Tech Lead

Company Description

13kbs.com is a forward-thinking company committed to delivering cutting-edge solutions that empower businesses to excel in the digital era. We bridge the gap between innovation and practicality, ensuring efficiency, security, and scalability at every step.

Our key services include AI-powered solutions, scalable full-stack development, cloud & AWS expertise, comprehensive firewall & compliance reviews, and automation testing. At 13kbs.com, we deliver high-impact solutions that align with the evolving demands of technology while maintaining a strong focus on privacy and reliability.

Role Description:

MERN Stack Developer (On-Site – Rajkot)

This is a full-time, on-site role for a MERN Stack Developer based in Rajkot. The developer will be responsible for developing, testing, and maintaining seamless user experiences using technologies such as MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js.

Daily responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features; writing clean, efficient, and well-documented code; debugging and optimising applications; and ensuring application scalability and security.

• Qualifications & RequirementsExperience: 1–3 years of hands-on experience in MERN stack development
• Proficient in: MongoDB/Postgres, React, and Node.js
• Front-end expertise: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Strong understanding of: RESTful APIs and web services
• Familiarity with: Git or other version control systems
• Experience with cloud services: Especially AWS
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Soft Skills: Strong problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills
• Language Requirement: Candidate must be able to understand and communicate in Gujarati
• Location: Must be based in Rajkot or nearby areas
• Work Type: Full-time, work from office only (no remote option)

Important Note

Only apply if you meet all the above criteria, including 1–3 years of experience, proximity to Rajkot, and Gujarati proficiency.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Senior MERN Stack Developer to join our growing engineering team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance web applications using the MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js technology stack. You should be passionate about writing clean, scalable code and mentoring junior developers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and maintainable full-stack web applications using the MERN stack.
• Develop RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services and databases.
• Write reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Lead code reviews and enforce best practices in design and development.
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements.
• Ensure cross-platform optimization and responsiveness of applications.
• Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Troubleshoot and debug production issues.
• Maintain documentation of software functionality and technical decisions.

Required Skills:

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3.
• Deep understanding of React.js and state management libraries like Redux or Context API.
• Hands-on experience with Node.js and Express.js.
• Strong knowledge of MongoDB and Mongoose ORM.
• Experience in building and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Cloud Platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Good understanding of microservices, authentication mechanisms (OAuth, JWT), and role-based access control.
• Experience with unit testing and testing frameworks like Jest, Mocha, or Cypress.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with GraphQL or WebSockets.
• Exposure to DevOps practices and tools (e.g., Jenkins, Kubernetes).
• Previous experience in Agile/Scrum environments.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
• Flexible working hours and remote work options
• Opportunities for upskilling and certifications
• Collaborative and inclusive team culture
• Health insurance and wellness benefits

We are a B2B SaaS company that is re-imagining how companies use sales incentives to motivate their employees. We believe great results are only achieved when people are motivated - and our product is nothing but an extension of that philosophy.

On a more day-to-day level, our product takes away the ambiguity and grunt-work behind manual sales incentive calculation, and allows companies to experiment with incentive plans that actually work for every employee - and not just top performers. We are a team of experienced founders who between them have built and sold software products pretty much all across the globe. We are backed by some of the best angels and institutional investors in India - and are growing at breakneck speed.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a collaborative, agile team to deliver industry-leading engagement capabilities in web.
• Integrate with other services to help Elevate seamlessly provide value to more companies
• Design and develop feature enhancements that continue to deliver on the value and provide an excellent customer experience
• Troubleshoot and resolve emergency server or code issues at any stack level
• Ability to empathize with end-users; build with scale and ease of adoption in mind
• Experience building in an agile setting with code reviews and quality as a priority
• Strong design skills for separation and modularity of code; aversion to overly complex, spaghetti code

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or commensurate experience
• 1+ years experience in production web application development
• 1+ years of experience working with NodeJS or an equivalent web framework and language
• Experience writing JavaScript code, either vanilla JS or using a framework such as Node.js or React, Redux
• Unit testing experience (Jest)
• 3rd party API usage and integration experience
• RDBMS usage (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• AWS

Persistence: design it, build it, if it breaks, fix it, but make it work, and make it shine

Bonus Skills

• Free and/or Open Source project work
• Amazon Web Services, DevOps experience
• Database Design

Perks

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Great culture and team camaraderie
• Work from Anywhere
• Health Insurance
• Flexible vacation and sick policy
• Macbook Pro or similar Linux laptop

• Solid experience in PHP/Frameworks of PHP (Laravel,Codeignitor,etc)
• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript, jQuery
• Experience in working with REST APIs and AJAX
• Good understanding of database design and optimization
• Experience of responsive and mobile-first design platforms like Bootstrap
• Knowledge of version control systems like GIT
• In-depth understanding of Agile development process

Desired Candidate Profile and skill set:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant software development experience.
• Good Knowledge of E-commerce websites and WordPress
• Experience in ReactJs and Redux, React-Native would be a plus

• 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.

Must have extensive and in-depth knowledge and experience in developing APIs in NodeJS, HTML5/CSS/Javascript, MongoDB, Git, production application deployments. And optionally ReactJS Components/Websites/UI/UX, Redux etc.

Cloud infra management

AWS SDK, Google Maps SDK

Elastic Search engine

Mocha or any testing framework

Continuous delivery

Redis, ExpressJS, Apollo Client, PubSub

Responsibilities

Development of web applications and modules

Drafting ReactJS front ends components based on provided mock-ups.

Architecting database and REST/GraphQL APIs for front end.

Integrating multiple 3rd party SDKs including but not limited to AWS, Messagebird, Twilio, Lalamove, Google Maps etc.

Write and execute unit tests

Bug fixes, support and enhancements

UAT and Production deployments

Performance optimizations and app security implementations

Cloud infra management

Backup plans and risk mitigation techniques implementation

Expertrons is an initiative by experienced professionals turned entrepreneurs (IITB alum) having built a few of India's largest companies across multiple domains. This will be an opportunity to directly work with the founders. What we are looking for: An entrepreneurial, thoughtful and positive mindset/approach to solving large problems, capable of adapting to changing market conditions, willing to join a growing startup, a rational and no-nonsense approach and practical thought process.

Good-to-Have Attributes: Start-up experience, Android experience would be a plus. What we are looking for: An entrepreneurial, thoughtful and positive mindset/approach to solving large problems, capable of building a robust, scalable tech platform adaptable to changing market conditions, willing to join a growing startup, a rational and no non-sense approach and practical thought process.

Responsibilities and Duties

Good-to-Have Attributes: Start-up experience, Android experience would be a plus. What we are looking for: An entrepreneurial, thoughtful and positive mindset/approach to solving large problems, capable of building a robust, scalable tech platform adaptable to changing market conditions, willing to join a growing startup, a rational and no non-sense approach and practical thought process.

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications

Required Skills: Database - MySQL, NoSQL (MongoDB), Restful Architectures, AWS, SAAS, JavaScript, PHP, Cordova