NodeJS Developer

About us:

Trential is engineering the future of digital identity with W3C Verifiable Credentials—secure, decentralized, privacy-first. We make identity and credentials verifiable anywhere, instantly.

We are looking for a Team lead to architect, build, and scale high-performance web applications that power our core products. You will lead the full development lifecycle—from system design to deployment—while mentoring the team and driving best engineering practices across frontend and backend stacks.

 Design & Implement: Lead the design, implementation and management of Trential products.

 Lead by example: Be the most senior and impactful engineer on the team, setting the technical bar through your direct contributions.

 Code Quality & Best Practices: Enforce high standards for code quality, security, and performance through rigorous code reviews, automated testing, and continuous delivery pipelines.

 Standards Adherence: Ensure all solutions comply with relevant open standards like W3C Verifiable Credentials (VCs), Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) & Privacy Laws, maintaining global interoperability.

 Continuous Improvement: Lead the charge to continuously evaluate and improve the products & processes. Instill a culture of metrics-driven process improvement to boost team efficiency and product quality.

 Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with the Co-Founders & Product Team to translate business requirements and market needs into clear, actionable technical specifications and stories. Represent Trential in interactions with external stakeholders for integrations.

What we're looking for:

 Experience: 5+ years of experience in software development, with at least 2 years as a Technical Lead.

 Technical Depth: Deep proficiency in JavaScript and experience in building and operating distributed, fault-tolerant systems.

 Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS & GCP) and modern DevOps practices (e.g., CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Docker).

 Databases: Strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL databases and data modeling for high-throughput, secure applications.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

 Identity & Credentials: Knowledge of decentralized identity principles, Verifiable Credentials (W3C VCs), DIDs, and relevant protocols (e.g., OpenID4VC, DIDComm)

 Familiarity with data privacy and security standards (GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001) and designing systems complying to these laws.

 Experience integrating AI/ML models into verification or data extraction workflows

PHP Developer responsible for managing back-end services and the interchange of data between the server and the users.

Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers

Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules

Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges

Integration of data storage solutions,

Design, develop and support real time data monitoring application and a dashboard for a VoIP network

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems

Required Skills:

• 3+ yrs of experience developing Ruby applications on Linux platform with exposure to HTML, CSS and javascripts
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Experience with any one NoSQL solution like Redis, MongoDB, CouchDB is a must
• Deep understanding of high traffic, highly scalable, complex web applications
• Ability to work in a dev-automation environment with some source control, continuous integration/delivery systems
• Good problem solving/analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Preferred Skills:

• Conversant with Elasticsearch, Neo4j and D3.js
• Inclination to GO programming
• Experience working with open source projects

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop and manage highly trafficked, highly scalable web properties with PHP5 using Laravel/ZEND CodeIgniter/Yii/Symfony framework.
• Understand the specifications to define system requirements.
• Collaborate and communicate project updates and progress to team members and clients.
• Analyze, design, code, debug, test, document and deploy changes to the system.