Software Engineer

Engineer the Future of AI-Powered Recruitment Applications

About Us:

At PyjamaHR, we're creating recruitment software so intuitive you could use it in your pajamas. We integrate cutting-edge LLMs and Generative AI technologies into practical, powerful applications that are transforming how 525+ companies hire talent. While others are still talking about AI potential, we're shipping AI-powered features that deliver real value. As we scale from Bangalore to the US market, we need exceptional full-stack talent who can turn advanced AI capabilities into elegant, user-friendly experiences.

The Role:

As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer at PyjamaHR, you'll build the applications and interfaces that bring our AI capabilities to life. This isn't about training models—it's about implementing, integrating, and optimizing Generative AI within robust full-stack applications. You'll work across our entire technology ecosystem to create seamless experiences that leverage AI to solve real recruitment challenges. Your code will directly impact how companies discover, evaluate, and hire talent.

What You'll Do:

• Implement AI-Powered Features - Integrate Generative AI capabilities into practical, user-facing applications
• Build End-to-End Solutions - Develop both frontend experiences and backend services that leverage AI capabilities
• Create Scalable Architectures - Design systems that grow with our rapidly expanding user base
• Optimize Performance - Ensure our applications remain responsive even when processing complex AI operations
• Enhance User Experiences - Translate advanced AI capabilities into intuitive, accessible interfaces
• Drive Technical Excellence - Set standards for code quality and engineering practices across the team
• Collaborate Across Functions - Work with product, design, and data teams to deliver cohesive solutions
• Solve Complex Challenges - Apply your technical creativity to the unique problems of AI-powered recruitment

Who We're Looking For:

• 3-5 years of full-stack development experience building production applications
• Experience implementing and integrating Generative AI into web applications
• Expertise with either Django/React or Node.js/React technology stacks
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS acceptable)
• Proven ability to build performant, scalable web applications
• Excellence in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and frontend development
• Solid understanding of software architecture principles
• Product-minded approach to engineering decisions
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities
• Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

The Rewards:

• Salary range of ₹30-40 LPA for exceptional talent (with room to negotiate for truly outstanding candidates)
• Equity package with significant growth potential
• Minimal bureaucracy and maximum impact
• Autonomy to make important technical decisions
• The opportunity to shape an industry-leading product
• Collaborative, innovation-focused work environment

Location: Bangalore (Koramangala 8th Block)

This role is perfect for engineers who want to apply their full-stack expertise to implement cutting-edge AI technologies in real-world applications. If you're excited about building the interfaces and systems that make advanced AI accessible and valuable to users, we want to talk to you.

Minimum Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the got right attitude to work in fast paced environments
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience
• 2 to 5 years of experience in software development using modern frontend frameworks in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong in Object Oriented Programming and Design Patterns.
• You have experience of working closely with the product and design teams to deliver the product that materially impacts the business and improves the customer experience
• You follow SOLID principles and have experience with microservice architecture, have designed and implemented high performance scalable services/APIs.
• You have experience with component based architectures, PWA, Service workers, UI patterns and libraries most preferably ReactJS / NextJS
• Write client side high performant applications & develop prototypes
• Experience working with Node, NestJS / Express.
• Experience working with PostgreSQL, Redshift, Dynamo, Mongo and Cassandra databases.
• Experience working with RabbitMQ, Kafka.
• You constantly learn and adopt best practices at work, keeping in mind app performance, security, and scalability.
• You have experience working in distributed systems and built/designed systems to failover, event streaming, caching strategies
• You have experience with Docker/Kubernetes in AWS or any cloud computing platforms. And, are familiar with CI/CD processes.

Bonus if you are great communication and team collaboration skills.

• Strong at Core Java and OOPs concepts

• Exposure to Spring, Spring Boot and Spring Security
• Exposure to implementation of RESTful APIs
• Exposure to programming using Queues and No SQL database
• Good understanding about JavaScript, JQuery and HTML
• Good understanding about Data Structures and Multithreaded Programming
• Good understanding about Design Patterns
• Good understanding about Standard and Secure Coding practices

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• You’re willing and able to commit to travel to client sites in order to solve their business problems

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