Backend Engineer

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Node.js Developer with 1-2 years of experience to join our team. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in backend development, a solid understanding of JavaScript, Express.js, and familiarity with databases. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining server-side applications, collaborating with front-end teams, and ensuring optimal performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Backend Development: Build and maintain server-side applications using Node.js and Express.js.
• API Development: Design and implement RESTful APIs to support various functionalities.
• Database Management: Work with both SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
• Code Quality & Testing: Write clean, reusable, and testable code while following best practices.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize applications for speed and scalability.
• Troubleshooting & Debugging: Identify and resolve application issues to ensure smooth operations.
• Security Implementation: Apply basic security measures to protect applications and data.
• Collaboration: Work closely with front-end developers to integrate UI components with backend logic.

Required Qualifications:

• 1-2 years of experience in Node.js backend development.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and ES6+ concepts.
• Hands-on experience with Express.js or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, React/Angular is a plus).
• Experience working with databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Basic understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with Git for version control.
• Knowledge of basic cloud services (AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus).
• Understanding of Docker and containerization is an advantage.
• Good problem-solving skills and willingness to learn.

Our team is looking for experienced backend engineers to lead the development of our cloud-based software products and be responsible for major technical decisions associated with them and accountable for their successful execution.

In this position on the software engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to client and internal facing products. FarmSetu’s suite of products spans multiple technical domains and disciplines in software and hardware, and experience in end-to-end systems thinking across distributed components is key for this role.

• Design, implement and deploy back-end services
• Lead the delivery of software projects in a team-based environment
• Collaborate cross-functionally with business users, product managers, customer success representatives and other engineers to define, design, scope and ship new features using elegant solutions.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.
• Help others to improve the quality of their work through regular design and code reviews
• Deliver new features to production environments and support them in operation
• Participate in building the open engineering culture at FarmSetu

FarmSetu’s technology stack includes (but will not be limited to) Python, Django/Flask/FastAPI, GraphQL, Hasura, React, Flutter, Dart, Postgres, Celery, Docker, Git/Bitbucket to be deployed on Digitalocean/GCP infrastructure. We’re also quick to adopt better tools and processes, so you’ll be more than welcome to help shape our tool suite.

• 2+ years of experience developing applications at an enterprise scale using the front and back-end technologies in our stack
• Ability to develop robust and scalable backend services defined by GraphQL and RESTful APIs in Python using OpenAPI standards
• Familiarity with Cloud/SaaS architectures and how to build secure and maintainable services
• Strong understanding of unit testing, design patterns and usage of tools like profilers
• Experience with source control and continuous integration tools
• Worked in an Agile multi-functional team
• Thrive in an environment that requires you to partner with multiple cross-functional teams as stakeholders/customers
• Great oral and written communication skills

• Competitive salary
• Annual compensation reviews
• 12 days of annual leave plus public holidays
• Ongoing investment in you and your skills
• The right equipment for the job

Skills: 

Strong knowledge of MYSQL/PostGreSQL; Knowledge of MongoDB, Redis, Couch DB is preferred. 

Expertise in application development, databases, version control, and deployment. Skill - Node.js, 

Experience of AWS or GCP - especially services such as Lambda or google app engine 

Solid grasp of Service-oriented architecture. Web Services implementation on a medium to large scale 

Solid understanding of scaling mobile app services. Having worked the backend of an Android app is preferred 

Culture: 

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision 

Happy to deal with, and contribute to, an environment of daily builds Has worked in small teams, is versatile. Work within short timelines and be receptive to business needs. Can work closely with Digital, Product, Operations teams. 

Desirable Social Attributes: 

Has contributed to one or more Open Source projects through own initiative. Has provided a high quality answer to a question posted on StackOverflow. 

Role: 

As a Software Developer who would work independently, the candidate is expected actively acquire problems and deliver solutions as well as guide the team technically. Such a problem solver would obviously be a self starter with a high level of curiosity rather than a programming language specialist. 

He/she would be required to produce software of the highest quality through self-discipline, clear and engaged communication, and attention to detail. The role would include custom web application development on (most typically on Node.js and PHP/Python), databases (most typically MySql and MongoDb), version control (github), testing (necessarily through test scripts written before code is written), daily builds and eventual deployment onto AWS or GCP. 

Attributes of the ideal candidate: 

Highly productive software developer with the proven aptitude to understand and apply technology 

Determination to succeed despite obstacles and challenges, and a positive attitude favoring achievement of goals over open-ended investigation 

Always learning, evolving, and sharing what you know 

Inspired by complex, varied problems and rapid change 

Open-minded, flexible, and curious about new and better ideas

JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead and mentor developers thru coaching and sharing of knowledge
• Architecture design and Develop new functionality and critical business logic of software products
• Enhance existing applications and software products and design new product

SKILLS:

• Strong knowledge on software implementation best practices
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server and/or Oracle database including store procedure, trigger etc.
• Knowledge of security and vulnerability best practices to design secure web application
• Knowledge of web application architecture with horizontal and vertical scalability
• Experience of working with application with large dataset of millions or billions of row in database table
• Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment
• Ability to complete all phases of software development life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing and support
• Ability to develop large scale web/database applications
• Ability to work on multiple projects with multiple deadlines
• Ability to communicate clearly with business users and project manager
• Ability to innovate and provide functional applications with intuitive interfaces

We are looking for a Python Web Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application; therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions 

Mentor To Go is an android and web based platform to help students improve their work readiness through self-learning sessions, personalised mentorship provided by mentor professionals from a range of careers, and work experience opportunities.

The technology platform implements  functionalities such as: screening surveys of mentors and mentees, training content for mentors, matching through an algorithm, and mentorship through the delivery of structured activities. 

The application technology architecture comprises of the following:

o   a Python Django web application with NGinx and Gunicorn

o   PostgreSQL database

o   A React Android and Web app

o   Rest APIs which interact between the Android app and the Django webserver

Our vision at Mentor To Go is to provide career mentorship to young people anywhere, anytime across the length and breadth of India.

We are looking for a backend software developer who is passionate about using web technologies to solve social problems and creating experiences that are elegant and effective. You will own the back end development of features of the Mentor To Go platform from conceptualisation through design and testing, working closely with other developers, the technical project manager, and the program operations team. You are user-centric, continuously demonstrate strategic & analytical abilities, and are laser focused on executing at speed. You must have the ability to succeed in a fast paced environment, where success is dependent on your ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members in a positive, productive, and transparent way.

Minimum requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering preferably  CS  or related discipline  
• 3+ years experience working in Unix/Linux environments building web and mobile applications
• Proficiency in developing and deploying cloud based Python/Postgresql applications preferably using frameworks such as Django
• Experience with design and development of moderately complex software projects
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with version control software such as Git

Desired  requirements 

• 5+ years of overall relevant work experience
• Experience building apps using React/React-Native
• Basic understanding of AWS cloud
• Ability to participate in technical discussions and help make technical trade-offs

About Mentor Together

https://mentortogether.org/">Mentor Together is India’s first and largest youth mentoring  non-profit organization with a mission to facilitate empowering mentoring relationships and networks that help young people break the inequalities of opportunity and actualise their potential.

http://bit.ly/mentortogo">Mentor To Go is the world’s first mobile mentoring platform created by Mentor Together with the support of Cisco India, LinkedIn Social Impact, British Telecom and Sterlite Technologies.

MoEngage is a fast-paced startup that’s helping companies run smart marketing efforts in their effort to reach the customer. We are a leading Marketing Technology Stack provider that is helping brands redefine their customer engagement in the mobile era. Brands use MoEngage to drive long-term, personalised and context-based engagement across channels to help achieve increased customer retention as well as customer LTV. Sitting at a conflux of diverse technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Web & Mobile platforms, MoEngage technology analyses billions of data points generated by customers and their devices, to predict customer behavior and build marketing campaigns that proactively engage users.

In just four years since inception, MoEngage is working with leading brands across e-commerce, entertainment, travel, publishing and banking domains among others. With marquee clients like Vodafone, Oyo, Airtel, McAfee, MoEngage has over 125+ paying Customers in the Enterprise & Internet companies space in India, US, South East Asia & EU. With a global presence spanning 35 countries, MoEngage has offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Jakarta, and Bengaluru.

Today, MoEngage is an industry pioneer in the space and engages more than 350M devices. This includes approximately 40B events tracked per month, 30B+ messages sent, to millions of users across the globe.

As part of the Engineering team at MoEngage, here are some things you can expect:

• Take ownership and be responsible for what you build - no micro management
• Work with A players (some of the best talent in the country), and expedite your learning curve and career growth
• Make in India and build for the world at scale of 350M active users, which no other internet company in the country has seen
• Learn together from different teams on how they scale to millions of users and billions of messages. 
• Explore the latest in topics like Data Pipeline, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Spark, Samza and share with the team 

and more importantly have fun while you work on scaling MoEngage.

Push team is one of the core teams at MoEngage, responsible for sending close to a billion notifications everyday to help clients engage their users better. As a member of the Push team, you will be working on developing high performance solutions to deliver personalised and context-based notifications across various channels to help achieve increased customer retention as well as customer LTV. You will also be working on designing and building features to help clients to provide customised experience for end users allowing them to have a more personalised experience at scale. Here you will have a chance to own systems and develop features end to end i.e right from inception to deployment. Though we work at scale, reliability is of utmost importance for us and we build in house solutions like Campaign Watcher & AutoBatchRunner to ensure 100% transparency and delivery of notifications

• Proven experience in handling large infrastructure and distributed systems
• Familiarity with Python related technologies and frameworks like Django or Pyramid.
• Familiarity with at least one of the cloud computing infrastructure - GCP / Azure / AWS
• Familiarity with task queue frameworks like Celery or Pika is a plus.
• Tech Stack - Python, Falcon, Elastic Search, MongoDB, AWS (SQS S3), Linux, Map Reduce