Tech Lead – MERN Stack

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.