Fullstack Developer at Merkle · Pune · 1 - 5 years · ₹4L - ₹11L / yr · Profitable · Posted 20 Dec 2021
- Be involved in full-fledged product development.
- Build New Features, Push them to production fast.
- Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack
- Build services or APIs which will for easy application integrations at Sokrati to develop applications faster.
- Build scalable/fault-tolerant backend systems that process and analyze billions of data points every day.
- You will use every aspect of computer science you have learned or heard of. We believe in experimenting to facilitate more efficient systems.
- You will become an owner in no time. The company aspires in creating effective owners.
- You will participate in every aspect of Software Life Cycle. From inception, to design, to coding, to testing, to deployment and maintenance.

About Merkle
About
Merkle Sokrati is India’s leading digital ad technology, paid search and big data analytics firm, with proprietary algorithms, artificial intelligence, and automation at its backbone. Started by ex-Amazon product heads in 2009, Sokrati is synonymous to breaking new ground in ad expertise and delivering digital - managing over 3000 of the biggest names in e-Commerce and BFSI sectors in the country today. The platform deals with 20M+ impressions per day, real-time optimization algorithms, a scalable & intuitive analytics platform and more - all developed in-house. We are currently a 700+ people team; growing extremely fast to gain more market share and roll out even cooler technology solutions in Digital Advertising space.
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Senior Software Engineer – Backend
Company: House of EdTech (Goenka Kachave LLP)
Location: Bangalore, Hybrid
Job Type: Full-Time
Experience: 5+ Years
About the Role
House of EdTech is looking for a Senior Software Engineer – Backend to design, develop, and scale high-performance backend services and APIs supporting products used by millions of learners.
You’ll work closely with Product, Frontend, Data, and Engineering teams while taking end-to-end ownership of backend features and contributing to system architecture and technical decisions.
What You'll Do
- Design and develop scalable backend services and REST APIs.
- Build reliable systems capable of handling high traffic and large data volumes.
- Own backend features from design and development through deployment and monitoring.
- Work with microservices, databases, and distributed systems.
- Identify and solve performance, scalability, reliability, and security challenges.
- Participate in system design and architecture discussions.
- Conduct code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
- Monitor production systems and troubleshoot incidents.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of professional backend development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Python, Scala, C++, or a similar language.
- Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and databases.
- Experience with cloud/infrastructure technologies such as GCP, Docker, or Kubernetes.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, including security, reliability, testing, and code quality.
- Experience with system design, architecture, and technical decision-making.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience mentoring engineers is a plus.
Why Join House of EdTech?
- Work on products impacting millions of learners.
- Solve challenging backend and scalability problems.
- Take significant ownership of architecture and engineering decisions.
- Opportunity to grow into technical leadership and architectural ownership.
- Work in a fast-growing technology environment.
🚀 Job Title : Backend Engineer (Go / Python / Java)
Experience : 3+ Years
Location : Bangalore (Client Location – Work From Office)
Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days
Open Positions : 4
Working Days : 6 Days a Week
🧠 Job Summary :
We are looking for a highly skilled Backend Engineer to build scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems in a fast-paced product environment.
You will own large features end-to-end — from design and development to deployment and monitoring — while collaborating closely with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams.
This role requires strong backend fundamentals, distributed systems exposure, and a mindset of operational ownership.
⭐ Mandatory Skills :
Strong backend development experience in Go / Python (FastAPI) / Java (Spring Boot) with hands-on expertise in Microservices, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka/SQS, AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and strong DSA & System Design fundamentals.
🔧 Key Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, test, and deploy backend services end-to-end.
- Build scalable, modular, and production-grade microservices.
- Develop and maintain RESTful APIs.
- Architect reliable distributed systems with performance and fault tolerance in mind.
- Debug complex cross-system production issues.
- Implement secure development practices (authentication, authorization, data integrity).
- Work with monitoring dashboards, alerts, and performance metrics.
- Participate in code reviews and enforce engineering best practices.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams.
✅ Required Skills :
- Strong proficiency in Go OR Python (FastAPI) OR Java (Spring Boot).
- Hands-on experience building Microservices-based architectures.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs & distributed systems.
- Experience with PostgreSQL and Redis.
- Exposure to Kafka / SQS or other messaging systems.
- Hands-on experience with AWS or GCP.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong knowledge of Data Structures & System Design.
- Ability to independently own features and solve ambiguous engineering problems.
⭐ Preferred Background :
- Experience in product-based companies.
- Exposure to high-throughput or event-driven systems.
- Strong focus on code quality, observability, and reliability.
- Comfortable working in high-growth, fast-paced environments.
🧑💻 Interview Process :
- 1 Internal Screening Round
- HR Discussion (Project & Communication Evaluation)
- 3 Technical Rounds with Client
This is a fresh requirement, and interviews will be scheduled immediately.
We are looking for a Backend Software Development Engineer with 6+ years building scalable, high-availability server-side systems. You'll design and own microservices and REST APIs, model data in SQL, and deploy on AWS, partnering with product and frontend teams end-to-end.
Mandatory skills
• 6+ years of backend development in Java and/or Python
• Strong hands-on experience designing microservices and RESTful APIs
• Solid database design and SQL optimization
• Production experience on AWS (or equivalent cloud)
• Strong CS fundamentals — data structures, concurrency, system design
• Experience owning services from design through production support
About Us
We believe the future of software development is AI-native — where engineers operate at a higher level of abstraction and quality remains non-negotiable.
Incubyte is a software craft consultancy where the “how” of building software matters as much as the “what”.
We partner with companies of all sizes, from helping enterprises build, scale, and modernize to early-stage founders bring their ideas to life.
Our engineers operate in an AI-native development model, using AI as a collaborator across the SDLC to accelerate development while upholding the discipline of software craftsmanship. Guided by Software Craftsmanship and Extreme Programming practices, we build reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems with speed, without compromising quality. If this way of building software resonates with you, we’d like to talk.
Our Guiding Principles
These principles define how we work at Incubyte. They are non-negotiable.
Relentless Pursuit of Quality with Pragmatism
We build high-quality systems without losing sight of delivery.
Extreme Ownership
We take responsibility end-to-end for decisions, execution, and outcomes.
Proactive Collaboration
We collaborate closely, challenge each other, and solve problems together.
Active Pursuit of Mastery
We continuously improve our craft and raise our bar.
Invite, Give, and Act on Feedback
We seek, give, and act on feedback to get better every day.
Ensuring Client Success
We act as trusted partners and focus on real outcomes, not just output.
Job Description
This is a remote position.
This is a remote position.
Experience Level
This role is ideal for engineers with 3–6 years of experience and a strong background in building scalable, production-grade software systems.
We are looking for hands-on Software Engineers with deep expertise in Python and TypeScript, with exposure to AI/LLM systems and modern infrastructure tooling.
What You’ll Do as a Software Craftsperson
• Take full ownership of the software development lifecycle for complex, cross-functional initiatives — from design through production readiness.
• Build and maintain robust, scalable backend systems and APIs using Python and TypeScript, following clean code and software craftsmanship principles.
• Design and deliver features end-to-end, balancing scope, quality, and long-term maintainability.
• Identify technical and product issues beyond the immediate scope of work, proactively raising risks and driving solutions.
• Shape team practices around code quality, testing, tooling, and continuous improvement using DevEx and DORA principles.
• Collaborate closely with clients and internal teams to understand requirements, clarify priorities, and align on outcomes.
• Mentor and guide fellow engineers to raise overall team performance and promote a culture of learning.
• Leverage AI tools (LLMs, agentic frameworks, etc.) to accelerate design, development, testing, and delivery where applicable.
Requirements
What You’ll Bring
3–6 years of overall software engineering experience with a strong track record of owning and delivering complex production systems.
Must-Have Skills
• Python (must-have): Deep expertise in writing idiomatic, testable, production-grade Python — including advanced OOP, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering best practices.
• TypeScript (must-have): Strong proficiency in building and maintaining type-safe, scalable applications across frontend and/or backend TypeScript codebases.
• Strong system design skills: ability to architect scalable, maintainable, and observable systems with a focus on reliability and long-term operability.
• Solid engineering practices: experience with TDD, CI/CD, code reviews, refactoring, and continuous deployment in Agile or eXtreme Programming environments.
• Working knowledge of relational databases, web server ecosystems, REST/gRPC APIs, and performance optimisation.
• Experience with source control, bug tracking, user story writing, and maintaining clear technical documentation.
Good-to-Have Skills
• AI / LLM experience: hands-on exposure to building applications using LLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar) for tasks such as document classification, entity extraction, or structured data generation.
• LLM orchestration frameworks: familiarity with LangChain, LlamaIndex, Mastra, Agno, or similar agentic frameworks.
• Prompt engineering: experience refining prompts and orchestration patterns to improve response accuracy, consistency, and structured outputs.
• Vector databases and observability tooling: exposure to tools like Pinecone, PgVector, Qdrant, LangSmith, or DeepEval.
• Container orchestration and infrastructure-as-code: experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker for deploying and managing production workloads.
Benefits
Life at Incubyte
We are a remote-first company with structured flexibility. Teams commit to shared rhythms during core hours, ensuring smooth collaboration while maintaining autonomy. Twice a year, we come together in person for a co-working sprint and once a year for a retreat — with all travel expenses covered.
Our environment is built for crafters: experimenting with real-world systems, solving complex infrastructure challenges, and contributing to cutting-edge AI initiatives. We are all lifelong learners, and our work is our passion.
Perks
• Dedicated learning & development budget
• Sponsorship for conference talks
• Comprehensive medical & term insurance
• Employee-friendly leave policies
• Home Office fund
• Medical Insurance
About the Role
Pendo is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead teams building core product capabilities across Analytics, Guides, and Platform services. These are the systems that power how hundreds of millions of end users experience the software.
In this role, you will drive execution against business objectives, direct complex initiatives from kickoff through delivery, and build a team that operates with clarity and focus. You will set clear expectations, delegate effectively, and partner closely with product, design, and senior engineering leadership to keep teams aligned and moving. You default toward action, push teams to deliver value daily, and actively use AI tools as part of how you work.
If you're energized by directing high-impact teams, developing strong engineers, and building a culture where craft and velocity coexist, this role is a great fit.
What You'll Do
Team Leadership & Hiring
- Create an environment where engineers are encouraged to take risks, experiment, and challenge the status quo.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers through clear expectations, coaching, and timely feedback.
- Own hiring end-to-end, partnering with recruiting to attract and close top engineering talent.
- Build an inclusive, high-performing team culture grounded in ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Delivery & Execution
- Maintain a high bar for velocity, predictability, and quality.
- Own team execution against product and engineering goals.
- Partner with Product and Design to define roadmaps, scope work, and deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Identify and remove blockers, manage risks, and ensure strong planning and prioritization.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with product, design, infrastructure, and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive customer experiences.
- Align team priorities with broader organizational goals and strategy.
Operational Excellence
- Drive improvements in system reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Establish strong practices around monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
- 3+ years of experience managing and growing engineering teams.
- Proven track record of hiring and building high-performing teams.
- Experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in a product-driven environment.
- Strong technical foundation in backend, distributed systems, or full-stack development.
- Proven ability to lead teams through ambiguity and change while maintaining execution.
- Actively uses AI tools in day-to-day work and helps drive adoption across teams.
- Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience working on analytics products, user-facing SaaS platforms, or data-intensive systems.
- Experience managing teams across both frontend and backend domains.
- Familiarity with modern cloud environments and scalable architectures.
- Experience working in distributed teams across multiple time zones.
About the Role
We are looking for an ambitious Software Engineering Intern to join our engineering team. You will write production-ready code, collaborate directly with senior engineers, and build features used by real users from day one. High performers will be considered for a full-time Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) at the end of the internship.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain clean, scalable frontend or backend features under senior mentorship.
- Write modular, testable code and assist in unit testing and bug fixing.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and peers in an agile, fast-paced environment.
- Participate in code reviews, tech discussions, and sprint planning.
What We Are Looking For
- Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and core object-oriented/functional programming principles.
- Hands-on experience with at least one programming language (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, or Go) through personal projects, coursework, or open-source contributions.
- Working knowledge of REST APIs and relational or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
- Basic familiarity with Git and version control workflows.
- Strong problem-solving mindset, fast learning ability, and genuine curiosity about software engineering.
Key Responsibilities
● Lead the architecture, design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services
using Python.
● Own technical direction and architectural decisions for backend systems and services.
● Design and build robust RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
capable of handling high-scale workloads.
● Design and implement real-time communication systems, including WebSocket-based
services, where required.
● Drive system performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.
● Lead performance optimization, capacity planning, monitoring, debugging, and
production issue resolution.
● Establish and promote best practices around code quality, testing, observability, CI/CD,
and production readiness.
● Collaborate closely with frontend, product, DevOps, infrastructure, and other
cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
● Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers, contributing to overall team growth
and engineering excellence.
● Review code and architecture designs, identify technical risks, and drive improvements
across backend systems.
● Take ownership of complex technical problems and deliver reliable, maintainable,
production-grade solutions.
Required Skills & Qualifications
● 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in backend
development.
● Strong expertise in Python and experience building production-grade backend
applications.
● Proven experience designing and developing REST APIs and microservices
architectures.
● Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, and
high-availability architectures.
● Hands-on experience with WebSockets and real-time backend integrations.
● Strong experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, caching systems, and data-intensive
applications.
● Experience with performance optimization, monitoring, logging, debugging, and
production operations.
● Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, and clean
architecture.
● Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and make sound architectural decisions.
● Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.
● Experience mentoring engineers and conducting effective code and design reviews.
About VerbaFlo.ai
VerbaFlo.ai is a fast-growing AI SaaS startup revolutionizing how businesses leverage AI-powered solutions. As a part of our dynamic team, you’ll work alongside industry leaders and visionaries to drive innovation and execution across multiple functions.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design and develop user-friendly, scalable, and high-performance web applications. This role requires deep expertise in backend technologies, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems, APIs, and data pipelines.
- Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and AI teams to deliver cohesive features and seamless user experiences.
- Ensure the reliability, security, and performance of backend systems.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code using modern backend practices.
- Implement automated testing, CI/CD workflows, and infrastructure as code (where applicable).
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of backend features, from architecture to deployment.
- Monitor production systems and resolve performance and scalability issues.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and help evolve our engineering best practices.
Requirements
- 4–6 years of experience in backend development in startups, preferably in SaaS or AI-driven products.
- Proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Go
- Deep understanding of RESTful API design.
- Strong experience with databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ElasticSearch.
- Exposure to message queues, job schedulers, or event-driven architectures (e.g., SQS, Celery, etc).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with Git, CI/CD tools, and writing unit/integration tests.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a mindset geared toward performance and security.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
Why Join Us?
- Work directly with top leadership in a high-impact role.
- Be part of an innovative and fast-growing AI startup.
- Opportunity to take ownership of key projects and drive efficiency.
- A collaborative, ambitious, and fast-paced work environment.
- Perks & Benefits: gym membership benefit, workation policy, and company-sponsored lunch.
If you’re looking for an exciting role that combines strategy, execution, and leadership exposure, we’d love to hear from you!
Strong Backend Software Engineer Profile with strong Core Java expertise
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Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 2+ years of hands-on backend software engineering experience.
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Mandatory (Experience 2): Must be able to design and implement moderately complex features with minimal supervision, and contribute to system design and architecture discussions.
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Mandatory (Experience 3): Must be comfortable owning business-critical production components — maintaining connectors, handling customer escalations, security fixes, bug fixes, and building new features end-to-end.
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Mandatory (Tech skill 1): Must have strong, current Core Java depth with solid, clear coding fundamentals — Java is the primary skill for this role. Deep hands-on core engineering strength matters more than framework knowledge.
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Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Must have strong core backend engineering fundamentals and experience with scalable systems (connectors handle millions of events/data points daily across customers).
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Mandatory (Tech skill 3): Must have microservices experience.
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Mandatory (AI Fluency 1): Must have demonstrated, hands-on use of AI coding assistants (Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, etc.) as a core part of the daily workflow — scaffolding, writing tests, reviewing code, and debugging.
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Mandatory (AI Fluency 2): Must be able to write precise, effective prompts for production-quality output, decompose tasks so AI assistance is effective, and critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and standards before merging.
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Mandatory (Company): Must come from a product company background (B2B SaaS or B2C both acceptable).
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Mandatory (Note1): This is a 3-month contract role. Candidate must be comfortable with the contract engagement and able to join immediately (urgent — onboarding within ~a week)
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Mandatory (Note 2): Must be based in or near Chennai, Bangalore, or Ahmedabad (Chennai: hybrid, Tue & Thu in office)
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Preferred (Backend): Hands-on Python experience is a plus.
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Preferred (Database): Hands-on database / JDBC integration experience in a production environment.
Strong Engineering Manager / Lead Profiles
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Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have minimum 8+ years of overall Software Engineering / Development experience with a strong IC foundation.
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Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must have 2+ years of formal Engineering Manager experience with direct people-management responsibility (informal Senior Engineer / Tech Lead experience managing a team does not count)
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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have directly managed 4–6+ engineers, including 1:1s, performance management, growth plans, promotions, mentoring, and team development.
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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must own technical direction and delivery for an engineering team/pod, including architecture, system design, code/PR reviews, execution planning, and engineering quality.
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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have strong backend/software engineering experience with hands-on technical depth in building APIs, services, integrations, and scalable systems; specific language/framework can vary.
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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have experience owning production operations, including on-call, incident management, debugging, and postmortems for their area.
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Mandatory (Experience 7) – Must have experience driving cross-functional alignment with Product and Design and translating ambiguous business/product requirements into scalable technical solutions.
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Mandatory (Company) – Must be from a Product Company / Startup, particularly B2B SaaS, Fintech, Payments, or similar technology product environments. (Refer Target Company List)
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Mandatory (Role Fit) – Role is 80% people/team management and 20% technical/IC involvement;
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Preferred (Education) - Tier 1 engineering college







