MEAN MERN Lead

Zensar Technologies; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Zensar Technologies in Hyderabad seeks a senior MERN/MEAN architect to define system architecture and technical roadmaps for scalable solutions. You will lead development teams, mentor engineers, ensure code quality, security, and performance, and drive CI/CD and DevOps practices in collaboration with stakeholders.

You will leverage AI-assisted tooling (Copilot) to accelerate design decisions, ADRs, and code reviews while championing best practices and architectural discipline across projects.

Qualifications

• Expert MERN/MEAN stack development and architecture.
• Experience with AWS deployment and cloud architecture.
• Strong understanding of microservices and API design patterns.
• Hands-on with databases (MongoDB, Postgres, Oracle).
• Proficient in CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Proficient in JavaScript ES6+ and TypeScript with Node.js.
• Knowledge of JWT, OAuth and OWASP security patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define system architecture and technical roadmap for MERN-based solutions.
• Design solutions and lead conversations for design approvals.
• Lead development teams and mentor engineers.
• Ensure code quality, security, and performance standards.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on solution design.
• Drive CI/CD, DevOps integration, and release planning.
• Identify risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Champion AI tools like GitHub Copilot.

Skills

MERN/MEAN expert

AWS

Microservices/API design

Database expertise

CI/CD pipelines

JavaScript/TypeScript

Security & Authentication

Job description

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

• Define system architecture and technical roadmap for MERN-based solutions.
• Design solutions and lead conversations for design approvals.
• Lead development teams and mentor engineers.
• Ensure code quality, security, and performance standards.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on solution design.
• Drive CI/CD, DevOps integration, and release planning.
• Identify risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Well versed in using AI tools like GitHub Copilot.

Required Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• MERN Stack & MEAN Stack – expert level (React.js/Angular Node.js, MongoDB, NestJS)
• AWS architecture and deployment
• Microservices & API design patterns
• Database expertise (MongoDB, Postgres, Oracle)
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• JavaScript ES6+ including TypeScript
• Authentication & security (JWT, OAuth, OWASP)

What Makes You Stand Out?

• Advanced ability to analyse complex problems and propose viable solutions.
• Strong relationship building and customer focus.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Insurance domain experience.
• Ability to learn and adopt new technologies as per requirement.

AI & GitHub Copilot Capabilities

• Champion GitHub Copilot adoption across the engineering team — define prompting standards and best-practice guidelines.
• Use Copilot Chat and AI models to evaluate architectural trade-offs, generate architecture decision records (ADRs).
• Leverage AI-powered code analysis tools to produce technical debt heat maps and guide sprint refactoring priorities.
• Automate PR review summaries using Copilot, freeing senior engineers to focus on high-value feedback.
• Integrate AI-assisted security scanning (GitHub Advanced Security, Copilot Autofix) into CI/CD gates.
• Use AI tools to generate Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / CDK) from architecture diagrams.
• Explore LLM-powered search over internal codebases for onboarding and knowledge transfer acceleration.
• Explore LLM-powered search over internal codebases for onboarding and knowledge transfer acceleration.

At Zensar, we’re "experience-led everything". We are committed to conceptualizing, designing, engineering, marketing, and managing digital solutions and experiences for over 130 leading enterprises. We are a company driven by a bold purpose: "Together, we shape experiences for better futures". Whether for our clients, our people, or the world around us, this belief powers everything we do. At the heart of our culture is ONE with Client - a set of four core values that reflect who we are and how we work: One Zensar, Nurturing, Empowering, and Client Focus.

Part of the $4.8 billion RPG Group, we’re a community of 10,000+ innovators across 30+ global locations, including Milpitas, Seattle, Princeton, Cape Town, London, Zurich, Singapore, and Mexico City. Explore Life at Zensar and join us to Grow. Own. Achieve. Learn.

We believe the best work happens when individuality is celebrated, growth is encouraged, and well-being is prioritized. We are an equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action employer, committed to creating an inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veteran status.