Technical Lead (MEAN Stack)

Job Title: Technical Lead ( MEAN Stack Expert )

Location: Bangalore (Malleshwaram) (work from office)

Company Profile

Melento (Formerly SignDesk) is a workflow automation and documentation product aimed at assisting businesses in digitizing and automating their documentation processes. We call it paperless Nirvana!

Melentos products constitute an end-to-end documentation system designed to digitize and streamline paper-based processes. Our product catalogue currently includes

A Video KYC onboarding solution leveraged with ML and AI techniques.

A digital stamping & franking product for real-time online stamp duty payment.

An eSign workflow solution offering both Aadhaar eSign & digital signatures.

An eMandate product to automate recurring payments through eNACH which also supports Aadhaar eSign-based mandates.

A Smart contract lifecycle management via automated document creation, Online negotiation, paper-free execution & centralized storage

About the Role

Melento is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Lead to lead the design and development of our cutting-edge workflow automation and documentation products. The ideal candidate will be an expert in the MEAN stack and possess a strong background in building scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership: Define, design, and implement the technical architecture for new and existing Melento products, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
• MEAN Stack Expertise: Act as the subject matter expert for the entire MEAN (MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, Node.js) stack, providing guidance, establishing best practices, and driving complex technical decisions.
• Technology Strategy: Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, frameworks, and patterns to meet business goals and technical requirements.
• Code Quality & Standards: Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns, and perform rigorous code reviews to maintain high quality and consistency across all development teams.
• Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve bottlenecks and performance issues in the application and database layers, ensuring efficient operation under high load.
• Security Focus: Design systems with security best practices inherent in the architecture, especially concerning data protection, compliance (e.g., related to KYC, eSign, eNACH), and secure API development.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, business analysts, and development teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Mentorship: Mentor and coach junior and senior developers on architectural patterns, engineering best practices, and emerging technologies.

Must-Have Skills:

• Experience: Minimum of 6+ years in software development with at least 2+ years in managing a team.
• MEAN Stack Mastery: Deep, hands-on expertise with all components of the MEAN stack:
• MongoDB: Advanced knowledge of schema design, indexing, performance tuning, and scaling.
• Express.js/Node.js: Proven ability to build highly scalable, asynchronous, and event-driven backend services.
• Angular: Expert-level proficiency in building complex, stateful single-page applications (SPAs).
• System Design: Strong understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful API design, design patterns, and best practices for cloud-native applications.
• Cloud Proficiency: Experience deploying and managing applications on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Containerization & CI/CD: Practical experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and setting up and managing Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines.
• Database: Solid experience with both NoSQL (MongoDB) and relational databases, including optimization and migration strategies.