Senior Mern Stack Developer

We are seeking a skilled MERN Stack Developer to join our dynamic development team. The ideal candidate will be proficient in MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js, and will play a key role in building and maintaining web applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Frontend Development: Develop user-facing features using React.js, ensuring appealing and responsive user interfaces.

• Backend Development: Build efficient and scalable server-side systems using Node.js and Express.js.

• Integration: Integrate front-end components with server-side logic, ensuring seamless communication between the two.

• Data Management: Implement data storage solutions using MongoDB and other relevant technologies.

• Troubleshooting: Identify and address bugs, glitches, and performance issues to maintain application functionality.

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to conceptualize, define, and implement new features.

• Innovation: Keep abreast of emerging technologies and trends to contribute to continuous improvement.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• React Proficiency: In-depth knowledge of React.js and its core concepts for building dynamic user interfaces.

• Node.js and Express: Strong expertise in Node.js and Express.js to create efficient and scalable backend systems.

• MongoDB: Experience with MongoDB for data storage and management.

• Full-Stack Development: Ability to work on both frontend and backend development.

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Communication: Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with RESTful APIs and GraphQL.

• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.

• Understanding of Agile methodologies.

Looking for a 5+ years experienced Senior Full-stack Engineer (Backend Heavy) for a research-focused, product-based, US-based Startup.

AI Assistant for Research using state-of-the-art language models (AI Agent for Academic Research)

At SciSpace, we're using language models to automate and streamline research workflows from start to finish. And the best part? We're 

already making waves in the industry, with a whopping 5 million users 

on board as of November 2025! Our users love us too, with a 40% 

MOM retention rate and 10% of them using our app more than once 

a week! We're growing by more than 50% every month, all thanks to 

our awesome users spreading the word (see it yourself on Twitter). Andwith almost weekly feature launches since our inception, we're 

constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Our team of 

experts in design, frontend, fullstack engineering, and machine learning

are already in place, but we're always on the lookout for new talent to help us take things to the next level. Our user base is super engaged and always eager to provide feedback, making Scispace one of the most advanced applications of language models out there.

We are looking for insatiably curious, always learning SDE 2 Fullstack Engineers. You could get a chance to work on the most important and challenging problems at scale.

Responsibilities:

* Work in managing products as part of SciSpace product suite.

* Partner with product owners in designing software that becomes part of researchers’ lives

* Model real-world scenarios into code that can build the SciSpace platform

* Test code that you write and continuously improve practices at SciSpace

* Arrive at technology decisions after extensive debates with other engineers

* Manage large projects from conceptualisation, all the way through deployments

* Evolve an ecosystem of tools and libraries that make it possible for SciSpace to provide reliable, always-on, performant services to our users

* Partner with other engineers in developing an architecture that is resilient to changes in product requirements and usage

* Work on the user-interface side and deliver a snappy, enjoyable experience to your users

Our Ideal Candidate would:

* Strong grasp of one high-level language like Python, JavaScript, etc.

* Strong grasp of front-end HTML/CSS, non-trivial browser-side JavaScript

* General awareness of SQL and database design concepts

* Solid understanding of testing fundamentals

* Strong communication skills

* Should have prior experience in managing and executing technology products.

Bonus:

* Prior experience working with high-volume, always-available web applications

* Experience in ElasticSearch.

* Experience in distributed systems.

* Experience working with a Start-up is a plus point.

Front End developers

• Angular.JS experience
• MongoDB query and aggregation experience (not a database administrator)
• GraphQL experience
• Node.JS and Typescript experience
• CSS and SCSS experience
• CI/CD experience with GitHub actions

Backend Developers:

• Software development experience, one of Python (preferred) or Node.JS/Typescript)
• Experience with Messaging architectures - RabbitMQ (preference) or Kafka
• Experience with docker-containers 
• Experience with Apache NiFi (valued but not necessary)
• Experience with designing or implementing horizontally scalable solutions
• Experience working with RESTful APIs
• CI/CD experience with GitHub actions
• Experience with Azure cloud

• Angular.JS experience
• MongoDB query and aggregation experience (not a database administrator)
• GraphQL experience
• Node.JS and Typescript experience
• CSS and SCSS experience
• CI/CD experience with GitHub actions

• Software development experience, one of Python (preferred) or Node.JS/Typescript)
• Experience with Messaging architectures - RabbitMQ (preference) or Kafka
• Experience with docker-containers 
• Experience with Apache NiFi (valued but not necessary)
• Experience with designing or implementing horizontally scalable solutions
• Experience working with RESTful APIs
• CI/CD experience with GitHub actions
• Experience with Azure cloud

Position Purpose:

The Software Engineer II is responsible for independently developing and assisting in the design of a product that our customers and associates love. As a Software Engineer II, you will be part of a dynamic team with engineers of all experience levels who help each other build and grow technical and leadership skills while creating, deploying, and supporting production applications. In addition, Software Engineer IIs may be involved in configuration, security, resilience, performance tuning and production monitoring.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities:

Delivery and Execution - Collaborates and pairs with other product team members (UX, engineering, and product management) to create secure, reliable, scalable software solutions; Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met; Works with Product Team to ensure user stories that are developer-ready, easy to understand, and testable; Writes custom code or scripts to automate infrastructure, monitoring services, and test cases; Writes custom code or scripts to do destructive testing to ensure adequate resiliency in production; Program configuration/modification and setup activities on large projects using HD approved methodology; Configures commercial off the shelf solutions to align with evolving business needs Creates meaningful dashboards, logging, alerting, and responses to ensure that issues are captured and addressed proactively

Learning - Actively seeks ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels; Learns through successful and failed experiment when tackling new problems

Plans and Aligns - Collaborates with other team members in agile processes; Assists in creating new and better ways for the team to be successful; Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people; Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives

Education Required:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Years of Relevant Work Experience:

3+ years

Preferred Qualifications:

• Should have worked in a SaaS Company
• Experience in creating developer friendly integrations with other Apps/Software
• Experience in writing SQL queries against a relational database
• Experience in version control systems
• Experience in front end technology such as HTML, CSS, and Javascript/Typescript frameworks
• Experience in an object-oriented programming language (preferably Java)
• Experience in source code version control
• Experience in Relational or noSQL database technology
• Experience in cloud computing techniques
• Experience in CI/CD tools
• Experience in microservice-based architecture
• Experience with modern debugging and root cause analysis techniques
• Exposure to security frameworks for user and services authorization and authentication
• Exposure to creating and executing unit, functional, destructive and performance tests

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in development using Python OR Node.js
• Experience with React.js

• Previous experience with Shopify customization is desirable
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a similar field.
• Previous experience working as a React.js Developer.(2-8 years)
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages.
• Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux.
• Experience with user interface design.
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest.
• Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software.
• should have hands-on experience in backend software development using Java.
• should have proven expertise in Spring Boot REST/Microservices.
• should have working experience with relational and NoSQL databases.

Ideal skills:

1) 2-5 years of professional JavaScript development experience

2) Understanding of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds

3) Comfortable working through the entire stack from the user interface through systems levels

4) Understanding accessibility and security compliance

5) Strong Logical and Analytical Skills

6) Experience in consuming web services (REST) and processing data (JSON)

7) Experience with SQLite, NoSQL, Redis or other databases

8) Proven experience in building API services using NodeJS Express and related frameworks

9) Good understanding of NodeJS asynchronous runtime

10) Good understanding of JS concepts on callbacks and closures

11) Experience in debugging issues related to memory leaks

12) Experience in building highly scalable and high throughput services with sub-second response times

13) Experience with ElasticSearch/Solr

14) Experience working in a collaborative team environment

15) Ability to understand and analyse issues across multiple vendors and interfaces

16) Experience with NoSQL queries

17) Experience with AWS

18) Experience with Android Development

19) Experience in managing/mentoring small teams

In depth knowledge of all of the above is not mandatory but the nature of the work will involve learning and getting involved with all of the above. You would be working directly with key members of the management team to define and drive technical strategy.

Experience in the mobile space is mandatory. Please only apply if you have been part of building a mobile product. Since our product is mobile only, it is essential that you understand implications on the front end.