
Backend Engineer
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• 3 - 5 years’ experience in a highly technical role at hyper-growth startup or fast-paced
company
• Extensive background designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and
improving software
• Demonstrable experience architecting scalable and cost effective solutions to ensure
and support the customer growth
• Experience mentoring junior engineers in all aspects of planning, development and
testing
• Demonstrated ability to translate business goals and initiatives into technical
requirements
• Strong understanding of system design and architecture.
• Interest in engaging with latest technologies and evaluating strategies to keep the
Novo technology stack up to date
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate with
both technical and non-technical teams effectively.
• Work across our tech stack which includes:
o Node.js and Go for our application code
o React for our frontend code
o GraphQL for communication between systems
o Docker for running our services
o PostgreSQL for persistent data storage
Nice To Have, but Not Required:
• Experience with Go programming language
• Experience working in a startup en

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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.
Key Responsibilities:
· Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable software solutions
· Work extensively with AWS Serverless services such as Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB
· Implement and optimize Elasticsearch for search and analytics
· Build backend services using NodeJS and develop front-end applications using Angular
· Design and develop robust REST APIs with a solid understanding of web services
· Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code in JavaScript and TypeScript
· Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve performance issues in complex systems
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, end-to-end software solutions
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· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
· 8+ years of experience in software development
· Strong hands-on expertise in AWS Serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB) or .NET with SQL
· Experience with Elasticsearch for efficient data retrieval and indexing
· Proficiency in NodeJS, Angular, JavaScript, and TypeScript
· Solid understanding of REST APIs and web services
· Strong UI development skills with CSS
· Proven experience designing solutions for complex technical requirements
· Excellent debugging, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS.
- Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture.
- Implement a caching layer wherever possible.
- Optimize the API for high performance and scalability.
- Write unit tests for API Testing.
- Automate the code testing and deployment process.
Skills Required:
- At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
- Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
- Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
- Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
- Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
- Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
- Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
- Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
- Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
- Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
- Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
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- Understanding Security aspects of the applications and can successfully implement OWASP compliant systems
- Strong understanding of Linux OS, File Systems, Firewalls etc
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- Apply design principles to ensure code modularity and error handling at appropriate levels
- Communicate software requirements to development teams
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- Strong programming foundation in PHP, MySQL, Oops Concepts and can develop core PHP based applications
- Must have worked on MVC frameworks – Laravel, CodeIgniter, Cake PHP or Zend.
- Experience with JavaScript and jQuery for producing AJAX applications.
- HTML5, CSS3, XML knowledge is mandatory
- Ability to make modifications to the systems with little or no interruption of service
- Solid exposure to API integrations and familiar with various design & architectural patterns
- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
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● Understands detailed requirements and demonstrates excellent problem solving skills
● Deep understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data
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● Strong sense of ownership, drive and ability to deliver results
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