Software Engineer

We are looking for aSenior Full Stack Developerwith strong expertise inJavaScript/TypeScriptand hands-on experience acrossmodern frontend and backend technologies. The ideal candidate should be comfortable building scalable, high-performance web applications and collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintainscalable full-stack web applications.
• Build responsive and performantfrontend applications using React.js.
• Develop and maintainbackend services using Node.js and Express.js.
• Design and optimizeSQL and NoSQL databasesto ensure data integrity and performance.
• Build, consume, and documentRESTful APIs(GraphQL exposure is a plus).
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
• Participate incode reviews, branching strategies, and release processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Ensure application performance, security, and scalability.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience withJavaScript and TypeScript.
• Expertise inReact.js, includingHooks, Context API, and state management (Redux / Zustand preferred).
• Solid backend development experience withNode.js and Express.js.
• Hands-on experience with either:
• PostgreSQL(PERN stack)
• MongoDB(MERN stack)
• Strong understanding ofSQL and NoSQL database design principles.
• Experience in building and consumingREST APIs.
• Basic knowledge ofGraphQLis a plus.
• Familiarity withORMs/ODMssuch asSequelize, Prisma, or Mongoose.
• Proficiency withGit, branching strategies, and code review practices.
• Understanding ofDocker,CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms (AWS).

Nice to Have

• Experience working withNext.js.
• Exposure tomicroservices architecture.
• Knowledge ofmessage queuessuch asKafka or RabbitMQ.
• Experience building or maintaininghigh-scale or multi-tenant systems.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Good communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to take ownership and work independently.
• Adaptable and eager to learn new technologies.

At BigThinkCode, our technology solves complex problems. We are looking for full-stack engineer to join our Microsoft capability teams at Chennai.

Our ideal candidate will have expert knowledge of software development processes, programming and problem-solving skills. This is an opportunity to join a growing team and make a substantial impact at BigThinkCode.

Please see below our job description, if interested apply / reply by sharing your profile to discuss.

Company: BigThinkCode Technologies

URL: https://www.bigthinkcode.com/

Work location: Chennai (work from office)

Experience: 3 – 4 years

Joining Time: Immediate-3 weeks

Programming Skills Required:

• Proficiency in C#, .NET Core, MVC
• Familiar with Data Structures & Algorithms, Object Oriented Programming basics.
• Hands on Problem Solving and Debugging skills.

Framework Required:

• EF Core
• Experience in OOJS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and at least one modern frontend framework like React/ Angular/ Vue.

Deployment And Devops Basics Required:

• Cloud (AWS), Docker
• Good to Have: Azure DevOps

Database Required:

• Relational (SQL Server), NoSQL, ORMs

Benefits

• Medical cover for employee and eligible dependents.
• Tax beneficial salary structure.
• Comprehensive leave policy
• Competency development training programs.

Company Description

We are an SF-based stealth mode AI startup, building AI agents and automation tools for Marketing use-cases. We are ex-Big Tech, currently bootstrapped and working with a few design partners/early customers. We will be starting a fundraise in Q3 2024.

Role Description

This is a part-time remote role for a Founding Engineer (first engineering hire). This is an equity-only role, meaning compensation will be in the form of equity rather than a salary.

This role will be 30% applied research and 70% product engineering. The expectation is that you will be able to commit 15 hours per week for this role to begin with.

You will -

• Experiment with the latest AI technologies and research and put them into implementation.
• Have the freedom and responsibility to design and own projects from start to finish.
• Have opportunities to directly talk with customers and solve their problems!

About you

• Love to keep up with and dive into latest technologies in AI
• Move fast, ship quickly, has high urgency
• Energized about going from 0 to 1
• Enjoy high ownership and responsibility
• Familiar with no-code tools and frameworks
• Excited about working on AI-native user experiences

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or a related field (Also open to university students for the right candidate)
• Knowledge of gen-AI systems (LLMs, model training/fine-tuning, agent frameworks, evaluation frameworks, vector DBs, RAG, etc)
• Experience in building and scaling backend systems and infrastructure
• Strong generalist, skilled with Python, cloud infrastructure (AWS).

What we offer

• Technical Ownership: You will own high level (and lower level) technical decisions for an early-stage startup, with mentorship from seasoned Engineering leaders from Silicon Valley.
• Equity: As a key initial hire, you will receive significant founding equity and ownership in the company.
• Growth: You will have a natural on-ramp to come onboard as a full-time, salaried Founding Engineer after a fundraise event.

• Drive the architecture and design of large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed software applications, tools, systems and services using object-oriented design, distributed programming, Java/Node/ Python, .Net.
• Hands on experience in delivering high quality software products.
• Gather business and functional requirements from external and/or internal customers and end-users, and translate requirements into technical specifications to build robust, scalable, supportable solutions that work well between a ranges of complex systems.
• Serve as technical lead throughout the full development lifecycle, end-to-end, from scoping, planning, conception, design, implementation and testing, to documentation, delivery and maintenance.
• Provide design reviews for other engineers, including feedback on architecture and design issues, as well as integration, performance and scalability.
• Manage resources on multiple technical projects and ensure schedules, milestones, and priorities are compatible with technology and business goals.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Hands-on experience in ReactJS 6.x+, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap, Node js
• 1+ years of experience in cross-browser compatible responsive web application development using React.
• Good knowledge about Reactive programming using RxJS and Redux.
• Knowledge and use of Restful web services, Gulp / Grunt.
• Experience working with debugging/testing tools like Firebug Lite, Chrome or Safari web inspectors.
• Version Control – GIT
• Servers / Application frameworks – Apache / Nginx / ExpressJS
• Selecting and deploying appropriate CI/CD tools
• Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)

Responsibilities:

• Ability to translate Wireframes and PSD to high quality designs and functional web apps using HTML5, ReactJS, Node.js, and Mongo
• Develop interactive, user-friendly applications using the ReactJS
• Binding of UI elements to JavaScript object models
• Creating RESTful services with Node.js
• Architect scalable web architectures
• Developing for Back-end Web Applications using NodeJS and Express
• Creating servers and databases for functionality
• API design, creation and integrations
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications, app development and programming languages
• Effective communication with different stakeholders.