
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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Wekan Enterprise Solutions is a leading Technology Consulting company and a strategic investment partner of MongoDB. We help companies drive innovation in the cloud by adopting modern technology solutions that help them achieve their performance and availability requirements. With strong capabilities around Mobile, IOT and Cloud environments, we have an extensive track record helping Fortune 500 companies modernize their most critical legacy and on-premise applications, migrating them to the cloud and leveraging the most cutting-edge technologies.
Job Description
We are looking for passionate architects eager to be a part of our growth journey. The right candidate needs to be interested in working in high-paced and challenging environments leading technical teams, designing system architecture and reviewing peer code. Interested in constantly upskilling, learning new technologies and expanding their domain knowledge to new industries. This candidate needs to be a team player and should be looking to help build a culture of excellence. Do you have what it takes?
You will be working on complex data migrations, modernizing legacy applications and building new applications on the cloud for large enterprise and/or growth stage startups. You will have the opportunity to contribute directly into mission critical projects directly interacting with business stakeholders, customer’s technical teams and MongoDB solutions Architects.
Location - Chennai or Bangalore
● Relevant experience of 12+ years building high-performance applications with at least 3+ years as an architect.
● Good problem solving skills
● Strong mentoring capabilities
● Good understanding of software development life cycle
● Strong experience in system design and architecture
● Strong focus on quality of work delivered
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Required Technical Skills
● Extensive hands-on experience building high-performance applications using Node.Js (Javascript/Typescript) and .NET/ Golang / Java / Python.
● Strong experience with appropriate framework(s).
● Wellversed in monolithic and microservices architecture.
● Hands-on experience with data modeling on MongoDB and any other Relational or NoSQL databases
● Experience working with 3rd party integrations ranging from authentication, cloud services, etc.
● Hands-on experience with Kafka or RabbitMQ.
● Handsonexperience with CI/CD pipelines and atleast 1 cloud provider- AWS / GCP / Azure
● Strong experience writing and maintaining clear documentation
Good to have skills:
● Experience working with frontend technologies - React.Js or Vue.Js or Angular.
● Extensive experience consulting with customers directly for defining architecture or system design.
● Technical certifications in AWS / Azure / GCP / MongoDB or other relevant technologies
Node.js Developer Responsibilities:
- 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.
Node.js Developer Requirements:
- 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.
Skills Required:
- 3+ years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds.
- Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database.
- Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database.
- Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases.
- Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j.
- Experience developing and deploying REST APIs.
- Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks.
- Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks.
- Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications.
- Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
- Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms.
- Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences.
- Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.
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● B.E/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
● 10+ years or more of progressive software technology experience with at least 3 years
in an architectural role.
● Completely hands on with technology and architecture. Start-up experience is a huge
plus.
● Ability to quickly prototype and demonstrate technology value adds and educate + drive
adoption within the extended technology team
● Excellent and robust understanding of scalable product system architecture(s),
platforms and core technologies
● Demonstrated problem-solving and leadership skills to pursue correct engineering
process in adverse conditions. Ability to embrace and demonstrate leadership beyond
ownership
● Work with engineering leadership to setup and manage processes.
● Track record of thought leadership and out of the box thinking in the technology arena.
● Ability to work efficiently in an entrepreneurial and in a start-up environment
● A Java/Spring/Akka, Javascript or Golang rockstar.
● Deep and hands on knowledge of some of these technologies - MySQL, NodeJS,
message brokers such as Kafka/RabbitMQ, NoSQL datastore such as Mongo, Cassandra,
Arango, distributed caches such as Redis/memcached, container technology such as
Docker and Kubernetes etc.
● Great proficiency in distributed systems design, with an ability to make the right
trade-offs for creating future-proof solutions.
● Building quick PoCs and full-fledged solutions with various AWS managed services would
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- 8+ years development experience
- Solid Experience and knowledge of
- Coding and debugging using Object Oriented languages like Java, C++, Go or similar languages.
- Database design, Query optimizations, pitfalls (both SQL, NoSQL)
- Developing Scalable, distributed systems and patterns
- Developing REST and/or GraphQL based APIs
- Writing and driving Clean code in a team (via SOLID principles).
- Knowledge of writing unit tests
- NodeJS
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- Experience with GoLang/Python
- Experience with Microservices, designs and patterns
- Experience with Dockers/Kubernetes and orchestration
- Familiarity with Reactive programming and patterns like RxJs/RxJava, CQRS, Eventing systems
- Experience with automating DevOps lifecycle
- Proficiency with
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- Work with Product team and Drive design, development and deployment of the overall architecture and individual modules to support our Apps , website and internal tools
- Ensure the entire stack is designed and built for availability, speed, scalability, testability, debugging
- Design and development of our REST and GraphQL API
- implement and improve continuous integration and deployment
- Serve as a technical lead for the team
- Mentor team members
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- Determines technical feasibility of features or solutions by evaluating problem, customer requirements, possible solutions and technology requirements.
- Exercises judgement in prioritizing tasks and selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
- Create low-level design of modules of a software application through proper documentation and diagrams.
- Develops software solutions by studying requirements, clarifying customer/user needs, analysing data and processes and following established software development practices and processes.
- Develops proof of concepts for technical evaluation and early customer feedback
- Updates and shares knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing technology; reading professional publications
- Networks with internal and external personnel in own area of expertise.
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- Good command in JavaScript/TypeScript. Knowledge of Java/Python will be a plus.
- Experience in Debugging/troubleshooting TypeScript code.
- Experience in API development (REST/GraphQL etc)
- Experience in development of Web and Mobile(android/iOS) applications
- Exposure of Parallel and Asynchronous programming
- Experience in writing Unit tests (Jest or any similar framework)
- Should be proficient in relational Database concepts (Postgres etc.)
- Knowledge of Non-relational Databases would be a plus.
- Good Understanding of Object-Oriented Programming Concepts.
- Good Understanding of Design Patterns.
- Good command of Data structures, Algorithms and Complexity.
- Good at problem solving and analytical skills.
- Experience with Source Code Versioning systems (Git etc)
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