Senior Lead - FullStack

Position Name : Senior Software Developer (Node.js/RoR/Swift/React)

Experience : 5 to 10 Years

📍 Location : Remote

Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days

Role Overview :

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Developer with expertise in Node.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), React, and Swift.

The ideal candidate should have strong problem-solving skills, hands-on development experience, and a deep understanding of software architecture, design principles, and TDD best practices.

Key Responsibilities :

• Backend-Heavy Full-Stack Development : Strong focus on Ruby on Rails (RoR) for backend and React for frontend.
• Test-Driven Development (TDD) : Follow TDD principles to ensure high-quality code.
• Software Architecture & Design : Implement scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Data Structures & Algorithms : Optimize performance and ensure efficient solutions.
• Clean Code Practices : Write modular, reusable, and well-documented code.
• Agile Development : Work in an Agile environment with CI/CD pipelines.
• Full-Stack Ownership : Manage both backend and frontend development, including deployment.
• Peer Collaboration : Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.

Technical Skills & Experience :

Must-Have :

• Ruby on Rails (RoR) - Backend
• React.js - Frontend
• Strong expertise in architecture, design, and hands-on development.
• Excellent understanding of Data Structures & Algorithms.
• Proven experience with TDD principles.
• Excellent communication skills.

Good to Have :

• Experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Swift, and JavaScript
• Familiarity with relational databases and web frameworks
• CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Hudson, or Bamboo.

About koolio.ai

Website: www.koolio.ai

koolio Inc. is a cutting-edge Silicon Valley startup dedicated to transforming how stories are told through audio. Our mission is to democratize audio content creation by empowering individuals and businesses to effortlessly produce high-quality, professional-grade content. Leveraging AI and intuitive web-based tools, koolio.ai enables creators to craft, edit, and distribute audio content—from storytelling to educational materials, brand marketing, and beyond—easily. We are passionate about helping people and organizations share their voices, fostering creativity, collaboration, and engaging storytelling for a wide range of use cases.

About the Full-Time Position

We are seeking experienced Full Stack Developers to join our innovative team on a full-time, hybrid basis. As part of koolio.ai, you will work on a next-gen AI-powered platform, shaping the future of audio content creation. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-performance web applications, handling client- and server-side development. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a rapidly growing platform with a global reach and thrive in a fast-moving, self-learning startup environment where adaptability and innovation are key.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with teams to implement new features, improve current systems, and troubleshoot issues as we scale
• Design and build efficient, secure, and modular client-side and server-side architecture
• Develop high-performance web applications with reusable and maintainable code
• Work with audio/video processing libraries for JavaScript to enhance multimedia content creation
• Integrate RESTful APIs with Google Cloud Services to build robust cloud-based applications
• Develop and optimize Cloud Functions to meet specific project requirements and enhance overall platform performance

Requirements and Skills:

• Education: Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Work Experience: Minimum of 6+ years of proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role, with demonstrable expertise in building web applications at scale
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and ReactJS
• Strong experience with server-side technologies, particularly REST APIs, Python, Google Cloud Functions, and Google Cloud services
• Familiarity with NoSQL and PostgreSQL databases
• Experience working with audio/video processing libraries is a strong plus
• Soft Skills:
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically about issues and solutions
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a remote, diverse, and distributed team environment
• Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work independently, balancing multiple tasks with minimal supervision
• Keen attention to detail and a passion for delivering high-quality, scalable solutions
• Other Skills: Familiarity with GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and best practices in version control and continuous deployment

Compensation and Benefits:

• Total Yearly Compensation: ₹25 LPA based on skills and experience
• Health Insurance: Comprehensive health coverage provided by the company
• ESOPs: An opportunity for wealth creation and to grow alongside a fantastic team

Why Join Us?

• Be a part of a passionate and visionary team at the forefront of audio content creation
• Work on an exciting, evolving product that is reshaping the way audio content is created and consumed
• Thrive in a fast-moving, self-learning startup environment that values innovation, adaptability, and continuous improvement
• Enjoy the flexibility of a full-time hybrid position with opportunities to grow professionally and expand your skills
• Collaborate with talented professionals from around the world, contributing to a product that has a real-world impact

Job Title: Java Full Stack Developer

Experience: 6+ Years

Locations: Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Gurgaon

Work Mode: Hybrid

Notice Period: Immediate Joiners Preferred / Candidates Who Have Completed Their Notice Period

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Java Full Stack Developer with a strong command over backend technologies and modern frontend frameworks. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with Java, ReactJS, and DevOps tools like Jenkins, Docker, and basic Kubernetes knowledge. You’ll be contributing to complex software solutions across industries, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and deploying production-grade systems in a cloud-native, CI/CD-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable web applications using Java (Spring Boot) and ReactJS
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers and backend developers to implement robust, efficient front-end interfaces
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ensuring high-quality software delivery
• Containerize applications using Docker and ensure smooth deployment and orchestration using Kubernetes (basic level)
• Write clean, modular, and testable code and participate in code reviews
• Troubleshoot and resolve performance, reliability, and functional issues in production
• Work in Agile teams and participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings
• Ensure all security, compliance, and performance standards are met in the development lifecycle

Mandatory Skills

• Backend: Java, Spring Boot
• Frontend: ReactJS
• DevOps Tools: Jenkins, Docker
• Containers & Orchestration: Basic knowledge of Kubernetes
• Strong understanding of RESTful services and APIs
• Familiarity with Git and version control workflows
• Good understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies

• Thorough understanding of React Native and its core principles- Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Experience in React Js, Javascript, Ruby on Rails (preferred)- Experience with popular React workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
• Familiarity with newer specifications of ECMAScript (ES6 & ES5 )- Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs- Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Working knowledge of git for version control- Understanding of Unix tools
• A user-centric mentality for building products

Roles and responsibilities:

•  Proficient in SQL, NoSQL, relational database design and methods for efficiently retrieving data 
•  Experience building complex and non-interactive systems batch, distributed, etc.
•  Be responsible for the technical design and experience in guiding/mentoring others.
•  Strong OOPS knowledge, including experience with design patterns
•  Experience with relational databases like MySQL/Oracle
•  Experience with enterprise application servers like Tomcat/Weblogic/Websphere.
•  Exposure to Web Services SOAP and RESTFUL
•  Exposure to Agile/Scrum, TDD, and Continuous Integration tools like Jenkins, Bamboo etc.
•  Excellent analytical aptitude and problem solving skills.
•  Excellent communication and customer interfacing skill

In Brief
Urgent Hiring • Re-location Required
Company Founded 2018 • 1-5 employees
Internet and Technology Startup • Bootstrapped

About us
Based out of Egypt and with presence in the GCC, Quesst Technologies is an early Internet and Tech Startup committed to helping thousands of nationals, residents and travelers in the MENA region, saving them time and effort in seeking reliable and credible knowledge within their communities and localities.

Quesst, the company's flagship platform, is a hyper-local Q&A and knowledge sharing platform that offers the necessary infrastructure for users seeking information to meet, share, engage and interact with one another and with verified subject matter experts.

Who we're looking for
Ideally the successful candidate will have experience in the start-up world and is in a position for a new challenge to take this company to the next level. Someone who is passionate about delivering a scalable and highly performant state-of-the-art cloud-based platforms built with technologies utilizing the JavaScript ecosystem, AI/ML and the latest web technologies to help solve exciting real world problems.

We are looking for an agile and entrepreneurial leader with strong people leadership and technical capability who has a problem-solving and analytical aptitude, excellent communication and presentation skills, is familiar with statistics, has a business acumen, independent, positive can-do attitude, and passion for excellence to the workplace.

Your role and our tech stack
Reporting to the founder, you will be expected to develop, deploy and oversee the execution of the tech strategy, product road-map and operations to ensure alignment with our businesses goals as we grow and scale. You will play a key part in the organisation's success, taking the current MVP and developing it further to move the company through to early stage funding and into profit.

Quesst's is built using React.js [Frontend], Node.js [Backend], PostgreSQL [DB], Amazon EC2 [Application Hosting], Amazon S3 [Media Storage Service], and Amazon SES [Email Sending Service]. You will be responsible for implementing full-stack features and collaborate with other team members to plan each sprint. You’ll be working across the entire system architecture and be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining restful APIs, micro-services and databases.

Your key responsibilities

• Develop, improve and optimize the structure, quality, and extensibility of current software technologies, codebases and databases
• Prototype ideas to quickly access viability and iterate based on feedback from the team
• Build robust, web-based applications interacting with databases, file-systems and APIs
• Write custom code or integrate open source technologies as needed to find solutions to problems
• Design and build effective APIs; Create servers and databases for functionality
• Design client-side and server-side architecture; Design the data model ensuring scalability
• Accurately translate screen designs into functional front-end code; Develop features and with a mobile responsive design
• Write high-quality, extensible, testable and reusable code and libraries; Conduct code reviews and establishment of best practices
• Participate in planning activities; Estimate accurate stores for new features and design product features
• Help define processes and build tools as needed to scale the solution and the team
• Create and lead the product road-map; Proactively breakdown work, manage development sprints, identify risks and explore solutions
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency; Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software; Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem solving
• Steer the business on timescales, prioritization and costs on competing development requirements
• Drive rigorous, and weekly product releases and lead required integration efforts with partners and/or third-party software services
• Guide the development in design, architecture and platform choices with strong focus on quality, speed, stability and scalability
• Identify and establish best practices and frameworks keeping in mind parameters of performance, responsiveness, security, maintainability, extensibility, and reuse; Work collaboratively in a lean and agile environment; Write technical documentation
• Recommend and implement new technologies, improvement of existing tech and set-up and future-proofing our technology that can help the company optimize efficiency and productivity and lead edge thinking and knowledge of innovative technologies i.e. AI, ML, blockchain, etc..

Your qualifications

• Minimum of BSc in Computer Science/IT/Electronics/Software Engineering or a comparable degree program
• Proven experience of 2-5 years of full-stack development of web applications; 2+ years building front-end interfaces with React.js & Redux workflows and 2+ years building back-end and maintaining server applications on Node.js, PostgreSQL and designing APIs
• Expert in traditional web-dev stack (HTML5, CSS3, JS); Strong in core JavaScript (ES5, ES6, ESNext, TypeORM and Typescript) and JS object model
• Experience with Linux environments and using the shell and command line terminals (preferred)
• Professional coding experience in object-oriented and scripting languages; Extensive experience building client-side web applications using React
• Proficient with:
  • JavaScript Frameworks (ReactJS/NextJS/Redux) and Node.js Frameworks (Express.js)
  • Client-side MVC frameworks such as NodeJS, React JS, NextJS, Redux, and AngularJS; Knowledge of isomorphic React
  • Configuration of various servers to run web application servers, databases, etc.; Web server technologies like Nginx, NodeJS, Apache, etc.
  • Frontend CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Material UI and preprocessors like SASS and SCSS/LESS
  • Writing and integrating middleware; Experience with Redux Saga and Thunk
  • Architecture, design, queries of Relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL and other RDBMS)
  • Modern JS tooling (NPM, Webpack, Babel, ESLint and Prettier)
  • Developer tools, such as Visual Studio Code
  • Code versioning tools and Git version control systems (Github); Containerization systems (Docker)
  • Strong in data structures, XML technologies, JSON parsing
  • Caching frameworks and mechanisms, work-task queues, transactions and messaging queues (Redis, Memcached, RabbitMQ and others)
  • Building real-time applications using Web Sockets (Socket.io)
  • Web and mobile push notifications and cloud message APIs (GCM, APNS, OneSignal, etc.)
  • Setting up cron jobs and schedule task execution
  • Handling Services, RESTful, APIs, third party libraries and APIs (Google APIs, AWS, Zendesk, etc.)

• Experience with API gateway, distributed infrastructure architectures and applications tuning/profiling; Experience working with microservices
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments; Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
• Experience with REST API and web service construction, integration and architecture and working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token, Authentication and Security Technologies
• Familiarity with building secure systems (OWASP secure coding practices or similar)
• Architect and cloud-deploy applications on AWS and other cloud providers
• Deep understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Build and manage end-to-end and UI tests; Experience writing tests (unit, integration, functional, etc.), and using testing frameworks
• Build third-party integrations like Slack, Stripe, Google and supporting their workflow
• Provision DevOps tooling with continuous integration; Build modern Front-end build pipelines and tools
• Contribute to API documentation including API description languages like Swagger; Document and diagram functional flows and architectures
• Experience in building rich PWA applications; Experience in responsive design, cross browser compatibility and website performance
• Understanding of how browsers and DOM work; Understanding and experience with asynchronous processing, partial page refresh, DOM traversal and manipulation
• Expert level using Web Analytics tools (Google Analytics and others); Experience with open source software development
• Experience with localization and internationalization of applications (working with multi-site setups, multi-language, i18n, etc.)

Some desired extras and good to have skills

• Knowledge of cyber-security, malware analysis, threat detection and/or sandboxing technology
• Preferably has knowledge of working in big data (Spark, Kafka, Hadoop) and machine learning ecosystems
• Strong background in security and data analytics and on-premise data experience
• Experience and familiarity with:
  • Architecture, design, queries and aggregation of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra and others)
  • Elasticsearch and ELK stack
  • Developing integrations for global OTAs
  • OpenAPI
• Knowledge of multiple backend languages and framework

We offer you

• A unique entrepreneurial opportunity to build something from the ground up and scale it up to a major regionally recognizable brand
• A great learning curve in a collaborative environment with no barriers for initiatives
• Leading compensation package including salary free of local taxes, accommodation allowance for local hire or shared accommodation for international hire, free medical care from company physician, free government healthcare membership, transport allowance, paid airfare to the country of origin, paid leave and end of service according to local labor law.

Your professional career growth opportunities
As you help us grow Quesst, we will help you grow and professionally develop. Joining us at this stage, you will have the opportunity to be part of the core team if you prove you have what it takes and will be given the opportunity to:

• Lead and develop a technical strategy for the company, which involves goal setting, discussing options, and analyzing risks with the management team, CEO and board members
• An opportunity to build and manage a business unit from scratch and scale it up to success at a regional level
• Attract and retain top tech talent, mentor and manage the team as it grows
• Develop and manage KPIs for the tech team and create a challenging work environment

Have we caught your attention?
Send us your application including your resume, salary expectations and earliest starting date.

We’re looking forward to your application!