Node.js Developer / Backend Developer

Backend Engineer (MongoDB / API Integrations / AWS / Vectorization)

Position Summary

We are hiring a Backend Engineer with expertise in MongoDB, data vectorization, and advanced AI/LLM integrations. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience developing backend systems that power intelligent data-driven applications, including robust API integrations with major social media platforms (Meta, Instagram, Facebook, with expansion to TikTok, Snapchat, etc.). In addition, this role requires deep AWS experience (Lambda, S3, EventBridge) to manage serverless workflows, automate cron jobs, and execute both scheduled and manual data pulls. You will collaborate closely with frontend developers and AI engineers to deliver scalable, resilient APIs that power our platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services with MongoDB and scalable data models.
• Build pipelines to vectorize data for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and other AI-driven features.
• Develop robust API integrations with major social platforms (Meta, Instagram Graph API, Facebook API; expand to TikTok, Snapchat, etc.).
• Implement and maintain AWS Lambda serverless functions for scalable backend processes.
• Use AWS EventBridge to schedule cron jobs and manage event-driven workflows.
• Leverage AWS S3 for structured and unstructured data storage, retrieval, and processing.
• Build workflows for manual and automated data pulls from external APIs.
• Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and reliability at high data volumes.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure smooth integration into Next.js applications.
• Ensure security, compliance, and best practices in API authentication (OAuth, tokens, etc.).
• Contribute to architecture planning, documentation, and system design reviews.

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Strong expertise with MongoDB (including Atlas) and schema design.
• Experience with data vectorization and embeddings (OpenAI, Pinecone, MongoDB Atlas Vector Search, etc.).
• Proven track record of social media API integrations (Meta, Instagram, Facebook; additional platforms a plus).
• Proficiency in Node.js, Python, or other backend languages for API development.
• Deep understanding of AWS services:
• Lambda for serverless functions.
• S3 for structured/unstructured data storage.
• EventBridge for cron jobs, scheduled tasks, and event-driven workflows.
• Strong understanding of REST and GraphQL API design.
• Experience with data optimization, caching, and large-scale API performance.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience with real-time data pipelines (Kafka, Kinesis, or similar).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments on AWS.
• Knowledge of serverless architecture best practices.
• Background in SaaS platform development or data analytics systems.

We're looking for team players with natural product intuition who can help us build solutions

for our world-class Learning & Assessment platform (edulastic.com).

As a Backend Developer you will be responsible for the server-side of our web applications

and you will work closely with our engineers to ensure the system consistency and improving

user experience.

Role and Responsibilities

• As an experienced backend developer, your primary focus will be the development of all

server-side systems

• A basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well. You will test, secure

and deploy your code

• Knowledge of Node.js is a must along with a server-sideframework
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Experience and proficiency integrating with RESTAPIs
• Understanding of scalable computing systems, software architecture, data structures,

and algorithms

• Experience in working with databases such as MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.
• Should be willing to work in a very fluid startup environment and take complete ownership of

the assigned responsibility

Skills Required:

• At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS should be well versed

with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.

• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL

Database.

• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
• Experience developing and deploying REST

APIs.

• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.

About the team

Vakilsearch is on a mission to make Legal Simple. We are the leaders in Indian Legal, Tax and Compliance. Our mission is simplifying businesses to be in compliance with Government through end to end process and workflow automation. This is the key initiative of Vakilsearch as we look to revolutionize legal space in India.

We are a technology-driven platform, offering services that cover the legal needs of start-ups and established businesses. Some of our services include incorporation, government registrations & filings, accounting, documentation and annual compliances. In addition, we offer a wide range of services to individuals, such as property agreements and tax filings. Our mission is to provide one-click access to individuals and businesses for all their legal and professional needs.

• Strong proficiency with JavaScript
• Strong knowledge in JavaScript Object Oriented Programming
• Strong Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks such as Express
• Good Understanding of the nature of asynchronous programming model
• Good Understanding of callbacks and event emitters
• Good Experience in Node.js Module/Library development
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Working experience with MongoDB or equivalent nosql data store

Experience:
Min 3 year experience

Duties And Responsibilities

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