Node Developer

Description

Join Proximity Works, one of the world’s most ambitious AI technology companies, shaping the future of Sports, Media, and Entertainment. Since 2019, Proximity Works has created and scaled AI-driven products used by 697 million daily users, generating $73.5 billion in enterprise value for our partners. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Los Angeles, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore, we help global brands discover high-impact AI use cases, build transformative tech stacks, and scale to hundreds of millions of users.

If you’re excited about building high-performance backend systems at the frontier of AI, this role will give you the opportunity to make global impact.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale resilient microservices and APIs that power next-generation AI products. You will partner closely with ML engineers and data scientists to productionize LLMs, RAG pipelines, and multimodal models, ensuring inference is fast, cost-efficient, and production-grade. This is a hands-on role for someone passionate about distributed systems, performance optimization, and bringing cutting-edge AI to millions of users.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build scalable microservices that power Proximity’s AI-driven search and discovery stack.
• Develop backend services and APIs to support LLM-powered applications.
• Collaborate with ML engineers and data scientists to integrate RAG pipelines, multimodal models, and inference workloads into production.
• Optimize inference pipelines for latency, throughput, and cost efficiency (e.g., batching, caching, token budgeting).
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex backend projects, from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code with rigorous testing and fault-tolerant practices.
• Drive operational excellence through performance tuning, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Work cross-functionally with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and global engineering teams to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

What Success Looks Like

• Robust, resilient backend systems powering AI-driven applications for Proximity’s global partners.
• Consistent reduction in inference latency and infrastructure costs.
• High availability and fault tolerance across production services.
• Rapid, collaborative feature delivery with product and ML teams.
• Clear documentation and monitoring practices that ensure operational smoothness.

Requirements

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 4–6 years of backend development experience, ideally with exposure to AI or large-scale data systems.
• Proficiency in Java, Golang, or Python with strong coding and system design fundamentals.
• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems at production scale.
• Exposure to LLM inference setups (e.g., vLLM, Hugging Face Inference, Triton).
• Strong debugging, profiling, and performance tuning skills for latency-sensitive applications.
• Knowledge of storage systems, query optimization, and caching strategies.
• Hands-on experience with AWS (preferred), Kafka, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to work autonomously and deliver in fast-paced environments.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and leading by example.
• Curiosity about ad-tech and search systems, and how to optimize them for user and business outcomes.

Success Traits

Builder’s mindset · High ownership · Analytical clarity · Collaborative spirit · Global mindset · Growth orientation

Benefits

Why Join Proximity Works

• Work directly on frontier AI problems with some of the world’s largest sports, media, and entertainment brands.
• Be part of a global-first, high-performance engineering culture.
• Competitive compensation aligned with global markets, with remote-first flexibility.
• Annual global off-sites with Proxonauts from San Francisco, Dubai, India, and beyond.
• High autonomy, direct accountability, and the opportunity to ship AI systems at scale.

Basic Requirement :

node.js

•Writing web services REST and GraphQL using node.js frameworks such as express and node SDKs

•Develop low-latency, high-availability, and high-performance applications using node.js framework

•Develop using microservices architecture style and asynchronous using loopback

•Implementation of security such as web service authentication and data storage (such as database, key-value stores, and object storage) in the application

•No other fuss only code

Required Technical Expertise

•Strong proficiency in node.js, and AWS Lambda.

•Experience in PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Amazon SQS, Kafka, Amazon SNS, Dynamodb, and Firebase

•Experience in using node.js frameworks (such as express, StrongLoop)

•Experience in asynchronous programming and use of libraries in node.js

•User authentication and authorization in a microservices architecture

•Integration of multiple data sources and databases into the application

•Understanding of microservices and scalable architecture

•Experience in creating database schemas (SQL & NoSQL) for the applications

Job Title: Java Developer (Immediate Joiners Only)

Experience: 5+ Years

Work Locations: Pune, Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore, Ahmedabad

Work Mode: Hybrid

Joining: Immediate Joiners / Candidates who have completed their notice period only

About Us

At Deqode, we build high-performing engineering teams for cutting-edge technology solutions. We are currently looking for experienced Java Developers who are passionate about scalable systems, clean code, and modern architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Java-based applications using Java 8 and Spring Boot
• Build robust RESTful APIs and integrate with third-party services
• Work on microservices architecture, including containerization and orchestration
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver new features
• Write unit and integration tests to maintain code quality

Mandatory Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Java 8 or above
• In-depth knowledge of Spring Boot and Microservices architecture
• Experience in developing RESTful APIs
• Proficient in object-oriented design principles and software design patterns
• Good understanding of databases (SQL/NoSQL)
• Familiarity with version control tools like Git
• Exposure to CI/CD practices and tools

Good to Have:

• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with messaging queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Cloud exposure (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Basic knowledge of unit testing frameworks like JUnit, Mockito

• New features developed independently with the ability to document the design after understanding and evaluating the requirements with necessary groundwork on required application components
• Hands-on coding to implement the design for feature completion
• Able to write unit tests that ensures bug free code
• Able to handle the multi-tenant and performance requirements of the new features and applications.
• Integrate the new features with existing modules, deliver ready to use code meeting necessary build requirements and CI/CD requirements.
• Work with other functional groups for product, technology, QA, tech support and deployment team.

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The ideal candidate must have the following qualifications.

• BE/B.Tech Degree from a reputed institution with at least 7 years of relevant experience
• Hands-on experience with Core Java, J2EE with a good knowledge of its ecosystem
• Experience with JUnit, JMH like performance tuning test tools preferred
• REST API design and development experience. Usage of Swagger or other API spec tools would be preferred. Working knowledge on Spring Boot is a plus
• Hands-on experience with some of the following application components is a plus: Solr, Kafka, OpenTSDB, Elasticsearch, Janus graph or any graph DB.
• Experience with databases such as MongoDB, MySQL or PostgreSQL required.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and build tools such as Jenkins or CircleCI, Maven, Ant required
• Experience building applications using microservices architecture is highly preferred. Knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker would be ideal
• Working knowledge on public clouds like AWS or Google cloud or Azure is a plus
• Experience building scalable systems
• Strong problem solving skills and ability and interest to solve complex problems
• Interest in machine learning (ML) data science is a plus

Responsibility of / Expectations from the Role:

• Document all technical requirements and design technical solutions utilizing enterprise architecture standards including documenting all solution components and configurations
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code.
• Ensure designs follow specifications.
• Ability to work independently.
• Persistent problem solver but know when to ask for help.
• Open-minded, transparent and able to learn and adapt.
• Good communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude.

• Complete experience in the Spring Framework
• proficient knowledge of SQL and NoSQL must
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems and delivering high availability and performance
• Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Writing well designed, testable, efficient code
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Willingness to own a responsibility
• Ability to work in a team as well as an individual
• Ability to work under pressure and maintain deadlines
• Good to have worked on end to end in projects

Required Knowledge and technical skills:
- Expert level experience designing and building web services using Java
- Hands on experience in frameworks like struts , springs, hibernate
- Experience with multiple database platforms
- Experience with high volume, mission critical applications
- Experience building distributed systems at Internet scale
- Knowledge of commonly used design patterns
- Prior experience building internet platforms from the ground up
- Understanding Microservices patterns and architectures, enterprise design and industry best practices.

Required Qualities/ personal skills:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and time management skills
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience working in a fast-paced delivery environment