
We are looking to hire a Senior Backend Developer, with over 4+ years of experience, to directly work with the CTO and contribute in building and developing new products and feature sets for NostraGamus. The work will entail the opportunity to explore and utilise the latest developments in the world of technology, and formulate ways to incorporate them into day to day work to create stellar products. The candidate must have had significant exposure in building real products, including working with various stakeholders across product and marketing teams. Prior knowledge in building games at scale is highly desirable, but not necessarily.
The following skillsets are highly essential:
- Expertise in Node Js&Javascript, and hobbyist interest in few other languages like Python, Ruby, PHP. Must have done C/C++ programming in school/college
- Deep knowledge on Database systems, especially PostgreSQL, and any noSQL clones, including knowledge to optimise
- Awareness of Docker, virtualization, Redis or similar caching toolsets
- Absolute mastery in using Unix based systems and Bash. Ability to work in seamlessly in headless environments is a must.
- Disciplined in approaching problems, ability to maintain composure under catastrophic failures and propensity to work under deadlines
Bonus Points :
- Passionate about building new products - having done a few personal projects, regardless of success achieved or goals completed.
- Prior knowledge in building games at scale.
- Good understanding in AWS and its various services - EC2, ECS, RDS, SQS, Elastic Beanstalk, Elasticache, Route53.
- Strong interest in Mathematics, Probability Theory, Statistics, Machine Learning and ability to apply math in real-world applications.

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What we Require
We are recruiting technical experts with the following core skills and hands-on experience on
Mandatory skills : Core java, Microservices, AWS/Azure/GCP, Spring, Spring Boot
Hands on experience on : Kafka , Redis ,SQL, Docker, Kubernetes
Expert proficiency in designing both producer and consumer types of Rest services.
Expert proficiency in Unit testing and Code Quality tools.
Expert proficiency in ensuring code coverage.
Expert proficiency in understanding High-Level Design and translating that to Low-Level design
Hands-on experience working with no-SQL databases.
Experience working in an Agile development process - Scrum.
Experience working closely with engineers and software cultures.
Ability to think at a high level about product strategy and customer journeys.
Ability to produce low level design considering the paradigm that journeys will be extensible in the future and translate that into components that can be easily extended and reused.
Excellent communication skills to clearly articulate design decisions.
1. Design patterns- socket communication/ micro services architecture
2. Caching - REDIS MEMCACHED etc
3. Database - MONGO, SQL etc. min 2yrs experience with these.
4. Features created for large concurrent requests.
5. Node Js, Go lang any asynchronous programming language min 2 yrs exp with any one of them.
6. Message Queues - RABBIT MQ, Kafka etc.
7. Logging and APM (application process manager) good to have.
8. DS ALGO good to have.
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Technical Lead with a strong background in Java, SaaS architectures, firewalls, and cybersecurity products, including SIEM and SOAR platforms. The ideal candidate will lead technical initiatives, design and implement scalable systems, and drive best practices across the engineering team. This role requires deep technical expertise, leadership abilities, and a passion for building secure and high-performing security solutions.
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and development of scalable and secure software solutions using Java.
- Architect and build SaaS-based cybersecurity applications, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to the development team.
- Ensure best practices in secure coding, threat modeling, and compliance with industry standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Security, and DevOps to deliver high-quality security solutions.
- Design and implement security analytics, automation workflows and ITSM integrations.
- Drive continuous improvements in engineering processes, tools, and technologies.
- Troubleshoot complex technical issues and lead incident response for critical production systems.
Basic Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering or a related field
- 3-6 years of software development experience, with expertise in Java.
- Strong background in building SaaS applications with cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- In-depth understanding of microservices architecture, APIs, and distributed systems.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of DevSecOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in an agile, fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with cybersecurity solutions, including SIEM (e.g., Splunk, ELK, IBM QRadar) and SOAR (e.g., Palo Alto XSOAR, Swimlane).
- Knowledge of zero-trust security models and secure API development.
- Hands-on experience with machine learning or AI-driven security analytics.
Responsibilities
- Take product ideas from ideation to implementation
- Design and develop backend services that expand the capabilities of the product
- Write high quality, structured application/interface code and tests
- Lead engineering discussions to ensure the best practices, maintainability and security of the application
- Participate in design and code reviews
We are looking for
- 3+ years of experience building quality applications
- Proficient in Node JS, NoSQL databases
- Strong working knowledge of Web technologies and APIs
- Passion for best design and coding practices and a desire to develop new bold ideas
- Experience in planning, designing architecture and working with teams
- Experience with SaaS product or an early stage startup is a plus
Company Overview-
A venture-backed funded startup valued at 30.5 Million Dollars.
The team co-founders are both IIT-IIM Alumni with a strong professional background and are backed by some of the leading global and Indian funds and entrepreneurs.
Role Overview
As a Backend Engineer, you will be working closely with our core team in building products from scratch into large-scale platforms and solving business problems leveraging new and innovative technology. More than anything, we are looking for engineers that are eager to learn and build a meaningful company. We are a small team and encourage engineers to wear many hats
Responsibilities
- Design and build highly reliable and performant applications that deliver a great user experience.
- Own large technical deliverables and execute in a structured manner. - Take accountability for the overall health of the applications you build. - Platform components as libraries, utilities and promote reuse.
- Be able to conceptualize and develop prototypes quickly
Skills & Requirements
▪ Work Experience between 1-3 years in large scale applications with the desire to work in fast-paced startups
▪ Experience/Knowledge of Node.JS, Express.JS, AWS, MongoDB.
Deep understanding of your tools: Languages, frameworks, systems.
Job Overview
We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Developer to join our team in developing backend servicing. As a key member of our development team, you will be responsible for cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js. The ideal candidate is passionate about distributed systems, has experience with backend services and is excited about optimising applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, architect solutions, and implement features.
- Write clean, modular, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
- Optimise applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Implement security measures to ensure data privacy and integrity in backend systems.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues to ensure smooth operation of production systems.
- Perform code reviews to maintain code quality, consistency, and adherence to coding standards.
- Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in backend development, Node.js, and related ecosystems
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Proven experience in backend development, with at least 4 years of experience using Node.js.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Experience with web frameworks such as Express.js.
- Proficiency in building RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
- Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL).
- Solid understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment, with excellent communication skills.

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Node.js Developer with at least 4 years of professional experience to join our team. As a Node.js Developer, you will be responsible for developing robust and scalable web applications using JavaScript and various frameworks.
Roles and Responsibilities
• Production platform hands-on experience involving Node JS & REST API.
• Hands-on production platform experience working with micro-service back-end architecture.
• Working knowledge of GRPC, HTTPS, and GRAPHQ protocols.
• Well-versed in cloud deployment of code blocks.
• Experience with JS testing and code analysis frameworks such as Mocha.
• Utilize modern JavaScript frameworks such as Express.js and Sails.js to build efficient and scalable applications.
• Work with databases like MongoDB and PostgreSQL using Mongoose and Sequelize ORM.
• Integrate messaging systems like Kafka and RabbitMQ for reliable event-driven communication.
• Write unit tests using Mocha, Chai, and Jest frameworks to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Utilize AWS S3 bucket for secure and scalable storage of data and media files.
• Collaborate with QA engineers to perform thorough testing and bug fixes.
• Work with third-party APIs such as Postman, Twilio, SendGrid, Firebase, and KeyCloak for various integrations.


- Expertise in Web API is most preferable.
- Good experience needed in Angular 4+ implementation.
- Must have very good exposure and experience working with C#,ASP.Net,MVC, Entity Framework,Web Service,Java Script, jQuery and SQL Server.
- Strong Knowledge of software implementation best practices.
- Strong experience in debugging and working with n-tier arctitecture (UI,Business layer and Data Access layer) along some experience with service oriented arctitectures(SOA)
- Ablity to design and optimise SQL server stored procedures.
- Solid understanding of object oriented programming (OOP)




