logging 
•  Any DB knowledge 
•  Knowledge in Node.js is an added advantage
•  Knowledge in implementing Terraform is a plus
•  Knowledge on Sumo Logic log aggregation is a plus
• Must know how to produce high quality, “Clean” code that is performant, maintainable and secure

Acrobyte Technologies, founded by an IIT Delhi alumni, has been Actively Learn's technology partner for over six years. Actively Learn is an educational technology company, based out of Seattle, USA, founded by a Harvard educated former Microsoft director and an education PhD who also founded a private school in Virginia.

We’ve built a digital, award-winning, reading platform, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Science Foundation, that is used in over 45,000 schools and by 150,000 teachers in the USA and overseas. Actively Learn is part of Achieve3000, a leading education platform that provides differentiated reading and instruction with over 2 million students using the platform. Actively Learn also serves as the innovation arm, leading new technology initiatives for the company.

Technology Stack

React JS, Typescript, Backbone JS, Node JS, C#, .NET, MySql, AWS, Mocha and Chai, JMeter, Neoload Selenium, Katalon.

Job Requirements

• 2+ years JavaScript experience
• 2+ years frontend React JS framework experience
• 1+ years of backend development experience (Node JS, C# dot NET, Java, Python, etc)
• 2+ years relational database experience (MySql, MSSQL, or PostgreSQL)
• Computer Science or related Engineering degree from a top-tier college

Job Highlights

• Do you like solving real life problems using technology? Actively Learn is on a mission to make students read for depth. Come join us on our journey.
• We are a small and skilled team. You will get to learn the complete life cycle of building a successful product.
• Opportunity to play multiple roles on the Engineering team (front-end development, back-end development, testing, devops, automation) and develop those skills.
• We maintain the strictest and highest code quality standards and take pride in that. There will be a huge learning in how to think and write clean code.
• Being an efficient agile company we work on various technologies and part of the role will be to research latest technologies and lead implementation.
• Flexible and fun work environment focused on innovation and creativity. We work out of 91 Springboard, the biggest co-working space in India, which allows for networking and collaboration opportunities.
• Highly competitive salary.
• Opportunity to travel to USA and work closely with the Seattle team.