Backend Developer

Job Summary:

We are seeking a dynamic and highly skilled Full Stack Developer with 3-5 years of experience to join our client's team. The ideal candidate will be working with a leading MNC client in the health insurance domain. This role is based in Gurugram and requires candidates to work from the office, Monday to Friday. You will play an integral role in developing and enhancing applications using Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Build and optimize RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products and services.
• Work with PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases for efficient data management and retrieval.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems and platforms.
• Implement best practices for security, code quality, and performance optimization.
• Participate in code reviews and provide mentorship to junior developers.

Requirements:

• Experience: 3-5 years of hands-on development experience with Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript for building scalable web applications.
• Strong experience working with PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases.
• Hands-on experience in building RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of best practices in application development, security, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with version control tools like Git.
• Preferred:
• Experience in the health insurance or fintech domain.
• Ability to work in an agile environment with fast-paced deliverables.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Ability to work in a team and independently when required.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies.

We're seeking passionate, next-gen minded engineers who are excited about solving complex technical challenges and building innovative, first-of-its-kind products which make a tangible difference for our customers. As a Backend SDE-1, you will play a key role in driving strategic initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams across business, product, and operations to solve exciting problems. This role demands strong technical acumen, leadership capabilities, and a mindset focused on innovation and operational excellence.

We value individuals who think independently, challenge the status quo, and bring creativity and curiosity to the table—not those who simply follow instructions. If you're passionate about solving problems and making an impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement engineering strategies that support business objectives. Understand broader organization goals and constantly prioritise your own work.
• Technical Excellence: Understand the onground problems, explore and design various possible solutions to conclude and implement scalable, extensible and secure software systems. Implement and learn best practices in technical architecture, coding standards, and software testing to ensure product delivery with highest speed AND quality.
• Project and Program Management: Setting up aggressive as well as realistic timelines with all the stakeholders, ensure the successful delivery of engineering projects as per the defined timelines with best quality standards ensuring budget constraints are met. Use agile methodologies to manage the development process and resolve bottlenecks.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with Product Managers, Design, Business, and Operations teams to define project requirements and deliverables. Ensure the smooth integration of engineering efforts across the organization.
• Risk Management: Anticipate and mitigate technical risks and roadblocks. Proactively identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to reduce it.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience in software engineering
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.
• Hands on with multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks.
• Understanding of relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience with Redis, ElasticSearch.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders at all levels.

Skills:- MySQL, Python, Django, AWS, NoSQL, Kafka, Redis, ElasticSearch

About the Company:

Alyke, recognized as India's first friendship app, is revolutionizing the way people find friends online through its innovative matching algorithm. Alyke has quickly gained traction, surpassing 1 million users. This platform uniquely connects individuals based on shared interests and proximity, and stands out for its commitment to creating a secure environment that encourages users to express themselves freely. Joining Alyke offers the chance to be part of an innovative team dedicated to reshaping the landscape of social connections

Role Overview:

As a Senior Backend Developer, you will play a crucial role in the design, development, and optimization of our backend systems. You will be instrumental in building scalable, high-performance applications that support our business's needs. This role demands a deep understanding of backend technologies, database design, cloud infrastructure, and the ability to integrate a wide range of services and APIs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and robust backend services and APIs.
• Lead the development of microservices architecture, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
• Oversee the integration of third-party services and external APIs, including notification services like FCM.
• Develop and manage database schemas, optimizing for performance and scalability using MongoDB and Redis.
• Implement real-time data processing mechanisms for live updates and push notifications, utilizing technologies like Firebase.
• Manage cloud infrastructure and serverless functions on platforms such as AWS and GCP, ensuring efficient operations and cost management.
• Ensure the security of backend systems through robust authentication, authorization, data encryption, and adherence to best practices in data security and compliance.
• Work closely with the frontend team to integrate backend services and ensure a seamless user experience.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies and frameworks to improve the backend infrastructure.
• Mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and growth within the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in backend development, with a strong portfolio of projects demonstrating expertise in NodeJS, ExpressJS, and asynchronous programming.
• Extensive experience with database design, optimization, and management using MongoDB and Redis.
• Proven track record in developing and managing REST APIs.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture and real-time data processing.
• Solid experience with caching mechanisms and SQS management.
• Comprehensive knowledge of security principles, including authentication, authorization, and data encryption.
• Familiarity with compliance and data protection standards.
• Should have worked on scalable microservices architecture
• Experience with Lambda functions.
• Experience working with firebase
• Should have proven experience in mobile application development
• Should have working experience in sqs
• Have knowledge of elastic cache 
• Experience with cloud-native development and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS or GCP.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead projects and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a passion for mentoring and driving technical excellence.
• Attach the link of mobile application worked on till date

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to lead a cutting-edge project impacting users globally.
• Work in an environment that fosters innovation, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits.

Backend - Software Development Engineer III

Experience - 7+ yrs

About Wekan Enterprise Solutions

Wekan Enterprise Solutions is a leading Technology Consulting company and a strategic investment partner of MongoDB. We help companies drive innovation in the cloud by adopting modern technology solutions that help them achieve their performance and availability requirements. With strong capabilities around Mobile, IOT and Cloud environments, we have an extensive track record helping Fortune 500 companies modernize their most critical legacy and on-premise applications, migrating them to the cloud and leveraging the most cutting-edge technologies.

Job Description

We are looking for passionate software engineers eager to be a part of our growth journey. The right candidate needs to be interested in working in high-paced and challenging environments leading technical teams, designing system architecture and reviewing peer code. Interested in constantly upskilling, learning new technologies and expanding their domain knowledge to new industries. This candidate needs to be a team player and should be looking to help build a culture of excellence. Do you have what it takes?

You will be working on complex data migrations, modernizing legacy applications and building new applications on the cloud for large enterprise and/or growth stage startups. You will have the opportunity to contribute directly into mission critical projects directly interacting with business stakeholders, customer’s technical teams and MongoDB solutions Architects.

Location - Chennai or Bangalore

• Relevant experience of 7+ years building high-performance back-end applications with at least 3 or more projects delivered using the required technologies
• Good problem solving skills
• Strong mentoring capabilities
• Good understanding of software development life cycle
• Strong experience in system design and architecture
• Strong focus on quality of work delivered
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Required Technical Skills

• Extensive hands-on experience building high-performance web back-ends using Node.Js and Javascript/Typescript
• Strong experience with Express.Js framework
• Working experience with Python web app development or python scripting
• Implementation experience in monolithic and microservices architecture
• Hands-on experience with data modeling on MongoDB and any other Relational or NoSQL databases
• Experience integrating with any 3rd party services such as cloud SDKs (AWS, Azure) authentication, etc.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ or any similar technologies.
• Exposure into unit testing with frameworks such as Mocha, Chai, Jest or others
• Strong experience writing and maintaining clear documentation

Good to have skills:

• Experience working with common services in any of the major cloud providers - AWS or GCP or Azure

Technical certifications in AWS / Azure / GCP / MongoDB or other relevant technologies

Key Responsibilities: 

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required: 

• At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.

About Role: 

1. We are looking for a Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users.  
2. 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.  
3. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. A basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well. 

Key Responsibilities: 

1. Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic 
2. Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code 
3. Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications 
4. Implementation of security and data protection 
5. Integration of data storage solutions such as database, caching servers 

Qualification & Skills: 

1. Strong proficiency with JavaScript and Typescript 
2. Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it such as Express, StrongLoop, etc 
3. Proficient in database systems (eg. MySql, MongoDB, DynamoDB) 
4. Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds 
5. Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3 
6. Understanding accessibility and security compliance 
7. User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments 
8. Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system 
9. Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application 
10. Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform 
11. Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes 
12. Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests 
13. Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git