Lead Software Engineer -Backend (Node.js )

Who We Are

Simpplr is the AI-powered platform that unifies the digital workplace – bringing together engagement, enablement, and services to transform the employee experience. It streamlines communication, simplifies interactions, automates workflows, and elevates the everyday experience of work. The platform is intuitive, highly extensible, and built to integrate seamlessly with your existing technology.

More than 1,000 leading organizations – including AAA, the NHS, Penske, and Moderna – trust Simpplr to foster a more aligned and productive workforce. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with global offices, Simpplr is backed by Norwest Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Tola Capital. Learn more at simpplr.com.

The opportunity

This is a hands-on leadership role in which you’ll be responsible for product delivery, architecture & design, code reviews, hands-on coding & leading a technical team. You’ll provide line management for all direct reports, complete annual reviews, and conduct performance management for the engineering team.

What will you be doing?

• Have complete technical ownership of the product
• Deliver highly operable and maintainable software products on time
• Lead a talented team of engineers to create innovative ways of Product Development.
• Write/Review code every day in addition to pairing with team members on functional and non-functional requirements
• Recruit, hire, scale and act as a leader for a growing team of engineers.
• Foster a positive environment of integrity, empowerment, initiative, and teamwork.
• Do performance reviews and staff development
• Collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners to drive product delivery.

What makes you a great fit for us?

• A bachelors or masters degree in Computer science or Electronics
• 6+ years of hands-on development experience with at least 3 years in building highly scalable backend systems.
• At least 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams with people management responsibilities
• Strong written and spoken communication skills
• Experience leading a team of at least 6-8 members with line management responsibility, performance reviews & appraisals
• Experience and knowledge of open source tools & frameworks, broader cutting edge technologies around server-side development.
• Good understanding of Architecture & Design for building scalable & high availability applications
• Hands-on experience in:
• Databases (RDBMS, NoSQL)
• Any cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
• Node js ( Typescript/Javascript)
• Troubleshooting issues & diagnosing performance bottlenecks
• Institutionalizing best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, test-driven development
• Software development using Agile-Scrum
• Mentoring technical leads & senior engineers & code reviews

We’d specially love to hear from you if

• You believe that building a culture of learning trumps everything else
• Your current or previous avatars include working with product based startups
• You have prior experience in working with microservices-based architectures
• You are absolutely focussed on building the best user experience for your customers

Simpplr’s Hub-Hybrid-Remote Model:

At Simpplr we believe that when work is good, life is better and that belief guides all we do. Including how we approach our flexible work model. Simpplr operates with a Hub-Hybrid-Remote model. This model is role-based with exceptions and provides employees with the flexibility that many have told us they want.

• Hub - 100% work from Simpplr office. Role requires Simpplifier to be in the office full-time.
• Hybrid - Hybrid work from home and office. Role dictates the ability to work from home, plus benefit from in-person collaboration on a regular basis.
• Remote - 100% remote. Role can be done anywhere within your country of hire, as long as the requirements of the role are met.