Job Role : Full-Stack Software Engineer Associate
Location : Pune, 5 days a week - WFO Employment
Type : Full-time
Experience : 0- 3 years of the Role :
Were hiring an Associate Software Engineer to learn, build, and ship features across the stack with mentorship. Youll work primarily with React (front end), Python (services / APIs), and PostgreSQL (database), while gaining exposure to CI / CD, basic SRE practices, and team delivery. This role is ideal for someone with solid fundamentals, eagerness to learn, and a strong ownership Youll Do :
- Implement UI components in ReactJS (hooks, routing, forms, basic state).
- Build and maintain Python endpoints (FastAPI / Flask / Django REST) with unit tests.
- Write and optimize SQL queries; assist with PostgreSQL schema changes and stored procedures / functions under guidance.
- Automate routine tasks with UNIX shell scripting (scripts for setup, data utilities, simple deploy steps).
- Contribute to Azure DevOps (ADO) pipelines and follow CI / CD workflows, code quality gates, and branching strategies.
- Add logs / metrics and follow runbooks to help troubleshoot non-critical issues with senior support.
- Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and design discussions; write concise docs.
- Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and QA to deliver incremental, well[1]tested Skills & Knowledge (Foundational Must-Have) :
- Programming fundamentals : data structures, HTTP / REST, git, debugging.
- ReactJS : components, props / state, hooks, basic performance hygiene.
- Python : building simple APIs, environment management, packaging basics.
- SQL / PostgreSQL : joins, indexes, transactions; comfort reading / writing stored procedures / functions.
- Shell scripting (UNIX) : basic scripting for automation and tooling.
- Azure DevOps (ADO) basics : running pipelines, reading logs, using boards / repos.
- Quality practices : unit / integration tests (PyTest / Jest), linting, static analysis, secure coding to Have (Learn on the Job) :
- TypeScript on the front end; component libraries (MUI / Ant / Tailwind).
- Auth (OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT), OpenAPI / Swagger, basic API gateways.
- Containers & Cloud : Docker; fundamentals of Azure; Infra-as-Code exposure (Bicep / Terraform).
- Caching & Messaging : Redis; high-level awareness of queues / streams (RabbitMQ / Kafka).
- Observability : logs / metrics / traces (e.g., OpenTelemetry), Sentry, Grafana.
- Security : secrets management, dependency scanning, least privilege.
- AIML familiarity (optional) : consuming model endpoints, embeddings / vector stores, OCR.
How You Work (Values & Behaviors) :
Team collaborator : communicates clearly, asks good questions, accepts feedback, unblocks others.Ownership & initiative : takes tasks from ticket to done, raises risks early, proposes small improvements.Responsiveness : provides updates, meets commitments, follows through.Growth mindset : learns quickly, documents findings, shares knowledge.Whole-picture awareness : considers users, reliability, and costnot just code.Resilience : willing to support critical moments; sees problems through to resolution with & Support :Paired onboarding with a mentor; clear growth path from task-level execution to owning small modules.Participation in out-of-hours support only when shadowing or pre-agreed with the team during critical releases.(ref : hirist.tech)