
We're looking for Senior Node js backend developers with over 2+ years of experience and strong expertise in Javascript based development using Node js and Express. We are looking for cadidates who are go-getters and are leaning towards leadership positions. Candidates must have a proven history of building, scaling, optimising and securing Node js based backends and APIs using a microservice architecture.
Bonus Skill : Experience with ReactJs, Postgres
We would prefer candidates who can join immediately or are currently serving their notice period.
Key Skills Required
-
A passion for Javascript based solutions and an extremely strong understanding of JavaScript
-
Proficiency in Node js and Express based development
-
Stong experience in building scalable REST APIs
-
Experience in implenting API security using tokens, encryptions keys and other methods
-
A proved history of building scalable and secure web applications and APIs with Node js using a microservice architecture
-
Working experience with API Gateways
-
Experience with Docker
-
Experience in maintaining code via Git workflows
-
Ability to work independantly or as a part of a team
-
Ability to work in an Agile environment
Responsibilities
-
Understanding requirement and congributing to engineering solutions at a conceptual stage to provide the best possible solution to the task/challenge
-
Building high quality code using coding standards based on the SRS/Documentation
-
Building component based, maintainable, scalable and reusable backend libraries/modules.
-
Building & documenting scalable APIs on the Open Spec standard
-
Unit testing development modules and APIs
-
Conducting code reviews to ensure that the highest quality standard are maintained
-
Securing backend applications and APIs using industry best practices
-
Troubleshooting issues and fixing bugs raised by the QA team efficiently.
-
Optimizing code
-
Building and deploying the applications

Similar jobs
About Us:
We are BlackLight Games; we bring culturally relevant synchronous multiplayer games experience to mobile. Our games have been rocking the Play Stores since launch. We have built cutting-edge back-end technology; we take pride that our games are played by more than 1 million players daily. Our flagship game, Ludo SuperStar has been downloaded more than 100 million times. Other titles include – CallBreak, Carrom, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire and Word games.
Website link- https://blacklightsw.com/
Position: Backend Developer
Location: Noida
Educational Qualification: B.Tech/ MCA / M.Tech / M.Sc or relevant professional experience; preferably in Computer Science.
Skills :
- Backend: NodeJS
- Databases: MySQL/ MongoDB.
Job Summary:
What You Bring To The Team
- More than 3+ years of experience developing serverless applications using public cloud like Google Cloud/ AWS
- Knowledge of Node. js and frameworks available for it.
- Strong proficiency with JavaScript
- Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.
- Distributed system development with an understanding of latency, scalability, scheduling, asynchronous programming, and reliability
- Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
- Experience with services common to serverless architectures, like: AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, IAM, Firebase Real Time Database, Google Cloud SQL, Cloud Tasks. It’s a bonus if you have worked on Google Cloud Project and Firebase.
- Solid Experience with NoSQL and SQL databases is required with proven experience of creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
- Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.
- Experience with deploying, maintaining, debugging live systems, and end-to-end testing and analysis
- Experienced in creating micro-services based architectures, reusable components
- Experience building REST APIs and other common application architectures on the above services
- Experience building data processing pipelines
- Solid understanding of code, design, and development practices
- General comfort in exploring, assessing, and learning new frameworks
- High levels of integrity and professionalism, and an ability to channel maximum amounts of energy into the role delivering premium customer service at all times
- Adhere to different Project Management methodologies (Agile etc) and leverage different CI/CD tools
Extra Gems For
- Google, AWS and/or Industry certifications.
- Familiarity with object storage such as AWS S3, Firebase Storage, in-memory caches such as Redis
- Demonstrated performance of threat modeling, risk assessment techniques, code reviews in the context of DevSecOps security
- Knowledge of Application Monitoring using tools like Google Stackdriver
- Broad familiarity with other languages like J2EE, Python as we write some code in these as well.
- Experience with Github and advanced Github features.
- Experience of working in Product industry
- Open source contributions, interesting hobby projects.
Why Us?
- High Growth Startup environment
- Company sponsored courses and education material
- Lots of learning opportunities
- Work with a super-talented team of professionals
- Informal work-culture, Casual Dress Code, multiple outings and trips
- Performance Based Bonus
- Competitive Salary
- Medical Insurance for you and your family
- Subsidies Lunch and Unlimited Snacks, Tea & Coffee in the house at all times
- Java – Spring, Hibernate, Data Structures & Algorithms
• Knowledge on a Database system.
3+ years of experience in software development.
Preferably BE/B-Tech engineering degree, but not a must.
• 3 years’ experience developing server-side Java – Spring, Hibernate and REST
• Full-SDLC cycle, with large-scale live roll-out participation as a developer.
• Expert understanding of the object-oriented design and programming concepts
• Good understanding of relational and non-relational database/datastores/caches best practices and challenges
• Have a passion for quality and writing clean, solid, readable code that scales and performs well
• Proficient in Git and familiarity with continuous integration
• A team player who values collaboration, innovation, and inclusion
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Responsible for team management, monitoring, reporting and proper and timely project execution
- Will lead a team of developers who will be responsible for building the product
- Work with senior management to define software requirements and take the lead on technical projects
- Develop high-quality software that is aligned with customer needs and business goals
- To ensure that software deliverables comply with quality standards and are completed on time
- Ensure maintenance of the organization’s operating systems and other technical equipment in use
- Document and demonstrate solutions by following the documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
- Experience with building scalable REST API with NodeJS (low-latency, high-availability)
- Experience with securing REST API - JWT, AES, RSA
- Very strong understanding of JSON and ability to convert business objects to JSON
- Production deployment of NodeJS REST API on Nginx
- Experience with databases - MongoDB, Redis
- Extremely competent with Javascript - objects, control structures,event loops, callbacks
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3 - Thorough understanding of User authentication and authorization
- Experience with Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, AWS Code Commit, Gitlab
Strong proficiency in node.js and frameworks available for it such as Express.js
Strong proficiency in JavaScript and Typescript
Strong problem-solving skills with a good understanding of data structures algorithms
Hands-on experience and good knowledge of AWS services
Zeal and drive to take end-to-end ownership
- 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.
|
Company |
Photon Commerce (http://www.photoncommerce.com">www.photoncommerce.com)
|
|
Title |
Senior engineer
|
|
Commitment |
Full-time. Remote. Starting as soon as possible.
|
|
About the company |
Photon Commerce is the AI platform for finance, invoices, and payments. Photon empowers financial services and eCommerce businesses with computer vision to automate invoices and receipts. Photon turns paper and pdf invoices, receipts, POs, and packing slips into a modern collaboration platform for commerce, preventing problems before they become costly. Backed by the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, its leadership brings experience from eCommerce and SaaS unicorns, Google AI, Y Combinator, Stanford, and 4 exits and an IPO.
|
|
What you will do |
· Build a python/flask app that processes PDFs, images, invoices, and receipts for Quickbooks and Shopify using OCR · Lead a team of 8+ engineers and interns · Create integrations, APIs, webhooks, and payments for the captured structured data · Build a document and invoice collaboration app with embedded chat, like Slack for documents/invoices · Deploy the app into production and own AWS devops · Own the shipped product, including QA
|
|
Experience |
· 5-10 years of experience having launched apps in production with real users in Python, Flask, Django, Javascript, SQL, AWS, and full-stack web development · 1+ years of engineering leadership, including as a team lead, tech lead, or manager · Have repos and/or demos to show your previous work · Knowledge in and/or passion for enterprise SaaS, and AWS devops · Excellent communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and team skills
|
|
What you’ll receive |
· Join an exciting, high growth startup led by serial entrepreneurs and backed by top tier Silicon Valley investors and billionaire industry leaders in tech · Competitive compensation commensurate with experience and performance
|









