Senior Full Stack Lead Developer

Senior Full Stack Lead Developer

Location: Pune, Maharashtra Work from Office
Experience: 6 to 8 Years (Exposure as a Lead Developer)
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Full Stack Lead Developer to design, build, and deliver enterprise-grade applications while leading a team of talented engineers.

This is a player-coach role where you will actively contribute to production development while mentoring the team, driving architectural decisions, and ensuring engineering excellence across the technology stack.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, enterprise-grade applications across the full stack.
• Write clean, well-tested, production-quality code using Python, Java, and JavaScript/Node.js.
• Build high-performance backend services and RESTful APIs using FastAPI and Java frameworks.
• Develop responsive front-end applications using React.js and MERN stack.
• Design and implement asynchronous, event-driven workflows using RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar message queues.
• Own application architecture, including system design, component boundaries, data models, and integration patterns.
• Lead and mentor a team of developers, conduct code reviews, establish coding standards, and drive technical best practices.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders to plan sprints, estimate work, and deliver features on schedule.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and ensure application performance, scalability, and availability.
• Evaluate technologies and make pragmatic build-vs-buy and architectural decisions.
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and software quality standards.
• Participate in pre-sales activities, including solution architecture and proposal responses.
• Quickly learn and apply Generative AI and Agentic AI concepts.

Must-Have Skills & Qualifications

• 6 to 8 years of hands-on software development experience, including at least 2 years leading a development team.

• Strong programming expertise in Python and Java.

• Strong experience building APIs and microservices using FastAPI.

• Strong front-end development skills with React.js, including hooks, state management, and component design.

• Solid experience with the MERN stack MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js.

• Practical experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka, ActiveMQ, or similar messaging technologies.

• Strong understanding of application architecture, including:

• Microservices

• API design

• Design patterns

• Scalability

• Caching

• Data modeling

• Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases.

• Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile methodologies.

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

• Ability to balance hands-on technical delivery with team leadership.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Good to Have

• Exposure to Generative AI / Agentic AI.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to observability tools for logging, monitoring, and alerting.
• Experience with performance tuning and application security best practices.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF:

• Total experience is less than 6 years
• Notice period is 90 days
• Looking exclusively for Remote / Work-from-Home opportunities
• Notice period is not within 15–30 days