Senior Software Engineer

Job Description:

We’re looking for a Software Engineer who’s passionate about building scalable, high-performance applications using Java and Kotlin on AWS. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams — including DevOps, QA, and Product — to design, develop, and deliver robust software solutions.

Our culture values collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning. We embrace modern technologies to solve real-world problems and continuously evolve our platform to meet changing business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance features to collect, process, and deliver user-generated content.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to build end-to-end solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices.
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and technical brainstorming sessions.
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks and technical issues.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and developer tooling initiatives.
• Maintain and improve application reliability, scalability, and security.

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of full-stack development experience using Java/Kotlin and AWS.
• Hands-on experience in API development for front-end applications.
• Strong understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and handling large datasets.
• Experience working with CI/CD tools (CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Drone).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Exposure to event-driven architectures (SQS, SNS, Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub) and idempotent patterns.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Familiarity with automated database migration tools (Liquibase, Flyway).
• Experience with cloud storage (AWS S3, GCP Cloud Storage, Azure Blob) or document data stores (DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Experience containerizing applications using Docker and deploying to ECS or Kubernetes.
• Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows.
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Function: Product

Reports to: Founders

Location: Bangalore

Job type: 6 days WFO

Your Role at Pathfinder

As a Full Stack Developer, you'll be primarily responsible for architecting and developing the platform that will be our interface with the outside world. You'll develop the platform end-to-end such that it is a reflection of who we are, our core capabilities and what we have to offer to the early stage startups. 

What You’ll do

• Own the entire platform end-to-end. Develop and enhance our website and client dashboards.
• Convert UX/UI designs into modular, reusable and scalable components using Next.js and React.js 
• Ensure applications are fully responsive and the visuals adapt to all resolutions, cross-browser and cross-device compatible. 
• Optimize performance (lazy-loading, code-splitting) to reduce load times. 
• Build backend systems, database that support CRUD operations. 
• Develop database schemas, stored procedures, and queries using Notion or any other database systems. 
• Maintain version-control workflows using Git, branch strategies and pull requests.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends and propose improvements to our stack.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers to translate design mockups and wireframes into responsive, pixel-perfect web applications.

You’ll thrive here if you

• 2-5 years’ hands-on experience in full stack development. 
• Strong proficiency in React.js and Next.js frameworks. 
• Solid understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5 and CSS3.
• Ability to design the UI from scratch without using pre-existing CSS libraries.
• Proven ability to debug complex issues and optimize performance.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• Strong problem-solving aptitude and attention to detail.

Good to Have

• Experience with server-side rendering and static/dynamic site generation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins) 
• Basic understanding of backend technologies (Node.js, Express) 
• Experience in performance prowling (Lighthouse, Chrome DevTools) 

Working Style

We value speed, precision, and reliability in execution. To thrive here, you’ll bring:

• Operator Mindset – Ability to think from multiple perspectives and execute diligently. 
• Detail Discipline – Exhibit attention to detail, coherence and rigour in work.
• Adaptive Creativity – Look beyond the obvious and bring your individual flavour in your work.
• Builder's Accountability - When something breaks in production, you own it through resolution. You don't pass the bug.
• Documentation Habit – You write code others can read, and you leave context behind you (Example - comments).

Hiring for the position of Full Stack Developer  / Senior Full Stack Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users.

Your primary focus will be the development of all server side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the frontend elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of frontend technologies is necessary as well.

We are looking to recruit a candidate for a role that will require:

• Create and consume restful APIs
• Design, develop, and maintain internal and external applications
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules
• Write high quality, structured application/interface code and documentation
• Identify solutions through research and collaboration that resolves the root of problems as they arise
• Define functional and technical requirements for application software to develop skills and knowledge
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

Requirement

∙ Proficient in Node.JS and ReactJS development stack

∙ 2+ years’ experience designing, querying, and updating databases in MySQL/nosql

∙ Basic understanding of web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX etc.

∙ Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

∙ Good to have knowledge of AWS, Redis, ElasticSearch

Education: Min. Graduate in related discipline

Work experience: 2 years relevant experience

 Job Description:

We are looking for a self-starter/ Full Stack Developer who can work well with minimal guidance and in a fluid environment. Proficient at programming and interacting with APIs and good knowledge of RESTful design. Customer-focused reacts well to changes, works with teams, and is able to multitask. A natural communicator who can articulate and express thoughts and explain technical concepts in clear, plain English (both written and verbal)

Key Responsibilities: 

Hands-on experience in different technologies and languages such as Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, ReactJS, NodeJS, MongoDB, Express JS, MySQL to develop applications. Full Stack Developers approach software holistically since you cater to both user experience and functionality. Participating in the design and creation of scalable software. Writing clean, functional code on the front- and back-end. Testing and fixing bugs or other coding issues

Position Type: Full-Time

Educational Qualifications: B.Tech/B.Sc/MCA/Relevant Degree in Computer Science.

Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience in Front-end & Backend

Reports to: Development Manager

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
• Design client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings
• Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
• Write technical documentation
• Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software
• Excellent scoping and estimation skills

Skills and Responsibilities:

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• Experience developing desktop and mobile applications
• Deep understanding of client-side development, coding in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript ES6, and jQuery.
• Developing and implementing highly responsive user interface components using react
• Strong experience using a client-side MVC framework such as NodeJS, React JS, NextJS, Redux.
• Strong experience in feather JS is a plus
• Familiarity with common stacks & tech stacks.
• Strong knowledge in databases MySQL, MongoDB, web servers Apache, and UI/UX design.
• Top-notch programming skills and write code for robust software design.
• Experience in responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and website performance.
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest
• Experience in object-oriented design skills.
• Aggressive problem diagnosis and creative problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of how browsers and DOM work.
• Experience with Git.
• Experience with handling Services, RESTful, APIs.
• Knowledge of frontend CSS frameworks like Bootstrap.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail
• Organizational skills
• An analytical mind and problem-solving skills.
• F&B (Food and Beverages) domain experience is a plus.
• Monitoring and improving front-end performance
• A passion for new consumer technology and the emerging media landscape

Responsibilities:

 Work with development and product team to ideate software solutions

 Design client-side and server-side architecture

 Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design

 Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications

 Write effective APIs, Ability to quickly pick up new areas in the product and write optimal

code taking into consideration the security and performance aspects of the product.

 Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency

 Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

 Create security and data protection settings

 Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design

 Write technical documentation

Skills:

 Proven experience of around 4-7yrs as a Full Stack Developer.

 Should be a full stack developer who can code on cutting-edge technology stacks including

Laravel, Nodejs, Express js, Python, React, Angular, MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase, Elastic Search,

Docker, AWS etc. for our clients.

 Experience developing desktop and mobile applications

 Familiarity with common stacks

 Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML,

jQuery)

 Strong Knowledge of multiple back-end languages and on frameworks or platforms (Phython

/ Express JS / Django etc), API / Serverless services, DB Schema Definition.

 Good to have stakeholder management, team leading, team mentoring, code management

under critical problem

 Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX

design

 Excellent communication and teamwork skills

 Great attention to detail and analytical skills.

 Degree in Computer Science, Statistics or relevant field

We are looking for a highly skilled full-stack developer, who will be responsible for designing and developing front end web architecture, ensuring the responsiveness of applications, and working alongside the product owner, architects, analysts and designers for web services and web design features, among other duties

We Need a Driven Individual Who Can

• Design, develop, deploy in-premise products as well as robust, scalable cloud components for multi-tenant SaaS products
• Open to explore, adapt and apply multiple technologies
• Maintain attention to detail while working in a fast-paced environment
• Think creatively and justify design and code decisions
• Passionate about learning and experimenting with new cutting-edge technologies
• Ability to lead change and hands-on approach

Qualifications

• Experience in developing web applications and user interfaces
• Architecting solutions using ReactJS 
• Proficiency with NodeJS is a plus
• Proficiency with cloud services from AWS and Lambda functions is a plus
• Familiarity with tools like WebPack, Babel, Jest, Cypress, ESLint, and NPM/Yarn
• Strong grasp of data structures and algorithm design

What We Have To Offer

• Work with a performance-oriented team driven by ownership and open to experiments.
• Learn to design systems for high accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• No strict deadlines focus on delivering quality work.
• Meritocracy-driven, candid culture. No politics.
• Being an early hire will come with its own opportunities to hack your growth

About Company:

• Responsible for the successful technical delivery of code and design documents
• Responsible to evaluate and review design frameworks and methodologies.
• Responsible for organizing, documenting, and review work items scope from a technical point of view.
• Responsible for scoping, designing, development, reviews, and complete delivery from the technical end.
• Review and validate estimates for complex projects to ensure correct sizing of work.
• Participates in POCs, validates the complex technical solution, performs estimates and collateral consolidation.
• Lead and coach a team of junior developers

Requirement

• Strong experience in the development of microservices-based applications using JEE technologies Spring Boot, and Spring MVC, JPA, and Hibernate.
• Experience in handling integration with multiple legacy systems by creating/consuming services in SOAP/REST/MQ, Apache Camel integration framework.
• Strong experience in developing web applications using single-page architecture and a responsive design using Angular, Bootstrap, and building hybrid mobile applications
• Understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
• Containerizing applications using Docker/Kubernetes
• Setting up CI/CD pipelines using GIT, Jenkins, SonarQube is a plus
• Setting up applications for log monitoring using ELK stack and performance monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana is a plus
• Ensure quality and timeliness of implementation of activities related to design, build and implementation of work product; participate in activities related to requirements elicitation, validation of architecture, creation, and review of design; provide pseudo code to the team; assign and review tasks for work product implementation with the objective of ensuring the highest levels of service offerings in own technology domain
• Performs high and low-level design provides pseudo-codes, implements the prototype, and does design reviews in order to deliver design documents as per customer requirements
• Provides inputs for an overall implementation plan, lead deployment of applications, infrastructure, and post-production support activities
• Interface with customer for issue resolution, provide status updates, Build customer confidence in team`s ability to deliver in order to support high customer satisfaction
• Understand client-side business requirements and provide value-led solutions. Should have strong and clear verbal and written communication skills including addressing escalations, presenting status in management meetings. Excellent client interfacing skills, mentoring skills
• Experienced in developing microservices/APIs using REST principles
• Experienced in JEE technologies, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Hibernate, Swagger
• Experienced in using Queues (ActiveMQ/RabbitMQ, Kafka) and integration frameworks like Apache Camel
• Experienced in Front End skills include Angular, CSS, SAAS, Node, NPM, Bootstrap
• Experience with one of the application servers like Tomcat, JBoss EAP, IBM WebSphere
• Experience with relational databases like Postgres, Oracle DB2, and NoSQL databases like Elastic Search, MongoDB, Neo4J
• Experience in containerizing applications using Docker/Kubernetes
• Experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines using GIT, Jenkins, SonarQube is a plus
• Experience in setting up applications for log monitoring using ELK stack and performance monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana is a plus

IIT, NIT and Top Tier-1 Institutes candidates only.
Skills

❖ At least 8 years of full-time engineering experience

❖ Proven ability to work on multiple projects at a time within a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines

❖ Expertise in Node, Javascript (ES6) and good understanding of web frontend technologies

❖ Experience developing large-scale software products, quality, monitoring and reliability

❖ Experience working with relational databases such as MySQL or Postgres

❖ Experience building REST APIs

Bonus Points

❖ Significant experience with TypeScript and Express.js

❖ Significant experience developing user interfaces with the React framework

❖ Experience with AWS

❖ Experience with Agile software development