
We are looking for a highly capable Node.js developer to optimize our mobile-based application performance. You will be collaborating with our front-end application developers, designing back-end components, and integrating data storage and protection solutions.
To ensure success as a Node.js developer, you should possess extensive knowledge of Node.Js based services and experience in a similar role. An accomplished Node.js developer will be someone whose expertise results in the stable, fast, and secure exchange of data between servers and end-users.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Actively participate in the overall application lifecycle.
- Focus on coding and debugging.
- Collaborate with front-end developers.
- Define and communicate technical and design requirements.
- Build a high-quality reusable code that can be used in the future.
- Create sustainable and functional web applications with clean codes.
- Learn about new technologies and stay up to date with current best practices.
- Conduct UI tests and optimize performance.
- Train, help, and support to other team members.
Requirements
- Hands-on backend mobile app/web development experience
- At least four years' experience as a Node.js developer.
- Hands-on experience of working on MongoDB database
- Knowledgeable of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
- Good understanding of server-side CSS pre-processors
- Proven experience creating user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
- Capability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
- Proven experience managing of hosting environment, that includes database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
- Ability to setup, administer of backups, data migration, transformation, and scripting.
- Knowledgeable of OWASP security principles
- Understands “session management” in a server environment
- Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science or a related field

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Description: Design, build and configure applications to meet business process and application
requirements.
What you will be doing
● Building and maintaining micro services.
● Develop new features and improve existing features of the application.
● Coding, Implementing, Unit Testing and Documenting Typescript and Javascript based services.
● Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
● Code reviews and ensuring adherence to software development standards.
● Contribute to team and organizational improvements in process and infrastructure.
● Participating in requirements gathering and functional specification activities.
● Resolving and helping to mitigate production issues.
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.
Location Preferences
- Candidates located in Kerala are preferred.
Skills and Qualifications
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Strong proficiency with JavaScript, React, and Redux
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Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it(particularly Express,Loopback)
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Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
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Good understanding of server-side templating languages
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Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors
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Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
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User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
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Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
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Understanding Cloud based application deployment.
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Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
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Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
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Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
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Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
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Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
About Talent Litmus
- Talent Litmus is a game-based platform for assessments and learning founded by IIT Bombay, IIM Ahmedabad alumnus. We are a young, funded, growing and ambitious startup.
- Imagine if companies were to recruit candidates using interactive mobile games instead of tedious assessments. What if training sessions in organisations were not long 3-day workshops but gripping online role-playing games. We imagined it, and have made it a reality.
- We are using Games and Generative AI to make assessments nd learning at the workplace interesting.
Responsibilities
- Complete ownership of our web and mobile platform - from specification to design, development, and troubleshooting.
- Design and develop secure, scalable, performant and reliable systems.
- Create a framework of technical standards and procedures
- Collaborative work with other HR tech platforms to implement seamless integration.
- Rapid development and prototyping of new features.
Requirements
- Bachelors or higher degree in Computer Science or Mathematics 2 or more years of demonstrated successful experience in Full-Stack web development.
- Hands-on Experience with designing and building a high-quality front end for web applications.
- Experience with Node. JS, Angular JS, MongoDB, ExpressJS, NestJs, AWS(EC2, Route53, S3, CloudFront, Lambda), Docker, nginx.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git.
- Experience with Typescript Basic understanding and exposure to GEN AI tech.
- Bonus: experience with CI/CD, and game development (phaser.js, three.js, play canvas, etc. )
- Ability to have smart technical conversations and defend hypotheses with factual data.
- Candidates willing to work from home or from office in Mumbai
- Candidate should have strong work experience in JavaScript(ES6+)
- Hands on application development using Node JS, Express JS, MongoDB and Mongoose
- Good understanding of Web Technology, RESTful APIs, JSON structures
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Exposure in AWS Services will be an added advantage
Responsibilities and Duties
- Design, code, test and document software according to the functional requirements.
- Analyze, diagnose and resolve errors related to applications.
- Provide application and user support.
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.
- Experience in Node.js Frameworks
- Hands-on experience with MongoDB
- Strong proficiency with JavaScript, Socket IO, ExpressJS & SailsJS
- Experience working with third-party developer tools, including documentation, APIs, and SDKs
- Good Grasp of Asynchronous Programming and Its Workarounds
- Database Schema design for Business Processes
- Working Knowledge of JWT based passport Authentication
- Can Write and Refactor Efficient Codes
- Experience in Implementing Data Protection
- Must have demonstrated the ability to deliver high-quality products on time
- Knowledge of GIT, SVN technology
Coding in Java8, Spring, Microservices, WebFlux/Reactive Programing, Rest services, Kafka, PCF, Azure, Spring Cloud Config and NoSQL technologies.
Solve technical problems using cutting-edge technologies and best practices.
Ensure code meets the required development standards and is optimized for performance.
Unit testing for each line of new code introduced (JUnit/Mockito)
Peer code review process using GIT pull requests and Crucible (for SVN)
Propose multiple solutions to a problem, show how one option is better than another.
Ensure all aspects of technical design are correctly incorporated.
Contribute in research and implementing POCs as required.
Collaborating with onsite team in scrum ceremonies.
Who you are:
Hands on experience on Java/J2EE programming, especially on Java 8 features
Experience using latest frameworks like Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Rest, Spring Cloud Config and Webflux.
Experience in Microservices architecture & development
Experience with Test Driven Development
Experience with SQL on any of the RDBMS Oracle, PostgreSQL, My SQL
Exposure to NoSQL DB is added advantage, preferred MongoDb / Cassandra
Experience with any of the ORM frameworks Hibernate/iBatis, JDBC, JPA
Exposure to JMS Kafka, IBM MQ or Active MQ is good to have
Experience with JUNIT and any of the mocking frameworks Mockito, EasyMock, JMock
with hands on any one of the cloud platforms like PCF, Azure
Use of code repository tools like SVN, GIT
Exposure to any of the build and deployment tools like Gradle, Maven, Ant
Experience in CI/CD pipeline such as JENKINS
Experience using different design patterns, especially GoF, J2EE and Integration design patterns
Exposure to performance testing using JMeter is good to have
Ensuring the code meets the required development standards and is optimized for performance
Experience managing teams and deliveries
Providing technical design or approach for a business problem
Leading the team towards the right solution with expected quality and timelines
Experience with Agile practices
With good collaboration skills to coordinate with US based onsite team and client team.
Good team player and coordination skills


