
Job Title: Backend Developer
Location: In-Office, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Backend Developer with a minimum of 1 year of experience in product building to join our dynamic and innovative team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust backend systems that drive our applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend components, and your expertise will be critical in architecting scalable, secure, and high-performance backend solutions.
Annual Compensation: 6-10 LPA
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient backend systems and APIs using NodeJS.
- Architect and implement complex backend solutions, ensuring high availability and performance.
- Collaborate with product managers, frontend developers, and other stakeholders to deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions.
- Design and optimize data storage solutions using relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis).
- Promoting a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
- Implement and enforce best practices for code quality, security, and performance optimization.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
- Ensure comprehensive test coverage, including unit testing, and implement various testing methodologies and tools to validate application functionality.
- Utilize cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) for infrastructure deployment, management, and optimization.
- Conduct system design reviews and contribute to architectural discussions.
- Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation within the team.
- Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms and ensure data encryption for sensitive information.
- Design and develop event-driven applications utilizing serverless computing principles to enhance scalability and efficiency.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 1 year of proven experience as a Backend Developer, with a strong portfolio of product-building projects.
- Extensive experience with JavaScript backend frameworks (e.g., Express, Socket) and a deep understanding of their ecosystems.
- Strong expertise in SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL and MongoDB) with a focus on data modeling and scalability.
- Practical experience with Redis and caching mechanisms to enhance application performance.
- Proficient in RESTful API design and development, with a strong understanding of API security best practices.
- In-depth knowledge of asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture.
- Familiarity with the entire web stack, including protocols, web server optimization techniques, and performance tuning.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is highly desirable.
- Proven experience working with cloud technologies (AWS/GCP/Azure) and understanding of cloud architecture principles.
- Strong understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications and microservices architecture.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment and lead projects to successful completion.

About The Alter Office
About
About Us:
The Alter Office is a dynamic product-building and service-providing company with a diverse portfolio that includes innovative social apps, immersive virtual worlds, unique gaming experiences, Ad-tech and SaaS-based applications. We blend product innovation with comprehensive service solutions, driven by creativity and a quest for excellence. We are seeking passionate individuals eager to contribute to our diverse team.
Our Culture:
At The Alter Office, we promote a fun, collaborative work environment where complex problems are tackled and innovative solutions are celebrated. We encourage everyone to collaborate freely with colleagues at all levels. We seek professionals who align with our values, are driven by our vision, and are passionate about making a significant impact through their work.
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The Alter Office is a dynamic product-building and service-providing company with a diverse portfolio that includes innovative social apps, immersive virtual worlds, unique gaming experiences, Ad-tech and SaaS-based applications. We blend product innovation with comprehensive service solutions, driven by creativity and a quest for excellence.
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- 5 days/week (all public and government holidays will be non-working days).
- No specific work hours (we will sync over zoom over the course of the day).


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● Product and customer-centric mindset.
● Great OO skills, including design patterns.
● Experience with large-scale enterprise systems

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- Willingness to learn and ability to flourish in a dynamic, high-growth, entrepreneurial environment
- Hands-on, self-starter, capable of working independently
- True love for technology and what you do
- Maniacal attention to detail
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- Playing a part in defining software architectures – collaborate with leads to explore existing systems, determine areas of complexity, uncover potential risks to successful implementation, and learn the applications’ capabilities.
- Implementing solutions as per technical design for new features and changes to existing components.
- Participating in the full development lifecycle of new functionality and enhancements to existing applications.
- Committing to producing high quality, highly performing and robust software within agreed time estimates and to agreed quality standards.
- Managing all stakeholder expectations.
- Working alongside global teams.
- Taking responsibility for successful delivery.
- Being able to work in a fast paced Agile/SCRUM environment.
- Following coding standards, building appropriate unit tests, integrating tests and deployment scripts.
- Assisting in defining software architectures – Collaborating with leads to explore existing systems, determining areas of opportunities.
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