Backend Developer

6 days WFO.

Strong Backend Node.js Developer Profile

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Mandatory (Experience 1) – Must have 6+ years of hands-on Backend Engineering experience using Node.js building production-grade systems for B2C products at meaningful consumer scale

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Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must be AI-native in their own engineering workflow: already uses LLMs and agentic tooling across the SDLC, from design and code generation through testing and debugging

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Mandatory (Experience 3) – Must have owned backend architecture end to end, including greenfield builds. Should be able to make early architecture calls and reason clearly about service boundaries, data flow, caching, queueing, failure modes, scalability, and reliability trade-offs under real constraints.

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Mandatory (Experience 4) – Must have a solid understanding of backend fundamentals, including API development, service-oriented architecture, data structures, algorithms, and clean coding practices

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Mandatory (Experience 5) – Must have experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs and backend services, including integrations with external systems and third-party platforms

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Mandatory (Experience 6) – Must have strong experience working with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL), including efficient data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning

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Mandatory (Company) – Must have worked in B2C product companies / startups at meaningful consumer scale. (WealthTech, FinTech, or high-growth consumer product background is highly preferred)

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Mandatory (Stability) – Must have a stable career history, with consistent tenure across previous companies; frequent job-hopping will not be considered

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Mandatory (AI Product) – Must have experience building and shipping products that use LLMs and agentic workflows to end users.

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Mandatory (Exclusion) – Candidates currently working at Stable Money will not be considered

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Mandatory (Note) – Seed-funded WealthTech startup. Candidate must be comfortable in an early-stage, fast-paced environment with shifting priorities

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Mandatory (Note) – Founding tech team role. Work from office, 6 days a week. Candidate must be willing to own the backend end to end and set engineering standards

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Preferred (College) – Tier1 engineering college is a plus plus

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Preferred (Note) – Previous founding engineer or early-team startup experience is a plus.

Requirements / Experience:

• 4-8+ years of PHP application development experience
• Strong Experience using Laravel/CodeIgniter/ Symfonyframeworks
• Strong experience and theoretical knowledge of PHP
• Front end and back end development expertise
• JavaScript (Vue.js, React, node, Typescript, RequireJS)
• Front end frameworks (Bootstrap, Tailwind, etc.)
• Good background with SQL Databases (writing queries, optimization, query builders usage, ORMs)
• API development and documentation (OpenAPI)
• Troubleshooting (ability to react in the most effective manner to eliminate technical issues)
• Solution-Making (ability to propose the most effective technical solutions)
• NoSQL experience is nice to have
• Ability to work on existing live projects and do the modifications as required. 
• Ability to work independently and in a team as well

Requirements:

• Proficient in fundamental Software Design Principles, Data Structures, Algorithms, Problem Solving and Complexity Analysis.
• Proficient in programming languages like Python/Java/Javascript/Golang or similar.
• Strong understanding of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Hands-on Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases such as Postgres, Mysql, MongoDB.
• Hands-on experience with GIT, CI/CD, REST APIs and Cloud ( AWS/ GCP/ Azure) will be preferred.
• Understanding of Microservice Architecture and System Design Principles is a plus.
• Self-driven, detail-oriented and Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and ability to deliver great work.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing, releasing and maintaining large scale software applications.

Responsibilities

·       Develop Python-based APIs using FastAPI and Flask frameworks.

·       Develop Python-based Automation scripts and Libraries.

·       Develop Front End Components using VueJS and ReactJS.

·       Writing and modifying Docker files for the Back-End and Front-End Components.

·       Integrate CI/CD pipelines for Automation and Code quality checks.

·       Writing complex ORM mappings using SQLAlchemy.

Required Skills:

·       Strong experience in Python development in a full stack environment is a requirement, including NodeJS, VueJS/Vuex, Flask, etc.

·       Experience with SQLAchemy or similar ORM frameworks.

·       Experience working with Geolocation APIs (e.g., Google Maps, Mapbox).

·       Experience using Elasticsearch and Airflow is a plus.

·       Strong knowledge of SQL, comfortable working with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL databases.

·       Understand concepts of Data Modeling.

·       Experience with REST.

·       Experience with Git, GitFlow, and code review process.

·       Good understanding of basic UI and UX principles.

·       Project excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Duties And Responsibilities

Coding backend for a stock analysis platform in Nodejs. You don’t.t need any experience or understanding of stocks for this position.
Nodejs - candidate must have good experience working with Nodejs and have a deep understanding of space -time complexity for writing optimized code in typescript
Typescript- candidate must know typescript and have good experience with it.
MongoDB and PostgreSQL - candidate must have experience working with both technologies. understanding of both technologies and designing scalable and optimized database structures

Responsibilities

• You will design and develop large scale distributed services
• You will analyse and improve the efficiency, scalability, stability, and security of the platform as a whole.
• You will act as the primary owner of one or more components while driving innovation in your area of ownership
• You will proactively research & evaluate new tools, technologies, and techniques to improve the value of the system.
• You will work with engineering leadership in solving and architecting solutions for challenging or complex development issues.
• You will work independently and handle dependencies with very minimal oversight
• You will take initiatives in developing and maintaining integrations of best practices within the back-end.
• You will help identify systemic issues, performance bottlenecks and work on design/architect improvements.

Requirements

• You have 1 - 9 years of experience in software development.
• You have designed and scaled up the system.
• You have a strong understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• You are an incessant problem solver and tougher the problem gets, more fun you have.
• You have strong command in any one or more of the following languages: Python and Django
• You understand the business impact of your decisions.

Good To Have

• You have prior experience in fintech companies

Traits We Are Looking For

• Experience in a specific tech stack doesn't matter for us.
• The general engineering mindset and aptitude is what matters more.
• Technically strong and curious.
• Should have a hacker mindset and should love exploring new technologies.

Desired Skills and Experience

Java, Python, Data Structures, Algorithms

Experience: 5+ years

Location: Bangalore

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and code features in the back-end as per the specifications provided by the Product and Design teams.
• Ship features in fast moving agile sprints.
• Work closely with Product Design and Product Management teams to brainstorm and chalk out details of features.
• Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion.
• Strong skills in architecting database models.
• Ability to document your code as this will be an open-core project.
• Ability to write unit, integration, and end to end tests.
• Conduct peer code review.

Must have:

• Strong understanding of Javascript and NodeJS.
• Good understanding of asynchronous programming, callback, and closures.
• Experience developing applications that use queues like SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.
• Experience with AWS services like S3, EC2, etc.
• Experience with Docker.
• Should be strong in Postgres database.
• Test driven development and use of frameworks like Mocha, Cypress.
• Strong proficiency in English and writing skills.

Good to have

• Basic knowledge of CI, CD
• Intermediate knowledge in any cloud services (AWS, GCP)
• Have created GraphQL APIs or worked with the Apollo framework.
• Have built previous functionality for CRM, marketing, or customer support tools.
• Have worked in open source project previously.