Lead Fullstack Engineer

Straive; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Straive is seeking a strong Full Stack Engineer with 5-8 years of software engineering experience to design, build, and scale modern web applications and platforms. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience across backend, frontend, databases, APIs, cloud deployment, and DevOps, with the ability to lead small teams and drive high-quality delivery.

This role requires strong engineering fundamentals, system thinking, delivery ownership, and collaboration to build scalable products that

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in full-stack development.
• Proven experience building production-grade web applications and backend services.
• Experience leading modules, small teams, or technical workstreams in a delivery environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of full-stack applications from design through deployment and support.
• Design scalable backend services, REST APIs, and reusable frontend components for enterprise-grade apps.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions and implementation plans.
• Build production-ready applications with focus on performance, maintainability, security, and UX.
• Design and manage relational and/or NoSQL databases and data flows.
• Develop integrations with internal and third-party systems via APIs and data services.
• Ensure reliability with logging, monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Lead and mentor a small team of engineers on architecture and delivery.

Skills

Full-stack development

Delivery leadership

Team leadership

API design

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelors/Masters in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

Node.js

Express

React.js

PostgreSQL/MySQL

SQL Server

NoSQL

Git

CI/CD

Docker

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Location - Hyderabad / Chennai / Gurgaon / Pune

Experience - 5-8 Years

Role Focus - Full-stack engineering, cloud, APIs, delivery leadership

Role Overview

We are seeking a strong Full Stack Engineer with 5-8 years of experience in software engineering to design, build, and scale modern web applications and platforms.

The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience across backend development, frontend engineering, database design, APIs, cloud deployment, and DevOps, along with the ability to lead small teams and drive high-quality delivery.

This role requires a combination of strong engineering fundamentals, system thinking, delivery ownership, and stakeholder collaboration to build scalable products and internal platforms that create business value.

Key Responsibilities

Application Design & Development

• Lead the end-to-end development of full-stack applications, from solution design through implementation, testing, deployment, and support.
• Design and build scalable backend services, REST APIs, and reusable frontend components for enterprise-grade applications.
• Translate business and product requirements into robust technical solutions and implementation plans.
• Build production-ready applications with strong focus on performance, maintainability, security, and user experience.
• Design and manage relational and/or NoSQL databases, data models, and application data flows.
• Develop integrations with internal systems, third-party platforms, and data services through APIs, event-driven patterns, or batch pipelines.
• Ensure application reliability through proper logging, monitoring, exception handling, and performance tuning.

Cloud, DevOps & Deployment

• Own build, release, and deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Work with cloud platforms and containerized environments to deploy and manage scalable applications.
• Contribute to engineering standards for code quality, testing, security, version control, and environment management.
• Lead and mentor a small team of engineers, providing guidance on architecture, coding practices, and delivery execution.
• Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders, designers, data teams, and QA to deliver solutions on time.
• Drive technical discussions, code reviews, effort estimation, and development planning across projects.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience

• 5-8 years of experience in full-stack development, software engineering, or application engineering.
• Proven experience building and deploying production-grade web applications and backend services.
• Experience leading modules, small teams, or technical workstreams in a delivery environment.

Technical Skills

• Hands‑on experience with backend frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, Node.js, Express, or similar.
• Experience with frontend development using React.js and modern UI development practices.
• Solid understanding of SQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server; familiarity with NoSQL databases is a plus.
• Experience designing APIs, integrating services, and working with authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Good understanding of software design principles, testing, debugging, code reviews, and secure development practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservices architecture, Kubernetes, or distributed systems.
• Experience building data-intensive, analytics, or workflow-driven applications.
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, caching, messaging systems, and performance optimization.
• Exposure to AI/ML or Generative AI application development, including LLM-based features, is good to have.
• Working knowledge of tools such as LangChain, vector databases, or RAG frameworks is an advantage, but not required.
• Strong problem-solving and engineering judgment.
• Clear communication and stakeholder management.
• Ownership mindset with strong delivery discipline.
• Ability to mentor team members and guide technical decisions.
• Practical, product-oriented approach to building scalable solutions.

Note: Experience with AI/GenAI is considered a plus, but this role is primarily targeted at strong full‑stack engineers with solid software engineering and delivery experience.