Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

Are you our “TYPE”? Monotype (Global) Named "One of the Most Innovative Companies in Design" by Fast Company, Monotype brings brands to life through type and technology that consumers engage with every day. The company's rich legacy includes a library that can be traced back hundreds of years, featuring famed typefaces like Helvetica, Futura, Times New Roman and more. Monotype also provides a first-of-its-kind service that makes fonts more accessible for creative professionals to discover, license, and use in our increasingly digital world. We work with the biggest global brands, and with individual creatives, offering a wide set of solutions that make it easier for them to do what they do best: design beautiful brand experiences. Monotype Solutions India Monotype Solutions India is a strategic center of excellence for Monotype and is a certified Great Place to Work® three years in a row. The focus of this fast-growing center spans Product Development, Product Management, Experience Design, User Research, Market Intelligence, Research in areas of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning, Innovation, Customer Success, Enterprise Business Solutions, and Sales. Headquartered in the Boston area of the United States and with offices across 4 continents, Monotype is the world’s leading company in fonts. It’s a trusted partner to the world’s top brands and was named “One of the Most Innovative Companies in Design” by Fast Company. Monotype brings brands to life through the type and technology that consumers engage with every day. The company's rich legacy includes a library that can be traced back hundreds of years, featuring famed typefaces like Helvetica, Futura, Times New Roman, and more. Monotype also provides a first-of-its-kind service that makes fonts more accessible for creative professionals to discover, license, and use in our increasingly digital world. We work with the biggest global brands, and with individual creatives, offering a wide set of solutions that make it easier for them to do what they do best: design beautiful brand experiences. About the role We are looking for problem solvers to help us build next-generation features, products, and services. You will work closely with a cross-functional team of engineers on microservices and event-driven architectures. You are expected to contribute to the architecture, design, and development of new features, identify technical risks and find alternate solutions to various problems. In addition, the role also demands to lead, motivate & mentor other team members with respect to technical challenges. You will have an opportunity to: Work in a scrum team to design and build high-quality customer-facing software. Provide hands on technical leadership, mentoring and ensure a great user experience. Write unit, functional and end-to-end tests using mocha, chai, sinon, karateJS & codeceptJS. Help design our architecture and set code standards for ReactJS & NodeJS development. Gain product knowledge by successfully developing features for our applications. Communicate effectively with stakeholders, peers, and others. What we’re looking for: 8-10 years of development experience developing complex, scalable web-based applications. Experienced in test driven development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery. Min 6+ years of extensive MERN/MEVN (MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS/VueJS and NodeJS) stack hands-on development experience. NodeJS primary with either ReactJS/VueJS/ExpressJS exposure. Experience in Electron, C++ and/or Objective C Possess good problem solving and analytical skills. Hands-on in designing and defining database schema using RDBMS and NoSQL databases. Experience in working in Agile development environment. Experience with web services, REST API and micro services. Experience with Amazon AWS services & real time data analytics technology (Hadoop, Spark, Kinesis, etc.) Experience with GIT, bitbucket, or GitHub and the Features branching workflow. Awesome Written and Oral communication skills and ability to work in a global and distributed environment with agility to mold communication for different audiences. Knowledge or experience with Github co-pilot. Monotype is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.