Software Engineer - Frontend

Responsibilities

• Design and build modular, performant, and maintainable systems across the backend and frontend.
• Collaborate with PMs, designers, ML engineers, and other developers to define product features and technical scope.
• Lead or contribute significantly to system architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews.
• Research and integrate cutting-edge AI technologies into real user-facing features.
• Write clean, testable, and reusable code, and drive best engineering practices through code reviews, automation, and documentation.
• Identify and optimize performance bottlenecks and ensure smooth scalability of services.
• Act as a technical mentor to junior developers through pair programming, knowledge sharing, and guidance on best practices.
• Contribute to or author technical design documents to propose and communicate engineering solutions clearly.
• Partner with DevOps and platform teams to ensure secure, reliable, and CI/CD-friendly deployments.
  

Requirements

• 3-8 years of hands-on experience building production-grade software systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python, with experience in building RESTful APIs using frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• Experience with React, TypeScript, or other modern frontend frameworks.
• Good understanding of SQL and data modeling; experience with PostgreSQL is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerisation (Docker).
• Experience working in agile, collaborative, and product-first environments.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills with a track record of delivering features end-to-end.
• A proactive attitude toward technical ownership, product quality, and team velocity.
• Nice to Have- Exposure to video processing, ML pipelines, or AI APIs is a bonus.
• Experience with asynchronous task queues (e. g., Celery, Sidekiq).
• Familiarity with GraphQL or WebSocket-based real-time systems.
• Prior work in video tech, AI-powered tools, or creative media applications.