Senior Solution Architect

We like to keep our job descriptions super simple, so please spend 3 minutes reading this.

Details about the job. You will ...

• Work very closely with the Head of Engineering and the CEO directly
• Own major parts of our tech stack (Node.js/React.js) and your job will be focused primarily on backend (Node/SQL/MQs etc.), but with some front-end JS work (React) as needed
• Design, code, and deliver top-quality software that performs beautifully at scale
• Take ownership for your job and treat it like it is your baby
• This job is based in Chennai (NOT Remote). But we have a lot of flexibility for when life situations require you to work from home
• We are only a 40 person company (by choice) - so you will get amazing ownership!

A Bit About You.

• Really strong in Javascript especially in Node.js with at least 5 years of experience - if you are genuinely not super strong, please do not apply as you will find our interviews challenging and it might be a waste of your time
• Also has React.js experience so that you can support the front-end work as needed
• A strong Engineer who LIKES building software - not just someone who knows the frameworks and can code
• We don't care about college degrees or if you are self taught - we only care that you're exceptional in your work and can be professional
• Must have strong communication skills
• Must be organized, and deliver their own work within deadlines, professionally
• Strong sense of ownership and take pride in your work.

What Will We Do For You?

• Office next to the beach
• "Sports team with a heart" mentality. Even though we work hard, we take care of our people.
• Free breakfast and snacks every day
• Non-hierarchical work environment
• Macbook Pro, free swag etc. of course!
• Huge potential for career growth - the limiting factor will be just your commitment and ambition.

How to apply

• Send an email to jobs AT knownuggets.com with the subject line as "Senior Backend Engineer role"
• In the email include your answer (not AI written) on (1) why you think Node.js is amazing, and (2) what you would NOT use Node.js for

Full Stack Developer Internship – (Remote)

Pay: ₹20,000 - ₹30,000/month | Duration: 3 months

We’re building Pitchline - a voice based conversational sales AI agent, an ambitious AI-powered web app aimed at solving meaningful problems in the B2B space. It’s currently in MVP stage and has strong early demand. I’m looking for a hands-on an Full Stack Developer Intern who can work closely with me to bring this to life.

You’ll be one of the first people to touch the codebase — shaping the foundation and solving problems across AI integration, backend APIs, and a bit of frontend work.

What you'll be doing

• Build and maintain backend APIs (Python)
• Integrate AI models (OpenAI, LangChain, Pinecone/Weaviate etc.) for core workflows
• Design DB schemas and manage basic infra (Postgres)
• Support frontend development (basic UI integration in React or similar)
• Rapidly iterate on product ideas and ship working features
• Collaborate closely with me (Founder) to shape the MVP

What we're looking for

• Curiosity to learn new things. You don’t wait for someone to unblock you and take full ownership and get things done by yourself.
• Strong foundation in backend development
• Experience working with APIs, databases, and deploying backend services
• Curious about or experienced in AI/LLM tools like OpenAI APIs, LangChain, vector databases, etc.
• Comfortable working with version control and basic dev workflows
• Worked on real projects or shipped anything end-to-end (Even if it is a personal project)

Why join us?

You’ll be a core member of the team. What we’re building is one of a kind and being a part of the successful founding team will fast track your personal and professional growth.

You’ll work on a real product with potential, witnessing in real time the impact your hard work brings.

You’ll get ownership and be part of early decisions.

You'll learn how design, tech, and business come together in early-stage product building

Flexible working hours

Opportunity to convert to full-time upon successful conversion.

We’re a fast paced team, working hard to deploy the MVP as soon as possible. If you're excited about AI, startup building, and getting your hands dirty with real development then our company is a great place to grow.

Your Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall tech stack of the product
• Designing overall architecture of the web/ mobile application
• Maintain quality and ensure responsiveness of applications
• Exposure to security and data protection management
• Building modular, reusable codes and libraries
• Ability to build product from scratch & drive it to completion
• Optimize applications for best user experience
• Development experience for both mobile and web based products.
• Unit Testing of developed modules

Skills:

Front-End

• Web fundamentals like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• CSS preprocessors like Sass, LESS, bootstrap
• JavaScript frameworks like React js, AngularJS, or Ember etc.
• Libraries like jQuery or Backbone.js
• Front-end (CSS) frameworks like Foundation or Bootstrap
• Web sockets

Back-End

• Rest API design and development
• CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
• RESTful Services
• Web fundamentals like React js, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• Server-side languages like Javascript, PHP, Python
• Database technologies like MySQL and MongoDB.
• Web server technologies like Node.js, Nginx, ISS, etc.

We have openings for Fullstack / Backend / Frontend Developers who can write reliable, scalable, testable and maintainable code.

At Everest, we innovate at the intersection of design and engineering to produce outstanding products. The work we do is meaningful and challenging - which makes it interesting. Imagine each line of your code, making the world a better place. We work on five workdays weeks, and overtime is a rarity. If clean architecture, TDD, DDD, DevOps, Microservices, Micro-frontends, scalable systems resonate with you, please apply.

To see the quality of our code, you can checkout some of our open source projects: https://github.com/everest-engineering

If you want to know more about our culture:

https://github.com/everest-engineering/manifesto

Some videos that can help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7y9RpqXAdA;

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• Passion to own and create amazing product.
• Should be able to clearly understand the customer's problem.
• Should be a collaborative problem solver.
• Should be able a team player.
• Should be open to learn from others and teach others.
• Should be a good problem solver.
• Should be able to take feedback and improve continuously.
• Should commit to inclusion, equity & diversity.
• Should maintain integrity at work

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and clean code.

• Design and/or contribute to client-side and server-side architecture.

• Well versed with fundamentals of REST.

• Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design.

• Knowledge of one or more front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML / CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery, Typescript) JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Redux, Vue.js)

• Knowledge of one or more back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python, Go, Node.js and frameworks like SpringBoot, .NET Core) 

• Well versed with fundamentals of database design.

• Familiarity with databases - RDBMS like MySQL, Postgres & NoSQL like MongoDB, DynamoDB.

• Well versed with one or more cloud platforms like - AWS, Azure, GCP.

• Familiar with Infrastructure as Code - CloudFormation & Terraform & deployment tools like Docker, Kubernetes.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, Github Actions..

• Unit testing tools like Junit, Mockito, Chai, Mocha, Jest

• Leadership skills
• Lead and grow a team of 10+ developers.
• Self-motivated to keep optimizing and deliver best-in-class results.
• Deep thought and attention to detail.
• Strong technical and communication skills
• Well-versed with the latest tech: AWS, Postgres, Devops, Nodejs, Reactjs

What you need to have:

A highly motivated and passionate individual who has experience in executing end to end web based application projects and bringing them to production quickly and with high quality. Passionate about building flexible and scalable solutions with an eye for detail and can weigh pros and cons to find best possible solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Product Manager and Engineering Manager to plan, implement and deliver tasks and modules on a timely basis with best practices and adherence to SOPs.
• Understand the product specification and be able to ask questions and gather information and feedback to build a well rounded solution.
• Deliver end to end applications starting from front end web development, back end development, middleware integration and persisting data in no SQL or RDBMS databases.
• Should be able to use existing front-end components to build web based UI interfaces.
• Strong technical design approach to problem solving for backend services.
• Should be able to communicate and defend the tech design choices taken for long term scalability and maintainability.
• Play the role of an unblocker in a tight scrum environment.
• Should be able to help other developers with challenges and help achieve milestones as per plan.

• Prioritise to manage ad-hoc requests in parallel with ongoing projects.
• Document API specification, technical design and other key information for all projects/modules/services owned

Requirements:

• A highly talented developer with 4-7 years of hands-on experience in building secure and scalable web-based applications using Java in backend and JS-based frontend frameworks
• Strong knowledge of Java 8+, databases (SQL and NoSQL), MySql, Mongo
• Experience working with Cassandra, Spring Boot, Apache Spark, Kafka, RabbitMQ is highly desirable
• Working knowledge of any one or more of AngularJS/ReactJS/VueJS and CSS3, HTML5
• Strong experience in data modeling for data storage tools in SQL; experience with noSQL is highly desirable.
• Experience building scalable solutions for 2x, 5x and 10x growth with high quality and flexibility.
• Practitioner of test-driven development practices.
• Experience in creating and adhering to best practices for development
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and knowledge of CI/CD processes for automated integration and deployment.
• Basic knowledge of AWS preferred
• Strong experience in Microservices (SRP) paradigm
• Willing to learn new technologies (Golang)

• Qualification B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA(IT/Computer Science)
• Years of Exp 4 - 7 years