Senior Full-Stack Product Engineer

About the job
Role: Senior Full-Stack Product Engineer
Location: Chennai
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience: 5+ years mandatory
Start Date: Immediate
Screening Priority: Proven leadership and end-to-end product and mobile app development experience in start-up environments.
About the role:
We’re building a mobile-first hyperlocal super app that unifies commerce, services, logistics, and payments into a single operating system.
This is not a feature-shipping role.
This is a 0→1, founder-level engineering role — where you will:
Architect systems from first principles
Ship end-to-end products independently
Own critical decisions across product, engineering, and scale
You will work directly with the founder and operate as a full-stack owner, not a contributor.
Perks
Work from anywhere. Own your time. Deliver outcomes. Fully remote with flexible hours, with occasional travel as required
Work from Bali, Thailand, Vietnam, etc — on us. Sponsored overseas workcation after one year (flights + stay covered)
Not your typical offsites. Milestone-based team experiences (India + overseas) — escape rooms, private chef dinners, race track days
Build with the best tools. Premium hardware + access to leading AI tools (e.g., Claude Pro/Max)
Real ownership from day one. Shape product and technical decisions directly
Grow into leadership. Clear path to Head of Engineering
See the full picture. Direct exposure to product, GTM, and scaling decisions
Stability + ambition. Backed by a public limited company with startup-level ownership
What You’ll Build
You will design and ship core systems such as:
Merchant Onboarding
-KYC, verification, compliance workflows
Hyperlocal Discovery
-Tools that power real-world execution at scale
-Geo-based ranking, density optimization, supply-demand matching
Internal Ops Systems
-Tools that power real-world execution at scale
What You Own
Build production-grade systems from scratch
Translate ambiguous ideas → architecture → shipped product
Own the entire lifecycle:
- Design → Build → Deploy → Monitor → Iterate
Make high-stakes technical decisions independently
Design systems that scale across:
-Commerce (food, grocery, retail)
-Services (home services, salons, etc.)
-Logistics + financial flows
System Design & Architecture
Design system architecture from first principles based on product needs
Make pragmatic trade-offs between speed, scalability, and complexity
Build systems that handle real-world constraints (data inconsistency, async workflows, geo-based logic)
Model data effectively across SQL and NoSQL systems
Evolve architecture over time as the product and scale grow
Tech Expectations
Frontend (React Ecosystem)
Deep expertise in React + Next.js (App Router)
Strong grasp of:
-SSR, SSG, ISR, edge middleware
-Advanced patterns (compound components, hooks architecture)
State management judgment:
-Zustand / Redux Toolkit / React Query — knows when to use what
Performance-first mindset:
-Rendering strategies, lazy loading, bundle optimization
Backend (Node.js)
Strong experience with Node.js + Typescript
Ability to design:
-Scalable REST APIs (versioning, rate limiting, fault tolerance)
Experience with:
-Distributed systems
-Event-driven architectures / queues (BullMQ, RabbitMQ, etc.)
Writes clean, maintainable, production-grade code
Data & Systems Design
Strong fundamentals in:
-Schema design (SQL + NoSQL)
-Indexing, performance, trade-offs
Experience with:
-PostgreSQL / MySQL / MongoDB / Redis
Understands:
-Caching strategies
-Data consistency vs speed trade-offs
Auth & Security
Hands-on with:
-JWT, OAuth2, session management, refresh tokens
Builds:
-RBAC and permission systems
Solid understanding of:
-CORS, CSRF, injection risks, secrets management
Nice to Have (High Leverage)
Exposure to Python (FastAPI / Django / Flask)
Familiarity with mobile (React Native / Flutter)
Experience with AI tooling (Copilot, Claude, etc.) as a thinking partner — not a crutch
Product Mindset (Non-Negotiable)
Thinks in systems, not tickets
Can convert vague ideas → structured execution
Challenges assumptions before building
Operates with high ownership and zero hand-holding
Optimizes for speed and correctness
Deployment & Production Ownership
Comfortable with:
-CI/CD (GitHub Actions, etc.)
-Cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Vercel / DO)
Sets up:
-Monitoring, logging, alerting (Sentry, Datadog, etc.)
Handles:
-Production incidents, debugging, rollback strategies
Who This Is For
You’ll thrive if:
You’ve built 0→1 products in the real world
You enjoy owning entire systems, not parts
You move fast without waiting for instructions
You’re comfortable with ambiguity and responsibility
Who This Is NOT For
Engineers who need detailed specs for everything
Resume-driven “stack collectors”
People looking to contribute to a small module
Why This Role Matters
You’ll help build a super app architecture (rare, complex, high impact)
Work across multiple real-world systems:
-Commerce + services + logistics + payments
Direct exposure to:
-Product strategy
-GTM
-Real scaling challenges

Work arrangement
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