Tech lead - Backend

Role & responsibilities

• A single unified product-specific digital platform to enable seamless customer acquisition & life-cycle

• Servicing through simple & intuitive journeys across channels (off-line & online) for real-time usage
  
• By all Users - Consumers (Retail & MSME) and Producer teams (Employee & Partners). We commit to
  
• Overcome the limitations of current financial service technologies by providing a vertical SaaS solution that adapts to and evolves with the specific needs of our users, ensuring continual improvements & cohesive functionality across all operational teams leading to ease of effort, lower costs & time.
  
• A core team of professionals skilled in innovating across the Product, Policy & Process landscape of financial services, by intelligent adoption and successful implementation of foundational-and-new-age

• Led by a Financial Services & Technology industry veteran who has held several

• Leadership positions in established companies & start-up businesses to create highly successful businesses by undertaking large-scale & ground-up transformations. The team comes with a unique combination of a Business-domain-led-Technology-as-Enabler mindset.

• Being practitioners of creating and implementing Technology platforms for best-in-class companies, their depth in understanding the needs & challenges of Producers & Consumers is far greater than traditional technology providers. Their conviction in creating the right Product Market fit Platform is led by their own real-life experiences and ability to execute flawlessly. Funding for the Build and Launch phase is led by the Founder with no external dependency to execute the Go to Market plan.

• We want you to be part of a team that will have a lifetime opportunity to build a grounds-up SaaS platform on the latest technology stack and embark on the challenging journey of commercializing the platform in India and other exciting countries globally. We believe in fostering a culture of Ambition, Ownership, and Execution rigor along with an Open & Transparent way of working to create

• Entrepreneurs of tomorrow. As stakeholders, the company success will reward you with an opportunity to create generational wealth for yourself.

• This role will serve as the technical expert within the MERN stack domain and will guide software engineers in the design, development, and integration of end-to-end solutions.

• The individual will contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, complex issue resolution, full-stack development, and ensure consistent implementation of best practices.
  
• Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in designing, leading a scrum team, and delivering high-quality, maintainable, and scalable software solutions.
  
• Technical Leadership:
  

Lead a scrum team of full-stack developers, DevOps engineers, and SDETs,

providing technical guidance, mentoring, and support. Help developers resolve

complex technical issues. Work with engineering managers to dene and enforce

best practices in coding, architecture, and processes.

• End-to-End Development:
  

Contribute to designing and developing user stories using React (front-end) and

Node.js (back-end), leveraging MongoDB and/or other databases. Ensure that

dened best practices are adhered to. Guarantee that the team follows all Agile

scrum principles and ceremonies, delivering incremental value with high quality.

• Database Management:
  

Design, optimize, and integrate database layers using both NoSQL databases

(MongoDB) and relational databases (PostgreSQL). Implement data storage and

retrieval strategies to ensure data integrity, efcient access, and scalability.

• Code Quality and Testing:
  

Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices. Conduct code

reviews to ensure high-quality standards and mentor junior developers in coding

guidelines. Ensure that code complies with Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).

• Technical Architecture & Design:
  

Collaborate with architects and other engineers to design scalable and secure

components. Ensure data ow, API integration, microservices architecture, and

emerging micro-frontend approaches align with the platform's overall structure.

• Collaboration and Communication:
  

Work closely with engineering teams, product managers, and designers to ensure

alignment on business requirements. Provide technical input during feature

planning to identify dependencies, challenges, and technical feasibility.

• Continuous Improvement and Innovation:
  

Stay updated with emerging trends, frameworks, and tools (e.g., micro-frontends,

Next.js, Nest.js). Identify areas of improvement in existing codebases and suggest

enhancements to promote maintainability and scalability.

• Documentation:
  

Develop comprehensive documentation for front-end and back-end

implementations to ensure knowledge sharing, maintainability, and smooth

onboarding of new team members. Contribute to architecture documentation and

best practice guidelines.

Desired Skills

• Education:
  

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or

related elds.

• Experience:
  

6 to 8 years of software development and team-leading experience, with strong

expertise in MERN stack development.

• Technical Skills:
  
• Front-End: Prociency in React library. Expert-level with HTML, CSS, and
  

JavaScript/TypeScript. Exposure to micro-frontends and understanding of

modern bundling tools. Exposure to Next.js is a plus.

• Back-End: Strong expertise in Node.js, Express, building RESTful APIs, and
  

familiarity with microservices architecture. Experience with Nest.js is a plus.

• Databases: Experience with MongoDB (NoSQL) and PostgreSQL
  

(relational), with solid data modeling and optimization skills.

• DevOps & CI/CD: Familiarity with build and deploy pipelines and
  

containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes etc.) is good to have.

• Cloud Exposure: Experience with AWS services and architecture best
  

practices is good to have.

• Micro-Frontend Exposure: Experience in micro-frontend architectures and
  

related tooling is a plus.

• Soft Skills:
  

Strong problem-solving and debugging abilities. Effective communication skills,

capable of explaining technical insights across teams. Organized, detail-oriented,

and adept at leading development teams effectively.