Full Stack Engineer

Position: Full-Stack Engineer

Experience: 3 - 5 years (minimum 3 years handson production work)

Location: Chennai, India - onsite, Monday to Friday

Domain: Arts & Culture

Reports to: Product Manager

Employment Type: Fulltime

About Asign

Asign is a comprehensive digital ecosystem designed for the art and culture sector. We unite

inventory management, a transparent marketplace, a proprietary globalID system and

discovery modules in a single platform. You'll help us shape the future of arttech at the

intersection of creativity, technology and commerce.

What You'll Build & Own

Feature ownership: Deliver new modules and enhance existing ones for scale and

performance.

Usercentric engineering: Craft fast, accessible UIs in React and TypeScript backed by

efficient Node.js services.

Quality first: Embed Jest unit/integration tests and shepherd code through automated

CI pipelines.

Production readiness: Optimize queries, caching, logging, and monitoring so our

platform remains resilient as traffic grows.

Crossfunctional collaboration: Work with designers, PMs, QA and DevOps; and

mentor juniors.

Key Responsibilities

Frontend

Build responsive web and serverrendered apps in React + Next.js with

TypeScript.

Implement state management (Redux, Zustand, or equivalent) and integrate

reusable designsystem components (e.g., Storybook).

Ensure accessibility and performance best practices throughout the UI.

Backend

Develop secure, maintainable RESTful services in Node.js.

Design efficient data models in MongoDB and SQL databases; optimize queries

and indexing.

Implement authentication, authorization, logging and basic observability;

microservice experience is a plus.

Quality & CI/CD

Write Jest unit, integration, and API tests with high coverage and maintain

automated regression suites.

Enforce linting/formatting standards and codereview discipline.

Maintain Gitbased CI pipelines for automated buildtestdeploy workflows.

Design and maintain E2E test suites with Cypress/Playwright to ensure

endtoend user flows remain stable.

Ensure documentation is updated for every feature and change.

Ops & Cloud

Familiarity with Docker and packaging Node.js applications for deployment.

Application, debugging and logging of metrics as needed by Product and

Infrastructure teams.

Collaboration & Mentoring

Work closely with designers, product managers and QA in Agile sprints using Jira

and Slack.

Participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning and daily standups.

Share knowledge through code reviews and mentor junior developers on best

practices and problemsolving techniques.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Primary

3 + years professional fullstack development in productbased or highscale

environments.

Strong React.js and Next.js experience, with TypeScript and modern state

management.

Proficient in Node.js, REST API design, and secure auth flows (JWT/OAuth).

Solid knowledge of HTML5, CSS3/Flexbox/Grid, and responsive design.

Experience with MongoDB and either PostgreSQL or MySQL; ability to model

data for performance.

Git workflow expertise and comfort working in an Agile/Scrum setup.

Tooling & Collaboration (MustKnow)

Jira agile boards, issue grooming, sprint planning, and reporting.

Slack realtime team collaboration, incident channels, integrations.

GitHub PR workflow, branch strategies, GitHub Actions for CI/CD.

Jest & Test Automation write/maintain unit + integration tests; integrate

coverage gates in pipelines.

Documentation create and maintain API specs, ADRs, onboarding guides

using Confluence or similar.

Secondary (GoodtoHave)

Exposure to microservice patterns, caching layers (Redis) or eventdriven

design.

Docker, basic AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch).

CI/CD with Jenkins, GitLab CI or CircleCI in addition to GitHub Actions.

Experience with endtoend (E2E) testing frameworks such as Cypress or

Playwright to validate critical user journeys.

Familiarity with design systems (Storybook) and accessibility standards.

Prior informal mentoring or techlead stints.

Key Personal Attributes

Ownership mindset: You treat features as products and sweat the details.

Analytical & pragmatic: Balance ideal architecture with business timelines.

Clear communicator: Explain tradeoffs to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Team spirit: Thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy whiteboarding solutions

together.

Career Growth at Asign

At Asign, engineers who show consistent delivery, code quality, and collaboration will have the

opportunity to progress to Senior FullStack Engineer within 1824 months. From there, you can

choose a Technical Lead path - owning architecture, guiding best practices, and mentoring

peers - or explore Product Engineering Manager opportunities that blend technical leadership

with people management.

Additional Notes

Please include a link to your GitHub / GitLab profile or portfolio in your

application.

Candidates without prior productcompany or atscale experience are welcome if

they can demonstrate equivalent depth via projects or opensource work.

Compensation & benefits will be discussed during later interview stages.

At Asign, you'll join a nimble team redefining how the art world creates, authenticates, and

discovers value through technology. If that excites you, we'd love to meet you.