Backend Engineer

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our development team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Node.js, AWS, and MongoDB, and a strong pro-activeness and ownership mindset.

Technical Expertise:

• Architect, design, and develop scalable and efficient backend services using Node.js (Nest.js).
• Design and manage cloud-based infrastructure on AWS, including EC2, ECS, RDS, Lambda, and other services.
• Work with MongoDB to design, implement, and maintain high-performance database solutions.
• Leverage Kafka, Docker and serverless technologies like SST to streamline deployments and infrastructure management.
• Optimize application performance and scalability across the stack.
• Ensure security and compliance standards are met across all development and deployment processes.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with other backend languages like Python and worked on Agentic AI
• Security knowledge and best practices.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Backend Developer with strong expertise in Node.js and AWS to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have solid backend development experience, with additional working knowledge of PHP and Python. Exposure to frontend frameworks like React.js and Angular will be considered a strong advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs using Node.js.

• Deploy, manage, and optimize applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, product, QA) to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Ensure application performance, security, and scalability.

• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following industry best practices.

• Work with databases (SQL/NoSQL) to design efficient data models and queries.

• Integrate third-party services and APIs when required.

• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and mentoring of junior developers.

• Support continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications.

Requirements

• 4+ years of backend development experience.

• Strong expertise in Node.js and hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.).

• Good working knowledge of PHP and Python.

• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB).

• Working knowledge of React.js and Angular is preferred.

Our client is a rapid growth stage Edtech start-up focused on solving the teacher shortage crisis in the US education system using technology by bringing teachers to the classrooms and giving them access to the right tools to teach students in a highly engaging manner.

They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.

What does the role entail:

● Design, develop, and maintain software applications using .NET Core ,C#

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement new features

● Develop and implement unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality

● Troubleshoot and debug applications

● Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers

Required Skills:

● B.E/B.Tech in computer science

● 1 - 3 years of experience

● Hands-on experience following skills

MS Technologies: NET CORE 7+, C#

Backend: MSSQL / MySQL /Postgres

● Preferred understanding of Cloud: Azure/AWS.

● Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, Design principles, data structures, and algorithms

● Worked in an Agile software development environment

1: proficient in python, flask, pandas, GitHub and AWS

2: good knowledge of databases both SQL and NoSQL

3:Strong experience in REST and SOAP APIs

4: Experience with working on scalable interactive web applications

5:Basic knowledge of JavaScript and Html

6: Automation and crawling tools and modules

7: Multithreading and Multiprocessing

8:Good Understanding of test-driven Development

9: Preferred exposure to finance domain

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. 

Designing back-end services for various business processes.ses. 

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. 

Skills: 

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar. 

At least two years' experience as a Node.js developer. 

Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks. 

Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3. 

Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills. 

Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude. 

Great organizational and time management skills. 

Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours. 

Key Responsibilities:

· You’ll be actively involved with development of server backend that support mobile apps.

· You’ll be architecting and implementing best-in-class complex ‘real time’ web software and/or messaging systems to power highly scalable apps for users.

· Translate high level business problems into scalable design and code. Create libraries & Utilities for larger consumption.

· Work closely with UI/UX designers to create exciting user experiences and ensure delivery of graphic assets as per modern web standards.

· You’ll be continuously keeping an eye on the latest cutting-edge technologies and leveraging these in one’s own and the team’s work as necessary.

· Care about the business results of what you build, not just the elegance of the technology you build.

· Work on the end to end stack (Platforms, UI, distributed systems, databases) rather than specialize in one area.

· And of course, get hands dirty by writing server-side code for mobile-based applications, create robust high-volume production applications, and develop prototypes quickly.

Eligibility

Desired Candidates Profile:

• 5+ years of experience on Node.js based web applications and systems development.
• Strong knowledge of MEAN, Linux/UNIX based development & client-side JavaScript/jQuery.
• Knowledgeable on ORMs, their utility and limitations.
• Knowledge of web services and serialization techniques like REST, SOAP, XML & JSON.
• Knowledgeable about caching mechanisms & tools like memcache, CDNs, nginx.
• Scripting experience in using Shell/Python for creating quick technology solutions to problems.
• Prior expertise of working with AWS Cloud, CDNs and other PAAS based services.
• A strong penchant for Object-Oriented Design.
• Experience of working with version control, bug tracking, continuous integration and other productivity enhancement software like SVN, Bugzilla, Jira etc.
• Prior experience in implementing Agile software methodologies.
• Passionate about software development & modern-day web technologies like:
• Server-Side JavaScript – Node.js, Backbone.js
• Web Sockets
• NoSQL based databases like MongoDB/Couchbase/Redis
• Big Data
• Taking responsibility and ownership in the team’s work.

Additional Requirements:

• B-Tech/BS/BE/BS/MS/M.Tech/MS in Electronics or Computer Science from a premier institute in India (IITs, BITS, NITs etc) or abroad.

Desired candidates must have 2-7 years experience as NodeJs Developer. If the candidate is not able to relocate to Gurgaon then 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

The candidate for the role will be responsible for enabling single view for the data from multiple sources. 

• Work on creating data pipelines to graph database from data lake
• Design graph database
• Write Graph Database queries for front end team to use for visualization
• Enable machine learning algorithms on graph databases
• Guide and enable junior team members

B.Tech with 2-7 years of experience

Must Have

Hands-on exposure to Graph Databases like Neo4J, Janus etc..

1. Hands-on exposure to programming and scripting language like Python and PySpark
2. Knowledge of working on cloud platforms like GCP, AWS etc.
3. Knowledge of Graph Query languages like CQL, Gremlin etc.
4. Knowledge and experience of Machine Learning 

Good to Have

• Knowledge of working on Hadoop environment

• Knowledge of graph algorithms

• Ability to work on tight deadlines