Software Developer

We are looking for a highly skilled MERN Stack Developer who is passionate about building seamless user interfaces and robust backend systems. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in ReactJS for UI development and hands-on experience in Node.js API development. You will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining scalable web applications using the MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) stack.

Responsibilities:

• Frontend Development:
• Build responsive and dynamic user interfaces using ReactJS.
• Develop reusable components, UI libraries, and ensure excellent user experience.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Work with tools like Redux, React Hooks, and other state management libraries.
• Backend Development:
• Design and develop RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express.js.
• Build secure, scalable, and efficient server-side applications.
• Integrate third-party APIs and services when required.
• Database Management:
• Work with MongoDB to design and manage collections, queries, and indexes.
• Ensure smooth integration of database operations with the backend.
• Collaboration:
• Work closely with designers, project managers, and other developers to define project requirements and deliverables.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Testing and Deployment:
• Write unit tests and integration tests for both frontend and backend components.
• Deploy applications to cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or similar platforms).
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Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong proficiency in ReactJS:
• Experience in creating dynamic and responsive UI components.
• Knowledge of modern React features such as Hooks, Context API, and functional components.
• Hands-on Node.js API Development:
• Strong experience in Express.js to build RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture.
• Good knowledge of MongoDB:
• Hands-on experience with designing collections, writing queries, and data modeling.
• Proficient in JavaScript and ES6+:
• Strong understanding of modern JavaScript, including DOM manipulation.
• Familiarity with:
• State Management Libraries (e.g., Redux, MobX).
• Version Control (Git and GitHub).
• Frontend Tools like Webpack, Babel, and NPM/Yarn.
• API Integrations and tools like Postman or Swagger for testing APIs.
• Strong understanding of UI/UX design principles:
• Ability to work with design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD) to bring designs to life.
• Problem-solving mindset and ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with TypeScript.
• Knowledge of GraphQL.
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker.
• Familiarity with deployment tools (CI/CD pipelines).

Experience:

• 0-2 years of experience as a MERN Stack Developer or relevant roles.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Opportunity to work on exciting and impactful projects.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Career growth and learning opportunities.

• 1-5 years of experience in a full stack software development role.
• Experience in technologies - PHP, Bootstrap, Vuejs and MySQL.
• Knowledge of Cloud services (GCP/AWS), MongoDB and Nodejs is a plus.
• Experience of working in an Agile environment
• Ability to design for scale and performance
• Ability to do peer code reviews
• Solid problem-solving skills

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a lead developer responsible for the development and management of two of our customer facing websites. You should excel in working with scaling applications and frameworks.

The core skillset required is:

* Wordpress (inbuilt functions, theme and architecture level understanding)

* PHP

* MySQL

* HTML5 / CSS3

* Javascript (and related frameworks/libraries)

* Git

* RESTful APIs

Responsibilities

• Translating designs and functionality into code
• Maintaining dev and live versions of websites
• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
• Coordinate cross-functionally with external and internal teams
• Support test and deployment of new products and features
• Participate in code reviews

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related field)
• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• Expertise in Object Oriented Design, Database Design, and XML Schema
• Ability to multi-task, organize, and prioritize work

Mentorship and Support

* You will work directly with the Co-Founder of the business who will provide direct mentorship both around development as well as (if interested) help you cultivate business-side skills

Merkle|Sokrati, a leader in Paid Search & Social Advertising, provides a sophisticated technology solution to efficiently manage Digital Marketing campaigns for several brands in India. The technology developed takes a beating of serving and tracking 20M+ impressions a day. It runs crunching algorithms and keyword discovery routines using distributed computing, housing the entire data in distributed caches and sharded MySQL databases.

To be a geek at Merkle|Sokrati you need to know how to build scalable and high-performance systems. Nothing at Sokrati is small. We start with a proof of concept that demands a traffic rate of 10M+! To achieve any of this you need to understand Distributed Systems, Distributed Caching, High-scale Databases. And we possess the skills to create software that makes this entire heterogeneous system function together even if it runs on 100 boxes. A system that is so widely used cannot sustain any downtime and hence it uses elegant high-availability techniques to survive an outage. Not many startups can say “been there, done that”!

@Merkle|Sokrati, you will:

• Implement solutions for broadly defined problems
• Drive best practices and engineering excellence
• Be involved in the development of code in object-oriented languages like Java etc and build large scale robust distributed systems
• 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'd fit right in if you have:

• 2-4 years of experience in building successful production software systems
• A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BE/BTech or MS in Computer Science)
• Experience developing software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability.
• Mastery of the tools of the trade, including a variety of modern programming languages (Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++) and open-source technologies (Linux, Spring)
• Proven ability to work in a fast paced, agile and in an ownership and results oriented culture

If you are excited about:

• Having an unmatched startup experience that allows you to work on bleeding-edge technologies.
• Making a splash in a multi-billion dollar Digital Advertising industry
• Learning & Growing far beyond your current horizon
• A place full of like-minded & ridiculously smart folks
• A start-up culture that you'd cherish forever in your work life

Feel like you are a good fit? We would love to hear from you!