Founding Engineer – Full-Stack TypeScript (React + Node)

Founding Engineer, Full Stack TypeScript

Gurugram, India / Remote 

Compensation:

Experience:

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.

• 3+ years

  of professional experience in software development, with a strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Deep expertise in the React ecosystem (React.js, React Native, Expo) and TypeScript.
• Experience in back-end development and system architecture using

  Node.js, Bun, Deno, Hono etc

  .

Preferred qualifications:

• A strong GitHub or GitLab profile showcasing significant open-source contributions or impactful personal projects, demonstrating passion and technical expertise.
• Proven experience designing, building, and scaling high-performance, distributed systems, including front-end performance optimization and modern bundling strategies (e.g., Vite, Turbopack).
• Expertise with the modern React landscape, including Core React principles, React Native Expo, Next.js, advanced patterns like React Server Components (RSC), and a passion for building

  Agentic UI

  systems.
• Expertise with diverse database technologies, including relational (e.g., PostgreSQL), NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB), and Vector Databases (e.g., Pinecone, Chroma, Milvus).
• Experience building applications with Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI SDKs (e.g., Copilot Kit, Vercel AI SDK, Mastra Agents, LangGraph).
• Experience with WebAssembly (Wasm) for building high-performance, client-side applications.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, WebSockets, and Pub/Sub messaging systems.
• Experience with containerization and deploying services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Familiarity with distributed application runtime frameworks like

  Dapr

About the job

As a Founding Engineer at Qolaba, you will be a critical part of the core team building the future of AI collaboration from the ground up. Our mission is to make artificial intelligence accessible, practical, and powerful for everyone. You will be responsible for engineering the scalable, high-performance systems that help teams and individuals create, automate, and scale using AI.

high-energy, high-output individual who loves to discuss, innovate, and build ground-breaking technology.

Qolaba is an engineering-first company dedicated to making powerful, human-like AI a reality. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to build smart tools that give people superpowers—to think better, work faster, and solve bigger problems. At Qolaba, you won't just be writing code; you'll be building the platform that moves us closer to accessible Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve full-stack, AI-powered software.
• Architect and build scalable, high-performance distributed systems from scratch, ensuring low latency, high availability, and exceptional quality.
• Implement and manage our data persistence layer, utilizing PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Vector Databases to support complex application logic and AI-driven features.
• Lead front-end development using modern frameworks like Next.js and React Native

  Expo

  , integrating generative AI models to build dynamic, responsive, and

  Agentic UI

  experiences.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and establish the foundation for engineering excellence within the company.
• Collaborate closely with the founders to define and deliver on the product roadmap.

Qolaba is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.