CAW Studios - Software Engineer III - MERN Stack

Description :

We are looking for a strong IC who can build systems from scratch and own them end-to-end. You will convert requirements into technical designs, develop across the stack, and deliver production-ready solutions with minimal supervision. You'll be deeply hands-on, with a small mentorship component (~10%).

Responsibilities :

- Translate product requirements into clear technical plans.

- Design REST APIs, service boundaries, and system interactions.

- Define caching, pagination, error handling, and performance strategies.

- Ensure security, scalability, and reliability by design.

- Build backend services in Node.js + TypeScript.

- Develop responsive UI flows in React using Hooks and best patterns.

- Integrate with external APIs/services, implement auth, and handle integration edge cases.

- Write clean, modular code following SOLID and engineering standards.

- Take features from concept build test deploy stabilize.

- Work with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and staging/prod environments.

- Debug production issues, optimize performance, and ensure stability.

- Maintain strong test coverage (unit/integration).

- Participate in code reviews, improve maintainability and patterns.

- Identify technical risks and propose pragmatic solutions.

- Support juniors through reviews and pairing.

- Share reusable patterns and best practices.

Requirements :

- 4- 7 years of full-stack engineering experience.

- Strong hands-on expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, React.

- Proven track record of building products/features from scratch.

- REST architecture.

- Async programming and performance tuning.

- CI/CD, Docker, testing, and debugging complex issues.

- Deploying and maintaining production-grade systems.