GrowExx - Technical Lead - MERN Stack (7-8 yrs)

Job Description :

GrowExx is seeking a Technical Lead - MERN, who will be working with cross-functional teams to define, design and deliver new features and adopt the best practices of Test-Driven Development to guarantee robustness and stability of the code produced.

Key Responsibilities :

- Overall responsible on the Implementation part of the project i., getting things right

- Be responsible to deliver the project assigned by working in conjunction with PO, L3 and ADMs

- Analyse the user requirements, NFRs and technical requirements for the project

- Identify any unknowns i., missing scenarios, etc and consult with PO to ensure those are defined either as a User story or UAC

- Break down user stories along with the team to identify technical tasks

- Provide detailed estimates before the start of the sprints.

- Need to work with the Team to get the estimates

- Proactively pre-plan the sprints to achieve 90+% confidence of delivery

- Delegate such tasks to L1s during the sprints and ensure those are completed.

- Identify any dependencies amongst the tasks and plan accordingly.

- Request help of ADMs if needed

- Perform code reviews for Self and L1 engineers

- Provide support to L1 engineers in completing their tasks.

- Ideally should enable L1s to do the tasks, rather than doing themselves

- Nurture & groom L1 engineers to become better at their work

- Create technical documents as required for the project in JIRA, Confluence, or other tools

- Provide POs and ADMs with daily updates of the team via Jira and Slack

- Provide HL estimates for any new projects by working closely with L3s, POs and ADMs

- Proactively communicate with other members of the team and other project leads

- Provide HR and Management with any relevant information to help improve organisation culture & performance

Key Skills :

- Deep understanding of OOPs, LinkedList, Data Structures, Inheritance, Encapsulation & Abstractions

- Strong knowledge of React.js and Java Script Build Tools

- Strong knowledge in JavaScript, JavaScript Design Patterns, ECMA 6 onwards

- Strong knowledge of Node JS framework like Express JS / Loopback or any such is required

- Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS

- Data base Knowledge of MySQL and / Or PostgreSQL or any RDBMS.

- Knowledge of NoSQL Databases like MongoDB / Couchbase is required

- Knowledge of Source code repository including Git, Bitbucket, Mercurial or anything similar is preferred

- Knowledge of IDE Tools Like: VSCode or any other IDE tool is preferred

- Can create DB Schema along with Data dictionary.

- Be able to normalise up to 3NF.

- Can handle Exceptions, can produce code level logs, be able to debug the defects

- Ability to develop applications and APIs as per the Technical Document and Requirements given in Node JS, Express JS / Loopback etc

- Demonstrate info-security at the coding level

- Demonstrate knowledge of performance impact of their code

- Agile Estimation techniques

- Basic Task Management & Planning

- Can demonstrate JavaScript best practices

- Can optimize the pages speed and can achieve 90% score in GTMatrix or Google Page Speed

- Be able to work on website that supports multi-languages

Education and Experience :

- With 7+ years' relevant experience

Analytical and Personal Skills :

- Must have good logical reasoning and analytical skills

- Demonstrate Ownership and Accountability of their work

- Multi- tasking capabilities and team management

- Technical documentation

- Self-criticizing

- Negotiation skills