As a Technical Lead – MERN, you will play a crucial role in leading the development team, overseeing MERN stack projects, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality software solutions. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust and scalable applications, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and providing technical guidance.
Key Responsibilities
- Overall responsible on the Implementation part of the project i.e., getting things right
- Be responsible to deliver the project assigned by working in conjunction with PO, L3 and ADMs
- Analyse the user requirements, NFRs and technical requirements for the project
- Identify any unknowns i.e., missing scenarios, etc and consult with PO to ensure those are defined either as a User story or UAC
- Break down user stories along with the team to identify technical tasks
- Provide detailed estimates before the start of the sprints. Need to work with the Team to get the estimates
- Proactively pre-plan the sprints to achieve 90+% confidence of delivery
- Delegate such tasks to L1s during the sprints and ensure those are completed. Identify any dependencies amongst the tasks and plan accordingly. Request help of ADMs if needed
- Perform code reviews for Self and L1 engineers
- Provide support to L1 engineers in completing their tasks. Ideally should enable L1s to do the tasks, rather than doing themselves
- Nurture & groom L1 engineers to become better at their work
- Create technical documents as required for the project in JIRA, Confluence, or other tools
- Provide POs and ADMs with daily updates of the team via Jira and Slack
- Provide HL estimates for any new projects by working closely with L3s, POs and ADMs
- Proactively communicate with other members of the team and other project leads
- Provide HR and Management with any relevant information to help improve organisation culture & performance
Key Skills
- Deep understanding of OOPs, LinkedList, Data Structures, Inheritance, Encapsulation & Abstractions
- Strong knowledge of React.js and Java Script Build Tools
- Strong knowledge in JavaScript, JavaScript Design Patterns, ECMA 6 onwards
- Strong knowledge of Node JS framework like Express JS / Loopback or any such is required
- Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS
- Data base Knowledge of MySQL and / Or PostgreSQL or any RDBMS. Knowledge of NoSQL Databases like MongoDB / Couchbase is required
- Knowledge of Source code repository including Git, Bitbucket, Mercurial or anything similar is preferred
- Knowledge of IDE Tools Like: VSCode or any other IDE tool is preferred
- Can create DB Schema along with Data dictionary. Be able to normalise up to 3NF.
- Can handle Exceptions, can produce code level logs, be able to debug the defects
- Ability to develop applications and APIs as per the Technical Document and Requirements given in Node JS, Express JS / Loopback etc
- Demonstrate info-security at the coding level
- Demonstrate knowledge of performance impact of their code
- Agile Estimation techniques
- Basic Task Management & Planning
- Can demonstrate JavaScript best practices
- Can optimize the pages speed and can achieve 90% score in GTMatrix or Google Page Speed
- Be able to work on website that supports multi-languages
Education and Experience
- B Tech or B. E. with 5-9 years’ relevant experience
Analytical and Personal Skills
- Must have good logical reasoning and analytical skills
- Demonstrate Ownership and Accountability of their work
- Multi- tasking capabilities and team management
- Technical documentation
- Self-criticising
- Negotiation skills
