Role: Full-Stack Engineer (React & Node.js)
Location: Hyderabad/Bangalore - (Hybrid)
Experience: 5+ Years
Overview
We are seeking a **Full-Stack Engineer** with deep expertise in **React and Node.js** to lead the design and development of complex, scalable web applications. This role goes beyond feature delivery—you'll help shape architecture, influence technical direction, and raise the engineering bar across the team.
You'll work end-to-end across frontend, backend, and infrastructure concerns, partnering closely with product, design, and engineering leadership to build resilient, high-quality systems.
What You'll Do
- Own the design and implementation of major product features and systems across the full stack
- Architect scalable, maintainable frontend applications using **React** and modern state management patterns
- Design and build robust backend services and APIs using **Node.js** (Express, Nest.Js, or similar)
- Make architectural decisions that balance speed, scalability, security, and maintainability
- Lead by example through high-quality code, thoughtful reviews, and strong engineering practices
- Collaborate with product and design to shape requirements, scope solutions, and manage tradeoffs
- Mentor mid-level engineers and contribute to the growth of the team
- Improve system performance, reliability, and observability in production environments
- Drive adoption of best practices around testing, CI/CD, and code quality
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant **full-stack ownership**
- Expert-level experience with **React** (hooks, advanced patterns, performance optimization)
- Strong backend experience with **Node.js** and modern frameworks
- Proficiency in **TypeScript** across frontend and backend
- Strong understanding of system design, API design, and data modeling
- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
- Proven ability to work independently and lead technical initiatives
- Strong communication skills and comfort influencing technical decisions
Strong Plus
- Experience designing systems that operate at scale or support high-availability requirements
- Cloud experience (AWS preferred), including deployments, monitoring, and cost awareness
- Experience with Docker and containerized workloads
- Familiarity with microservices, event-driven systems, or message queues
- Experience in security-conscious or regulated environments (e.g., fintech, payments, enterprise platforms)
What You'll Do
- Own the design and implementation of major product features and systems across the full stack
- Architect scalable, maintainable frontend applications using **React** and modern state management patterns
- Design and build robust backend services and APIs using **Node.js** (Express, Nest.Js, or similar)
- Make architectural decisions that balance speed, scalability, security, and maintainability
- Lead by example through high-quality code, thoughtful reviews, and strong engineering practices
- Collaborate with product and design to shape requirements, scope solutions, and manage tradeoffs
- Mentor mid-level engineers and contribute to the growth of the team
- Improve system performance, reliability, and observability in production environments
- Drive adoption of best practices around testing, CI/CD, and code quality
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant **full-stack ownership**
- Expert-level experience with **React** (hooks, advanced patterns, performance optimization)
- Strong backend experience with **Node.js** and modern frameworks
- Proficiency in **TypeScript** across frontend and backend
- Strong understanding of system design, API design, and data modeling
- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
Skills Required
- 5+ years professional software engineering experience with significant full-stack ownership
- Expert-level React (hooks, advanced patterns, performance optimization)
- Strong backend experience with Node.js and modern frameworks (Express, Nest.js)
- Proficiency in TypeScript across frontend and backend
- Strong understanding of system design, API design, and data modeling
- Experience with relational databases (SQL)
- Experience with NoSQL databases
- Experience driving testing, CI/CD, and code quality best practices
- Proven ability to work independently, lead technical initiatives, and mentor engineers; strong communication skills
- Cloud experience (AWS)
- Experience with Docker and containerized workloads
- Familiarity with microservices, event-driven systems, or message queues
- Experience designing systems for scale or high availability
- Experience in security-conscious or regulated environments (fintech, payments, enterprise)
EXL Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about EXL and has not been reviewed or approved by EXL.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical plan options include HSA, HRA, and PPO choices, with additional health-related programs such as disability coverage and an employee assistance program. Feedback suggests these options provide meaningful flexibility and coverage breadth for many roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Up to 20 days of paid time off, plus federal holidays and paid sick and safe time, are highlighted. Feedback suggests this leave structure is a notable benefit alongside core compensation.
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Retirement Support — A traditional and Roth 401(k) with up to a 3% company match and full vesting after one year is described. Feedback suggests this match and vesting timeline help bolster long-term savings.
EXL Insights
What We Do
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