Backend Developer ( node.js , python , golang )

Role Overview

Zolvit is seeking a Node.js Backend Lead Engineer to lead our engineering efforts in building scalable systems with a microservices architecture. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience in backend development, platformization expertise, and the ability to mentor junior engineers. You will play a key role in driving architectural decisions, ensuring system scalability, and fostering a strong engineering culture. 

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend systems using Node.js and microservices architecture. 
• Lead the development of platform components to enable efficient code reuse, modularity, and scalability. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define system architecture and technical roadmap.
• Design and build solutions using event-driven architecture and middleware such as Kafka. 
• Develop and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring optimal performance and scalability. 
• Define and implement high-level and low-level designs, documenting key decisions and ensuring junior engineers understand the architecture. 
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote best practices in coding, design, and system architecture. 
• Lead technical discussions, participate in hiring processes, and contribute to building a high-performance engineering team. 
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless integration and deployment. 
• Leverage AWS services for scalable infrastructure and deployment solutions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in building scalable backend systems using Node.js.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and middleware like Kafka. 
• Experience in building platform solutions with a focus on reusability and modularity.
• Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases with a clear understanding of their tradeoffs.
• Solid knowledge of high-level and low-level system design concepts.
• Proven experience in mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and driving engineering excellence. 
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Proficient in leveraging AWS services for building scalable infrastructure.
• Strong problem-solving skills, effective communication, and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. 

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead technical initiatives and shape the platform architecture.
• Work on cutting-edge technologies with a team that values innovation and engineering excellence. 
• A collaborative environment where mentorship and growth are highly encouraged.
• Competitive compensation and growth opportunities aligned with your contributions.

Our core customer-facing product today is a native Android application. In addition to this, we are building internal tools for customer support, investment management, marketing analytics and business management. In the future, we plan to hugely expand the features in our core product, build iOS and web products, and continuously improve our internal tools to better serve our customers.

For our back-end, we use Node.js / MySQL / AWS. We are currently a 3-member engineering team (1 back-end, 1 Android, 1 full stack) led by our founding engineer and advised by a senior technology executive from a leading fintech company.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our software applications
• Build reusable libraries and frameworks that support complex web applications
• Set-up our technology infrastructure and integrate with 3rd party applications
• Contribute to internal discussions around product features, roadmap and technologies used
• Mentor & recruit engineers to the team
• Set up processes related to engineering & product

Skills / Required Experience:

• B.Tech / M.Tech in Computer Science or equivalent, with solid foundational knowledge in at least two general programming languages, data structures, algorithms, system architecture, security and networking protocols.
• At least 6 years of back-end development experience in a software product company is required for this role.
• Exposure to modern software development processes, multiple front-end and back-end technologies, and open-source software.
• Proficiency with tools like Gitlab/Jira/Firebase, as well as AWS and commonly used database systems etc. is required
• Experience in an early-stage startup or having founded your own startup would be good to have (but not necessary).

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Educational Qualification: BE/B.Tech/BCA/BCS/MSC/MCA/MCS/M.Tech(Certification course will be Advantage)

Experience - 4 to 10 years

Job Description:

· Implement a robust set of services and APIs to power the back-end application

· Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability

· Implementation of security and data protection

· Follow and understand architecture design and implementation on
development, testing, implementation, and documentation.

· Conduct reviews and conduct team training on the complex features of NodeJS.

· Analyze business/functional requirements and translate them into
concrete tasks

· Manage Product releases

Skill Set Required:

· Experienced in NodeJs or any NodeJS frameworks

· Experienced & Good knowledge of Relational and NoSQL databases (MongoDB)

· Exposure to Cloud Environments like AWS, MS Azure or Google Cloud

· Knowledge of an interest in Agile Methodologies, such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum

· Knowledge of software best practices, like Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration (CI)

We are looking for a Backend Developer who has 4-6 years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing backend services using Python and Django.

- Responsibilities-

- Design highly scalable, testable code and follow Test Driven Development methodology 

- Able to write well-organized, modularised code with test cases.

- Contribute to the design and architecture of our backend APIs and deployment of microservices

- Ensure adherence to engineering best practices and maintain the overall quality of our codebase.

- Work with the product team to translate powerful ideas into everyday business value.

- Skills-

- Back-end programming language: Python

- Familiarity with Django or Flask framework

- Familiarity with AWS and Elastic Search

- Experience in SQL and NoSQL databases with an insight into various data modeling use cases

- Experience with system & unit testing

- Familiarity with containerized deployment

- Proficiency with Git

- Sound with data structures and algorithms and have a good understanding of design patterns, software architectures