Node JS Developer

Company: Amura Health

Location: Velachery, Chennai

Work Model: 6 Days Work From Office (Mandatory)

About Amura Health:

Amura Health is building a transformative health platform focused on improving human potential through better health outcomes. The company believes that healthier bodies lead to healthier brains, enabling people to solve more complex problems, contribute meaningfully to society, and create a better future.

The organization is building next-generation healthcare technology products and platforms that aim to redefine the way medicine is practiced globally. With a strong focus on innovation, scale, and impact, Amura Health operates in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment where engineers work on meaningful and technically challenging problems.

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Node.js and distributed backend systems. The ideal candidate should have experience building scalable APIs, microservices, and backend infrastructure capable of handling high-performance workloads.

This role requires end-to-end ownership of backend modules, including architecture, development, testing, deployment, optimization, and production support. The candidate will collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to build reliable and scalable systems.

Key Responsibilities

Develop scalable backend services, APIs, and microservices using Node.js frameworks such as Express.js and NestJS.

Own backend modules end-to-end from design and implementation to testing and deployment.

Write clean, maintainable, reusable, and high-quality production-grade code.

Optimize application performance, scalability, reliability, and system efficiency.

Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and improve platform stability.

Work with relational and NoSQL databases for scalable data management.

Implement caching solutions using Redis and optimize API response times.

Work with queues and asynchronous processing systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Amazon SQS.

Collaborate with DevOps teams for CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure improvements.

Participate in system design discussions and architectural decision-making.

Contribute to engineering best practices, documentation, and code review processes.

Work effectively in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership and accountability.

Required Skills & Technical Expertise

Strong expertise in Node.js and backend development.

Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Express.js, and NestJS.

Strong understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven systems.

Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.

Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.

Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.

Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, and Redis.

Knowledge of caching strategies and performance optimization.

Hands-on experience with messaging systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or SQS.

Understanding of Docker, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.

Exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure and deployment environments.

Strong debugging, monitoring, and performance tuning skills.

Knowledge of scalable backend architecture and system reliability.

Eligibility Criteria

4 to 7 years of hands-on backend development experience.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related engineering discipline.

Candidates from strong product engineering backgrounds will be preferred.

Experience working in fast-paced startup or high-growth product environments is preferred.

Strong communication, ownership, and problem-solving abilities are essential.

Must be comfortable working from office 6 days a week in Velachery, Chennai.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a strong backend engineer who has experience building scalable systems in product-driven environments. They should be comfortable taking ownership of backend services, solving complex engineering challenges, debugging production issues, and collaborating across teams.

The candidate should possess a startup mindset, demonstrate accountability, move quickly, and contribute proactively to engineering excellence.

Work Environment & Expectations

Work from Office model with mandatory in-office presence.

6 working days per week from the Velachery, Chennai office.

High ownership and accountability-driven engineering culture.

Collaborative and fast-paced startup environment.

Candidates should be comfortable working on high-impact systems and solving challenging technical problems.

Company Website

https://amura.ai

Job brief 

We are looking for a qualified Database developer to design stable and reliable databases, according to our company’s needs. You will be responsible for developing, testing, improving and maintaining new and existing databases to help users retrieve data effectively.

As part of our IT team, you will work closely with developers to ensure system consistency. You will also collaborate with administrators and clients to provide technical support and identify new requirements. Communication and organization skills are keys for this position, along with a problem-solution attitude.

Ultimately, you should be able to ensure our database systems run effectively and securely on a daily basis.

Responsibilities

• Design stable, reliable and effective databases
• Optimize and maintain legacy systems
• Modify databases according to requests and perform tests
• Solve database usage issues and malfunctions
• Liaise with developers to improve applications and establish best practices
• Gather user requirements and identify new features
• Develop technical and training manuals
• Provide data management support to users
• Ensure all database programs meet company and performance requirements
• Research and suggest new database products, services and protocols

Requirements

• Proven work experience as a Database developer (5+ Years)
• In-depth understanding of data management (e.g. permissions, recovery, security and monitoring)
• Knowledge of software development and user interface web applications
• Advanced proficiency and hands on experience with T-SQL, Stored Procedures, Cursors, Triggers, Schedulers etc.
• Familiarity working with MS SQL Server, MySQL, .Net Framework, java
• Excellent analytical and organization skills
• An ability to understand front-end users’ requirements and a problem-solving attitude
• Ability to craft detailed technical manuals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• BE/MCA/MSc Degree in Computer Science or relevant field.

Experience: 6 to 10 Years

Must have:

• Experience in leading teams and handling communication among engineers and product managers,and have worked with mobile teams and product teams.
• Experience working on RFC documentation.
• Experience in architecting the software, estimating tasks, breaking down into subtasks, prioritizing tasks as per need, and timely delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing mobile-first applications.
• Creating and maintaining clean and clear front-end code and backend APIs for our web and mobile applications.
• Automation and Deployments of builds - Frontend and Backend.
• Application Performance And Error Monitoring and Automation
• Maintaining excellent test coverage for our code base.
• Follow best practices while reviewing pull requests
• Working with our shared services and field teams to identify application bottlenecks and make relevant architectural decisions.
• Working with our front-end application developers to optimize performance across our system.
• Designing administrative tools for our shared services and business development teams
• Constantly optimizing our code bases with an eye for modularity and legibility.
• Writing documentation for our external and internal APIs.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of RESTful JSON web API design principles.
• Demonstrable experience with NodeJS, Express. JS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Familiarity with popular NodeJS packages (e. g. express, socket-io).
• Must have experience with test driven development(TDD).
• Experience in JavaScript development.
• Experience in backend web development.
• Containerisation experience working with Docker/ Kubernetes/ Docker Swarm
• Familiarity with multiple additional programming languages/stacks.
• Experience with NoSQL databases, ideally MongoDB.
• Experience with RDBMS databases like MySQL/PostgreSQL.
• An excellent understanding of distributed systems and their tradeoffs.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Ability to clearly articulate technical problems, design and implementation choices to a broad range of stakeholders (e. g. sales team, users, security experts).
• Experience working with web sockets.
• Familiarity with the AWS stack.
• Experience in application security testing.
• Familiarity with client-side JavaScript frameworks and best practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD Pipeline.
• Contributions to open source communities.

Perks and Benefits

• Work from anywhere
• Competitive salary and bonus program
• Annual company retreats to fantastic places
• Unlimited Vacation Policy
• Great healthcare coverage
• Professional development allowance
• Internet Allowance
• Customised CMMversary rewards on your 1,3,5,7 and 10-year work anniversaries
• Career Enablement – We meld your upskilling initiatives with organization’s strategic planning
• Take your Birthday Off

What you need to have:

NodeJS Developer:

We at Fabzen Technologies are looking for a knowledgeable and experienced individual to fulfil the role of Node.js developer.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field.
• Professional experience on a software development team as a Node.js developer.
• Strong software documentation skills.
• Ability to comprehend and implement detailed project specifications as well as the ability to adapt to various technologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle.
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Able to work well in a team setting.

The candidate must be proficient at:

• Socket programming
• Async await and promises
• Databases such as mongo, MySQL
• Passport JS for Google and Facebook integration
• Working on APIs with authentication and authorization

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the development team to deliver code as required for the applications and their updates.
• Ensure the design and development of the application fulfil our requirements and achieve desired objectives.
• Ensure company standards are followed; Project schedules and issues are effectively managed, and the same is effectively communicated.
• Ensure documentation, knowledge sharing, and training in new software.
• Create technical specifications and test plans.
• Monitor the functioning of the application and provide suggestions and support to maintain the same.

Experience in a game development company or in developing gaming applications would be an added advantage.

• Lead the engineering effort across projects 
• Interface with key stakeholders and apply your technical proficiency across different stages including Application Architecture, Design and Development
• Understand client's business requirements and be able to map them to technology solutions and make them work
• Design and build modern solutions informed by a deep understanding of cloud architecture and how distributed systems operate at scale
• Provide regular support and guidance to teams on complex coding, issue resolution and execution 
• Establish and enforce best development and engineering practices including QA and DevOps
• Lead and manage your own team, but also get down to coding, testing, and designing solutions as and when needed
• Communicate effectively with teams, clients and business leaders within the company

• Minimum 6+ years of experience designing and building full stack applications using UI frameworks like Angular, React or Vue.JS and backend frameworks like Node.JS/ExpressJS or Python/Django/Flask or Laravel/Yii2/Symphony
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience as a Technical Lead mentoring team of 3 to 5 developers
• Strong knowlegde of cloud and distributed systems (AWS, GCP, Azure). Cloud certifications would be an added advantage.
• Deep knowledge of relational databases, SQL and NoSQL databases. Experience with Graph databases like Neo4j is desirable.
• Proficient in Git and CI-CD frameworks
• Strong communicator with visual, verbal, and writing skills to clearly articulate complex design problems and solutions
• Ability to work in an agile environment