Lead Software Engineer - Node.js & React.js

This role involves architecting and designing a ground-up cloud-native SaaS product using Azure, Node.js, and React.js. The Lead Software Engineer will drive architecture to be simpler, more robust, and efficient, ensuring self-healing and reliable services. Responsibilities include providing early visibility to technical challenges, representing the product vision, and mentoring junior and mid-level associates within a rapidly growing global team.

Must Have

• 10+ years of experience in Node JS, React JS, Design Patterns, Data structures, Restful Web services, Ajax, SQL programming.
• Thorough knowledge and interest in Cloud native architecture, Distributed micro-services & Micro-Frontends, Multi-tenant SaaS solutions.
• Experience designing, building, deploying, and maintaining enterprise cloud solutions (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Hands-on design, coding & development expertise.
• Ability to write and review code and provide technical direction.
• Deep understanding of JavaScript patterns and creating maintainable JavaScript applications.
• Working knowledge of Node.js and different databases.
• Strong understanding of software design principles.
• Experience developing large, scalable applications deployed on cloud.
• Extensive knowledge about APIs, designing RESTful services, and integrating with data providers.
• Experience using Git for complex software systems with teams.
• Experience working in an agile test-driven development with continuous integration.
• Experience with DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, and infrastructure automation.
• Good understanding of secure architectures, secure configuration, identity management.
• Strong requirements analysis and solution design abilities.

Good to Have

• Exposure to latest technologies like Kafka, Akka, Storm, Spark/Flink, GraphQL.
• Experience with Front-end tools for testing and automation (webdriver.io, cypress, Grunt, Karma, Jasmine, Selenium).

Scope:

• Core responsibilities to include Architecting and designing (along with counterparts and distinguished Architects) a ground up cloud native (we use Azure) SaaS product.
• The team currently comprises of 60+ global associates across US, India (COE) and UK and is expected to grow rapidly. The incumbent will need to have leadership qualities to also mentor junior and mid-level software associates in our team

Our current technical environment:

• Software: Node JS, React JS, GitHub, REST API, Azure B2C/B2B
• Application Architecture: Scalable, Resilient, event driven, secure multi-tenant Microservices architecture
• Cloud Architecture: MS Azure (ARM templates, AKS, HD insight, Application gateway, Virtue Networks, Event Hub, Azure AD), Azure Functions, Logic Apps
• Frameworks/Others: Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Elasticsearch, NoSQL, RDBMS

What you’ll do:

• Drive architecture and designs to become simpler, more robust, and more efficient.
• Write and review service descriptions including relevant measures of service quality and drives architecture to deliver on these promises through self-healing, reliable services that require minimum manual intervention.
• Provide early visibility and mitigation to technical challenges through the journey.
• Confidently represents product and portfolio, including vision and functional and technical roadmaps, within the company and, when necessary, to strategic customers.

What we are looking for:

• 10+ years of experience in Node JS, React JS, Design Patterns, Data structures, Restful Web services, Ajax, SQL programming
• Demonstrable experience, thorough knowledge, and interests in Cloud native architecture, Distributed micro-services & Mircro-Frontends, Multi-tenant SaaS solution and Cloud Scalability, performance, and High availability
• Demonstrable experience designing, building deploying and maintenance of enterprise cloud solutions (we use Azure) in AWS, Azure and or GCP
• Hands-on design, coding & development
• Demonstrates expertise in applicable technologies, products, and tools
• Demonstrates good understanding of the product and its architecture
• Ability to write and review code as needed, and provide technical direction to the group in all phases of development
• Understanding of technical architectures, capacity plans, tool requirements, automation plans, product launch plans, and other deliverables
• Nurture a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, creative problem solving, and Innovation within the team.
• Good understanding of OO JavaScript and Front-end MVC frameworks.
• Deep understanding of JavaScript patterns and the challenges involved with creating maintainable JavaScript applications.
• Working knowledge of Node.js
• Working knowledge of different databases
• Experience with Front-end tools for testing and automation, like webdriver.io, cypress, Grunt, Karma, Jasmine and Selenium.
• Exposure to any of latest technologies e.g. Kafka, Akka, Storm, Spark/Flink, GraphQL
• Strong understanding of software design principles.
• Experience developing large, scalable applications deployed on cloud.
• Extensive knowledge about APIs. Can design RESTful services and integrate with other data providers.
• Experience using Git for complex software systems with teams.
• Passion for learning new tools, languages, and frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience working in an agile test-driven development with continuous integration.
• Experience with DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, and infrastructure automation.
• Good Understanding of secure architectures, secure configuration, identity managementStrong requirements analysis and solution design abilities.
• Open for on-call support when needed