Backend Engineer

We are building HypeMuse, an event-based photo and GIF discovery platform for sports games, concerts, and live events.

Our current backend is built with Laravel/PHP, and we are planning to rebuild the backend using Node.js. We are looking for a strong backend engineer who can help migrate the existing Laravel system into a scalable Node.js architecture while keeping the current product logic stable.

Responsibilities:

- Analyze the existing Laravel backend structure, database schema, APIs, and admin workflows.

- Rebuild core backend services using Node.js, preferably TypeScript with NestJS or Express.

- Design clean REST APIs for the mobile app, admin panel, media upload, user accounts, events, venues, and recommendation feed.

- Integrate with existing services including MySQL/PostgreSQL, Redis, object storage, and the recommendation service.

- Support event-based recommendation logic for photos and GIFs, including event ID, venue location, match phase, audience type, media quality, freshness, and popularity.

- Build background jobs for media processing, metadata sync, recommendation data sync, and interaction tracking.

- Set up Docker-based deployment and production-ready environment configuration.

- Improve backend performance, security, logging, monitoring, and maintainability.

- Work closely with the founder/product owner to turn the current Laravel backend into a scalable Node.js backend.

Requirements:

- Strong experience with Node.js backend development.

- Good knowledge of TypeScript, NestJS or Express.js.

- Experience working with Laravel/PHP projects and backend migration is highly preferred.

- Strong understanding of REST API design, authentication, database modeling, and queue-based systems.

- Experience with MySQL or PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and Linux server deployment.

- Ability to read an existing codebase and migrate features without breaking current product behavior.

- Experience with media platforms, recommendation systems, feeds, image/video processing, or event-based products is a plus.

Nice to have:

- Experience with Qdrant, Faiss, vector search, recommendation systems, or AI-powered media tagging.

- Experience with cloud storage, CDN, image optimization, and large-scale media upload.

- Experience with sports, concert, creator, or community platforms.

This role is suitable for someone who can work independently, communicate clearly, and help us move from a Laravel MVP backend to a more scalable Node.js backend architecture.

• Minimum 4+ years of years

• Experience in designing, developing, and maintain backend services using C# 12 and .NET 8 or .NET 9

• Experience in building and operating cloud native and serverless applications on AWS

• Experience in developing and integrating services using AWS lambda, API Gateway , dynamo DB, Eventbridge, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Secret Manager, S3 storage, server architectural models etc.

Experience in integrating services using AWS SDK

• Should be cognizant of the OMS paradigms including Inventory Management, Inventory publish, supply feed processing, control mechanisms, ATP publish, Order Orchestration, workflow set up and customizations, integrations with tax, AVS, payment engines, sourcing algorithms and managing reservations with back orders, schedule mechanisms, flash sales management etc.

• Should have a decent End to End knowledge of various Commerce subsystems which include Storefront, Core Commerce back end, Post Purchase processing, OMS, Store / Warehouse Management processes, Supply Chain and Logistic processes. This is to ascertain candidates knowhow on the overall Retail landscape of any customer.

• Strong knowledge in Querying in Oracle DB and SQL Server

• Able to read, write and manage PLSQL procedures in oracle.

• Strong debugging, performance tuning and problem solving skills

• Experience with event driven and micro services architectures

Job Profile:-

We’re in search of a Back-End Software Engineer that specializes in server-side components. In this role, you’ll primarily work on Node JS, Mongo DB, Redis, building scalable products and will bring a depth of knowledge on algorithms and data structures. As a Back-End Software Engineer, on any given day you might be architecting new features for our customers, refactoring existing code to be more scalable, and seeing changes through to completion in a live environment.

Key Attributes you need to possess: -

- Prioritization- Should have a strong work ethics and show up on time at sessions with excellent skills in predicting the amount of time needed to plan, coordinate, and perform on a task or managing their clients as and when required.
- Quick Learning Ability- You should be an amazing self-learner who has the ability to learn new technology on their own and are not threatened by new technologies. Someone who has an ability to pull various bits of information and to process information on the fly with good logical and analytical skills.
- Deep and Broad Technical Experience- Someone who is able to hit the ground because they already know the right technology.They should be able to meet coding principles and write code that is readable and commented-on where appropriate.Through incorporating their cognitive abilities and extensive industry experience, they are able to find optimal solutions easily.
- High-End User Focus-A good programmer does what they are asked to do, while a great programmer thinks of the end user of the software and works to solve problems within the organization’s
capabilities.Someone who knows the functionality they’re creating is of high value.
-Business Acumen- Should have a great eye for Business acumen as the product build will be exposed to millions of customers on-brand digital assets hence giving you exposure for handling a large user base in a live environment.
-Teamplayer- Someone who is able to work in a challenging environment and requires complete devotion, persistence and learning new things every day. As they will be involved in every fact of the product development starting from product ideation, Interface design, user experience, analytics, and engineering.

Typical work week look like:-

- Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
- Design and implementation of scalable applications by using asynchronous programming with low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications between multiple systems, servers, and environments.
-Integration of data storage solutions by creating database schemas that represent and support business processes and also Integrating multiple data sources and databases into one system.
- Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Explore technical innovation and propose new solutions as and when required.
- Work with engineers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every month.


Our ideal candidate should have:-

- 4+ years of relevant experience in a Tech Startup
- A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BE/BTech or MS in Information Technologies/Computer Science)
- Strong proficiency with JavaScript and knowledge of Node.js and frameworks.
- Strong hands on MongoDB and ability to write aggregation queries.
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.
- Hands-on on code versioning tools, such as Git, Redis, AWS, Sockets

Backend Developer responsible for managing back-end services and 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.

We are looking to recruit a candidate for a role that will require:

• Create and consume restful APIs
• Design, develop, and maintain internal and external applications
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules
• Write high quality, structured application/interface code and documentation
• Identify solutions through research and collaboration that resolves the root of problems as they arise
• Define functional and technical requirements for application software to develop skills and knowledge
• Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product software and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

Requirement

∙ Proficient in Node.JS

∙ 2+ years’ experience designing, querying, and updating databases in MySQL/nosql 

∙ Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas

∙ Good to have knowledge of AWS, Redis, ElasticSearch

Education: Min. Graduate in related discipline

Work experience: 2 years relevant experience
Compensation: Based on Industry Standards
Interview Mode : Face to Face 

About the Role

We are looking for a Node Backend Developer to design, develop, and maintain the server-

side logic for our next-generation healthcare platform. You will work closely with cross-

functional teams to build high-performance, scalable, and secure applications that power

seamless experiences for hospitals, insurers, and healthcare professionals. The ideal

candidate has strong Node.js and Express expertise and can contribute to the

development of robust backend systems and APIs.

Responsibilities

Backend Development & API Design

• Design and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs using Node.js and Express

• Develop microservices architecture for scalable and maintainable backend systems

• Optimize database queries and enhance performance of existing systems

• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and design patterns

System Integration & Database Management

• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

• Integrate with third-party services and APIs (hospital systems, insurance platforms)

• Implement caching mechanisms and message queues for improved performance

• Design and manage database schemas, migrations, and data models

Security & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to healthcare security standards (HIPAA, GDPR, ABDM, etc.)

• Implement authentication, authorization, and data encryption mechanisms

• Follow secure coding practices and conduct code security reviews

• Address security vulnerabilities and implement fixes

Collaboration & Process Improvement

• Work closely with frontend developers, DevOps engineers, and product managers

• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and technical discussions

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

• Document APIs, services, and system architecture

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in backend development using Node.js

• Strong proficiency with Express.js framework and RESTful API design

• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and SQL

• Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization (Docker)

• Understanding of version control systems (Git) and CI/CD workflows

• Strong problem-solving abilities and debugging skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI/ML integration in backend systems

• Familiarity with healthcare or insurance industry applications

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra)

• Understanding of event-driven architecture and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

• Proficiency in additional programming languages (Python, JavaScript)

What You'll Gain

• Opportunity to build scalable solutions for mission-critical healthcare operations

• Work in a fast-paced, innovative environment with cutting-edge technologies

• Exposure to AI-driven healthcare solutions and enterprise integrations

• Growth potential into Senior Backend Developer or Backend Team Lead roles

Sizzle is an exciting new startup that’s changing the world of gaming.  At Sizzle, we’re building AI to automate gaming highlights, directly from Twitch and YouTube streams. We’re looking for a superstar Python expert to help develop and deploy our AI pipeline. The main task will be deploying models and algorithms developed by our AI team, and keeping the daily production pipeline running. Our pipeline is centered around several microservices, all written in Python, that coordinate their actions through a database. We’re looking for developers with deep experience in Python including profiling and improving the performance of production code, multiprocessing / multithreading, and managing a pipeline that is constantly running. AI/ML experience is a plus, but not necessary. AWS / docker / CI/CD practices are also a plus. If you are a gamer or streamer, or enjoy watching video games and streams, that is also definitely a plus :-)

You will be responsible for:

• Building Python scripts to deploy our AI components into pipeline and production
• Developing logic to ensure multiple different AI components work together seamlessly through a microservices architecture
• Managing our daily pipeline on both on-premise servers and AWS
• Working closely with the AI engineering, backend and frontend teams

You should have the following qualities:

• Deep expertise in Python including:
• Multiprocessing / multithreaded applications
• Class-based inheritance and modules
• DB integration including pymongo and sqlalchemy (we have MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases on our backend)
• Understanding Python performance bottlenecks, and how to profile and improve the performance of production code including:
• Optimal multithreading / multiprocessing strategies
• Memory bottlenecks and other bottlenecks encountered with large datasets and use of numpy / opencv / image processing
• Experience in creating soft real-time processing tasks is a plus
• Expertise in Docker-based virtualization including:
• Creating & maintaining custom Docker images
• Deployment of Docker images on cloud and on-premise services
• Experience with maintaining cloud applications in AWS environments
• Experience in deploying machine learning algorithms into production (e.g. PyTorch, tensorflow, opencv, etc) is a plus
• Experience with image processing in python is a plus (e.g. openCV, Pillow, etc)
• Experience with running Nvidia GPU / CUDA-based tasks is a plus (Nvidia Triton, MLFlow)
• Knowledge of video file formats (mp4, mov, avi, etc.), encoding, compression, and using ffmpeg to perform common video processing tasks is a plus.
• Excited about working in a fast-changing startup environment
• Willingness to learn rapidly on the job, try different things, and deliver results
• Ideally a gamer or someone interested in watching gaming content online

Seniority: We are looking for a mid to senior level engineer

Salary: Will be commensurate with experience. 

Who Should Apply:

If you have the right experience, regardless of your seniority, please apply.

Work Experience:  4 years to 8 years

About Sizzle

Sizzle is building AI to automate gaming highlights, directly from Twitch and YouTube videos. Sizzle works with thousands of gaming streamers to automatically create highlights and social content for them. Sizzle is available at www.sizzle.gg. 

Responsibilities for NodeJS Dev

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic.

Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.

Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.

Implementation of security and data protection.

Integration of data storage solutions redis, mongodb.

Skill Requirement:

Strong proficiency with JavaScript or TypeScript.

Strong Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it such as Express, StrongLoop.

Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.

Good understanding of server-side templating languages.

Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors such as Stylus, Less.

Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.

Understanding accessibility and security compliance.

User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.

Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.

Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.

Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.

Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests.

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.