Software Developer

We are looking for a talented full-stack software engineer to join our small and extremely talented product team. We love to build amazing products fast and with a high standard of code and UX, always on the cutting edge of new technologies.

Tasks

• Design and build features end-to-end. You'll be working on the frontend, backend, and anything in-between, whatever it takes to solve problems and delight users.
• Build beautiful and usable UIs with our modern toolset of React (NextJS, ES11, TypeScript) and TailwindCSS.
• Continue developing our distributed backend using Node (NestJS + TypeScript) and Rust. Technologies also include PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ.
• Stitch many different services and APIs together, even if you have not worked with them before.
• Build solutions that take scaling and growth into consideration while balancing the time to launch.
• Engineer solutions to solve existing tech debt and write maintainable, sound and safe code.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, working with Typescript, React and serious interest or even better experience with Rust. However, we care much more about your general engineering skill than your knowledge of a particular language or framework.
• The ability to put yourself in the users' shoes and craft intuitive, high-quality web UI experiences
• A high bar for code quality and robustness for long-term expansion and use
• High personal initiative to learn, improve, and excel
• A Can-Do, entrepreneurial mentality with enjoyment for being a generalist
• DevOps: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, and other DevOps tools.
• Experience with distributed systems, scaling applications, and/or microservices.
• Fluent in English (German is a plus)

Plus:

• Hands-on experience with the Rust
• Experience with functional programming
• Previously worked in an early-stage startup and experienced scaling of engineering teams

Designation: Tech Lead

● Location: Bandra West, Mumbai, India

● Position Type: Full-time, Permanent

Company Description

Brown Living (www.brownliving.in) is a platform focused on making Sustainable Living Easy, Accessible, and Affordable. As India's first plastic-free marketplace, we promote a sustainable and earth-friendly lifestyle. Our team curates a wide range of everyday-use products that are

ethically sourced and promote minimal waste. We support artisan groups and sustainable brands dedicated to creating a positive environmental impact. Through our platform, we are building India's largest ecosystem for sustainable living and empowering artisans, women entrepreneurs, and innovators to combat plastic pollution.

Role Description

The Tech Lead is responsible for providing technical leadership and direction to the technology team. This role involves overseeing technology projects, setting the technology strategy, and ensuring the smooth operation of digital assets. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical

background and the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

■ Lead and manage the technology team (currently outsourced).

■ Oversee all technology-related projects and initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to quality standards.

■ Develop and implement the technology strategy and roadmap aligned with business goals.

■ Manage the development, maintenance, and optimization of the website, e-commerce platform, and other digital assets.

■ Ensure technology solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant with industry standards.

■ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their technology needs and provide effective solutions.

■ Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation.

Key Result Areas (KRAs):

● Successful delivery of technology projects within budget and timeline.

● Improved website and e-commerce platform performance and user experience.

● Enhanced system reliability, security, and scalability.

● Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams to meet business objectives.

● Development and implementation of a robust technology roadmap.

● Increased efficiency and productivity of the technology team.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

● Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering, or a related field.

● Proven experience in a technical lead role.

● Strong technical expertise in web development, e-commerce platforms, and related technologies.

● Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

● Excellent project management and organizational skills.

● Strong leadership and team management abilities.

● Problem-solving and analytical skills.

● Ability to stay up-to-date with emerging technologies.

● Tech Stack:

○ Frontend: Angular 18

○ Backend: Nodejs

○ Database: MySQL

○ AWS: S3, ECS, Lambda etc

Note: This role offers an exciting opportunity for a young professional who is passionate about technology and making a positive impact in the sustainability space. Based in Mumbai, India, the successful candidate will join a collaborative and passionate team dedicated to driving innovation and positive change at Brown Living.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates can apply online via the job application form available here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgb8MMrZX0STJb1Nt63jizdYccAxTQWbAmFAt4YcoAJBJlmg/viewform

Read More:

1. Website - https://brownliving.in/

2. About Brown Living’s Mission & Vision - https://brownliving.in/pages/about-us

3. Meet the Brown Living Team - https://brownliving.in/pages/our-team

4. Work with Us - https://brownliving.in/pages/work-with-us

5. The Brown Lens Curation Method - https://brownliving.in/pages/the-brown-lens

6. Brown Living’s Impact - https://brownliving.in/pages/our-impact-plastic-free-carbon-neutral-shopping

Key Tasks & Accountability:

• Collaborate with development teams and product managers to create innovative software solutions.
• Able to develop entire architecture, responsive design, user interaction, and user experience.
• The ability to use databases, proxies, APIs, version control systems, and third-party applications.
• Keep track of new development-related tools, frameworks, methods, and architectures.
• The developer is in charge of creating APIs depending on the architecture of the production application.
• Keeping up with the latest advancements in programming languages and server apps.

Skills:

• Comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks and third-party libraries.
• Knowledge of React, Redux and API Integration.
• Experience with backend technology like NodeJs, Microservices, MVC Framework and Data Base connection.
• Knowledge on SQL/NoSQL such as MySql, mongoDB.
• Knowledge of cloud such as AWS.
• Team player with a knack for visual design and utility.

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The opportunity we are looking for a MEAN Stack developer to manage the frontend, backend and server-side of our Product. We are looking for someone passionate about performance, reliability, and design with the experience and credentials to back up that passion. Someone who can take ownership of applications, work on responsive design and solve technical challenges and take pride in their solutions and code. The person should be able to translate the business requirements into world-class code.

• Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions
• Build the front-end and back-end applications through appealing visual design
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective REST 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
• Provide technical expertise and leadership for Web Technology
• Provide design feedback to our design team
• Be responsible for end-to-end development and support cycle
• Provide client-facing presentations and support as needed.

• Strong knowledge and working exposure on the MEAN stack.
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Understanding of Time-Space Complexity / Optimization
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Ability to design and build extremely reliable, scalable, and high-performing enterprise systems
• Knowledge and experience with AWS cloud environment and services
• Deep understanding of Software Development methodologies, delivery frameworks
• Experience working with the latest design patterns
• Passion for clean design and library/modular grade coding
• Ability to work in agile methodologies in a distributed team environment.
• Experience working with Git and GitFlow model
  
  

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program daily in Node.JS, Angular2+/React JS, Express, Bootstrap, MongoDB and others.

Build web-based and mobile-first front-end GUIs to support workflows.

Integrate with REST APIs and relational databases.

Build out new features and iterate on existing features.

Design and implement low-latency, high-availability and performant applications.

Help define architectures and design patterns.

Participate in code reviews.

Must have experience in Deployment

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Real world web and service development experience.

Deep Experience with modern frameworks such as Node.JS, Angular2+/ React , Express & MongoDB.

Experience with server-side languages like Jade, EJS, etc

Experience with HTML5 & CSS3 frameworks such as bootstrap.

Experience with web services API integration (Rest, JSON, XML).

Experience in anyone one these Docker, Kubernates, AWS, Azure