Backend Developer at stealth mode Pune based startup · Pune · 3 - 8 years · ₹12L - ₹25L / yr (ESOP available) · Posted 16 Mar 2021

Backend Developer
About Us
It is a stealth mode startup founded by IIT/NIT alumni who held leadership positions in companies like MindTickle and Browserstack. We have a grand vision of disrupting how companies buy and sell from each other. We are working with early customers to build an enterprise-grade product that will be GA this year. It is backed by tier 1 VCs and angel investors from India and Silicon Valley.
Job Description
We are looking for a Backend Engineer to work closely with the founding team. We are looking for a 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.
Responsibilities
- Develop platform and infra stack from scratch
- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
- Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
- Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
- Implementation of security and data protection
- Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
- Developing ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends.
- Recording data and reporting it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership.
- Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new technologies, and better assist other team members.
- Taking lead on projects, as needed.
Technology Skills
- Proven work experience as a NodeJs Backend developer and frameworks available with it like Express, Apollo Graphql. Typescript knowledge is a plus
- In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
- Hands-on with various Infrastructure pieces like databases, message queues/brokers
- Familiarity with Unit Testing Frameworks, UI Testing, Monorepos and Graphql principles
- Knowledge of Alerting and Monitoring tools.
- Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.
- Prior experience of the AWS cloud, knowledge about the Salesforce environment is a plus.
- Excellent project and time management skills.
Soft Skills
- Obsessed with best practices, structuring, documentation and have an eye for detail.
- Self starter with a high level of drive and commitment.
- High energy and drive to work in a startup environment.
- Conceptual thinking, flexibility and ability to juggle with multiple responsibilities.
- Ability to work under pressure and confidence to deal with complex issues.
- Good communication skills.
- Hands-on and detail oriented.
Location: Pune
Candidate profile : 3-6 years of experience in Backend Development

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Job Overview
We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Developer to join our team in developing backend servicing. As a key member of our development team, you will be responsible for cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js. The ideal candidate is passionate about distributed systems, has experience with backend services and is excited about optimising applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, architect solutions, and implement features.
- Write clean, modular, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
- Optimise applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Implement security measures to ensure data privacy and integrity in backend systems.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues to ensure smooth operation of production systems.
- Perform code reviews to maintain code quality, consistency, and adherence to coding standards.
- Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in backend development, Node.js, and related ecosystems
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Proven experience in backend development, with at least 4 years of experience using Node.js.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Experience with web frameworks such as Express.js.
- Proficiency in building RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL).
- Solid understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment, with excellent communication skills.
Location - Pune/ Mumbai/ Bangalore
Education
Degree, Postgraduate in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent industry experience)
Experience
- Minimum 5 years of coding experience in NodeJS, JavaScript and Databases.
- At least 1 year hands-on in TypeScript .
- Hands-on experience in performance tuning, debugging, monitoring
Technical Skills
- Excellent knowledge developing scalable and highly-available Restful APIs using NodeJS technologies
- Practical experience with GraphQL.
- Experience in working with AWS platform and its core services like Lambda, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation, CDK, SQS, S3 etc., or its equivalent Azure services
- Hands-on working experience in front-end applications development with HTML, CSS, Node JS with strong working experience in backend technologies Java, TypeScript and JavaScript programming languages.
- Understanding of containerization, experienced in Dockers , Kubernetes.
- Exposed to API gateway integrations like 3Scale.
- Understanding of Single-Sign-on or token-based authentication (Rest, JWT, oAuth)
- Experience on DevOps ways of working with good understanding on CI/CD and actively involved in solving, troubleshooting issues in distributed services ecosystem
- Hands on experience with both SQL and No-SQL databases.
- More than 3 years proven experience in developing high volume scalable cloud solutions utilizing platforms like Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure.
- Possess expert knowledge of task/message queues include but not limited to: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Pushpin and Kafka
Functional Skills
- Experience in following best Coding, Security, Unit testing and Documentation standards and practices Experience in Banking, Financial and Fintech experience in an enterprise environment preferred
- Experience in Agile methodology.
- Ensure quality of technical and application architecture and design of systems across the organization.
- Effectively research and benchmark technology against other best in class technologies.
Soft Skills
- Able to influence multiple teams on technical considerations, increasing their productivity and effectiveness, by sharing deep knowledge and experience.
- Self-motivator and self-starter, Ability to own and drive things without supervision and works collaboratively with the teams across the organization.
- Have excellent soft skills and interpersonal skills to interact and present the ideas to Senior and Executive management
Responsibilities-
- Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
- Write clean code to develop functional web applications
- Troubleshoot and debug applications
- Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
- Gather and address technical and design requirements
- Provide training and support to internal teams
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Liaise with developers, designers to identify new features
- Follow emerging technologies
Requirements-
- Spent at least 3 yrs in a solid back end role
- Experience taking a problem to a product solution (module/product)
- Prior experience working with startups and understand the fast-paced, dynamic nature of work
- Javascript, NodeJS
- Client-server architecture
- OOP concepts, including design patterns
- Understanding of RDBMS (MySQL, Postgresql)
- Understanding of REST API
- Familiarity with frameworks such as ExpressJs
- Knowledge of TDD frameworks mocha, chai, jest, etc
- Knowledge of AWS (Lambda, RDS, EC2, SQS, S3, ECS, etc)
- Basic knowledge of Typescript, NextJs
- Prior experience in fin-tech
Job Description:
We are looking for Tech geeks having hands-on experience and in love with building scalable, distributed and large web/mobile products and tech solutions. He/She must be an excellent problem solver with passion to self-learn and implement web technologies (frontend + backend). He/She would be responsible for the architecture design, code review, and technology build and deployment activities of the product.
Responsibilities:-
- Own the product development from scratch.
- Architect scalable, distributed and large-scale web and mobile solutions from scratch.
- Code for fresh development and to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
- Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
- Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
- Able to learn & implement new technology/framework/library at God Speed.
- Customer-focused, react well to changes, work with teams and be able to multitask.
- Experience and knowledge of open-source tools and frameworks, broader cutting edge technologies around server side development.
Desired Candidate Profile:-
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field(or combined with related experience)
- Strong Expertise in Node.js/Javascript
- Hands-on experience in writing Node.js applications
- Deep knowledge of Restful APIs, Web Services, command-line programs and solid design principles.
- Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks like Express.js,Sails.js,StrongLoop, Meteor,Loopback.js, etc
- Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database(MongoDB)
- Knowledge of tools like Docker, Git, Postman, JSdocs, etc.
- Well versed with front-end technologies - HTML5, and CSS3, AWS, GCP, Azure, Good hold on CLI command, OS
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages, both dynamic(Javascript, Python, Ruby, etc.) and strongly typed object-oriented language.
- Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.
- Must be a proven performer and team player that enjoys challenging assignments in a high energy, fast growing and start-up workplace.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Node.js developer with a passion for esports to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of building and maintaining web applications using Node.js and a proven ability to work effectively in a team environment. Experience in the esports industry is a plus.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain web applications using Node.js and related technologies
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
- Collaborate with the design and product management teams to implement new features and functionality
- Work with the DevOps team to ensure proper deployment and monitoring of applications
- Troubleshoot and debug issues as they arise
- Write and maintain comprehensive documentation
Requirements:
- Strong professional experience with JavaScript and Node.js
- Experience with building and deploying web applications
- Familiarity with web development frameworks such as Express or Koa
- Experience with Git and version control
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Preferred:
- Experience in the esports industry
- Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure
- Familiarity with front-end development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and React
- Experience with data persistence technologies such as MongoDB or MySQL
- Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest or Mocha
you will be;
* Developing services with TypeScript (with Node.js) in Lambda
* Assisting with the design and evolution of their DevOps tooling
* Building their Amazon Web Services environment
* Performance tuning and optimisation
* Continually developing your skillset as required to ensure that the best technologies and methods are used
* Maintaining focus on security
* Working within a truly Agile environment, participating in daily stand-up meetings
* Collaborating with the rest of the development team and business to meet objectives
Key Skills Required;
* TypeScript * JavaScript (ES6+) * Node.js * Amazon Web Services, in particular AWS Lambda, * Experience working within an Agile environment * Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work in partnership with both business and technology teams * Proactive and truly passionate about technology * Degree level education in Computer Science (or equivalent), or similar experience * Willingness to continually learn new languages
We are looking for a Software Engineer responsible for the development of backend APIs, services. Your primary focus will be the development of REST APIs and Unit-tests for code. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products are essential.
Responsibilities:
- Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
- Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
- Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
- Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
- Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
- Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
- Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
- Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
- Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.
Requirements:
- Sound knowledge in web application development using Node, JavaScript.
- Designing and creating RESTful APIs.
- 3-4 years of experience in node and javascript.
- Experience with databases like Elasticsearch, Redis.
- Experience using best coding practices, design patterns.
- Must have very good analytical skills.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
- Familiarity with continuous integration.
- Basic Knowledge in JIRA.
- Good to have familiarity with Docker.
- Good to have knowledge in Kafka, WSO2 Siddhi.
Desired candidates must have 3-7 years of experience as NodeJs Developer.
If the candidate cannot relocate to Gurgaon, we can also provide permanent Work from home for this position.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Responsible for understanding functional and business requirements and translate them into effective code
- Provide support till deployment of code into production.
- Ownership for ensuring code optimization, problem diagnosis, and on-time delivery
- Implement solutions as per the pre-defined framework /guidelines and adherence to processes
- Finding an optimal solution for the problem statement
- Conduct peer code review.
What candidate should know about:
- Excellent hands-on experience with Node.Js, Express.Js, JavaScript
- Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
- Excellent hands-on experience with MongoDB, Mongo aggregation, MySQL
- Ability to build REST services, Authentications, MVC applications
- Excellent Object Oriented Programming skills and ability to write modular, secure, scalable, and maintainable code
- Experience with Elastic Search, Redis.
- Knowledge about AWS components (S3, EC2, Cloudfront, Redis Clusters, etc.)
- Self-learning abilities are required
- Familiarity with upcoming new technologies is a strong plus
Role: Javascript Developer [Backend Developer + Frontend]
Opening for MERN Stack Developer to lead scalable Development with competencies in:
- Expert of NodeJS, Express & MongoDB, REST Apis
- Experience in Docker
- Exposure to React, Redis, will be preferred.
Industry: IT-Software / Software Services (SaaS)
Functional Area: Internet & Cloud Technologies
Role Category: Programming & Deployment
Role: Software Developer
Employment Type: Permanent Job, Full Time
Desired Experience: 2-4 years
Desired Qualifications: B.E. / B.Tech / M.Tech / MCA
Key-Skills:
Node.js | Express | REST Api | Javascript | Redux-Saga | MongoDB | Web security TLS/SSL | Web Sockets | Promises & Call-backs | Database & Data structures | Redis | Elasticseach | React.Js
Key Deliverables:
- New feature design and implementation, Bug fixing, testing and performance tuning.
- Work on the API and Engines.
- Code deployment on cloud & maintenance of the same.
- Take complete ownership of a product/feature from setup to deployment.
- Time-bound feature delivery & updating.
- Cost-saving using efficient & effective technologies
Role and Responsibilities:
- Work on back-end (+ frontend integration) development of core scripts using NodeJS / MongoDB /Express /Redux, and Redis.
- Manage Key-value based databases like Redis.
- Active participation in the development of a sophisticated platform as one of the leading developers.
- Document code consistently throughout the development process by listing a description of the program, special instructions, and any changes made in database tables on procedural, modular and database level.
- Respond promptly and professionally to bug reports.
- Knowledge of bluebird.js (Promises), Async, etc will be of advantage.
- Coding and programming using Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structure and Algorithms, architecture/ design and build RESTful API.
- Passionate about building products and features and build the product from scratch with thrust on Web security, TLS/SSL, web sockets, etc
- Knows one or more of Wireframes/ Prototyping/ Functional Documentation of business.













