Sr. MERN Stack Developer

Dear Candidates,

Exp: 3+ years

NP: Immediate to 7 days

Location: Bangalore, Chennai

5 days week

Job Description

Function: Software Engineering → Full-Stack Development

Fintech/BFSI domain experience.

• React.js
• Node.js
• AWS

 Requirements:

• Mandatory Skill: Strong Experience in React JS, Node JS, and AWS -3+ years of relevant experience from Current Projects.
• Expertise with at least one Object-oriented JavaScript Framework (React, Angular, Ember, Dojo, Node, etc. ).
• Good to have hands-on experience in Python development.
• Proficiency with Object Oriented Programming, multi-threading, data serialization, and REST API to connect applications to back-end services.
• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes (k8s), Jenkins, and GitHub Actions is essential for this role.
• Proven cloud development experience AWS.
• Understanding of IT life cycle methodology and processes.
• Experience in understanding and Leading Enterprise Platforms/Solutions.
• Experience working with Microservices/Service Oriented Architecture Frameworks.
• Good Understanding of Middleware technologies.
• Possess expertise in at least one unit testing framework.
• Education: Avoid UG Degree alone and look only at B. E/B. Tech/MCA/M. Sc.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable and performant full-stack web applications
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers and backend teams to implement responsive, user-friendly interfaces
• Write unit tests using Jest and ensure code quality and reliability
• Develop RESTful APIs using Node.js and NestJS framework
• Utilize Docker Compose for local development and deployment
• Manage and optimize MySQL databases, including views, stored procedures, and performance tuning
• Implement access control mechanisms using identity providers like Okta or Auth0
• Document APIs using tools like SwaggerUI and Postman
• Participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and team stand-ups via JIRA and Confluence
• Use Git for version control and manage merge requests and branches effectively
• Integrate application loggers for monitoring and diagnostics

Must-Have Skills:

• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, SASS/SCSS
• Strong hands-on experience with Angular 18 or higher
• Familiarity with Angular Material or similar UI component libraries
• Experience with Node.js and NestJS 10+
• Working knowledge of Docker Compose
• Strong SQL skills and experience with MySQL
• Understanding of authentication and authorization best practices with Okta, Auth0, etc.
• Comfort using Postman, SwaggerUI, Git, and logging tools
• Familiarity with agile development processes and using JIRA and Confluence

Nice to Have:

• Experience with form builders like Formsite or FormSort
• Knowledge of data encryption best practices
• Prior experience in the public health or POSIT (Public Health Informatics) domain

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 3–6 years of experience in full-stack development
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently in a remote team environment

Availability to work UK shift hours to ensure overlap with the US-based client

Job Title:Full Stack Developer 

Location: Bangalore, India

About Us:

Meraki Labs stands at the forefront of India's deep-tech innovation landscape, operating as a dynamic venture studio established by the visionary entrepreneur Mukesh Bansal. Our core mission revolves around the creation and rapid scaling of AI-first and truly "moonshot" startups, nurturing them from their nascent stages into industry leaders. We achieve this through an intensive, hands-on partnership model, working side-by-side with exceptional founders who possess both groundbreaking ideas and the drive to execute them.

Currently, Meraki Labs is channeling its significant expertise and resources into a particularly ambitious endeavor: a groundbreaking EdTech platform. This initiative is poised to revolutionize the field of education by democratizing access to world-class STEM learning for students globally. Our immediate focus is on fundamentally redefining how physics is taught and experienced, moving beyond traditional methodologies to deliver an immersive, intuitive, and highly effective learning journey that transcends geographical and socioeconomic barriers. Through this platform, we aim to inspire a new generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators, ensuring that cutting-edge educational resources are within reach of every aspiring learner, everywhere.

Role Overview:

As a Full Stack Developer, you will be at the foundation of building this intelligent learning ecosystem by connecting the front-end experience, backend architecture, and AI-driven components that bring the platform to life. You’ll own key systems that power the AI Tutor, Simulation Lab, and learning content delivery, ensuring everything runs smoothly, securely, and at scale. This role is ideal for engineers who love building end-to-end products that blend technology, user experience, and real-time intelligence.

Your Core Impact

• You will build the spine of the platform, ensuring seamless communication between AI models, user interfaces, and data systems.
• You’ll translate learning and AI requirements into tangible, performant product features.
• Your work will directly shape how thousands of students experience physics through our AI Tutor and simulation environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Architecture & Backend Development

• Design and implement robust, scalable APIs that power user authentication, course delivery, and AI Tutor integration.
• Build the data pipelines connecting LLM responses, simulation outputs, and learner analytics.
• Create and maintain backend systems that ensure real-time interaction between the AI layer and the front-end interface.
• Ensure security, uptime, and performance across all services.

Front-End Development & User Experience

• Develop responsive, intuitive UIs (React, Next.js or similar) for learning dashboards, course modules, and simulation interfaces.
• Collaborate with product designers to implement layouts for AI chat, video lessons, and real-time lab interactions.
• Ensure smooth cross-device functionality for students accessing the platform on mobile or desktop.

AI Integration & Support

• Work closely with the AI/ML team to integrate the AI Tutor and Simulation Lab outputs within the platform experience.
• Build APIs that pass context, queries, and results between learners, models, and the backend in real time.
• Optimize for low latency and high reliability, ensuring students experience immediate and natural interactions with the AI Tutor.

Data, Analytics & Reporting

• Build dashboards and data views for educators and product teams to derive insights from learner behavior.
• Implement secure data storage and export pipelines for progress analytics.

Collaboration & Engineering Culture

• Work closely with AI Engineers, Prompt Engineers, and Product Leads to align backend logic with learning outcomes.
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and system design decisions.
• Help define engineering best practices that balance innovation, maintainability, and performance.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 3–5 years of professional experience as a Full Stack Developer or Software Engineer.
• Strong proficiency in Python or Node.js for backend services.
• Hands-on experience with React / Next.js or equivalent modern front-end frameworks.
• Familiarity with databases (SQL/NoSQL), REST APIs, and microservices.
• Experience with real-time data systems (WebSockets or event-driven architectures).
• Exposure to AI/ML integrations or data-intensive backends.
• Knowledge of AWS/GCP/Azure and containerized deployment (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong problem-solving mindset and attention to detail.

Responsibility:

∙Develop and maintain code following predefined cost, company and security

standards.

∙Work on bug fixes, supporting in the maintenance and improvement of existing

applications.

∙Elaborate interfaces using standards and design principles defined by the team.

∙Develop systems with high availability.

∙Attend and contribute to development meetings.

∙Well versed with Unit testing and PSR Standards.

∙Master Software Development lifecycle, standards and technologies used by the

team.

∙Deliver on time with high quality.

∙Write Automation tests before to API call to code it and test it.

∙Trouble Shooting and debugging skills.

∙Perform technical documentation of the implemented tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable web applications using the MERN stack.
• Design and implement responsive user interfaces with React.
• Build server-side logic using Node.js and Express.js.
• Manage and optimize databases using MongoDB.
• Integrate third-party services and APIs.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Collaborate with front-end and back-end teams to ensure smooth development processes.

Roles :-

• 5+ years' experience in back end development with Angular.
• Experience and flexibility to work on backend or frontend tech stack depending on the project backlog.
• Strong experience in Databases and API Integration
• Having good experience with back-end programming languages like Node.JS, PHP, Python, Express.js, Angular, React, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, XML
• Exposure to the product development on AWS cloud platforms/Third party API integration and payment gateways
• Knowledge of code versioning tools (such as Git)
• Knowledge of multiple JavaScript frameworks and libraries (e.g. Bootstrap, jQuery)
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB)
• Knowledge of API design and development
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills and Ability to perform under pressure

Responsibilities :-

• Developing front end website architecture.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality

Technical Skills:- Angular, Nodejs, Python/PHP, MongoDB/Mysql, API

Notice Period:- 1 month or less (immediate joiner - Preferred )

Location: Noida, Work From Office

Product management

• Work closely with the product team to translate abstract business & product requirements into crisp technical specifications along with a delivery roadmap

Product Development

• Define code architecture decisions to support a high-performance and scalable product with a minimal footprint
• Developing the frontend/backend and APIs, primarily using the MERN stack for Troopod.
• Delivering a robust backend platform for the product by incorporating important considerations regarding minimal downtime, high availability, data redundancy, tight security, etc. into the design
• Preparing test cases, creating automated build and test processes, setting up systems for CI/CD, and monitoring for the product
• Deploying on AWS using the right services for optimal performance
• Support the Troopod mobile application in its entirety, including working on bug fixes and improving application performance, reliability, and stability
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
• Managing development and deployment of the product following Modular programming, proper documentation, and code versioning

Customer Success

• Ensuring seamless use of Troopod Web-app and Mobile App by clients or internal teams and successful integration of client systems with Troopod backend and APIs wherever applicable
• Assisting clients with necessary remote support needed for the smooth understanding of and integration with Troopod product

Team Growth

• Contributing to the growth of the engineering team through proactive effort on knowledge growth, process improvements, and performance enhancements on existing solutions

Prior experience in the following things is MUST:

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on technical development experience as a MERN stack developer
• In-depth knowledge of NodeJS, Express or Restify
• Experience implementing applications using ReactJS and React Native
• Experience in creating frontend applications using HTML5, Angular, React, LESS/SASS
• Hands-on experience with JavaScript Development on both client and server-side
• Experience with modern frameworks and design patterns, minimum 3-year experience with MERN Full-stack paradigm
• Should have worked on AWS(EC2), DNS, and other server features
• Familiarity with code versioning tools (Such as Git, SVN, or Mercurial)

• Development experience for high-traffic, consumer-facing web or mobile application
• Experience in building a chat or social media app
• Creating secure RESTful-based web services in XML and JSON, Javascript, JQuery
• Experience in hiring and leading a team of developers
• Open-source contributions
• Experience with next.js, serverless, and tailwind CSS
• Eat, sleep, code, and repeat is a typical mantra of your life

• Work in a well-funded startup with a team of 2nd-time founders from top tier colleges like BITS and NIT
• Chance to get decent equity and become part of the founding and core team
• Build a highly scalable product that would one day impact the lives of billions across the globe
• Get guidance from the best product and tech folks out there at leadership positions in Dunzo, Razorpay, Haptik, etc

Skills

• 3 to 7 Years of experience in Full Stack Technologies-  Express, Lambda, SQL, React, Node JS, Java
• Knowledge of web framework.
• Able to create database schemes that represent and support business processes
• Having a Start-Up experience is a plus
• Having a degree from Premier Engineering Institute is a plus

KRA 

• Work collaboratively in architecture/developing/maintaining solutions Design, efficient, testable, reusable, reliable, and clean code using best software development practices
• Contribute towards the entire development life cycle of analysis, design, implementation and test
• Integration of user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Automation, including writing unit and integration tests
• Maintain high standards of quality for code technical documentation, and deliverable
• Detect, report, investigate, and fix product defects
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies/industry trends
• Ability to learn a lot quickly
• Be active in the community by participating in meetups and conferences
• Participate in brainstorming and idea generation activities.

What Makes You A Great Fit

• Ability to communicate clear timelines and the ability to over achieve them
• Fast Learner, very good interpersonal skills, positive attitude
• Ability to pick something new and learn it fast whatever way possible

Location : 

 As Grip is a company started during the Covid-19 Era we believe in working from wherever you want and meeting you virtually every now and then.  

About the compnay : Grip:

GRIP is an online fintech company aimed at providing a convenient, hassle free investment experience through investing in physical assets. The company kickstarted its journey in 2019 and was founded by Nikhil Aggarwal, who previously served as the COO of Chalo and Vice President of Morgan Stanley. He also worked for the World Bank.

The leasing industry in India remains largely unexplored and GRIP's objective is to make retail investors aware of it as an investment option. Through GRIP, one can invest in physical assets leased to corporates and earn stable monthly returns. The proposition is not as volatile as the share market and the returns are extremely healthy. GRIP focuses on the employed upper-middle class spectrum and aims to provide an effective alternative to these investors.

Why Grip :

While we offer competitive cash compensation along with ESOPs to participate in our long-term growth, the real upside is simply the challenge ahead and the awesome, friendly team by your side. And an opportunity to learn and grow at a breakneck speed as we redefine the contours of finance for Investors in India.

We are looking for a Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Creating APIs and backend systems
• Scraping sites and creating backend dashboards for data management
• Experience with React.js and native is a plus but not required
• Backend infrastructure management and deployment
• Experience with MongoDB, Express is a plus.