Nodejs Developer

Role

We are looking for a Full Stack Engineer who can own the entire technical stack, design systems that scale, and ship products fast. You will work across frontend, backend, and AI systems, making key architectural decisions while building a product used by real users.

This role offers high ownership, where engineers move ideas to production quickly and take responsibility for both technical decisions and product impact.

What would you do?

• Build and own the end-to-end platform using React, Node.js microservices, Python AI agents, and AWS.
• Design and implement scalable system architecture, including caching, databases, and state management between AI and UI.
• Develop AI-powered backend services and orchestrate LLM workflows using modern frameworks.
• Build highly interactive front-end experiences using modern React and real-time communication tools.
• Define and maintain engineering best practices, including CI/CD pipelines, monorepo structures, and development workflows.
• Collaborate closely with users and product teams to identify problems and ship impactful solutions.
• Continuously simplify systems by removing unnecessary complexity and keeping architecture clean.

Who should apply?

• Engineers with 4+ years of experience building and shipping production-grade products.
• Strong understanding of system design, architecture, and scalable backend systems.
• Hands-on experience with Python (FastAPI, async systems) and LLM-based applications.
• Proficiency in JavaScript / TypeScript with Node.js and modern backend frameworks.
• Experience building modern frontend applications using React (React 18+).
• Familiarity with databases such as Redis, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB, and designing scalable APIs.
• Engineers comfortable working in fast-paced environments with high ownership and minimal process overhead.

Technical Skills

• Backend: Node.js, Express, Python, FastAPI
• Frontend: React (React 18+), interactive UI development
• AI/LLM Systems: LLM orchestration, multi-model integrations
• Databases: Redis, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Infrastructure: AWS, CI/CD pipelines, microservices architecture
• Real-time Systems: Socket.IO, Server-Sent Events (SSE)

Job Profile:-

We’re in search of a Back-End Software Engineer that specializes in server-side components. In this role, you’ll primarily work on Node JS, Mongo DB, Redis, building scalable products and will bring a depth of knowledge on algorithms and data structures. As a Back-End Software Engineer, on any given day you might be architecting new features for our customers, refactoring existing code to be more scalable, and seeing changes through to completion in a live environment.

Key Attributes you need to possess: -

- Prioritization- Should have a strong work ethics and show up on time at sessions with excellent skills in predicting the amount of time needed to plan, coordinate, and perform on a task or managing their clients as and when required.
- Quick Learning Ability- You should be an amazing self-learner who has the ability to learn new technology on their own and are not threatened by new technologies. Someone who has an ability to pull various bits of information and to process information on the fly with good logical and analytical skills.
- Deep and Broad Technical Experience- Someone who is able to hit the ground because they already know the right technology.They should be able to meet coding principles and write code that is readable and commented-on where appropriate.Through incorporating their cognitive abilities and extensive industry experience, they are able to find optimal solutions easily.
- High-End User Focus-A good programmer does what they are asked to do, while a great programmer thinks of the end user of the software and works to solve problems within the organization’s
capabilities.Someone who knows the functionality they’re creating is of high value.
-Business Acumen- Should have a great eye for Business acumen as the product build will be exposed to millions of customers on-brand digital assets hence giving you exposure for handling a large user base in a live environment.
-Teamplayer- Someone who is able to work in a challenging environment and requires complete devotion, persistence and learning new things every day. As they will be involved in every fact of the product development starting from product ideation, Interface design, user experience, analytics, and engineering.

Typical work week look like:-

- Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.
- Design and implementation of scalable applications by using asynchronous programming with low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications between multiple systems, servers, and environments.
-Integration of data storage solutions by creating database schemas that represent and support business processes and also Integrating multiple data sources and databases into one system.
- Building reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Explore technical innovation and propose new solutions as and when required.
- Work with engineers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every month.


Our ideal candidate should have:-

- 4+ years of relevant experience in a Tech Startup
- A solid grounding in Computer Science fundamentals (based on a BE/BTech or MS in Information Technologies/Computer Science)
- Strong proficiency with JavaScript and knowledge of Node.js and frameworks.
- Strong hands on MongoDB and ability to write aggregation queries.
- Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.
- Hands-on on code versioning tools, such as Git, Redis, AWS, Sockets

Kutumb is the first and largest communities platform for Bharat. We are growing at an exponential trajectory. More than 1 Crore users use Kutumb to connect with their community. We are backed by world-class VCs and angel investors. We are growing and looking for exceptional Backend Developers to join our Engineering team.

More on this here - https://kutumbapp.com/why-join-us">https://kutumbapp.com/why-join-us.html

Core Responsibilities:

• Design and develop real-time, resillient and high availabilty systems
• Architect and Build Microservices
• Iterating and building experiments
• Will be working with Node.js, Go, MySQL and Redis

You are the right fit if you have:

• Strong systems, architecture and database fundamentals
• Build from scratch and be a good decision maker
• The Ownership skills and can own the problems end to end
• The Zeal and willingness to put in extra efforts to build a product which will be used by millions of users, and most importantly
• The ability to find the solution to any problem and get things done

What we offer:

• High pace of learning
• Opportunity to build the product from scratch
• High autonomy and ownership
• A great and ambitious team to work with
• Opportunity to work on something that really matters
• Top of the class market salary and meaningful ESOP ownership