NodeJS Developer

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior React Native Developer with backend experience to join our team and lead the development of our cross-platform mobile application and its supporting backend services. You'll play a pivotal role in building, launching, and scaling a high-performance app that runs seamlessly on both iOS and Android — all from a single codebase — while also architecting and maintaining robust backend infrastructure in Node.js.

If you're passionate about mobile technologies, experienced in backend systems, and excited about building high-quality products from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end development of a cross-platform mobile application using React Native.
• Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver intuitive and seamless user experiences.
• Design and implement secure, reusable, and modular components (both frontend and backend).
• Optimize app and API performance across a wide range of devices and platforms.
• Ensure app and backend compliance with modern security, performance, and design standards.
• Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines for both frontend and backend (e.g., Fastlane, EAS, GitHub Actions).
• Integrate third-party APIs, services, analytics, push notifications, and more.
• Manage app store submissions and backend deployments.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to establishing mobile and backend development best practices.

Requirements

Must-Have:

• 5+ years of experience in full-stack or mobile application development.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with React Native.
• 2+ years of experience working with Node.js for backend development.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and modern React architecture.
• Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs, managing authentication, and handling network issues.
• Deep knowledge of mobile app development lifecycle for both iOS and Android.
• Familiarity with native build tools (Xcode, Android Studio).
• Solid grasp of mobile UI/UX principles and performance optimization techniques.
• Proficiency with Git, GitHub/GitLab, and agile workflows.
• Experience with features like push notifications, deep linking, in-app purchases, and analytics SDKs.

Preferred:

• Experience with Expo or EAS for managed workflows.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools (Fastlane, Bitrise, GitHub Actions, etc.).
• Exposure to native modules (Objective-C/Swift and Java/Kotlin).
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks (Jest, Detox, etc.).
• Experience publishing apps to the App Store and Google Play.
• Prior experience in startups or high-growth product environments.
• Working knowledge of databases (e.g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL) and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Firebase).

What We Offer

• Opportunity to lead and build a product end-to-end — frontend and backend.
• Work with a dynamic, high-performing team in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Remote-first culture with flexible working hours.
• Competitive salary and equity options (if applicable).
• Dedicated learning and development budget to help you grow.

• Analyzing website and application requirements.
• Writing back-end code and building efficient PHP modules.
• Developing back-end portals with an optimized database.
• Troubleshooting application and code issues.
• Integrating data storage solutions.
• Responding to integration requests from front-end developers.
• Finalizing back-end features and testing web applications.
• Updating and altering application features to enhance performance.

PHP Developer Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a similar field.
• Knowledge of PHP web frameworks including Yii, Laravel, and CodeIgniter.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies including CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.
• Understanding of object-oriented PHP programming.
• Previous experience creating scalable applications.
• Proficient with code versioning tools including Git, Mercurial, CVS, and SVN.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to project manage.
• Good problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Hand on experience in Golang/Python/Ruby on Rails /Node.Js
• Must have at least 1+ years of experience in Team Handling

What will we be building together?

1K Kirana Bazaar (1K) is building Bharat's first hyperlocal offline-online distribution platform. Our aim is to provide the benefits of technology and scale to the underserved first time internet users of Bharat. We use the efficiencies of the existing kirana store network and empower them with a full technology stack to fulfill all needs of our consumers.

Over the next 2 years our goal is to transform the lives of millions of new age consumers of Bharat and at the same time make the lives of thousands of retailers more fulfilling! With our end to end integrated supply chain and technology stack, we are already disrupting the traditional supply chain and bringing in innovation and gamification to the traditional shopping and consumption process. The growth process will demand exploration of technologies like Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, IPFS, Distributed Computing, and IOT to name a few to fuel the idealistic model design for the making of an evolved #bharat. We visualise seamless access to every consumer or a mom & pop store in the deepest rooted corners of India.

What will you be driving with the team?

To build full-stack solutions for retail & supply chain from managing purchases to selling products to end consumers. You will work on solving some of the complex problems of the retail industry.

Your core responsibilities:

• Solve complex problems and follow good coding practices and complying with existing quality standards.
• Evaluate existing engineering processes and recommend improvements.
• Setup high-quality standards in production running code by performing diligent code reviews and rigorous unit test coverage.
• Brainstorm (sometimes, even prototype) features with the rest of the team based on your knowledge of the codebase.
• And of course, there's always bugs to fix, based on your personal experience or feedback from the team and the 1K community.

What will help you thrive in this role? 

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
• 6 month+ experience in software development.
• Knowledge of programming languages.
• Should possess a solid grasp of object-oriented programming, data structures, and software design.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure and distributed systems is a plus.
• Highly developed attention to detail.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment.

Whom you will be sharing your workday with?

We are a language-agnostic engineering team of independent thinkers who understand the priorities of a rapidly growing startup and excel at choosing high impact projects. Our core beliefs are: 

• We are at the forefront of disrupting the traditional retail & supply chain industry by building distributed systems
• We are hardcore open source lovers and believe in the strength of the open-source community.
• We believe technology can change the way information is consumed.
• We use a data-driven approach to build new products and features.
• Build new tech solutions to improve business processes and enable our various departments to help service our teams better.
• We embrace and enable DevOps culture within the organisation.

And yes! We do have new furry friends coming to our office every day.

Work Perks

• Hybrid work environment with flexibility to work from anywhere. 
• A great salary, commensurate with experience.
• Unlimited vacation policy which means Paid Vacations.
• A relaxed & flexible working atmosphere.
• Weekly parties (Unofficial).
• Paid outings to remote work locations and industry events/conferences.
• Paid Health Insurance for you and your loved ones.