Job Title: Tech Lead - MERN Stack
Experience: 8+ years
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Department: Full-Stack(MERN)
About Simform
Simform is a premier digital engineering company specialising in Cloud, Data, AI/ML, and Experience Engineering to create seamless digital experiences and scalable products. Simform has strong capabilities across Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, and Databricks. With a presence in 6 countries, Simform primarily serves North America, the UK, and the Northern European market. Simform is well-recognised as one of the most reputed employers in the region, having created a thriving work culture with a high work-life balance that gives a sense of freedom and opportunity to grow.
Role Overview
Our MERN stack team is passionate about technology, and we love building scalable
web solutions, keeping performance in mind. We are looking for a hands-on MERN Tech Lead who can lead a pod of 4–5 engineers while actively contributing to production code. This is not a pure solutioning or oversight role, where you will be expected to design, build, review, and deliver high-quality features, while also acting as a technical anchor for client engagements. You will play a critical role in driving delivery for strategic accounts, establishing technical credibility with clients, and balancing coding, leadership & client communication.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute 50–60% hands-on coding across React, Node.js, and MongoDB or PostgreSQL
- Design and implement scalable, maintainable full-stack solutions
- Write clean, testable, production-grade code and enforce code quality via reviews
- Troubleshoot complex production issues and performance bottlenecks
- Lead a small team of engineers with clear ownership of delivery
- Drive sprint planning, task breakdown, and technical execution
- Mentor team members and elevate overall code quality and productivity
- Ensure adherence to coding standards, architecture patterns, and best practices
- Act as a technical SPOC for clients
- Participate in requirement discussions, estimations, and technical proposals
- Build trust with clients through strong technical execution and communication
- Contribute to account growth by identifying opportunities and improvements
- Define scalable architecture for MERN applications
- Guide frontend architecture (React/Next.js, state management, performance)
- Design backend services (Node.js, Express/NestJS, APIs, database modeling)
- Implement best practices for security, caching, and scalability
- Introduce and enforce modern tooling (Vite, NX, CI/CD pipelines)
- Implement testing strategies (unit, integration, E2E)
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity
- Ensure performance optimization and observability standards
Required Skills
- 8+ years of experience in full-stack JavaScript development (MERN)
- Strong hands-on expertise in:
- React.js / Next.js
- Node.js (Express.js or NestJS)
- MongoDB and PostgreSQL (schema design, performance tuning)
- Solid understanding of system design, API architecture, and scalability
- Proven experience leading small teams (4–6 engineers) while coding actively
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in production environments
- Experience working directly with clients in requirement gathering and delivery
- Knowledge of state management (Redux, React Query, etc.)
- Familiarity with CI/CD, cloud deployments (AWS preferred), and DevOps basics
Major Highlights For The Role
- Experience with GraphQL and modern API design patterns
- Exposure to microservices and modular architectures
- Experience with Next.js SSR/SSG and performance optimization
- Familiarity with NX monorepos or similar tooling
- Experience in multi-tenant SaaS applications
- Hands-on with Redis, caching strategies, or messaging queues
- Experience contributing to pre-sales, POCs, or technical proposals
Why Join Us
- Flat-hierarchical, friendly, engineering-oriented, and growth-focused culture.
- Flexible work timing, leaves for life events, work-from-home options.
- Free health insurance.
- Office facility with a fully-equipped game zone, in-office kitchen with affordable lunch service, and free snacks.
- Sponsorship for certifications/events and library service.
