Senior MERN Stack Engineer with Pragmatic Approach

Job Description

Team Lead – Full Stack Developer

Experience

3–5 Years

Location

Bangalore (Onsite)

Role Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled, hands-on, and ownership-driven Team Lead – Full Stack Developer who can independently architect, design, develop, deploy, and support enterprise-grade web, mobile, and cloud-native applications.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in ReactJS, Next.js, Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Cloud Technologies, DevOps, AI-Assisted Development, and Product Engineering.

The candidate will be responsible for owning end-to-end product development, including frontend architecture, backend services, APIs, databases, deployment, production support, stakeholder communication, sprint planning, team leadership, and successful delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Product Ownership

• Design end-to-end application architecture, HLDs, LLDs, deployment architecture, integration architecture, and security architecture.
• Build products from scratch and independently drive projects from concept to production.
• Convert business requirements into technical solutions, user stories, sprint plans, and delivery roadmaps.
• Design scalable, secure, fault-tolerant, multi-tenant, and enterprise-grade applications.
• Evaluate and recommend suitable technologies, frameworks, and development approaches.

Full Stack Development

Frontend Development

• Design and develop responsive and modern web applications.
• Build reusable UI components and scalable frontend architectures.
• Develop Single Page Applications (SPA) using ReactJS and Next.js.
• Implement state management using Redux Toolkit and Context API.
• Integrate REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, and WebSocket-based applications.
• Ensure application accessibility, responsiveness, performance optimization, and SEO best practices.
• Collaborate closely with UI/UX designers to deliver intuitive user experiences.

Backend Development

• Develop enterprise-grade backend applications using Java and Spring Boot.
• Design and develop REST APIs, Microservices, SOAP Services, gRPC Services, and Webhooks.
• Build reusable frameworks, service layers, and integration modules.
• Implement authentication, authorization, API security, and enterprise integrations.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

Distributed Systems & Enterprise Solutions

• Design distributed systems using Event-Driven Architecture, CQRS, Saga Pattern, DDD, Hexagonal Architecture, and Clean Architecture.
• Implement resilience patterns, service discovery, circuit breakers, distributed transactions, and failover mechanisms.
• Build workflow automation platforms, document management systems, enterprise integration solutions, and business process automation systems.

Team Leadership & Delivery

• Lead and mentor development teams.
• Conduct code reviews, architecture reviews, and technical discussions.
• Drive sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with Product, Business, QA, DevOps, AI, and Management teams.
• Ensure successful project delivery while maintaining engineering standards and best practices.
• Support hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and technical growth of team members.

DevOps, Deployment & Production Support

• Manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Work with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native environments.
• Implement Blue-Green, Canary, Rolling, and Zero-Downtime deployment strategies.
• Monitor application health and troubleshoot production issues.
• Ensure application reliability, security, scalability, and operational excellence.

AI & Innovation

• Leverage AI tools to improve development productivity and software quality.
• Build AI-powered Proof of Concepts (POCs) and enterprise applications.
• Utilize AI for development, testing, documentation, architecture reviews, and automation.
• Collaborate with AI teams to integrate intelligent capabilities into business applications.

Mandatory Technical Skills

Frontend Technologies

• ReactJS
• Next.js
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• TypeScript
• HTML5
• CSS3
• Tailwind CSS
• Material UI
• Bootstrap
• Redux Toolkit
• Context API
• React Query
• Responsive Design
• Progressive Web Applications (PWA)

Backend Technologies

• Java 8/11/17/21
• Core Java
• Spring Boot
• Spring MVC
• Spring Security
• Spring Data JPA
• Spring Cloud
• Spring Batch
• Spring WebFlux
• Spring Integration
• Spring AOP
• Spring Validation

APIs & Enterprise Integrations

• REST APIs
• SOAP Services
• GraphQL
• gRPC
• Webhooks
• OpenAPI / Swagger
• OAuth2
• JWT
• OpenID Connect
• SAML

Microservices & Distributed Systems

• Microservices
• Event-Driven Architecture
• CQRS
• Saga Pattern
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
• Event Sourcing
• Hexagonal Architecture
• Clean Architecture
• Service Discovery
• Circuit Breakers

Messaging & Streaming

• Apache Kafka
• RabbitMQ
• Event Streaming
• Message Brokers
• Asynchronous Processing

Databases

• PostgreSQL
• Oracle Database
• Oracle FLEXCUBE
• MySQL
• SQL Server
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Database Design
• Query Optimization
• Indexing
• Migration
• Replication

DevOps & Cloud

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD
• AWS
• Azure
• GCP

Monitoring & Quality

• Grafana
• Prometheus
• ELK Stack
• OpenTelemetry
• JUnit
• Mockito
• SonarQube
• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• API Testing
• Performance Testing
• Security Testing

AI-Assisted Development Tools

• ChatGPT
• Claude
• Cursor
• GitHub Copilot
• Replit
• Lovable
• IntelliJ IDEA
• Prompt Engineering
• AI-Based Code Review
• AI-Based Testing & Documentation

Preferred Domain Experience

• Banking & Financial Services
• FinTech
• Enterprise SaaS
• Workflow Automation
• Digital Transformation
• AI-Powered Applications
• OCR & Document Processing
• Payment Systems
• Enterprise Integration Platforms
• Identity & Access Management
• Multi-Tenant Platforms

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership and ownership mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong mentoring and team collaboration skills.
• Innovation-driven and continuous learning attitude.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in:

• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Software Engineering
• Electronics & Communication
• Or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Candidate Profile

A highly motivated Full Stack Engineering Leader with experience building products from scratch, owning frontend and backend architecture, leading engineering teams, driving innovation, and delivering scalable enterprise-grade applications across web, mobile, cloud, and enterprise platforms. The candidate should be capable of independently managing architecture, development, deployment, production support, and successful project delivery while mentoring and growing engineering teams.

mandatory one w

Role: MERN Stack Developer

Location: Andheri East, Mumbai

Experience: 2+ years

Role Overview

We're hiring a MERN Stack Developer to build and maintain scalable web applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop full-stack applications using MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js
• Build RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services
• Write clean, efficient code and participate in code reviews
• Optimize applications for performance and scalability

Required Skills

• 2+ years experience with MERN stack
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/ES6+, React.js, Node.js, Express.js, and MongoDB
• Experience with Git, RESTful APIs, and authentication mechanisms
• Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design

Good to Have

• TypeScript, Redux, Next.js
• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)
• Testing frameworks (Jest, Mocha)

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain scalable fullstack applications.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.

Ensure performance optimization and adherence to best practices.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior developers.

Required Skills

Proficiency in: Java, Spring Boot, MySQL, Hibernate, ReactJS

Knowledge of: NoSQL databases

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Designation Name: Full Stack Java Developer

Work Location: Gurgaon (Hybrid)

Experience: 5+ Years

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Fullstack Java Developer to join our dynamic development team.

As a Fullstack Java Developer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing software solutions that meet our clients' needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver high-quality software solutions. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in Java development, React.js, Kubernetes, and Linux, and be passionate about staying updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.

Responsibilities:

● Develop, test, implement, and maintain Java-based applications

● Design and implement front-end interfaces using React.js

● Collaborate with the DevOps team to deploy applications on Kubernetes clusters

● Write efficient, reusable, and scalable code

● Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software

● Work closely with UX/UI designers to implement design mockups into functional applications

● Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers

● Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry best practices Requirements:

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

● Proven experience as a Fullstack Java Developer or similar role

● Strong proficiency in Java programming language

● Experience in front-end development using React.js

● Familiarity with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes

● Proficiency in Linux-based development environments

● Solid understanding of software engineering concepts, algorithms, and data structures

● Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

● Strong communication and collaboration abilities

● Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment

Senior Software Engineers are responsible for the design and development of the suite of cloud-based software products utilizing cutting-edge tools and technologies.

What You Will Be Doing:

Work on Internet scale applications, where performance, reliability, and scalability, are critical design goals – not after-thoughts.
Learn the nuts and bolts of Microservices Architecture and build robust RESTful APIs.
Create beautiful, interactive, and easy-to-use web applications using modern client-side frameworks and libraries.
Gain experience with different database technologies, ranging from traditional relational to the latest NoSQL products such as Couchbase and Elastic Search.
AWS for infrastructure, deploying services with ECS and Lambda

What You Will Need for this Position

The prerequisites for joining our development team are simple. We care more about your attitude and aptitude than the specific tools and technologies you have used in the past. You need to have a strong passion for software development and must take pride in your coding. You should also have great analytical skills and ability to handle complex, modular software development in a collaborative team-based environment.

5+ years of overall development experience, which ideally includes working with an object-oriented language (Java)
Experience with using and implementing RESTful APIs.
Experience with one or more of the following databases: traditional relational database as well as document/NoSQL storage.
Experience with JavaScript, React/Angular/Vue and Node.js. We will also welcome proven engineering leaders who are eager to immerse themselves in mastering Typescript/JavaScript and our tech stack
BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science OR related technical discipline.
Big plus if prior experience with video processing, streaming and video-related cloud services such as AWS Elemental & Amazon IVS

Salary :- No bar for deserving candidates

Apptroit is a leading Mobile App & Web Solution Development Company in the USA, UK, UAE and India and serving its clients across the globe. Also having proficient and dedicated Android app developers, iOS App developers, designers and digital marketing experts with a reputation for getting things done. We are well-versed in a variety of operating systems, networks, and databases. We work with just about any technology that a small business would encounter. We use this expertise to help customers with small to mid-sized projects.

At Smart Audit, we rely on our dynamic team of engineers to solve the many challenges and puzzles that come with our rapidly evolving technical stack. We’re seeking a full-stack engineer who is ready to work with new technologies and architectures in a forward-thinking organization that’s always pushing boundaries. Here, you will take complete, end-to-end ownership of projects across the entire stack. Our ideal candidate has experience building products across the stack and a firm understanding of web frameworks, APIs, databases, and back end languages. You’ll be joining a small team working at the forefront of new technology, solving the challenges that impact both the front end and back end architecture, and ultimately, deliver amazing global user experiences.

What do we expect:

• Experience in MERN Stack
• Passion for learning & solving challenging problems
• Hands-on role and huge potential to grow
• Saas experience and design skills are a huge plus
• Creative thinking

Skills

• 3 to 7 Years of experience in Full Stack Technologies-  Express, Lambda, SQL, React, Node JS, Java
• Knowledge of web framework.
• Able to create database schemes that represent and support business processes
• Having a Start-Up experience is a plus
• Having a degree from Premier Engineering Institute is a plus

KRA 

• Work collaboratively in architecture/developing/maintaining solutions Design, efficient, testable, reusable, reliable, and clean code using best software development practices
• Contribute towards the entire development life cycle of analysis, design, implementation and test
• Integration of user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Automation, including writing unit and integration tests
• Maintain high standards of quality for code technical documentation, and deliverable
• Detect, report, investigate, and fix product defects
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies/industry trends
• Ability to learn a lot quickly
• Be active in the community by participating in meetups and conferences
• Participate in brainstorming and idea generation activities.

What Makes You A Great Fit

• Ability to communicate clear timelines and the ability to over achieve them
• Fast Learner, very good interpersonal skills, positive attitude
• Ability to pick something new and learn it fast whatever way possible

Location : 

 As Grip is a company started during the Covid-19 Era we believe in working from wherever you want and meeting you virtually every now and then.  

About the compnay : Grip:

GRIP is an online fintech company aimed at providing a convenient, hassle free investment experience through investing in physical assets. The company kickstarted its journey in 2019 and was founded by Nikhil Aggarwal, who previously served as the COO of Chalo and Vice President of Morgan Stanley. He also worked for the World Bank.

The leasing industry in India remains largely unexplored and GRIP's objective is to make retail investors aware of it as an investment option. Through GRIP, one can invest in physical assets leased to corporates and earn stable monthly returns. The proposition is not as volatile as the share market and the returns are extremely healthy. GRIP focuses on the employed upper-middle class spectrum and aims to provide an effective alternative to these investors.

Why Grip :

While we offer competitive cash compensation along with ESOPs to participate in our long-term growth, the real upside is simply the challenge ahead and the awesome, friendly team by your side. And an opportunity to learn and grow at a breakneck speed as we redefine the contours of finance for Investors in India.

• At least 2+ years of product development experience with expertise in designing and implementing high-performance java enterprise applications
• Extensive knowledge in Object-Oriented Programming and Design
• Extensive knowledge of Java, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Struts
• Exposure to or experience with Git, Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins etc.
• Experience with HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, DOM, Reactjs
• Extensive knowledge in creating and consuming RESTful API
• Extensive knowledge in automated unit testing using JUnit
• Experience in AWS infrastructure
• Knowledge in writing SQL queries and interacting with database systems such as Oracle, SQL Server,
• Thorough orientation towards Code reviews, Coding standards, Design Standards, and Code Documentation
• Knowledge in design patterns
• Knowledge of Data modeling in RDBMS or NoSQL databases
• A proactive approach to identify alternatives for a given problem statement
• Should have worked on enterprise-class applications
• Should have worked in an Agile environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills