FirstFiling is a FinTech startup that is managed, operated, and driven by Chartered Accountants, Company secretaries, IT engineers, and Lawyers. We provide registration and financial compliance services to businesses and individuals across India.
Our aim is to simplify the lives of people by helping individuals and businesses with mandatory compliances, filings, and statutory requirements while promoting financial literacy among the masses.
Role: Backend Developer (2 openings)
Technology Profile-
The candidate must have experience in the following technologies (the more the better):
Backend:
Languages and Frameworks: PHP, NodeJS, Python, etc.
Database: MySQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, Neo4j, etc.
Extra: OAuth, Firebase
Requirements:
- Ability to reuse components
- Proven experience in working with Git and Github
- Creating and consuming a RESTful API
- You must have clear concepts of client-server architecture
- Familiarity with MVC (Model-View-Controller) design patterns
- Working experience with NoSQL and relational databases
- Understanding of OOP concepts
Furthermore, the candidate must have built or published any web app or project through which they can demonstrate their experience and knowledge of the aforementioned technologies and requirements.

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- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Proven 2 to 12 years of professional experience in Node.js development
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including ES6+ syntax
- Expertise in designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices architecture
- Experience with popular Node.js frameworks such as Express.js, Nest.js, or Hapi.js
- Experience in modern front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js)
- Solid understanding of asynchronous programming, event-driven architecture, and design patterns
- Extensive knowledge of database systems, both SQL and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Who You Are:
- You’ve built scalable, production-ready APIs in fast-paced environments, and are comfortable with the challenges that come with a growing startup.
- You understand event-driven architectures and have hands-on experience building real-time applications.
- You are fully capable of taking ownership of backend systems, from designing the database schema to writing efficient, maintainable code.
- You think beyond the code: optimizing performance, scalability, and security are as important as building new features.
- You’re comfortable troubleshooting complex issues, whether that’s API bottlenecks, database performance, or production issues.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage a NestJS backend with a modular, scalable architecture that can easily handle real-time events and communication.
- Develop and maintain WebSocket services for real-time event-driven updates and ensure seamless communication across the system.
- Integrate RabbitMQ for reliable internal messaging, handling queues and ensuring event-driven workflows are efficient and fault-tolerant.
- Implement database management strategies using MongoDB, Redis, and Elasticsearch, ensuring efficient data handling, indexing, and optimization.
- Integrate with external APIs (JSON-RPC, XML-RPC, REST) to enhance system capabilities.
- Ensure high performance of the system by optimizing database queries, implementing caching strategies using Redis, and ensuring optimal indexing and data flow.
- Implement role-based authentication and authorization mechanisms using JWT, OAuth, and RBAC patterns within NestJS.
- Follow security best practices to ensure sensitive data is protected, credentials are stored securely, and the system is resilient to common vulnerabilities.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between different services and technologies.
Must-Have Skills:
- Strong proficiency in Node.js and NestJS with TypeScript.
- Solid experience with MongoDB, Redis, and Elasticsearch for data storage and real-time data handling.
- In-depth knowledge of WebSockets and Socket.IO in NestJS Gateways, enabling real-time communication and updates.
- Experience with RabbitMQ for message queuing and asynchronous task handling.
- Strong understanding of authentication & authorization systems using JWT, OAuth, and RBAC (Role-Based Access Control).
- Expertise in optimizing APIs, including techniques for caching, improving database performance, and reducing latency.
- Familiar with API security best practices, including secure storage of credentials, encryption, and safeguarding sensitive data.
Key Skills:
- TypeScript, NestJS, WebSockets, Socket.io
- Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ
- API Optimization, JWT, OAuth, RBAC
- Real-time communication, Event-driven architecture
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Developing Simple to Complex Functionality for Websites and Applications
- Write reusable code preferably using classes and libraries.
- Programming databases specially MySQL.
- Establishing projects from scratch or working on accessible projects
- Developing front-end and back-end applications.
- Take on multiple projects varying in size and complexity.
- Manage projects on AWS and other servers.
Desired Candidate Profile:
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline.
- 1 to 3 years of experience developing eCommerce web applications.
- Should be technically sound in OOPs Concepts.
- Programming databases specially MySQL/PostgreSQL.
- Knowledge of server side technologies like PHP 7/8, NodeJS, NUXT.
- Knowledge of client side technologies like Javascript, JQuery, VueJS.
- Experience in MVC Framework, especially laravel.
- Basic knowledge of HTML5, CSS, XML, JSON.
- Good command on PostgreSQL database and its optimization techniques.
- Exposure to database transactions, stored procedures and triggers.
- Experience working with third-party APIs and developing web services using REST/GRPC.
- Experience with SCM tools like svn/git.
- Ability to adapt and pick up new techniques and technology.
- Knowledge of web security and vulnerabilities.
- Ability to prioritize the work and multi-tasking.
- Excellent communication skills & self-motivated
What are we looking for?
We are looking for hands-on coders who love what they do, have high attention to detail and are looking for challenging opportunities which involve building products from scratch. Someone who is proactive, and always keen to learn.
What will you be doing?
On a daily basis, some of your work will involve but is not limited to:
- Write clean, secure, and well-tested code
- Build tools and integrate systems to scale the effectiveness of the product
Work Culture at Merge:
Commitment to excellence - In every output, we produce as individuals and as a company, we have to strive for world-class quality. We’re making a change in the world. It will push us out of our comfort zones. We operate in a rapidly changing market and strive to deliver high-quality products faster than anyone else.
We get it done - We take ownership of what we do. Working here is about really, truly owning everything you do. There’s no such thing as “Not my job.” If you see a problem that needs solving, you can – and should – be the one to solve it
Requirements
Skills That Will Help You Excel At Merge
- You have 2 to 5 years of experience building highly reliable and scalable backend systems
- Experience in two or more languages. Go, Node.js, Python, or Java would be ideal.
- You have experience in high-throughput distributed systems and microservices
- Experience with AWS and CI/CD workflow
- Driven, and passionate about building products
- You take ownership of your code
- You have good communication skills in English
- You are familiar with security best practices
You will be building efficient, scalable & high performance microservices and applications which will power the network of thousands of retailers across the country and at the same time improve the efficiency and visibility of information flow in our supply chain systems.
Your core responsibilities:
- Create elegant, efficient and maintainable software to support and extend our current products.
- Solve complex architectural challenges when implementing new features.
- Integrate with databases, file systems, cloud services when delivering scalable solutions.
- Troubleshoot and fix reported customer issues, delivering software patches as needed.
- Assisting in making design decisions based on performance, scalability, security, and future expansion.
- Communicating and collaborating with management, product, QA teams.
What will help you thrive in this role?
- Degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer.
- Proficiency in web development using any of the languages: PHP, Python, Java, NodeJS or Golang.
- Should possess a solid grasp of object-oriented programming, system architecture & design, databases, development, and testing methodologies.
- Good in Design (HLD and LLD).
- Good in Database schema design.
- Good to have experience with AWS or Google Cloud or Azure and serverless architecture.
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Track record of delivering successful products as an engineer.
- Experience with large applications of some scale will be a plus.
- Ability to deep dive, understand & improve the legacy code.
- Domain knowledge of supply chain & retail industry is a plus.
Whom you will be sharing your work day with?
We are a language agnostic engineering team of independent thinkers who understand the priorities of a rapidly growing startup and excel at choosing high impact projects. Our core beliefs are:- We are in the forefront of disrupting traditional retail & supply chain industry by building distributed systems
- We are hardcore open source lovers and believe in the strength of open source community.
- We believe technology can change the way information is consumed.
- We use a data driven approach to build new products and features.
- Build new tech solutions to improve business processes and enable our various departments to help service our teams better.
- We embrace and enable DevOps culture within the organisation.
And yes! We do have new furry friends coming to our office everyday.
Work Perks
- Hybrid work environment with flexibility to work from anywhere.
- A great salary, commensurate with experience.
- Unlimited vacation policy which means Paid Vacations.
- A relaxed & flexible working atmosphere.
- Weekly parties (Unofficial).
- Paid outings to remote work locations and industry events/conferences.
- Paid Health Insurance for you and your loved ones.
Required Skills:
- Expert in Python and Django framework
- Expert in developing backend applications with RESTful APIs Using Django Rest Framework
- Good understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, ReactJS , HTML5, and CSS3
- Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Proficient understanding of GitHub
- Strong programming basics, with a clear understanding of Object-Oriented and Functional programming.
- Good communication skills and ability to work with global teams to define and deliver on projects.
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Flora2000 was established in 1999 by Mr. Rehan Yar Khan (Founder & CEO) as an online floral & gift retailer and extended its delivery services across the globe. It is the leader and pioneer of the concept of flowers and gifts in over 190 countries worldwide. Flora2000 passionately strives to be the largest premium-gifting leader with flowers, gifts, cakes being the core verticals driven by people first approach and innovation in all spheres of business. We strive to give our customers a wow experience through continuous innovation of premium products and services by using world class technology and processes. From exquisite bouquets to gift baskets to flowering planters, you are sure to find the perfect expression of your message in our online floral boutique.
We have offices in Mumbai, Europe & UAE. Please visit Flora2000.com for more information |
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The Role |
We are looking for a PHP developer responsible for the development and maintenance of applications aimed at a vast number of diverse devices. The primary focus will be the development of PHP applications and their integration with back-end services. We expect the Developer will have a broad experience at Flora2000 and will play a unique role in the organization. · Write “clean”, well-designed code · Develop and deploy new features to facilitate related procedures and tools if necessary · Design and build advanced applications for the PHP platform · Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs · Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization · Ensure smooth operations of web processes and infrastructure · Work on bug fixing and improving application performance. · Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle · Follow industry best practices Create regular and ad hoc reports. |
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Requirements: Attributes, Experience |
· 4 to 8 Yrs experience. · Proficient in PHP 7 & above, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery Expert and AngularJS. · Experience with PHP MVC frameworks (Laravel, CodeIgniter, Zend, etc.). · Experience in SQL, MySQL, Oracle & MongoDB. · Experience with building restful JSON web services · Strong knowledge of Restful Apis · Knowledge of web technologies like Node.js or CorePHP. · Strive for processes, quality and timely delivery. · Good Exposure to versioning systems like git, stash. · Experience building web services – WSDL, SOAP, REST. · Detail-oriented, proactive and self-motivated. · Team player with ability to work effectively. |
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It all starts with an open culture and working environment with lots of transparency and freedom. Our bosses don’t sit in cabins, no one does. Our diaries are open so everyone can see what the other is doing… |
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Academics |
B.Tech / B.E. |
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Position Reports to |
Technology Head |
We are looking for talented engineers who are passionate about using software
engineering to make kids love to learn and redefine learning@home. You will
have an opportunity to work in a highly motivated fast paced environment in a fastest
growing Ed-Tech company. You will be building platforms and services to be used across
various products. You will have the opportunity to create significant impact on our
systems, our business and most importantly on the life of millions of our students as we
take on challenges that will reshape education industry. You will operate at the
intersection of diverse disciplines - Backend, Frontend, Big Data, ML, Computer vision
and various open source tech. You will build solutions for Byju’s learning Apps as well as
few upcoming products with huge market potential and are high on innovation.
We are looking for smart people with excellent coding skills and can-do attitude.
Candidates should be eager to learn, flexible to pivot when needed, savvy enough to
thrive in a dynamic environment and should possess a growth mindset.
Roles & Responsibilities
● Writes high quality code & unit tests, builds, tests as per agreed timelines
● Participates in technical design and provides estimation
● Owns one or more small to medium features
● Becomes a go-to person in at least one area
● Communicates clearly and gets clarification upfront to minimize rework. Knows when
to ask for help to unblock.
● Consistently follows and promotes SDLC best practices: Coding standard, testing,
code reviews, code comments etc.
● Exhibit strong problem solving skills, helps other developers and demonstrates
teamwork
Ideal Candidate Profile
● Understands detailed requirements and demonstrates excellent problem solving skills
● Deep understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data
Structures, Algorithms
● Excellent programming skills in ROR, Golang, NodeJS, Python
● Strong communication skills
● Strong sense of ownership, drive and ability to deliver results
● A Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering from a reputed institute (preferably
IITs, NITs, or other top engineering institutes)
● Experience in Golang, RoR, Unity, ML or Python will be an added advantage










