Backend Engineer (node.js)

Key Skills and Requirements

· Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in Node.js and Express.js

· Bachelor Degree in Computer Science OR in related field B.sc - IT/ BCA /MCA/B.Tech/M.Tech

· Programming experience in Web Application development with Node.js and Express.js

· Must have experience in JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js or have extensive exposure in any MVC framework

· Expert in MySQL and Store Procedures

· Knowledge of REST API / Web API protocol

· Understanding HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax, JSON, OOPs well enough

· Good to have: React Js.

· Strong coding skills, good analytical and problem-solving skills

· Ability to write clear, concise, well-structured, and well-organized code

· Experience with third-party libraries and APIs(Zoho, Leadsquared, Knowlarity, Exotel, LCode, Karza, Google API, DIGIO, etc)

· Ability to identify weaknesses in existing code and improve it

Plus but not required

· A plus if you have Slide experience with Git Command lines.

· A plus if you have any experience with Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket.

· A plus if you have any experience with UI Design

· A plus if you have any experience with PHP, CodeIgniter

· A plus if you have any experience with React JS/Angular JS

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features

· Work with outside data sources and APIs

· Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability Work on bug fixing and improving application performance

· Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency

A backend developer is an engineer who can handle all the work of databases, servers,

systems engineering, and clients. Depending on the project, what customers need may

be a mobile stack, a Web stack, or a native application stack.

You will be responsible for:

 Build reusable code and libraries for future use.

 Own & build new modules/features end-to-end independently.

 Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.

Required Skills :

 Thorough understanding of Node.js and Typescript.

 Excellence in at least one framework like strongloop loopback, express.js, sail.js, etc.

 Basic architectural understanding of modern day web applications

 Diligence for coding standards

 Must be good with git and git workflow

 Experience of external integrations is a plus

 Working knowledge of AWS or GCP or Azure - Expertise with linux based systems

 Experience with CI/CD tools like jenkins is a plus.

 Experience with testing and automation frameworks.

 Extensive understanding of RDBMS systems

We are looking for an experienced Java Developer with strong proficiency in Kafka and MongoDB to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in designing and developing high-performance, scalable, and reliable applications in a microservices architecture. You will be responsible for building real-time data processing systems, integrating various services, and ensuring smooth data flow across systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java applications with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Build and maintain Kafka-based real-time data pipelines for handling high-volume, low-latency data.
• Work with MongoDB to design and optimize database schemas and queries for high throughput and availability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and implement new features and improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Ensure software quality through best practices, including testing, code reviews, and continuous integration.
• Implement and maintain security best practices in both code and data handling.
• Participate in agile development cycles, including sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in Java development, with a strong understanding of core Java concepts (J2EE, multithreading, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, including setting up brokers, producers, consumers, and understanding Kafka Streams.
• Proficient in working with MongoDB for designing efficient data models, indexing, and optimizing queries.
• Experience with microservices architecture and RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes is a plus.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, message-driven architectures, and event streaming.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug and optimize code for high-performance systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

We are looking for a Node.js 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, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and 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.

Location Preferences

• Candidates located in Kerala are preferred.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong proficiency with JavaScript, React, and Redux

• Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it(particularly Express,Loopback)

• 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

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

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

• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system

• Understanding Cloud based application deployment.

• 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

About the role

Checking quality is one of the most important tasks at Anakin. Our clients are pricing their products based on our data, and minor errors on our end can lead to our client's losses of millions of dollars. You would work with multiple tools and with people across various departments to ensure the accuracy of the data being crawled. You would setup manual and automated processes and make sure they run to ensure the highest possible data quality.

You are the engineer other engineers can count on. You embrace every problem with enthusiasm. You remove hurdles, are a self-starter, team player. You have the hunger to venture into unknown areas and make the system work.

Your Responsibilities would be to:

• Understand customer web scraping and data requirements; translate these into test approaches that include exploratory manual/visual testing and any additional automated tests deemed appropriate
• Take ownership of the end-to-end QA process in newly-started projects
• Draw conclusions about data quality by producing basic descriptive statistics, summaries, and visualisations
• Proactively suggest and take ownership of improvements to QA processes and methodologies by employing other technologies and tools, including but not limited to: browser add-ons, Excel add-ons, UI-based test automation tools etc.
• Ensure that project requirements are testable; work with project managers and/or clients to clarify ambiguities before QA begins
• Drive innovation and advanced validation and analytics techniques to ensure data quality for Anakin's customers
• Optimize data quality codebases and systems to monitor the Anakin family of app crawlers
• Configure and optimize the automated and manual testing and deployment systems used to check the quality of billions of data points of over 1000+ crawlers across the company
• Analyze data and bugs that require in-depth investigations
• Interface directly with external customers including managing relationships and steering requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience as a backend or a full-stack software engineer
• Web scraping experience with Python or Node.js
• 2+ years of experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.
• Should have managed a team of software engineers
• Should be paranoid about data quality

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Deep experience with network debugging across all OSI layers (Wireshark)
• Knowledge of networks or/and cybersecurity
• Broad understanding of the landscape of software engineering design patterns and principles
• Ability to work quickly and accurately in a highly stressful environment during removing bugs in run-time within minutes
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal

Additional Requirements:

• Must be available to work extended hours and weekends when needed to meet critical deadlines
• Must have an aversion to politics and BS. Should let his/her work speak for him/her.
• Must be comfortable with uncertainty. In almost all the cases, your job will be to figure it out.
• Must not be bounded to comfort zone. Often, you will need to challenge yourself to go above and beyond.

• Managing the interchange of data between the server and the users.
• Development of all server-side logic, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end 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.

• Should have worked on the Django REST framework.
• Familiarity with some Pandas, Numpy, text parsing/mining and ORM (Object Relational Mapper) libraries
• Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of the threading limitations of Python, and multi-process architecture
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages
• Worked on Amazon cloud solutions
• Understanding of accessibility and security compliance
• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Strong unit test and debugging skills
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tool
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Should know about HDL and LLD.
• Should know about making python packages
• Should have worked on microservice-based Architecture

Job Responsibilities

We are looking for Backend Developer who can move fast, are capable of breaking down and solving complex problems, and have a strong will to get things done.

Experience & skills required:

• Bachelor’s Or Master’s in computer science
• 1-3 years proven work experience, or demonstrated ability
• Significant experience in building secure, scalable RESTful APIs in NodeJs
• Understanding of Web services
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills for all layers of a web application.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with multiple technology stacks on web and mobile
• Experience in different types of integrations like POS, PMS, Payment gateway, SMS gateway is a plus.