Full Stack Developer

Company Description

Mercom India is looking for a Full Stack Developer with a focus on backend to help build and scale internal and client-facing platforms that support our research, events, analytics, and subscription-driven products. You will work closely with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-performance web applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain end-to-end web applications
• Build responsive, high-performance frontend interfaces using React
• Develop scalable backend services and REST APIs using Node.js
• Design and optimize database schemas and queries
• Collaborate with product, design, and QA teams to deliver features on time
• Ensure application security, performance, and scalability
• Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
• Troubleshoot and debug issues across the stack
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
• Take ownership of features end-to-end, from requirements through deployment and support

Required Skills & Qualifications

Frontend

• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Hands-on experience with React (Angular/Vue acceptable with strong fundamentals)
• Experience with state management (Redux, Context API, etc.)
• Responsive and cross-browser development experience

Backend

• Strong experience with Node.js and building RESTful APIs
• Familiarity with Express.js or similar frameworks
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization (JWT, OAuth)
• Experience integrating third-party APIs and services

Database

• Experience with SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and/or NoSQL (MongoDB)
• Ability to design efficient, scalable database schemas
• Experience optimizing queries and improving performance

DevOps & Tools

• Proficiency with Git and version control workflows
• Experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines is a plus
• Basic familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Experience writing unit and integration tests (Jest, Mocha, Cypress, or similar)

Nice to Have

• Experience building SaaS products
• Exposure to microservices architecture
• Familiarity with GraphQL
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams
• Understanding of performance optimization and caching