Node.js Developer

Required Skills: CI/CD Pipeline, Data Structures, Microservices, Determining overall architectural principles, frameworks and standards, Cloud expertise (AWS, GCP, or Azure), Distributed Systems

Criteria:

• Candidate must have 6+ years of backend engineering experience, with 1–2 years leading engineers or owning major systems.
• Candidate must be from a product-based organization with a startup mindset
• Must be strong in one core backend language: Node.js, Go, Java, or Python.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, caching, high availability, and microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience with AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong command over system design, data structures, performance tuning, and scalable architecture
• Ability to partner with Product, Data, Infrastructure, and lead end-to-end backend roadmap execution.

Description

What This Role Is All About

We’re looking for a Backend Tech Lead who’s equally obsessed with architecture decisions and clean code, someone who can zoom out to design systems and zoom in to fix that one weird memory leak. You’ll lead a small but sharp team, drive the backend roadmap, and make sure our systems stay fast, lean, and battle-tested.

What You’ll Own

● Architect backend systems that handle India-scale traffic without breaking a sweat.

● Build and evolve microservices, APIs, and internal platforms that our entire app depends on.

● Guide, mentor, and uplevel a team of backend engineers—be the go-to technical brain.

● Partner with Product, Data, and Infra to ship features that are reliable and delightful.

● Set high engineering standards—clean architecture, performance, automation, and testing.

● Lead discussions on system design, performance tuning, and infra choices.

● Keep an eye on production like a hawk: metrics, monitoring, logs, uptime.

● Identify gaps proactively and push for improvements instead of waiting for fires.

What Makes You a Great Fit

● 6+ years of backend experience; 1–2 years leading engineers or owning major systems.

● Strong in one core language (Node.js / Go / Java / Python) — pick your sword.

● Deep understanding of distributed systems, caching, high-availability, and microservices.

● Hands-on with AWS/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.

● You think data structures and system design are not interviews — they’re daily tools.

● You write code that future-you won’t hate.

● Strong communication and a let’s figure this out attitude.

Bonus Points If You Have

● Built or scaled consumer apps with millions of DAUs.

● Experimented with event-driven architecture, streaming systems, or real-time pipelines.

● Love startups and don’t mind wearing multiple hats.

● Experience on logging/monitoring tools like Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, OpenTelemetry.

Why company Might Be Your Best Move

● Work on products used by real people every single day.

● Ownership from day one—your decisions will shape our core architecture.

● No unnecessary hierarchy; direct access to founders and senior leadership.

● A team that cares about quality, speed, and impact in equal measure.

● Build for Bharat — complex constraints, huge scale, real impact.

Viha Technosoft - building tech products that matter to people

At Viha Technosoft, we’re a happy family of 50+ young and experienced talents. We work in Media and Entertainment (M&E)t, Healthcare, and Payments domains.

We’re looking for a competent individual to help develop a scalable backend system for our project Cast India.With Cast India, We’re out to revolutionize the way people onboard, train, and get opportunity in M&E domain.

• Must-Have Skills

  • Strong knowledge of any PHP web framework Codeigniter, Laravel, CakePHP, Yii, Symfony, etc along with strength in OOPS
  • Understanding of MVC design patterns
  • Working experience with any Payment Gateways is desirable. Experience with REST-based API Development is a must
  • Experience with front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS frameworks along with Angular 6+ and ReactJS
  • Confident with Mysql database, framing complex queries for optimum performance
  • Good knowledge of Javascript, Json, Jquery, Ajax

  Additional Skills

  • Hands-on experience working on Microservices development
  • Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system

  Build and hosting experience

  • Must have a strong DevOps experience
  • Exhibited CI/CD experience with Jenkins tools and plugins.
  • Strong experience in auto-deployment, deployment testing, and overall automated pipeline management.
  • Good to have knowledge of Cpanel, FileZilla, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Must have a strong experience with source control tools like GitHub

  Testing

  • Must have strong advanced Unit testing experience and Agile experience
  • Must have strong working experience in agile
  • Must have participated in SCRUM and must be well aware of the scrum ceremonies
  • Must be able to self-manage the pipeline and should be well prepared to meet challenging timelines

  MySQL competency

  • Must be able to write complex queries
  • Understanding and implementation level knowledge of key joins, constraints, and triggers
  • Able to analyze the query and perform query optimization
  • Independently handle the Table DDL and DML statements as part of the development
  • Ability to create ER diagrams and data mapping diagrams and document data entity chang

• Deliver features in an end-to-end manner: technical design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Provide technical leadership and own specific areas of the platform.
• Work closely with Product Managers to translate product requirements to engineering specifications.
• Lead code review efforts and quality efforts in your area of ownership.
• Participate in product discussions, taking ownership and initiative.
• Work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Mentored and guide junior engineers.

Must Haves:

• Minimum 2 years of working experience in Ruby on Rails/ Python/ Node.JS.
• Strong problem-solving skills, data structures, and algorithms.
• Excellent experience on databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Familiarity with tools for code reviews, version control (GIT).
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby/ Python/Node.JS code.
• Experience in application server hosting and monitoring.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on with search platforms (Solr, Elasticsearch, etc).
• Prior experience with microservices-based architecture/SOA/distributed systems.
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Experience with common AWS service EC2, RDS, S3, SES, etc.

Key Competencies:

• Building Effective Team
• Solving Problems Creatively
• Learning Agility
• Drive For Result