Node.js Developer

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Django Developer to join our on-site engineering team in Pune. This role involves building and scaling high-performance backend systems for our SaaS products. You will work closely with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to design robust APIs, optimize databases, and deliver production-grade solutions.

This is a hands-on role with ownership, technical depth, and real impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable backend services using Django & Python
• Architect and implement secure, high-performance RESTful APIs
• Work extensively with PostgreSQL for schema design, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning
• Build and manage asynchronous workflows using Celery
• Implement real-time features using Daphne, Redis, and WebSockets (ASGI stack)
• Containerize applications using Docker; manage Docker Compose and environment setups
• Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and designers for seamless delivery
• Perform code reviews, mentor junior developers, and enforce best practices
• Ensure application security, scalability, and reliability
• Monitor system performance and handle debugging, logging, and error management
• Maintain clear documentation for APIs, services, and deployment workflows
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Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3-4 years of hands-on experience with Django & Python
• Strong expertise in REST API design and backend architecture
• Advanced knowledge of PostgreSQL (queries, indexing, optimization)
• Solid experience with Celery for background tasks
• Hands-on experience with Daphne, Redis, and WebSockets
• Strong command over Docker & containerized deployments
• Proficiency with Git/GitHub workflows, PR reviews, and basic CI
• Excellent understanding of ORM concepts and database modeling
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills
• Experience using AI/LLM tools to improve productivity is a plus
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Nice-to-Have

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure)
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (Sentry, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Basic frontend understanding (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Experience handling high-traffic systems and performance optimization
• Exposure to Agile / Scrum environments
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What We Offer

• Competitive salary package
• Opportunity to work on scalable SaaS and AI-driven platforms
• Strong engineering culture with ownership and autonomy
• On-site collaborative environment with fast decision-making
• Learning, growth, and leadership opportunities
• Challenging projects with end-to-end responsibility

Expectations & Deliverables

• Production-ready, well-tested, and maintainable code
• Proactive communication and ownership of deliverables
• High-quality documentation and clean architecture practices
• Adherence to security, compliance, and IP standards

We are on a mission to enable businesses to build agile and accountable technology teams that can deliver results in a secure and scalable way. You will be working in one such technology team for our clients across the world.

• Collaborate with front-end and back-end developers and designers to build website following client requirements

• Create clear, simple, and reusable code

• Develop all server-side logic, including data storage to optimize website performance

• Identify programming bottlenecks and bugs and find fixes

• Test, update and validate web applications to be used on different web browsers

• Execute automated testing platforms and system tests

• BSc/BE/BTech in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

• At least 2+ years of experience with JavaScript and Node.js

• Hands-on expertise in REST, MySQL/PostgreSQL, WebSocket, MongoDB, Redis, etc.

• Familiarity with Docker and AWS infrastructure

• Understanding of data security principles

• Proficiency in JavaScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks

• Strong analytical and problem-solving aptitude skills

• Design, implement, and maintain API-based applications and REST services.
• Proficiency with Node JS.
• Must have experience in cloud services Azure Cloud/AWS.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
• Develop high-quality, efficient, and scalable code.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and SCRUM framework Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Provide technical support during implementation efforts, working with technical team members and with business users as required to provide troubleshooting and solutions to technical issues.

Your Opportunity

You will primarily be responsible for implementing features & building platforms to enable on-device and device/server-side combined ML workflows. You will possess strong skills in object-oriented software design and programming. You are excited about developing new features, maintaining existing code, fixing bugs, and contributing to overall system design.

Your Impact

To design, architect, develop and maintain the backend for AI products by working closely with the Engineering Team. To ensure successful consumption of Saarthi.ai technology by APIs, SDKs, or Applications, thereby enabling productization and monetization of the AI solutions.

What You’ll Do

· Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions

· Design server-side architecture

· Along with SAAS application deliverables even the client-side deliverables need to be taken care

· Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications

· Write effective APIs

· Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency

· Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

· Create security and data protection settings

· Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design

· Write technical documentation

· Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software

What You Bring

· Proven experience as a Back-End Developer or similar role.

· Experience developing desktop applications.

· Strong working experience with back-end development using Node.JS, JavaScript.

· Strong knowledge of databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL).

· Experience with System Design and Architecture.

· Familiarity with common stacks.

· Familiarity with Parallel Threading, Concurrent calling and Aggregation Queries.

· Ability to write quality unit tests

· Setting up CI/CD, and integrating with logging and monitoring systems for the products or platforms

· Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

· Degree in Computer Science, Statistics or relevant field

We focus on client adoption of disruptive technologies, technology architecture and providing specialized skills related to integration, custom software engineering, testing, application modernization, agile and more. We help our clients with the most complex projects including working in open web platforms, DevOps platforms as well as intelligent Computing and Architecture enhancement.

We are looking for hands on, smart thinking Applications developer to join our fast-growing team of talented professionals. You will have the opportunity to work on large enterprise solutions and deliver solutions that deliver business performance for our customers.

WORK YOU’LL DO

• Design and develop microservices/APIs using either Java/Spring boot, ISTIO, Kubernetes, Docker, CI / CD Pipelines
• You would scale micro services using Kafka or similar messaging systems.
• Collaborate with clients, architects, and application architectures to understand the operational objectives and purpose of the future system integration.
• Understand the points of integration between the different systems and highlight the potential risks associated with the delivery of solutions
• Collaborate with Functional Designers and Developers in order to find best solutions
• Produce detailed functional and technical specifications.
• Assist in producing solutions with threat assessments and associated security awareness.
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WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• 5- 8 years of hands-on experience designing and developing microservices using either Java/Spring Boot
• 3-5 years of experience with system integration
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience with API concepts and technologies such as REST, JSON, XML, SOAP, YAML, GraphQL, and Swagger
• Experience developing within agile methodology using CI/CD pipeline
• Experienced in 3-tier, n-tier, cloud computing, microservices architectures and SOA.
• Good knowledge of integration architectures
• Experience supporting and/or implementing complex integration projects
• Excellent client management skills
• Experience with Data modelling would be an asset

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience of working in an Agile Environment
• Ability to drive design from Stories and Requirements
• Adept at UML, Design Patterns, Reusable Services Development,
• Knowledge on Scaling Microservices

Required Candidate profile

• Strong knowledge of PHP web frameworks such as Laravel, CI,
• Understanding the fully synchronous behaviour of PHP
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript,
• Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming
• Strong knowledge of the common PHP or web server exploits and their solutions
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with limitations of PHP as a platform and its workarounds
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes

• 5+ years of software development experience including 4+ years of deep, hands on experience in building highly scalable web-based backend applications using Java and Spring ecosystem
• BE/BTech in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience
• Great problem-solving skills with solid data structures and algorithms knowledge
• Has extensively used the Spring ecosystem – Spring Boot, REST API Development, ORM tools like Hibernate
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Class loading, Multi-Threading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
• Experience of coaching and mentoring junior developers with good delegation and time-management skills
• Implemented CI/CD in any of the projects done
• Strong understanding of Agile and Lean software development processes and practices
• Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience of Elastic Search
• Has designed relational databases; conversant with SQL
• Knowledge of Jenkins/ Docker and Devops
• Knowledge of Redis or similar technology
• Worked with some or all of these AWS services: EC2; lambda; SQS/SNS; Elastic Search, Transcoder
• Understanding and experience of building services and applications using principles of service-oriented architecture, preferable using REST or SOAP
• Contributed in the creation of end-to-end automation tests (functional or non-functional)
• Worked with WebSocket, Push notifications etc

• Experience in ELK stack
• Knowledge of Video tools like FFMPEG, Wowza / Node Media Streaming
• Understanding of different video formats, streaming, CDN etc
• Understanding of Machine Learning Models, Pipelines etc