Principal Engineer (node.js) at FinTech Product Development Firm · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 8 - 14 years · ₹30L - ₹40L / yr · Posted 9 May 2022

Principal Engineer (node.js)
at FinTech Product Development Firm
Your Responsibilities:
- Own the backend stack – Node.Js based, that powers our product
- Collaborate with Backend Developers (Python), Front-end developers, DevOps, and Data Scientists to design and implement new features
- Build and maintain several REST’ful Services/Endpoints which will be used both internally and externally in a Macroservices/Distributed services environment.
- Deploy and monitor the Services/Endpoints ensuring availability and scalability(ability to handle 100X traffic)
- Work on full project lifecycle starting from requirements gathering/understanding the problem to deploying and maintaining the project.
Skills that you bring Along:
- A minimum 8+ years of extensive work experience with Node.Js and related frameworks – particularly Express.Js.
- Extensive experience in designing and maintaining REST’ful API endpoints
- Extensive experience with databases such as Postgres and Mongo.
- Extensive experience in Cloud Infrastructure (AWS based) – e.g. AWS API Gateway, Lambda Functions etc.
- Experience with cache like Redis and/or Memory cache
- Good experience in Microservices/Macroservices or Event driven Architectures
- Good experience with design patterns
- Experience in writing advanced SQL-queries, good knowledge of PL/SQL
- Good understanding of Software Design Principles and domain-driven design
- Good experience with Continuous Delivery and Containerization(Docker)
- Ideally maintaining infrastructure-as-code using Terraform
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex topics in a simple manner

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Job Description:
We are seeking a talented and experienced Backend Developer with a strong proficiency in Node.js and expertise in database management. As a Backend Developer, you will play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of our software systems, ensuring their high performance and responsiveness.
Responsibilities:
· Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Node.js.
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software requirements and specifications.
· Optimize and scale applications for maximum speed and scalability.
· Implement security and data protection measures.
· Troubleshoot and resolve issues in a timely manner.
· Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
· Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and best practices in backend development.
Requirements:
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
· Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in Node.js development.
· Proficiency with databases, preferably MongoDB or DynamoDB.
· Strong understanding of RESTful API design and development.
· Experience with version control systems, such as Git.
· Familiarity with cloud platforms in AWS is a plus.
· Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
· Strong communication and teamwork skills.
· Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks efficiently.
· Proven track record of delivering high-quality code on schedule.
Role description:
We are looking for Senior Software Engineer with expertise and experience in designing, developing and testing applications including new developments, enhancements, maintenance and support. The role involves continuous collaboration with team, partners.
Candidate description:
Responsibilities
- Building interactive consumer data from multiple systems and RESTfully abstract to the UI through a Node.js backend
- Address and improve any technical issues
- Strong commitment to quality and delivery
- Collaborate well with engineers, and specialists to design and create advanced, elegant and efficient system
- Create Unit and Integration tests to ensure the quality of code
- Be responsive to change requests and feature requests
- Write code that is cross-platform and cross-device compatible
- Ability to wear many hats and learn new technologies quickly
- Used CI/CD and AWS platform
Qualifications
Experience
- 4-8 years of experience in IT industry
- Experience with modern frameworks and design patterns, minimum one-year experience with MERN Fullstack paradigm
Requirements
- In depth working knowledge of NodeJS
- Database – MongoDB, SQL, postgre
- Obsession with lean, clean and organized code
- Solid Understanding of HTTP protocol and how server-side code is processed on the client
- Knowledge of the following will be considered as an advantage:
- Experience with cloud technologies also a plus
- Creating secure RESTful-based web services in XML and JSON, Javascript,
- Creating Unit test cases
- Analyzing complex object-oriented programming structure
- MVC model
- Relational database
- Database join clause
- API integration
- Other requirements
- Passionate about effective programming
- Responsibility for major tasks and chores
- Good to have Javascript knowledge
- Willing to resolve technical debt in the early step
- Good understanding of sprint cycle in agile
- Can communicate with developers and non-developers
- Can work independently but a great collaborator
- Good to have an experience with Node and MySQL
- Serverless API experience is not counted
- Good to have Git workflow knowledge
- Good to have Github collaboration experience
Speed, passion, attention to details, get it done attitude, long term association and 1st principal thinking and lastly team player with ZERO insecurities. Learning opportunities will surely be huge.
Responsibilities:
1. Build new services to meet critical product and business needs.
2. Design scalable systems to solve problems with modern cloud technology and industry best practices.
3. Articulate a long-term vision for maintaining and scaling our backend systems and the teams running them.
4. Work with engineers, designers, product managers and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
5. Write high quality, well tested code to meet the needs of your customers.
Requirements & Qualifications
1. 3-7 years of recent hands-on coding and software design.
2. Bachelor degree or more in Computer Science or a related field.
3. A track record of projects completed on time – you are a flawless executor, not a procrastinator.
4. You find satisfaction in a job well done and want to solve head-scratching challenges.
5. Experience with all phases of the software development life cycle, best practices and Agile Software Development.
6. Solid OOP and software design knowledge – you should know how to create software that’s extensible, reusable and meets desired architectural objectives.
7. Establish Back-End Software Engineer best practices.
8. Working experience with NodeJS, PostgreSQL, In memory Database like Redis, Messaging Queues like RabbitMQ/Kafka
The founder is a qualified physician an innovator at heart. He has immense experience in health management sector and has worked for international healthcare organizations.
- Defining code architecture decisions to support a high-performance and scalable product with a minimal footprint
- Addressing and improving any technical issues
- Collaborating well with engineers and researchers to design and create advanced, elegant and efficient systems
- Designing and maintaining large and complex databases, both relational and non-relational databases.
- Writing, testing, and releasing world-class, production-ready code.
- Deploying applications on AWS cloud with the ability to quickly debug hosting related issues.
What you need to have:
- Previous working experience as a software developer in Product based company
- Strong in Object Oriented Javascript, ES6, Typescript, HTML 5, CSS3, SASS/ LESS.
- In-depth knowledge of NodeJS, ExpressJS, and MongoDB
- Experience creating front end applications using HTML5, Angular6+, CSS, LESS/ SASS
- Good knowledge of coding standards, design patterns, unit testing frameworks, TDD, CI/ CD practices.
- Good logical thinking and quick at learning and exploring new frameworks
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science 4-6 years of industry experience
- Able to meet deadlines
- Leadership experience
- Strong communications skills
Experience: 4 to 8 years
Annual CTC: Rupees 12,00,000 to 20,00,000
Advanced proficiency in MEAN Stack (NodeJS, MongoDB, Express, Angular JS)
Proficiency and hands-on experience with one or more of the following: Backbone / Knockout JS / Ember JS / React JS
Knowledge of JQuery would be an added advantage
Thorough knowledge of software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build process, continuous integration and continuous delivery
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