Node Js Developer

About the Role:

We are seeking a skilled and driven Backend Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in database design (RDBMS and NoSQL), REST API and GraphQL development, cloud services, and programming with a strong foundation in Node.js and TypeScript. You’ll be responsible for designing and implementing scalable backend solutions, ensuring high performance, security, and reliability.

If you’re passionate about backend development, learning new technologies, and building modern applications, this is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities:

Backend Development:

Develop and maintain robust, scalable backend services using Node.js with TypeScript (strict mode).

Build APIs with REST and GraphQL, ensuring high security and performance.

Implement various authentication mechanisms such as OAuth2.0, SAML, JWT, MFA, and optionally, passkeys.

Database Design:

Design and optimize schemas for both relational (PostgreSQL, YSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB) databases.

Develop efficient data models for large-scale applications.

Cloud Services & Serverless Architecture:

Work extensively with AWS Cloud services, and optionally Azure and GCP.

Design and implement serverless architectures and event-driven systems using frameworks like AWS Lambda or equivalent on Azure/GCP.

Configure and manage webhooks for event notifications and integrations.

Programming Principles:

Apply design patterns, SOLID principles, and functional programming practices.

Showcase eagerness to learn new programming languages and paradigms.

DevOps & Deployment:

Utilize Docker and Kubernetes (K8s) for containerization and orchestration.

Collaborate with DevOps teams for CI/CD pipelines and scalable deployments.

Tools & Utilities:

Use Postman, Swagger, and cURL for API testing and documentation.

Demonstrate strong knowledge of Unix commands for troubleshooting and development.

Version Control:

Work collaboratively using Git for versioning and code management.

Key Skills & Qualifications:

Must-Have:

Proficiency in Node.js with TypeScript (strict mode).

Experience with the NestJS framework.

Expertise in RDBMS and NoSQL database design and optimization.

Hands-on experience with REST API and GraphQL development.

Familiarity with authentication protocols such as OAuth2.0, SAML, JWT, and MFA.

Strong understanding of AWS Cloud Services and Serverless Architecture.

Nice-to-Have:

Exposure to Azure and GCP serverless frameworks.

Knowledge of webhooks for event handling.

Experience with passkeys as an authentication option.

Soft Skills:

Problem-solving mindset with a passion for tackling complex challenges.

Ability to learn and adapt to new tools, frameworks, and programming languages.

Collaborative attitude and strong communication skills.

What We Offer:

Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Opportunity to work with modern technologies in a fast-paced environment.

A culture of learning, growth, and collaboration.

Exposure to large-scale systems and exciting technical challenges.

We are looking for engineers who love to build SaaS products to join our team.

This position is for a product we have been building for 4 years now, for a long term customer of ours. The Codebase is well maintained, with a rails backend and a react frontend. 

If you are someone who has invested time into writing reusable rails or nodejs modules, who has written ruby gems or npm packages, you feel at home working with us.

Required Knowledge:

1. How Web backends or Rails works
2. Mastery over ORMs or Active Record Migrations, Validations
3. Good knowledge of writing encapsulated business logic

Great to Have

• Open source npm packages or ruby gems
• Performance tuning for Apps
• Ruby Metaprogramming knowledge
• Functional JS

Interview Format

Two coding rounds of 45 mins each.

If you crack both the rounds, you get the job, and incase you decline the offer any reason we will give you a gift voucher for spenidng your valuable time with us.

In case you dont crack the question, we will tell you what to learn so that next time you will have a good chance :)

Job Description

• Designing system architecture, develop and maintain high performing & scalable services using Node.js frameworks.
• Extensively engage in iterative development model right from requirement analysis, estimation, development, testing & production support
• Mentor, groom junior developers and participate in code reviews
• Contribute towards building company’s coding culture

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant industry experience in Node.js
• A deep understanding of JavaScript
• Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with Unit and Integration tests
• Experience with CI/CD
• Experience with MathJax/Latex
• Experience with large scale video streaming
• Experience with ReactJS is a bonus

Quoality- A Modern Operating Infrastructure for Hospitality Businesses to help them improve the guest experience and generate additional revenue.

Launched in 2021, Quoality is a Hospitality Tech company backed by a US-based Newchip Accelerator. Our mission is to equip businesses with the tools they need to grow. 

By providing tools, insights, and education with minimal effort on the business's part, the barrier to making actionable business decisions is lowered dramatically. Everything we do is driven by this mission. Everything we do needs to positively answer the question, "Does this help businesses grow?"

Product Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKklkRYKkC4&;t" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKklkRYKkC4

Quoality Blogosphere: https://medium.com/quoality" target="_blank">https://medium.com/quoality

Oh, this is our favorite part. We’ve seen companies that write 'templatized' BS for this section; stuff that’s never followed in reality.

Not us. Here are some of our core values to give you a sense of who we are as a team:

• First and foremost, we’re super transparent. We all know what everyone’s working on, how’s the company doing, and the whole shebang.
• We’re all super chill. 
• Work time ain’t playtime. We take our work very seriously. We’re a small bunch on a mission to change the guest experience in the hospitality industry, once and for all.
• Deadlines are a thing for us. We are super punctual.
• We know what we are working on and aren’t clueless.
• We’re more friends than colleagues.
• Monthly 1:1s with the founders where you can directly share & receive feedback.

Not convinced yet? Okay, here’s the fun stuff:

• Flexible leave policy. Yeah, it’s truly flexible. We trust you.
• We have a flexible remote work policy in India.  Work from the beautiful beaches of Goa or the stunning mountains of Manali, we’re all good.
• Annual workstations at exotic destinations. Subject to change and hitting milestones.
• Allowances to choose your coworking space (if you want), courses & any tool that you think is beneficial to succeed in this role.
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• Write code that will impact the businesses of thousands of hotels, hostels, and vacation homes across the globe.
• Collaborate with Frontend to spec, write, test, and deploy API endpoints.
• Implementation of a robust set of services and APIs that work on our data pipelines.
• Build all support infrastructure to scale our data delivery pipelines - endpoints, security, logging, messaging.
• Product development activity includes data querying from our various stores, real-time analytics, ML algorithms.
• Developing & Integrating of the front-end and back-end aspects of the web application
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Brainstorm features with the product team and guides decisions based on your knowledge of the codebase.
• Take full ownership of the module starting from architectural and design decisions to shipping.
• Like the work you do, enjoy collaborating with your coworkers, communicate as much as you can, and have fun. 
  
  

• 1+ years of relevant work experience.
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.
• You possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and information retrieval.
• You have a good understanding of multi-process architecture and the threading limitations of NodeJs and Express frameworks.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages.
• You have good knowledge of relational databases as well as key-value databases and are capable of designing scalable database models based on the product requirements.
• Familiarity with REST API development standards, protocols (HTTP, WebSockets and more), and GraphQL.
• You’re comfortable picking up new stacks and choosing the right tool to get the job done.
• You are open to learning new stuff and avoid internal politics. (super important).
• You are humble, kind, and are open to feedback.(super duper important).

• Entrepreneurial spirit, Product Thinker, and ‘Can-Do' attitude.
• Passionate about leveraging technology for supporting product delivery in the Hospitality space.
• Operating style suited to working in a startup environment, where teamwork and resourcefulness are highly valued.
• Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to manage multiple assignments at a time.

Yes, we do have a process, and it’s simple.

• Step 1: You apply for the job.
• Step 2: Quick intro call with the founders.
• Step 3: Solve an assignment.
• Step 4: A round where we evaluate your assignment along with you.
• Step 5: One round of interviews to gauge if you are a good culture fit.
• Step 6: Job Offer (contingent on the above steps).
• Step 7: Welcome to the Quoality! 🙂

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Proven working experience in backend app development and experience with Node JS.  
• Build advanced ecommerce backend applications for the multiple client platforms (both React and Android).  
• Understanding of design principles and good architecture patterns.  
• Proper Data Structures and Algorithm knowledge is a must.  

• Graph QL and Apollo Server knowledge.  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. Work with outside data sources and APIs like the one of Unicommerce.  
• Create 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.  

• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code.  
• Have a good understanding of CI/CD tools (any).  
• Robust knowledge of popular databases like MongoDB, Elastic Search, DynamoDB, Redis etc;  
• Knowledge about AWS Services like EC2, Lambda, Kinesis, Redshift, S3 is super plus. 
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CANDIDATES MUST HAVE  

• Node JS. 
• Data Structures and Algorithm  
• HTML5 and CSS3 
• Graph QL and Apollo Server  
• MongoDB, Elastic Search, DynamoDB, Redis 

• AWS Services like EC2, Lambda, Kinesis, Redshift, S3  

REQUIREMENTS  

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar.  
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks.  
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.  

• Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.  
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving aptitude.  
• Great organisational and time management skills.  
• Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours