Solera

Lead Software Engineer

Bangalore Full time

The Role

As a Lead Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software applications using React and TypeScript. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features while ensuring the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications. This position requires a deep understanding of software engineering principles and a passion for developing scalable and efficient software solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Design and optimize Single Page Applications (SPAs) using Micro-frontend architecture.
• Build responsive and dynamic user interfaces with React.js, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Write robust unit tests using testing frameworks like Jest or React Testing Library.
• Work with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools such as Jenkins.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and other stakeholders.
• Implement RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following industry best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and documentation processes.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, frameworks, and front-end development best practices.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of experience in software development.
• Proven experience working in product-based companies, contributing to product development, enhancement, and scaling (end-to-end product lifecycle management).
• Strong proficiency in
React.js, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, Redux, REST API integration, and Next.js (a plus).
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Redis.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful API development and integration.
• Experience with search and analytics engines like
Elasticsearch.
• Hands-on experience with unit and integration testing.
• Familiarity with
DevOps & CI/CD tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps.
• Ensure high performance, scalability, and security of applications.
• Proficiency with version control systems such as Git (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket).
• Experience with Agile methodologies, TDD, and peer code reviews.
• Ability to mentor junior developers and collaborate with UX/UI designers and product teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.
• Strong communication, teamwork, and leadership abilities.
• Ability to work independently and take full ownership of assigned projects.

Knowledge of the following technologies is a plus:

• Experience with GraphQL, WebSocket, or SignalR.
• Knowledge or hands-on experience with back-end technologies such as
Node.js, Express.js, Python (FastAPI/Django/Flask), Java (Spring Boot/Jersey), or .NET (C#, ASP.NET, WebAPI, .NET Core).
• Understanding of
Microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with
Angular.
• Experience in designing complex application and system architectures.
• Working knowledge of message queues like
RabbitMQ or Amazon SQS.
• Experience with
Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) or On-Premise Data Centers.