Platform Engineer

Job Title : Senior Node.js Developer

Experience : 5 to 10 Years

Location : Gurugram (5 days WFO) | Initial 15 days in Udaipur (expenses covered)

Notice Period : 1 Month or less

Role Overview :

We are hiring a Senior Node.js Developer to lead and deliver scalable solutions, drive best practices, and mentor engineers. Strong Node.js expertise is mandatory (MERN experience welcome with Node.js depth).

Mandatory Skills :

Node.js, Express.js, Data Structures & Algorithms, System Design (HLD/LLD), CI/CD, Git, Agile, Async programming, Debugging & Performance Optimization.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead development and ensure high‑quality delivery.
• Gather requirements, design (HLD/LLD), and implement solutions.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and integrations.
• Mentor team members and support hiring.
• Collaborate in Agile teams and enforce coding best practices.

Required Skills :

• 5 to 10 Years in backend with Node.js/Express.js.
• Strong in DSA, problem‑solving, and system design.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, and Agile methodologies.
• Expertise in async programming, debugging, and performance tuning.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have : MERN stack exposure, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker, caching/queues.

Interview Process :

1. AI Technical Interview
2. System Design Round (HLD & LLD)
3. Data Structures & Algorithms
4. HR Interview

Location :

• Primary : Gurugram (Digital Greens, Sector 61)
• Initial 15 days : Udaipur (A‑square, Shobhagpura)

Note : Preference for Gurugram/NCR candidates. Stable profiles only.

1. Design patterns- socket communication/ micro services architecture 

2. Caching - REDIS MEMCACHED etc

3. Database - MONGO, SQL etc. min 2yrs experience with these.

4. Features created for large concurrent requests.

5. Node Js, Go lang any asynchronous programming language min 2 yrs exp with any one of them.

6. Message Queues - RABBIT MQ, Kafka etc.

7. Logging and APM (application process manager) good to have.

8. DS ALGO good to have.

About the Company

F22 Labs is a startup software studio based in Chennai. We power startups worldwide by building high-quality software products. From web apps to mobile platforms, we help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into beautifully crafted solutions. If you're passionate about software development and eager to build real products that solve real problems, you’ll fit right in.

Position Overview

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Node.js Developer to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining the backbone of our applications. You'll leverage your 3-5 years of expertise to build robust, scalable, and high-performance backend services and APIs. You will also play a key role in making architectural decisions, mentoring junior developers, and driving best practices within the team. If you're eager to tackle complex problems, contribute to innovative projects, and lead by example, this position is for you.

Key Responsibilities

● Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain highly scalable and reliable backend services, APIs, and systems using Node.js (with frameworks like Express.js or NestJS) and TypeScript.

● Architect and implement robust solutions for complex business requirements, ensuring code quality, performance, and security.

● Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including front-end developers, product managers, QA engineers, and designers to deliver high-quality products.

● Lead and participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.

● Design and manage database schemas (SQL and NoSQL, e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and optimize database queries for performance.

● Develop and maintain comprehensive unit, integration, and E2E tests to ensure software quality and reliability.

● Work with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes for deploying and managing applications.

● Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated building, testing, and deployment of applications.

● Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

● Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks.

● Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in Node.js development and backend architecture.

● Contribute to architectural discussions and decisions, helping to shape the future of our backend systems.

Qualifications and Requirements

● 3-5 years of professional experience in backend development with a strong focus on Node.js.

● Expert proficiency in TypeScript.

● Proven experience with Node.js frameworks such as Express.js or NestJS (highly preferred).

● Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, event-driven architecture, and design patterns.

● Solid experience in designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs; experience with GraphQL is a plus.

● Proficiency with both SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Redis) database technologies, including data modeling and query optimization.

● Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and a good understanding of container orchestration (Kubernetes).

● Experience with CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).

● Experience deploying and managing applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including familiarity with relevant services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS).

● Strong problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills.

● Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

● Proven ability to mentor junior team members.

● Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows.

Good to have:

● Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Mocha, Chai) and a commitment to writing well-tested code.

● Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.

● Experience with serverless architecture (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions).

● Knowledge of message queue systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS).

● Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

● Understanding of front-end technologies (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js) to facilitate better collaboration.

● Experience with performance monitoring and optimization tools.

● Active contributions to open-source projects or a strong portfolio of personal projects.

Why Join Us (Perks & Benefits)

● Flexible work timings.

● Fast-paced, hands-on learning environment.

● Fun, collaborative, and supportive team culture.

● Real-world impact from day one.

If you're looking to supercharge your development skills and work on meaningful software in a startup that values learning and creativity, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today! 

About-

We are building a global content marketplace that brings companies and content creators together to scale up content creation processes across 50+ content verticals and 150+ industries. Over the past 2.5 years, we’ve worked with companies like India Today, Amazon India, Adobe, Swiggy, Dunzo, Businessworld, Paisabazaar, IndiGo Airlines, Apollo Hospitals, Infoedge, Times Group, Digit, BookMyShow, UpGrad, Yulu, YourStory, and 350+ other brands.

We are creating high-quality remote talent workforces across Content Writers, Graphic Designers, Video Makers, Content Strategists, Audio Artists, and eventually aim to cover each and every creative professional involved in the marketing domain. Imagine us being able to build virtual marketing teams for any company globally, by providing them a product that solves for content operations and gives the customer the ability to strategize, create, distribute and manage all their content projects at one place. At the same time, they have the ability to be able to extend their team by being matched with high-quality creators from our talent marketplace for different projects that they have. It isn’t long before content becomes so fundamental to individuals and brands alike, that there is a need for buying and selling content on-demand. We want to be that force of change!

Responsibilities: -

• We are looking for solid senior back-end developers who are well-versed with NodeJs.
• The tech stack on the back end side - MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Node, TypeScript, Express, Knex.
• We are looking at folks who have a minimum of 6-7 years of experience in back-end development and have been strong experience.
• The mindset is very different and we are looking for folks who have evolved fast in terms of skills and in terms of working on their own projects.

• Work with product managers to understand product requirements and make them live.
• Ownership of end to end development

• Startup mindset of getting things done and focussing on business goals
• Proven problem solving skills
• 3+ years Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using server side technology (Java, Spring Boot / Node.js, Express)
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies
• Good knowledge of design patterns
• Proficiency in REST architecture
• Experience with test-driven development
• Experience with Git/CI/CD/Gradle/Maven
• Inclination towards writing quality and performant code

• Experience in Agile development
• Performance tuning, testing, refactoring and automation
• Experience working with AWS Cloud and Devops technologies (terraform , cloudformation, ansible)
• Experience running a production environment
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Job Description

We are looking for a candidate who is a creative problem solver, will work in coordination with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain our next-generation websites and web tools. It is a technological position where excellent knowledge of the software development life cycle is a must to develop new projects and support the existing ones.

Skills:

• At least 2 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
• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum
• Knowledge of Node.js frameworks available for it such as Express, Loopback, Nest.JS)
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
• Knowledge of typescript.

Responsibilities:

• Develop quality software and web applications
• Analyze and maintain existing software applications
• Design highly scalable, testable code
• Discover and fix programming bugs.
• Will be working with MongoDB, Typescript, Node.js, React
• Architect and build the backend for corresponding web services (Node.JS and related framework)

Work remotely / Work From Home with BigStep Technologies throughout your tenure.

Desired candidates must have 3-6 years experience as NodeJs Developer.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding functional and business requirements and translate them into effective code
• Provide support till deployment of code into production.
• Ownership for ensuring code optimization, problem diagnosis, and on-time delivery
• Implement solutions as per the pre-defined framework /guidelines and adherence to processes
• Finding an optimal solution for the problem statement
• Conduct peer code review.

Skills:

• Excellent hands-on experience with Node.Js, Express.Js, JavaScript
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Excellent hands-on experience with MongoDB, Mongo aggregation, MySQL
• Ability to build REST services, Authentications, MVC applications
• Excellent Object Oriented Programming skills and ability to write modular, secure, scalable, and maintainable code
• Experience with Elastic Search, Redis.
• Knowledge about AWS components (S3, EC2, Cloudfront, Redis Clusters, etc.)
• Self-learning abilities are required
• Familiarity with upcoming new technologies is a strong plus

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or similar.
• At least two 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.
• Availability to resolve urgent web application issues outside of business hours.