Senior Technical Architect - Javascript &AI

Location: Bengaluru | Experience: 10–13 years | Role: Senior Technical Architect - Javascript &AI

About us

RockED is the premier people development platform for the automotive industry, supporting the entire employee lifecycle from pre-hire and onboarding to upskilling and career transitions. With microlearning content, gamified delivery, and real-time feedback, RockED is educating the automotive workforce and solving the industry's greatest business challenges. 

The RockED Company Inc. is headquartered in Florida. Backed by top industry experts and investors, we’re a well-funded startup on an exciting growth journey. Our R&D team (Indian entity) is at the core of all product and technology innovation

We partner with 10000+ dealerships, empower 60,000+ learners, complete 15000+ certifications, and have crossed 11 million lesson completions

Check out our website: https://www.rocked.us/ 

What will you own?

• Own the architecture of RockED’s full stack: Node.js backend services, React web apps, React Native mobile apps, data layer and cloud infrastructure.
• Design scalable, resilient, maintainable systems with clear service boundaries, API contracts and data models.
• Lead architecture and design reviews, and document key decisions and trade-offs so the whole team understands the “why.”

Zero-to-one builds and system evolution

• Build new systems and products from scratch, from first design to production rollout.
• Lead major system redesigns and migrations, evolving the platform without disrupting users.
• Pay down tech debt strategically, knowing when to refactor, when to rebuild and when to leave it alone.

Hands-on engineering

• Write production code across the stack every week. This isn’t a “slides and diagrams” architect role.
• Build core business logic, APIs and data pipelines, and design relational database schemas for integrity, security and fast retrieval.
• Own features end to end, from design to deployment and monitoring.

Performance and user experience at scale

• Make our apps fast, from API response times and database query optimisation to mobile app performance and front-end rendering.
• Build with the end user in mind: smooth, reliable and responsive experiences on every device.
• Set up observability (logging, monitoring and tracing) so problems are caught before users notice them.

AI-native architecture

• Define how AI fits into the platform, including LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, AI agents and intelligent features that make learning more personal.
• Prototype quickly, measure honestly, and take AI from hackathon idea to production-grade feature.
• Lead AI-assisted development in engineering: AI coding tools, automated testing and code review.

Technical influence and standards

• Build agreement on architecture decisions through clear thinking and strong communication, not authority.
• Explain complex trade-offs simply to engineers, product managers and leadership alike.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions and pairing, and raise the technical bar across the team.
• Work closely with Product and Design to turn ideas into well-built products and shape the technical roadmap.

Who Tends to Thrive Here?

Experience

• 10–13 years in software engineering, with significant experience at high-growth, product-based startups.
• Proven experience building systems from zero to one and leading major architecture and design changes.
• Prior work on B2C applications where performance and user experience mattered.

Technical depth (must-have)

• Extensive hands-on expertise in the JavaScript ecosystem: Node.js on the backend; React and React Native on the frontend.
• Strong command of relational databases: schema design, query optimisation, indexing and data integrity.
• Solid system design: distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, API design (REST/GraphQL) and caching strategies.
• Strong engineering fundamentals: CI/CD, automated testing (unit, integration, end-to-end), code quality and secure coding practices (OWASP).
• Experience with Sequelize, MongoDB and AWS (e.g., EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3).
• Experience with mobile-first products and app performance tuning.

AI expertise (must-have)

• Hands-on experience building with LLMs: prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, vector databases and AI APIs.
• A forward-looking view of where AI is heading, and how to architect for it.
• Daily use of AI tools in your own engineering workflow.

Who you are

• Geeky and curious: you read engineering blogs for fun, try every new tool, and are always learning.
• A builder at heart: you’d rather ship than talk about shipping.
• An influencer, not a manager: you lead through expertise and earn trust through good decisions.
• A clear communicator: you make complex ideas simple and trade-offs obvious.
• Experimental and resilient: you try bold ideas, learn quickly from what doesn’t work, and see things through to completion.

Why leaders choose RockED

• Architect at the source: shape the technical foundation of a platform used across the US automotive industry.
• An AI-first playground: leadership backing to experiment with and ship AI features, plus regular AI hackathons. [Add hackathon highlights and AI projects.]
• A real seat at the table: work directly with RockED's founders and US leadership. Your voice shapes company strategy, not just engineering execution.
• A proven business to scale: 10,000+ dealerships, 60,000+ learners and 11M+ lesson completions. You'll be scaling a business with established product-market fit.
• Global leadership exposure: lead across US and India teams, and build your profile as a leader of global product engineering.
• A team worth leading: engineers from IIT and ISB, and alumni of Adobe, Microsoft, Walmart and more, in a culture of high ownership and fast decision-making.
• Room to grow with the company: as RockED scales, so does the scope of this role.
• Care for you and your family: health and insurance coverage, fully sponsored by RockED.

Skills

NodeJS (Node.js), Javascript, Systems architecture, Systems analysis and design, React.js