Senior Software Engineer

Join the MachineHack - AIM Media House Team

At MachineHack, we craft AI-powered platforms and products that push the boundaries of

learning and innovation. From MachineHack (the hackathon hub) to CloudLab (hands-on AI

playground) to Datalyze (data-driven insights), plus countless experimental AI projects, we’re

always building, always shipping.

We’re not just coding software, we’re creating experiences where people can learn, compete, and create. If you’re passionate about solving problems, experimenting with AI, and vibing with a team that learns every day, you’ll feel right at home here

Why Work With Us?

● Be part of a fast-moving AI-first team where new ideas turn into products quickly.

● Work with modern tech stacks across AI, backend, frontend, and DevOps.

● Collaborate with engineers who are learners first,humble, supportive, and curious.

● Opportunity to contribute to high-impact platforms used by thousands in the AI/ML community.

● A culture that values learning > titles and team vibe > ego.

Our Tech Playground

We don’t shy away from complexity. We thrive in it. Here’s what we love working with:

● Backend & AI: Node.js, Python, TypeScript, Low-Level System Design, DSA, Prompt Engineering

● Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript

● DevOps & Cloud: AWS (EC2, Lambda, Terraform, CI/CD), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Charts

● Testing & Quality: Playwright, Selenium, Unit Testing frameworks

● Infra & Systems: Container orchestration, Virtual Machines, AWS Infra Deployment

● Bonus Points: ML/AI model experience, guiding juniors, proven UX understanding

What Makes You a Good Fit

● 2–6 years of experience in software development

● Strong grounding in JS, Python, Node, and cloud-native tools

● Comfortable with system design, backend architecture, and team collaboration

● Can mentor juniors and handle multiple projects at once

● Fluent in English and able to communicate ideas clearly

● Humble, supportive, approachable,like a teammate and a friend

● Excited to learn, build, and experiment in AI projects

● Bonus: Some ML exposure (but not mandatory)

Job Description

The Opportunity

The Springboard engineering team is looking for software engineers with strong backend & frontend technical expertise. In this role, you would be responsible for building exciting features aimed at improving our student experience and expanding our student base, using the latest technologies like GenAI, as relevant. You would also contribute to making our platform more robust, flexible and scalable. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful impact as well as grow in your career.

We are looking for engineers with different levels of experience and expertise. Depending on your proficiency levels, you will join our team as a Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for the Springboard platform, which enriches the learning experience of thousands through human guided learning at scale
• Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues and so on
• Contribute to the platform architecture through redesign of complex features based on evolving business needs
• Influence and establish best engineering practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools
• Provide technical mentoring to team members

You

• You have experience with web application development, on both, backend and frontend.
• You have a solid understanding of software design principles and best practices.
• You have hands-on experience in,
• Coding and debugging complex systems, with frontend integration.
• Code review, responsible for production deployments.
• Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
• Re-architecting / re-designing complex systems / features (i.e. managing technical debt).
• Defining and following best practices for frontend and backend systems.
• You have excellent problem solving skills and are comfortable handling ambiguity.
• You are able to analyze various alternatives and reach optimal decisions. 
• You are willing to challenge the status quo, express your opinion and drive change.
• You are able to plan reasonably complex pieces of work and can handle changing priorities, unknowns and challenges with support. You want to contribute to the platform roadmap, aligning with the organization priorities and goals.
• You enjoy mentoring others and helping them solve challenging problems.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. You are able to communicate with various stakeholders to understand their requirements.
• You are a proponent of quality - building best practices, introducing new processes and improvements to make the team more efficient.

Non-negotiables

Must have

• Expertise in Backend development (Python & Django experience preferred)
• Expertise in Frontend development (AngularJS / ReactJS / VueJS experience preferred)
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Experience building multiple significant features for web applications

Good to have

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (or any cloud platform)
• Experience working with any Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas
• Experience working with GenAI ecosystem, including usage of AI tools such as code completion
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and applications deployed on Kubernetes
• Experience with refactoring (redesigning complex systems / features, breaking monolith into services)
• Experience working with NoSQL databases
• Experience with Web performance optimization, SEO, Gatsby and FE Analytics
• Delivery skills, specifically planning open ended projects
• Mentoring skills

Expectations

• Able to work with open ended problems and come up with efficient solutions
• Able to communicate effectively with business stakeholders to clarify requirements for small to medium tasks and own end to end delivery
• Able to communicate estimations, plan deviations and blockers in an efficient and timely manner to all project stakeholders

Our Client is focused on democratizing Insurance through technology. It is a cloud-based platform connecting distributors to the Insurance Ecosystem to sell and manage Insurance programs. They are creating a middleware connecting consumers, traditional insurance institutions, intermediaries, and service partners on a single platform. Basically, give distributors the ability access to the entire Insurance ecosystem via 1 API / 1 platform.

Their goal is simple - Provide a new way to do Insurance, which is secure, easy, and focuses on the consumer while staying compliant with the frameworks laid down by the regulator.

Description

This is a mission-critical role. They are a small, diverse, agile and high-performance, engineering team. They are looking for versatile developers who will:

• Innovate their existing product and work on creating tools that crunch integration times and time to market
• Improve through peer-learning and transmit them to the firm's dev ecosystem.
• Take ownership and get the job done.

They are clear. They need role shapers, not role takers.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for design, development and delivery our web-based application in an agile manner built on Java Spring Boot, React, My SQL and Mongo DB.
• You will be expected to write code on day-to-day basis while testing it on real world use cases
• You will be an independent owner of your feature on the platform.
• You will be a part of the core software development team and are expected to participate in all development cycles.
• You will be responsible for closure of business requirements end-to-end by working cross-functionally and will be expected to mentor and drive other members of the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer / Technology domain.
• 4-7 years of relevant work experience, preferably in a start-up environment/ building SaaS products.
• Excellent coding skills with ability to deliver in a hyper growth phase.
• Hands on experience in JAVA and practical experience in developing and designing scalable software solutions.
• Excellent Problem-solving skills & understanding of data structures in a complex environment.
• Extensive experience in Spring, Hibernate and SpringBoot
• Experience in building REST Services
• Experience in integrating third party APIs (Payment gateways, SMS gateways, Accounting software APIs, APIs of CRM tools etc.) into web applications
• Experience in working with SQL and no SQL DBs (Preferably Mongo DB)
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker is a plus
• Knowledge of how insurance processes and past experience in working on insurance applications is a plus.

Company Overview:

An 8-year-old IT Services and consulting company based in Hyderabad providing services in maximizing product value while delivering rapid incremental innovation, possessing extensive SaaS company M&A experience including 20+ closed transactions on both the buy and sell sides. They have over 100 employees and looking to grow the team.

Location: Hyderabad and Bangalore (Remote after 3 months WFO)

Budget: 25-45LPA

Position: Senior Full stack Dotnet Developer with React

Experience: 8+ years of commercial experience

Mandatory skills: C#, Asp.Net MVC and WebAPI, React, OOPs

Role: Individual Contributor

Interview Process:

Offline Tech Test 

Customer technical Round

CTO Discussion

• Minimum 3+ years' experience as a software developer.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, Angular.js, HTML 5, CSS.
• Familiarity with Git.
• Linux and/or OS X experience.
• Experience consuming API endpoints.
• Good to have - Kafka/queuing system
• Should be well-versed in using multiple Databases - SQL/NO SQL,
• Should have experience using in- memory Data Bases-Redis
• Experience with Unit-Testing.
• Experience building web applications with responsive design.
• Experience with Node.js and/or other server-side JavaScript technologies and tools.
• Strong knowledge of design principles, user interfaces, web standards and usability.
• ES6, React JS/JSX, Redux, Web pack, Immutable.js.
  
  

• Hands on Experience on  PHP, Laravel, MySQL, jQuery, HTML5, Linux
• Knowledge of open source platforms like Wordpress will be an added advantage.
• Experience on Angular JS or React is preferable
• Experience using and deploying on Linux.
• Experience in teams using CI / CD Pipeline -  Git, Jenkins
• Experience working in agile methodology