Backend Engineeer (Node.JS)

Job Title : Senior Consultant (Java / NodeJS + Temporal)

Experience : 5 to 12 Years

Location : Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Gurugram, Coimbatore

Work Mode : Remote (Must be open to travel for occasional team meetups)

Notice Period : Immediate Joiners or Serving Notice

Interview Process :

• R1 : Tech Interview (60 mins)
• R2 : Technical Interview
• R3 : (Optional) Interview with Client

Job Summary :

We are seeking a Senior Backend Consultant with strong hands-on expertise in Temporal (BPM/Workflow Engine) and either Node.js or Java.

The ideal candidate will have experience in designing and developing microservices and process-driven applications, as well as orchestrating complex workflows using Temporal.io.

You will work on high-scale systems, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.

Mandatory Skills :

Temporal.io, Node.js (or Java), React.js, Keycloak IAM, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Kubernetes, Azure, Jest, OpenAPI

Key Responsibilities :

• Design and implement scalable backend services using Node.js or Java.
• Build and manage complex workflow orchestrations using Temporal.io.
• Integrate with IAM solutions like Keycloak for role-based access control.
• Work with React (v17+), TypeScript, and component-driven frontend design.
• Use PostgreSQL for structured data persistence and optimized queries.
• Manage infrastructure using Terraform and orchestrate via Kubernetes.
• Leverage Azure Services like Blob Storage, API Gateway, and AKS.
• Write and maintain API documentation using Swagger/Postman/Insomnia.
• Conduct unit and integration testing using Jest.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to architectural decisions.

Must-Have Skills :

• Temporal.io – BPMN modeling, external task workers, Operate, Tasklist
• Node.js + TypeScript (preferred) or strong Java experience
• React.js (v17+) and component-driven UI development
• Keycloak IAM, PostgreSQL, and modern API design
• Infrastructure automation with Terraform, Kubernetes
• Experience in using GitFlow, OpenAPI, Jest for testing

Nice-to-Have Skills :

• Blockchain integration experience for secure KYC/identity flows
• Custom Camunda Connectors or exporter plugin development
• CI/CD experience using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Identity-based task completion authorization enforcement

Vah Vah! is an ed-tech company that offers online makeup courses in micro-batches to students across India to learn from the leading teachers in top cities. We provide holistic education with lots of practical training that makes our students job-ready with not just the base skills but also the soft skills for great customer service. Our teachers have more than 15+ years of experience in training makeup and have certified more than 1000+ students. Vah Vah! is founded by executives with extensive experience running consumer business and mobile games at scale (over 100 million players) at Zynga. Vah Vah! is backed by a leading investment firm.

Website Link: https://vahvah.com/

The Mission

Vah Vah teaches professional makeup to budding makeup artists and influencers through live online classes. We have students from Srinagar, all the way to the Andamans. And experienced teachers who have worked in Bridal Makeup, Ramp Shoots, Film and more. We empower our students to join the workforce as fully trained makeup artists. This is the future of vocational education, and you can help build it.

Our Culture

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• We have the right mixture of creativity, analytics and hustle to move fast in the right direction.
• You will work with colleagues who don’t take themselves too seriously but move mountains.
• See yourself evolving every month with new problems to solve and new skill to master.
• Work with the smartest engineers so you can learn from them.
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Great stock options so you can benefit from the company's growth.
• Immense exposure to new technologies

Responsibilities:

• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
• Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members. Taking lead on projects, as needed.

Requirements:

• Overall experience of 2-5 years in building backend services using languages like NodeJs, Java etc
• Fluency or understanding of specific languages, such as Java, Node.Js, Python, and operating systems may be required.
• Strong understanding of the web development cycle and programming techniques and tools.
• Focus on efficiency, user experience, and process improvement.
• Strong problem solving and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a group.
• Sound knowledge on source control and DevOps

What you get:

• Amazing workplace and colleagues to work with
• Competitive salary at par with the best in the industry
• Immense exposure to new technologies

Job Description

• Design & implement backend APIs 
• Mentor junior developers technically.
• Actively work to reduce tech debt in the backend
• Work towards more stability & scalability of the backend
• Tech stack - Java, AWS, Aurora etc. 

Eligibility

• 4-8 years of product company experience
• OOP implementation experience. Programming language does not matter. We use Java internally but have hired folks from non Java background.
• Hands on experience in SQL, Dynamo DB, Postgres etc preferred. 
• Prior experience building REST APIs
• Advanced understanding of AWS stack
• Prior knowledge of solving problems at scale.

You will be responsible for developing features on the application and integrations end to end. You will be working closely with the Technical Team to come up with high-quality, resilient, and highly performant applications.

• Design and develop SaaS-based applications based on microservices architecture.
• Work on the core backend and ensure it meets the performance benchmarks.
• API and Integrations.
• Designing and developing APIs for the front end to consume.
• Constantly improve the architecture of the application by clearing the technical backlog.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.
• Work on the front end with ReactJS is a plus point.

• An enthusiastic individual with the following skills. We are open to promising candidates who are passionate about their work and are team players.
• A subset of the below skills should be fine as long as you are good.🙂
• OAuth, API Integrations.
• Agnostic/Polyglot with multiple tech stacks.
• Worked on open source technologies – NodeJS, ReactJS, MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, CouchDB, DynamoDB, Clickhouse, Kafka
• Backend exposure – good knowledge of building and integrating APIs
• Efficient in building microservices in combining server & front-end.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding skills on OAuth.
• Should have sound working experience with relational and columnar DB.
• Should be innovative and communicative in approach.
• Will be responsible for functional/technical track of a project.

You will closely work with the engineering team and support the Product Team of Compass.

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment will enable you to juggle between concepts yet maintain the quality of content, interact, share your ideas, and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at Xoxoday.

A fast-growing SaaS commerce company based in Bangalore with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, SF, Dubai, Singapore, and Dublin. We have three products in our portfolio: Plum, Empuls, and Compass. Xoxoday works with over 1000 global clients. We help our clients engage and motivate their employees, sales teams, channel partners, or consumers for better business results.

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. However, we assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.