NodeJS Developer

Job Summary:

As a Shopify App Developer at [Your Company Name], you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining custom applications for the Shopify platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create solutions that meet our clients' needs and improve their eCommerce operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Shopify app development, excellent problem-solving skills, and a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• App Development: Design, develop, and deploy custom Shopify apps using Shopify’s API, Polaris, and other relevant technologies.
• Customization: Customize and extend Shopify’s existing functionalities to meet specific client requirements.
• Integration: Integrate Shopify apps with third-party services, APIs, and data sources as needed.
• Maintenance & Support: Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Shopify apps and provide ongoing support and maintenance.
• Collaboration: Work closely with project managers, designers, and other developers to ensure that app solutions align with project goals and client expectations.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Conduct thorough testing of applications to ensure reliability, performance, and adherence to Shopify’s standards.
• Documentation: Create and maintain clear documentation for code, processes, and app functionality.
• Innovation: Stay updated with the latest Shopify developments, industry trends, and best practices to continuously improve app functionality and user experience.

Qualifications:

• Experience: Proven experience in developing Shopify apps, including a portfolio of past projects or apps.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Shopify’s APIs, Liquid templating language, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and familiarity with Shopify Polaris design system.
• Programming Languages: Strong knowledge of backend programming languages such as Ruby, PHP, or Node.js.
• Database Management: Experience with database technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL.
• Problem-Solving: Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Team Player: Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

About the Company:

Alyke, recognized as India's first friendship app, is revolutionizing the way people find friends online through its innovative matching algorithm. Alyke has quickly gained traction, surpassing 1 million users. This platform uniquely connects individuals based on shared interests and proximity, and stands out for its commitment to creating a secure environment that encourages users to express themselves freely. Joining Alyke offers the chance to be part of an innovative team dedicated to reshaping the landscape of social connections

Role Overview:

As a Senior Backend Developer, you will play a crucial role in the design, development, and optimization of our backend systems. You will be instrumental in building scalable, high-performance applications that support our business's needs. This role demands a deep understanding of backend technologies, database design, cloud infrastructure, and the ability to integrate a wide range of services and APIs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure, and robust backend services and APIs.
• Lead the development of microservices architecture, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
• Oversee the integration of third-party services and external APIs, including notification services like FCM.
• Develop and manage database schemas, optimizing for performance and scalability using MongoDB and Redis.
• Implement real-time data processing mechanisms for live updates and push notifications, utilizing technologies like Firebase.
• Manage cloud infrastructure and serverless functions on platforms such as AWS and GCP, ensuring efficient operations and cost management.
• Ensure the security of backend systems through robust authentication, authorization, data encryption, and adherence to best practices in data security and compliance.
• Work closely with the frontend team to integrate backend services and ensure a seamless user experience.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies and frameworks to improve the backend infrastructure.
• Mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and growth within the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in backend development, with a strong portfolio of projects demonstrating expertise in NodeJS, ExpressJS, and asynchronous programming.
• Extensive experience with database design, optimization, and management using MongoDB and Redis.
• Proven track record in developing and managing REST APIs.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture and real-time data processing.
• Solid experience with caching mechanisms and SQS management.
• Comprehensive knowledge of security principles, including authentication, authorization, and data encryption.
• Familiarity with compliance and data protection standards.
• Should have worked on scalable microservices architecture
• Experience with Lambda functions.
• Experience working with firebase
• Should have proven experience in mobile application development
• Should have working experience in sqs
• Have knowledge of elastic cache 
• Experience with cloud-native development and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS or GCP.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead projects and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with a passion for mentoring and driving technical excellence.
• Attach the link of mobile application worked on till date

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to lead a cutting-edge project impacting users globally.
• Work in an environment that fosters innovation, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits.

• Looking for a highly capable Node.js developer to optimize our web-based application performance.
• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
• Qualification: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar.
• Should have 4 years' experience as a node js developer.
• 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 organizational and time management skills.
• Salary is negotiable for right fit.

• 10 + years of experience and expertise in database and systems architecture design, development and implementation;
• Expertise and experience in data structures, indexing, query, and retrieval;
• Excellent data management skills including ensuring data integrity, data access, security and archiving procedures;
• Knowledge of the language technology and video extraction research domains to be able to converse fluently with the research communities to transform research requirements into concrete formalisms.
• Experience in cross platform development for multiple variants of Unix, Linux including 32 and 64 bit
• Experience with NoSQL, SQL databases, statistics and algorithms
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Design, implement and test novel database architecture designs to accommodate the multimodal data types used in Client managed technology evaluations
• Administer and monitor database and address data security solutions as applicable
• Design and develop efficient techniques for fast, optimized data access and transfer of distributed or networked database systems
• Design, implement and test novel data structures, data search, query and retrieval solutions to enable access to and processing of the multimodal data types used in Client managed technology evaluations

Zycus was incorporated in Princeton, U.S. in 1998. Since then, we have grown everyday, and established as an organization which now is a leading global provider of complete Source-to-Pay suite of procurement performance solutions.

We develop cloud-based (SaaS) https://www.zycus.com/solution/procurement-performance.html">Source-to-Pay solutions for large global enterprises, and have successfully deployed about 200 solutions to over 1000 Global clients. Our spirit of innovation and our passion to help procurement create greater business impact are reflected among procurement solution deployments that we have undertaken over the years. We are proud to have as our clients, some of the best-of- breed companies across verticals like Manufacturing, Automotives, Banking and Finance, Oil and Gas, Food Processing, Electronics, Telecommunications, Chemicals, Health and Pharma, Education and more.

With a team of 1000+ employees, we are present in India with 3 development centers at Bengaluru, Mumbai & Pune and offices in thehttps://www.zycus.com/careers/US-Careers.html">U.S., U.K., Australia, https://www.zycus.com/press-releases/zycus-expands-middle-east-presence-with-new-location-in-dubai.html">Dubai and https://www.zycus.com/press-releases/zycus-continues-global-expansion-with-new-office-in-singapore.html">Singapore and Netherlands.

http://www.zycus.com/">Know more about the LEADER of: Gartner’s 2013, 2015 & 2017 Magic Quadrant for Strategic Sourcing Application Suites and The Forrester Wave™: eProcurement, Q2 2017

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
7 Product Lines

OFFICES
Princeton, Chicago, Atlanta, London, Netherlands, Melbourne, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune

MARKET SIZE
USD 2 Billion and grows tremendously during economic downturns

Skill & Experience:

Experience : 4 to 6 years

• Strong understanding of JavaScript/Object Oriented JS, its quirks, and workarounds.
• Must have working knowledge of Node JS.
• Must have knowledge of any one Node JS framework such as Express.js, Hapi.js, Sails.js, etc.
• Understanding of REST API and MVC.
• Understanding of Asynchronous Request handling techniques.
• Understanding of Unit testing frameworks like Mocha/Chai.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as SVN or GIT.
• Good to have understanding of Design Patterns and SOLID OOP principles.
• Understanding of modern JavaScript development techniques

Should be able to optimize & effectively manage resources and time of the team members.

Should be able to identify, track and mitigate risks to the product

Should not hesitate to carry out healthy and constructive confrontation with team members, peers and managers for the benefit of Product.

• Attractive compensation with a fast track growth opportunity.
• Opportunity to work with a Young and dynamic innovative team of UI professionals .

• Flexible and employee friendly organization