Mern Stack Developer

Job Title : Tech Lead - MERN Stack

Experience : 5+ Years

Location : Mohali

Job Summary :

We are seeking a dynamic Tech Lead - Full Stack (MERN) to spearhead our web development team. The ideal candidate will lead the design, development, and delivery of robust web applications while mentoring team members and ensuring adherence to industry best practices. This is a hands-on role requiring exceptional leadership, technical expertise, and a commitment to driving excellence.

Key Responsibilities :

• Oversee project execution, ensuring adherence to scope, budget, and timelines.
• Make critical technical and product decisions while collaborating with Product Managers and clients.
• Lead and mentor the development team in coding best practices and modern web technologies.
• Design and develop scalable web applications using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js).
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to define project requirements and goals.
• Analyze resource needs, assess project feasibility, and create detailed project plans.
• Represent the team in planning meetings and provide technical guidance to stakeholders.
• Stay updated on industry trends, challenges, and new technologies to enhance team performance.
• Participate in hiring and onboarding new team members.

Required Skills and Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer with expertise in the MERN stack.
• Previous experience in a leadership or technical lead role.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Team handling experience is essential.
• Ability to balance hands-on coding with leadership responsibilities.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a forward-thinking and collaborative team.
• Work on exciting and innovative projects with the latest technologies.
• Contribute to shaping the technical vision of the company.

About the Role:

We are looking for a skilled Full-Stack Developer with expertise in Python, JavaScript, and No-Code AI tools to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should be proficient in both backend and frontend development, capable of working with modern frameworks, and have experience in LLM prompt engineering, data extraction, and response formatting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable backend services using FastAPI / Flask / Django.
• Build dynamic front-end applications using React / Next.js.
• Implement LLM-based solutions for data extraction and response formatting.
• Design and optimize databases using Milvus / Weaviate / Pinecone for vector storage and MongoDB / MySQL for structured data.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality AI-driven applications.
• Ensure application performance, security, and scalability.
• Communicate technical ideas effectively through written and verbal communication.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Technical Skills:

• Programming: Proficiency in Python and JavaScript.
• Backend: Experience with FastAPI / Flask / Django.
• Frontend: Strong understanding of React / Next.js.
• Database: Knowledge of at least one vector database (Milvus / Weaviate / Pinecone) and one relational or NoSQL database (MongoDB / MySQL).
• No-Code AI & LLM:
• Expertise in LLM Prompt Engineering.
• Experience with data extraction from context and response formatting.

Soft Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with teams and clients.
• Problem-solving mindset with a focus on innovation and efficiency.

SKILL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• 2+ years of experience in Java skills.
• 2+ years of hands-on HTML5/CSS3 experience.
• Experience with popular JavaScript frameworks such as ReactJs or Angular 2.0; experience preferred.
• Experience of working with HTTP 1.1, and HTTP/2.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and JSON RPC.
• Ability to write clean, bug-free code that is easy to understand and easily maintainable.
• Experience following Git workflows.
• Working knowledge of DevOps tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm and CI/CD pipeline etc.).

Do you thrive on working with cutting edge technology, with innovators in the early stages of ideas, products, or platforms? Do you have the passion to be a core member of a fast-growing start-up? Are you an expert or aspiring to become one who can work on the Full Stack of an application? Do you have a genuine interest in all software technologies? If the answer is yes, do reach out to us - Crediwatch is the place for you!

You will be exposed to work on every level of the stack in a highly agile, fast growing, start-up FinTech environment, while ensuring Breakthrough Simplicity in innovation and Diving Deep to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem solving and idea creation.

The environment at Crediwatch is vibrant and innovative! You will learn and regularly interact with peers who are the best at what they do and will motivate you to be the best version of yourself, technically and professionally.

The Role Expectation

• You will play a key role in the development of the core product, working directly with the Business team on realizing their needs and translating it into the product.
• You will be involved in the overall design, architecture and development of the application, maintaining quality and ensuring performance and compliance to software standards and guidelines
• You will adhere to the best practises of the Agile & TDD
• You will collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design, prioritise and launch new features.
• You will take ownership for organising code and maintain its integrity at all points in time.
• You will be responsible for understanding and implementing security and data protection best practices.
• You will bring in a passion for technology and hunger to learn

You Have

• A sound knowledge of Python, hands-on experience in using Django/Flask etc., design patterns and application design
• Experience with database architectures like NoSQL, RDBMS. Eg: MongoDB/ Cassandra / Couchbase / MySQL
• A good understanding of message queues mechanisms like Redis/RabitMQ (or similar)
• Knowledge of python web crawling frameworks like Scrapy & Frontera
• Hands on experience with CI/CD
• Experience in using Git for source code management & Jira

Good to Have

• Strong Linux skills, knowledge of building large scale, multi-threaded applications and experience in designing and building RESTful web services,
• Building API services with GraphQL
• Skills in configuring and implementing Hadoop/HDFS, Elasticsearch and HBase or knowledge of any graph databases
• Prior experience in architecting large scale distributed systems and experience with cloud deployments on AWS/Azure
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced start-up environment.
• Domain knowledge in the financial/data space; any external, relevant certifications.

Your Background

• At least 6+ years of hands-on development experience
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field

You Believe-in & will align with our Business Objectives

• Customer Obsession - Consistently listen to customers; test, enhance and improve the customer experience.
• Breakthrough Simplicity - An innovative approach to make everything simpler
• Diving Deep -Technique used to arrive at a solution-based approach to problem solving and idea creation
• Drive for Results - Focus on end result of any task
• Encourage and Improve - Encouraging and promoting team work and focus on continuous self-development at every stage.
• Be Ethical and Respectful - Willingness to do the right thing – even if it is hard; courteousness and being focused on the best in others.

Who We Are

We build innovative technology everyday!

Crediwatch is a ‘Data Insights-as-a-service’ company that provides lenders, businesses with actionable credit intelligence on private entities they need to improve trust and increase their lending and trading activity. Crediwatch does this with no human intervention by deploying the latest practical AI and technology tools that provide the most reliable comprehensive real time inputs.

Each day at Crediwatch is about striving for transparent insights, analysis and accurate results. If this aligns with your interests and aspirations, we have interesting positions for you.

You Will Enjoy

Our start-up environment - fun, casual, informal, family & pet-friendly! Ours is a highly energized playground where brilliant minds come together to make bold, impactful decisions every day! Needless to say, we have excellent filter coffee, health drinks round the clock, lunch buffets, PS4 and Foosball breaks and a stocked kitchen.

We play to win and have fun doing it! We work to engage your brain by organizing brilliant TechTalks by industry leaders and frequent high-on-energy hackathons and engage your crazy fun-side at our well-planned retreats. We are a highly eco-conscious team and we encourage and support our team’s physical & mental wellbeing.

All these and a great set of people to work with - We Are Crediwatch!

Job Description:

1. At least 3+ years’ experience into web front end/full stack development

1. Proficient in Object Oriented JavaScript programming and working with JS frameworks on both client and server-side

1. In depth knowledge and working experience in full stack development, for example in Node JS and Mongo DB based implementations as a MEAN stack dev

1. Experience implementing applications using Sails.JS, Angular or ExpressJS frameworks

1. Have hands on knowledge in database technologies, preferable NoSQL databases, such as, MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.

1. Experience with design patterns and building applications from scratch is a plus
2. Thorough understanding and exposure to API integrations, especially RESTful-based web services in JSON
3. Continuous integration (Jenkins/Hudson) and version control (bitbucket, Git etc).