Software Developer

Who We Are 

Studio Management (studiomgmt.co) is a uniquely positioned organization combining venture capital, hedge fund investments, and startup incubation. Our portfolio includes successful ventures like Sentieo (acquired by AlphaSense for $185 million), as well as innovative products such as Emailzap (emailzap.co) and Mindful Minutes for Toddlers. We’re expanding our team to continue launching products at the forefront of technology, and we’re looking for an Engineering Lead who shares our passion for building the “next big thing.”

The Role 

We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Lead to guide our product development efforts across multiple high-impact ventures. You will own the overall technical vision, mentor a remote team of engineers, and spearhead the creation of new-age products in a fast-paced startup environment. This is a strategic, influential role that requires a blend of technical prowess, leadership, and a keen interest in building products from zero to one.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Define and drive the architectural roadmap for new and existing products, ensuring high-quality code, scalability, and reliability.
• Mentorship & Team Building: Hire, lead, and develop a team of engineers. Foster a culture of continuous learning, ownership, and collaboration.
• Product Innovation: Work closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to conceptualize, build, and iterate on cutting-edge, user-centric solutions.
• Hands-On Development: Write efficient, maintainable code and perform thorough code reviews, setting the standard for engineering excellence.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with different functions (product, design, marketing) to ensure alignment on requirements, timelines, and deliverables.
• Process Optimization: Establish best practices and processes that improve development speed, code quality, and overall team productivity.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion performance optimizations, new technologies, and modern frameworks to keep the tech stack fresh and competitive.

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ Years of Engineering Experience: A proven track record of designing and delivering high-impact software products.
• Technical Mastery: Expertise in a full-stack environment—HTML, CSS, JavaScript (React/React Native), Python (Django), and AWS. Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures and system design.
• Leadership & Communication: Demonstrated ability to mentor team members, influence technical decisions, and articulate complex concepts clearly.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Passion for building new-age products, thriving in ambiguity, and rapidly iterating to find product-market fit.
• Problem Solver: Adept at breaking down complex challenges into scalable, efficient solutions.
• Ownership Mentality: Self-driven individual who takes full responsibility for project outcomes and team success.
• Adaptability: Comfort working in an environment where priorities can shift quickly, and opportunities for innovation abound.

Why Join Us

• High-Impact Work: Drive the technical direction of multiple ventures, shaping the future of new products from day one.
• Innovation Culture: Operate in a remote-first, collaborative environment that encourages bold thinking and rapid experimentation.
• Growth & Autonomy: Enjoy opportunities for both leadership advancement and deepening your technical skillset.
• Global Team: Work alongside a diverse group of talented professionals who share a passion for pushing boundaries.
• Competitive Benefits: Receive market-leading compensation and benefits in a role that rewards both individual and team success.

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.

Roles and Responsibilities
1. Ability to work on diverse backend stack such as Node JS, Java, Express JS
2. Ability to work on diverse frontend stack such as React JS, Angular 6/7/8/9, HTML5, CSS3

3. Ability to deliver quick POC’s using cutting edge technologies.

4. Preparing reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of software.

5. Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards

6. Developing, refining, and tuning integrations between applications. Analysing and resolving technical and application problems.

7. Ability to debug application.

8. Should have complete knowledge on developing RESTful Services.

9. Should be able to also work in agile development methodology.
10. Work with designated JavaScript framework to design, develop, and debug web applications
11. Can work on Angular and Integrate backend services
12. Work with the team to manage, optimize, and customize multiple web applications
13. Manage end to end module lifecycle management of the product
14. Push and pull codes via Git repository

Competency Requirements

1. Experience in NodeJS, Java and development using AngularJS / ReactJS
2. Experience in front end frameworks such as Angular.js, React.js, Bootstrap, Foundation etc
3. Experience in client/server application development
4. Knowledge of agile development methodologies
5. Knowledge of unit testing theory
6. Knowledge of AWS cloud
7. Experience in Java, Python and Go will be added advantage

Responsibilities

- To analysis business requirements, prepare design and implementation recommendations and estimate development effort

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features

- Lead or participate in design reviews, code reviews and architecture evolution discussions

- Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability

- Work on bug fixing and improving application performance

- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

Required Skills

- Experienced with front end programming language with React JS.

- Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model.

- Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles.

- Experience with popular React.JS workflows (such as Flux or Redux)

-Expereince on .Net Core

-Experience in database MS SQL

Leaders at The Seenit Co. are passionate about using technology to create an impact on the world they live in. At Seenit, you will get to collaborate with an accomplished team that loves solving real-world problems. You will get to work on cutting edge projects that will shape the next phase of growth for the global luxury industry.

Seenit’s suite of products (http://www.styleade.com/" target="_blank">www.styleade.com) enables the leading luxury retailers around the world to transform their customer experience and build loyal relationships with their customers. The apps allow retailers to make use of their existing infrastructure and resources to deliver a truly omnichannel experience in today's rapidly changing world of shopping. The product has added 50 million USD to the top-line of one of the largest luxury retailers in the world. Store Associates and Stylists have assisted upwards of 100,000 consumers till date.

We would welcome someone to the team who wishes to:

• take ownership of the quality of code powering the product
• take an active role in the definition and evolution of best industry practices and procedures
• design, develop and test the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• support others to succeed and shine in a supportive team culture

• 4+ years experience in building consumer products
• experience of leading a team of 3 or more full stack developer
• Codeigniter Preferred 
• Good knowledge of Mysql and query optimisation
• Experience with PHP 7, HTML5, AJAX, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS, MVC frameworks (Bootstrap), API
• Experience with Ubuntu OS is a plus
• experience deploying softwares to cloud providers such as GCP, AWS