Lead Software Engineer

Company: InCruiter

Website: Visit Website

Business Type: Startup

Company Type: Product

Business Model: B2B

Funding Stage: Bootstrapped

Industry: HR Tech

Salary Range: ₹ 20-35 Lacs PA

Job Description Company Overview InCruiter is a fast-growing AI-powered Stack Interview Intelligence Platform helping organizations hire

smarter and faster using automation and AI-driven intelligence. With six products spanning interviewing,

assessment, and hiring automation, we’re redefining how companies recruit at scale.

InCruiter is a market leader and one of India’s Top 3 players in this segment, with a wide range of clients

across domestic and international markets. Our major clientele includes some of the large enterprises and

Startups like EXL, Welspun, Dentsu, Manhattan Associates, ArcelorMittal, Telstra, Siemens, and so on.

What You'll Do

• Take complete technical ownership of the MERN stack applications — analyze, debug, and enhance

existing code without prior knowledge transfer.

• Architect and implement scalable, modular, and maintainable solutions across all products.
• Lead and mentor a team of 10–12 developers — set clear coding standards, enforce reviews, and ensure sprint discipline.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager to translate business goals into technical execution plans.
• Drive AI and automation integrations (e.g., LLMs, NLP, chatbots, analytics) into existing systems.
• Create and enforce detailed documentation — code structure, APIs, architecture diagrams, deployment processes.
• Own CI/CD, version control, code reviews, and performance optimization.
• Identify and fix scalability, performance, and security gaps proactively.
• Ensure strong alignment between tech roadmap and product vision.
• Bring in best practices for testing, deployment, and code documentation.

Must-Have Skills

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in full-stack development, with strong focus on the MERN stack

(MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js), WebRTC , Socket io .

• Proven experience leading or architecting multi-module SaaS products in Startup environments.
• Strong command over REST APIs, microservices, and asynchronous architecture.
• Exposure to AI/ML integration using APIs or SDKs (OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, TensorFlow)
• Excellent understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud platforms (Azure).
• Proactive, fast-moving, and startup-oriented mindset, thrives in ambiguity.
• Deep passion for processes, documentation, and clean code.
• Strong debugging and reverse-engineering skills, ability to understand complex systems quickly.
• Ability to balance IC responsibilities with team leadership.
• Experience in AI-driven or HR Tech platforms is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or GraphQL.
• Familiarity with Agile, Jira, Git, and API documentation tools like Postman or Swagger.