Full Stack Engineer – Connected Devices

What You'll Do

Own and ship the Android app (Kotlin/Java) that drives the tactile display over BLE, USB, or serial communication

Build and maintain AI/LLM pipelines that convert curriculum content into accessible tactile formats

Design and maintain backend APIs and database schemas

Set up and manage cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines

Document your architecture, maintain clean Git history, and write READMEs — institutional knowledge lives with you

Collaborate directly with the hardware and mechatronics team and participate in school visits

Must-have Requirements

Has been the main or only engineer on a real live product — a startup role, freelance engagement, or deployed personal project with actual users

Can own architecture decisions: explains why they structured an app, API, or database a certain way and what they'd change now

Has independently picked up a new stack or tool and shipped with it — no mentor or lead involved

Has a real example of handling a vague brief or a mid-project scope change

Has shipped a production mobile app (Android Kotlin/Java or React Native/Expo) plus at least one of: a backend/API they built, a React web frontend, or a cloud deployment they set up

Writes Kotlin for device-level features — communicating with hardware over BLE, USB, or serial

Documents their work: READMEs, clean Git history, written specs, or internal docs

Comfortable working onsite in Bengaluru in a fast-paced, non-9-to-5 startup environment

Strong plus (good to have)

Backend built by them — Node.js, Next.js, Python, or FastAPI with PostgreSQL or MongoDB schema they designed

React / TypeScript frontend experience

Cloud deployment (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with CI/CD they configured and maintained in production

BLE, USB, or serial communication between an app and a physical device

Edtech, assistive tech, medtech, or accessibility context in prior work

Visible self-driven work — GitHub profile, Play Store link, hackathon builds, or open-source contributions

GSoC participation

Learnable on the job (please do not screen out for these)

Firmware, kiosk or device-management setups, MQTT, accessibility APIs, or any specific framework not listed above

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