Backend Engineer

Job Title : Node.js Developer

Experience : 5+ Years

Location : Gurgaon – Sector 43

Work Mode : 5 Days Work From Office (WFO)

Interview Mode : Direct Walk-in

Job Summary :

We are looking for an experienced Node.js Developer with 5+ years of hands-on experience in backend development and building scalable applications.

The ideal candidate should have strong problem-solving skills and experience working in a fast-paced product or service-based environment.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and maintain server-side applications using Node.js.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Work with databases like MongoDB / MySQL / PostgreSQL.
• Integrate third-party APIs and services.
• Ensure performance, security, and scalability of applications.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, QA, and DevOps teams.
• Write clean, reusable, and efficient code.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.

Required Skills :

• Strong expertise in Node.js and JavaScript.
• Experience with Express.js or similar frameworks.
• Knowledge of Microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience with MongoDB / SQL databases.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD processes.
• Good understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Strong debugging and optimization skills.

Preferred Skills :

• Experience with Docker / Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of Redis, Kafka, or message queues.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.

Company Overview 

McKinley Rice is not just a company; it's a dynamic community, the next evolutionary step in professional development. Spiritually, we're a hub where individuals and companies converge to unleash their full potential. Organizationally, we are a conglomerate composed of various entities, each contributing to the larger narrative of global excellence.

Redrob by McKinley Rice: Redefining Prospecting in the Modern Sales Era

Backed by a $40 million Series A funding from leading Korean & US VCs, Redrob is building the next frontier in global outbound sales. We’re not just another database—we’re a platform designed to eliminate the chaos of traditional prospecting. In a world where sales leaders chase meetings and deals through outdated CRMs, fragmented tools, and costly lead-gen platforms, Redrob provides a unified solution that brings everything under one roof.

Inspired by the breakthroughs of Salesforce, LinkedIn, and HubSpot, we’re creating a future where anyone, not just enterprise giants, can access real-time, high-quality data on 700 M+ decision-makers, all in just a few clicks.

At Redrob, we believe the way businesses find and engage prospects is broken. Sales teams deserve better than recycled data, clunky workflows, and opaque credit-based systems. That’s why we’ve built a seamless engine for:

• Precision prospecting
• Intent-based targeting
• Data enrichment from 16+ premium sources
• AI-driven workflows to book more meetings, faster

We’re not just streamlining outbound—we’re making it smarter, scalable, and accessible. Whether you’re an ambitious startup or a scaled SaaS company, Redrob is your growth copilot for unlocking warm conversations with the right people, globally.

EXPERIENCE

Duties you'll be entrusted with:

• Develop and execute scalable APIs and applications using the Node.js or Nest.js framework
• Writing efficient, reusable, testable, and scalable code.
• Understanding, analyzing, and implementing – Business needs, feature modification requests, and conversion into software components
• Integration of user-oriented elements into different applications, data storage solutions
• Developing – Backend components to enhance performance and receptiveness, server-side logic, and platform, statistical learning models, highly responsive web applications
• Designing and implementing – High availability and low latency applications, data protection and security features
• Performance tuning and automation of applications and enhancing the functionalities of current software systems.
• Keeping abreast with the latest technology and trends.

Expectations from you:

Basic Requirements

• Minimum qualification: Bachelor’s degree or more in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• Experience with Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability practices.
• Experience with event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing Elasticsearch.
• Work with modern tools including Jira, Slack, GitHub, Google Docs, etc.
• Expertise in Event driven architecture.
• Experience in Integrating Generative AI APIs.
• Working experience in high user concurrency.
• Experience in scaled databases for handling millions of records - indexing, retrieval, etc.,

Technical Skills

• Demonstrable experience in web application development with expertise in Node.js or Nest.js.
• Knowledge of database technologies and agile development methodologies.
• Experience working with databases, such as MySQL or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with web development frameworks, such as Express.js.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and DevOps principles.
• Well-versed with AWS and serverless architecture.

Soft Skills

• A quick and critical thinker with the ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic and bring fresh and innovative ideas to the table to enhance the visual impact of our content.
• Potential to apply innovative and exciting ideas, concepts, and technologies.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, animation techniques, and software advancements.
• Multi-tasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.

THRIVE

Some of the extensive benefits of being part of our team:

• We offer skill enhancement and educational reimbursement opportunities to help you further develop your expertise.
• The Member Reward Program provides an opportunity for you to earn up to INR 85,000 as an annual Performance Bonus.
• The McKinley Cares Program has a wide range of benefits:
• The wellness program covers sessions for mental wellness, and fitness and offers health insurance.
• In-house benefits have a referral bonus window and sponsored social functions.
• An Expanded Leave Basket including paid Maternity and Paternity Leaves and rejuvenation Leaves apart from the regular 20 leaves per annum. 
• Our Family Support benefits not only include maternity and paternity leaves but also extend to provide childcare benefits.
• In addition to the retention bonus, our McKinley Retention Benefits program also includes a Leave Travel Allowance program.
• We also offer an exclusive McKinley Loan Program designed to assist our employees during challenging times and alleviate financial burdens.

We are looking forward to hiring a committed

Java Developer with experience in building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications. You will be part of our Engineering team that works on mission-critical applications. You will be managing Java/Java EE application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.

Location = Pune

You are required to:

Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle.

Write well designed, testable & efficient code.

Ensure designs comply with specifications.

Prepare and produce releases of software components.

Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.

Our Current Stack

Backend: Spring (JAVA), Laravel (PHP), MySQL, NoSQL, NGINX Plus.

Frontend: Angular 5+ Ngrx/store 5

Infrastructure: Google cloud platform (App engine, CloudSQL, BigQuery, PubSub, Firebase Hosting), Scrapy Cloud, Pusher.io (websockets), Getstream.io, Filestack, Postmark app, AS2 Gateway, Google Cloud Endpoints Framework, MongoDB, Algolia, Memcache

Tools: Gitlab, Postman app, JIRA.

Technical Skills required

JAVA, SPRING OR SPRING BOOT, DATA STRUCTURES & ALGORITHMS, HIBERNATE, MYSQL, MONGODB and NOSQL

What Makes You Eligible?

LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES FROM PUNE LOCATION ONLY.

B. Tech degree ONLY ( FIRST CLASS GRADE IN FINAL YEAR 60 % OR ABOVE ONLY).

Experience in the same role of almost 1-2 years.

Experience with connecting backend and frontend services.

Exposure to consuming data through different interfaces (Web API's/Socket/ REST/ RESTFUL/ JSON/ XML).

Proficiency in Data Structures and Algorithms.

Understanding of web markup, including HTML 5 CSS.

Understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks.

Ability to write clean, reusable and well documented code.

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.

Knowledge of API authentication techniques (Token, JWT, OAuth2) - desirable but not mandatory. (Experience with API Design will be a plus)

Fair spoken and written English Flexibility - Things change around here. FAST!

Other Inter-personal skills like self-motivation, persistency, patience and eagerness to learn and work independently.

About Us

Aura is developing a platform to help companies/communities mint, buy, trade and sell NFTs in the easiest manner possible. Developing a state of the art store front customized to the community and a user friendly interface to unlock the digital growth of companies in the gaming, art, music, etc space by leveraging the power of NFTs. We are assembling a high performing team from the tech ecosystem to build this product and compete with the likes of NBA TopShot.

Requirements:

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developers with server side logic
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Design and implementation of data storage solutions

Skills and Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in Node.js. Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as LESS and SASS
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Proficient understanding of security principles
• Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
• Must have an understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases like Postgres, MySQL, Mongodb etc.
• Must have an understanding of Cloud: AWS or GCP
• Must have a good understanding of data structures and Algorithms

Benefits:

• Work on the cutting edge of blockchain technology and the upcoming use-case of NFTs (Non Fungible Token)
• Be a part of an early stage startup with funding from founders of Polygon

• Deep understanding of technologies and architecture for a scalable and highly available set-up
• Experienced in Java/Golang and related Technologies like Spring/Hibernate
• Strong networking and Operating Systems fundamentals
• Experienced in Streaming technologies like Kafka
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL Databases
• Experienced in developing the long-term tech strategy for analytics and translate that into an achievable roadmap

Roles and Responsibilities:

6+ Experience in  Node.js, React Js

excellent written and verbal communication skill

• Healthy team and relationship building skills
• Hands-on experience delivering web applications in the cloud to on-demand production clients
• Experience in JavaScript, OOP Patterns, ES6, HTML, CSS, LESS
• Experience with  MS Sql Server, Mongo DB
• Experience with SSO, SAML, OAuth, JWT for API and Web Session Authentication and Authorization
• Experience with Azure Devops platform will be an added advantage
• Experience with test and/or process automation, source control
• Possess solid debugging process and exhibit technical intuition