Software Engineer Full Stack (Frontend Focused)

About the Role :

We are looking for a highly skilled Full Stack Software Engineer with strong expertise in React and TypeScript and solid backend engineering experience. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy building intuitive, high-performance web applications while contributing to scalable backend services, data models, APIs, and cloud-native systems.

The role is primarily frontend-focused (approximately 60%), with meaningful backend ownership (approximately 40%). The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing customer-facing applications, building backend services, creating scalable APIs, designing database schemas, and solving complex software engineering challenges.

As part of a product company, you will primarily develop on the organizations Cloud, a large-scale SaaS platform, while occasionally contributing software enhancements directly on the drone platform itself.

You will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to build end-to-end features that enable customers to operate and scale mission-critical systems while delivering exceptional user experiences.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Frontend Development (60%) :

- Design and develop modern, responsive web applications using React and TypeScript or JavaScript.

- Build reusable, maintainable UI components with a strong focus on performance, scalability, accessibility, and user experience.

- Own and evolve customer-facing features from concept through production deployment.

- Develop intuitive workflows, dashboards, management interfaces, and real-time user experiences.

- Implement effective state management strategies and optimize frontend performance.

- Participate in frontend architecture decisions and establish engineering best practices.

2. Backend Development (40%) :

- Design and develop backend services, APIs, and business logic supporting frontend applications.

- Build and maintain RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.

- Design and implement scalable cloud-native applications capable of handling complex workflows and high-volume usage.

- Design database schemas and data models that support performance, scalability, and maintainability.

- Design and optimize database schemas, data models, and entity relationships using SQL or NoSQL databases to support scalable application development.

- Collaborate with engineers across the stack to deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions.

3. System Design & Architecture :

- Contribute to software architecture discussions and technical solution design.

- Design systems involving services, APIs, databases, storage layers, and cloud infrastructure.

- Evaluate architectural trade-offs and recommend scalable, maintainable solutions.

- Understand how distributed system components interact and communicate.

- Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations across the application stack.

4. Engineering Excellence :

- Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions.

- Demonstrate strong software engineering fundamentals and problem-solving abilities.

- Drive features through the complete software development lifecycle.

- Continuously improve code quality, system reliability, and engineering practices.

Required Skills & Experience :

1. Frontend :

- 8 - 13 years of experience building production-grade web applications.

- Strong expertise in React and TypeScript or JavaScript.

- Deep understanding of : 1. Component architecture 2. State management 3. Frontend performance optimization 4. Responsive design 5. Accessibility best practices.

- Experience building customer-facing applications at scale.

2. Backend :

- Strong experience developing backend services using Python, Go Language, Node.js, or similar technologies.

- Hands-on experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL APIs.

- Experience implementing business logic and workflow orchestration.

- Strong understanding of cloud-based application development.

3. Data Modelling & Databases :

- Experience designing database schemas and data models for real-world business scenarios.

- Strong understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL).

- Ability to model entities, relationships, indexing strategies, and query patterns.

- Experience making architecture decisions regarding data storage and scalability.

- Ability to explain database design decisions and trade-offs.

4. System Design :

- Strong understanding of software system components and how they interact.

- Experience designing systems involving: 1. APIs 2. Services 3. Databases 4. Storage systems 5. Clients/UI applications.

- Understanding of scalability, maintainability, reliability, and performance considerations.

- Ability to communicate architectural decisions clearly.

Nice to Have :

- Microservices Architecture

- Event-Driven Architecture

- Distributed Systems

- AWS, GCP, or Azure

- Docker and Kubernetes

- CI/CD Pipelines

- Database optimization and performance tuning

- GraphQL optimization

- Experience working with real-time systems

Educational Qualification :

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.