
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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Company: Amura Health
Location: Velachery, Chennai
Work Model: 6 Days Work From Office (Mandatory)
About Amura Health:
Amura Health is building a transformative health platform focused on improving human potential through better health outcomes. The company believes that healthier bodies lead to healthier brains, enabling people to solve more complex problems, contribute meaningfully to society, and create a better future.
The organization is building next-generation healthcare technology products and platforms that aim to redefine the way medicine is practiced globally. With a strong focus on innovation, scale, and impact, Amura Health operates in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment where engineers work on meaningful and technically challenging problems.
Role Overview
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Node.js and distributed backend systems. The ideal candidate should have experience building scalable APIs, microservices, and backend infrastructure capable of handling high-performance workloads.
This role requires end-to-end ownership of backend modules, including architecture, development, testing, deployment, optimization, and production support. The candidate will collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to build reliable and scalable systems.
Key Responsibilities
Develop scalable backend services, APIs, and microservices using Node.js frameworks such as Express.js and NestJS.
Own backend modules end-to-end from design and implementation to testing and deployment.
Write clean, maintainable, reusable, and high-quality production-grade code.
Optimize application performance, scalability, reliability, and system efficiency.
Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and improve platform stability.
Work with relational and NoSQL databases for scalable data management.
Implement caching solutions using Redis and optimize API response times.
Work with queues and asynchronous processing systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Amazon SQS.
Collaborate with DevOps teams for CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure improvements.
Participate in system design discussions and architectural decision-making.
Contribute to engineering best practices, documentation, and code review processes.
Work effectively in a fast-paced startup environment with high ownership and accountability.
Required Skills & Technical Expertise
Strong expertise in Node.js and backend development.
Hands-on experience with TypeScript, Express.js, and NestJS.
Strong understanding of asynchronous programming and event-driven systems.
Experience designing and consuming REST APIs.
Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, and Redis.
Knowledge of caching strategies and performance optimization.
Hands-on experience with messaging systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or SQS.
Understanding of Docker, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
Exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure and deployment environments.
Strong debugging, monitoring, and performance tuning skills.
Knowledge of scalable backend architecture and system reliability.
Eligibility Criteria
4 to 7 years of hands-on backend development experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related engineering discipline.
Candidates from strong product engineering backgrounds will be preferred.
Experience working in fast-paced startup or high-growth product environments is preferred.
Strong communication, ownership, and problem-solving abilities are essential.
Must be comfortable working from office 6 days a week in Velachery, Chennai.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a strong backend engineer who has experience building scalable systems in product-driven environments. They should be comfortable taking ownership of backend services, solving complex engineering challenges, debugging production issues, and collaborating across teams.
The candidate should possess a startup mindset, demonstrate accountability, move quickly, and contribute proactively to engineering excellence.
Work Environment & Expectations
Work from Office model with mandatory in-office presence.
6 working days per week from the Velachery, Chennai office.
High ownership and accountability-driven engineering culture.
Collaborative and fast-paced startup environment.
Candidates should be comfortable working on high-impact systems and solving challenging technical problems.
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About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Tech Lead who can drive the development of high-performance, scalable products while contributing hands-on to coding, architecture, and system design. You will work closely with a small engineering team, guiding them in technology decisions, quality delivery, and best practices while also taking ownership of key modules yourself.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end product development from design to deployment.
- Act as both a technical contributor and mentor within a small, agile team.
- Architect scalable, robust, and secure backend and frontend systems.
- Participate in and guide:
- System design & architecture decisions
- Algorithmic analysis and performance optimization
- Database modeling and API design
- Write clean, maintainable, high-quality code.
- Own deployment pipelines and ensure reliable production releases.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable technical plans.
- Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and ensure engineering excellence.
- Troubleshoot and solve complex technical challenges in production environments.
Required Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in Node.js and/or Python.
- Hands-on experience with TypeScript and React.js for frontend development.
- Knowledge of Go (Golang) is a strong advantage.
- Deep understanding of:
- Data Structures & Algorithms
- System Design
- Distributed systems concepts
- Microservices architecture
- Experience with deployment using:
- Docker, Kubernetes, or similar orchestration tools
- CI/CD pipelines
- Cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure)
- Strong understanding of databases (SQL and NoSQL).
Soft Skills
- Strong leadership and ability to guide a small development team.
- Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ownership mindset with focus on delivering quality, on time.
- Problem-solver with the ability to make quick and correct technical decisions.
Preferred Qualifications
- 4–10 years of experience in software development.
- Prior experience in a startup or fast-moving product environment.
- Experience deploying and managing real-world products at scale.
What We Offer
- Opportunity to build and influence real products end-to-end.
- A collaborative, high-ownership environment.
- Freedom to experiment and drive product and engineering decisions.
RazerTech Consulting is mandated to hire a Technical Lead for a US based Tech Company that offers a cloud-based, AI?powered image editing and automation platform for leading brands in ecommerce, fashion, marketplaces & photo studios. The platform helps creatives and marketers produce stunningly consistent imagery and video content at scale.
Role Overview :
Were looking for a hands-on engineering lead to own the delivery of our GenAI-centric product from the backend up to the UI while integrating visual AI pipelines built by ML engineers. Youll be both a builder and a leader : writing clean Java and TypeScript/Node.js, scaling AWS-based systems, mentoring engineers, and making architectural decisions that stand the test of scale. Ideally, youre also familiar with Python for deploying ML pipelines.
(Note : This role requires both technical mastery and leadership skills - we're looking for someone who can write production code, make architectural decisions, and lead a team to success.)
What Youll Do :
- Lead development of the Java, Node.js and Python (FastAPI) backend services on AWS
- Build high-performance image processing pipelines using ImageMagick, SharpJS, and SVG manipulation
- Implement automated visual content generation using Headless Chrome and Puppeteer or similar tools.
- Deploy ML pipelines (built by the ML team) into containerized inference workflows using FastAPI, Docker, and GPU-enabled ECS EC2.
- Deploy and manage services on AWS ECS/Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, and GPU-powered EC2
- Contribute to React/TypeScript frontend when needed to accelerate product delivery
- Work closely with the founder, product, and UX teams to translate business needs and PRDs into features that drive productmarket fit.
- Make architecture and infrastructure decisions from media processing to task queues to storage
- Own the performance and cost-optimization of our AWS platform
- Hire and mentor junior/mid engineers over time
- Drive technical planning, sprint prioritization, and trade-off decisions
Must have Skills :
- Backend Development (57 years) : Java, Node.js, TypeScript, RESTful API, Docker
- AWS Expertise (5+ years) : AWS Lambda, ECS, EC2, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, IAM, roles
- Image Processing & Media Technologies : ImageMagick, SharpJS, SVG manipulation and programmatic generation, Headless Chrome, Puppeteer
- System Optimization & Middleware (35 years) : AWS cloud cost optimization, Celery, BullMQ, AWS Step Functions
- Frontend Development (23 years) : React, TypeScript, Redux, Context API, CI/CD pipelines.
- System Design & Architecture (46 years) : Event-driven architectures using queues, microservices-based systems, caching strategies (e.g., Redis, CDN edge caching)
- Leadership & Communication (23 years) : Lead engineering teams and drive project delivery
- Participating in design discussions, documentation, and development with the team as needed.
- Reporting to team lead/ manager on daily activities planned, expected deliverables, and reports as defined for the project.
- Participating in requirement gatherings as required.
What you need to have:
- Backend Developer with 3+ yrs of experience
- You have spent at least 2 yrs in a solid back end role.
- Javascript, Typescript, NodeJS
- Client-server architecture
- OOP concepts, including design patterns
- Understanding of RDBMS (MySQL, Postgresql)
- Understanding of REST API
- Familiarity with frameworks such as ExpressJs, NestJs
- Knowledge of TDD frameworks mocha, chai, jest, etc
- Knowledge of AWS (Lambda, RDS, EC2, SQS, S3, ECS, etc)
- Attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Flexible and focussed on solutions
- Organized and self-sufficient
- Prioritize learning and growth
- Enjoy working with a team
- You've prior experience in fintech
- You've had experience taking a problem to a product solution (module/ product)
- Prior experience working with startups and understand the fast-paced, dynamic nature of work.
- You're based in Bangalore, India
Introduction
Ever wondered what it would be like to be a part of the core team of Airbnb or Netflix when they were just starting out? Here’s your chance to try that path with Ohana!
We are looking for a founding engineer to join our team.
Who we are
Ohana is an E-learning platform for holistic learning. We are an angel-funded early stage startup backed by some of the marquee angel investors from India and Singapore. Our investors include Vivek HR (co-founder and CEO, Bounce), Tanushree Gupta (co-founder and CEO, Doubtnut), Jagmal Singh (CTO, Janio Asia) to name a few!
Check us out at https://ohana.academy!
Our Product
“Creativity is as important as literacy” - Sir Ken Robinson
With this belief, Ohana is building the world's largest holistic learning academy. Our product offering:
The Classroom: Offering live online classes on arts, crafts, linguistics, yoga, dance and many more subjects
The Playground: Enabling social learning - a community for kids to find peers with similar interests
Our mission
India has 250Mn kids in the K12 segment. However, except the top 0.1%, most parents can’t find high-quality and affordable holistic learning for their kids. Fortunately, 140Mn kids are now connected to the digital world with 4G access. We want to leverage this new connectivity and bridge the gap in children's overall development with Ohana.
Where are we in our journey
Team: We are a team of two co-founders (Saurabh and Suyash), both IIT Delhi alums with over a decade of experience each in leading consumer businesses. We have a total of 15 people team including 4 engineers (currently outsourced)
Customers: Over the last couple of months, we have grown to 5,000+ registered users and aim to reach 10K+ paid users and 1 Mn+ community strength in the next 12 months.
Young, inspired, and focused - We are ready for take-off!
Our Culture
- “Mission-driven” is not a buzzword for us. We care deeply about the impact we want to create on kid’s lives and we want to exemplify the value of “no child left behind”
- Be inclusive - We are creating a product that is accessible and affordable. We want to solve this not just for Bangalore and Mumbai, but for Indore, Jabalpur, Raipur as well
- Not just customer obsessed - we also care about their well-being. We are willing to compromise profits - but will not resort to unethical sales tactics or compromise on product quality
- Our team cares about a strong culture and respects our code of conduct
Why work for us
- We have global ambitions - Holistic education is a $75Bn global market, with India alone contributing more than $10Bn. Apart from salary compensation, you get a piece of the pie (equity) of a potentially billion-dollar organization
- You will have exposure to building large, scalable systems and will be mentored by people who have done the same for millions of users
- You will have exposure to starting up / entrepreneurship (ever feel like you want to build a startup?) owning end to end consumer tech product which impacts the life of thousands of students/parents on daily level
Job Location
We are based out of Bengaluru and work from an office. We encourage working from office, but are completely ok if you would like to work remotely until things return to normal.
Expectations from the role
- You will work closely with the founding team and a small team of engineers, currently outsourced, in a fast-paced environment.
- You will work as a tech lead and will be responsible for architecting the new features as well as improving the existing codebase. You will be expected to have a high degree of ownership and responsibility for deliverables.
- You will wear a product hat as and when required and help in shaping the product.
- You will provide technical mentorship to other engineers in the team and will lead a team of junior engineers.
- You should be able to deal with ambiguity, have strong bias towards action, ability to deep dive whenever required and quickly deliver to unblock the team
Preferred experience and competencies
- You are a software engineer with 4+ years of industry experience.
- Professional experience with at least one web dev framework (ReactJS or Django/Python)
- Professional experience with one or more (SQL or NoSQL) databases.
- A stint in a product company or a startup or any similar faced paced environment is preferable.
- Experience working with cloud infra providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure etc.) is preferable.
- Strong proficiency in REST API
We’re seeking an expert Full-Stack developer ( Expert in HTML 5, PHP, Canvas & JQuery) to help us update our back-end admin. You will work from layouts in Adobe XD and Anima and work side by side with our development team in Manila and coordinate tasks and timelines to complete our project. Estimate full-time 3 month timeline- possibility may need you for ongoing freelance work after project completion.
We are looking to hire a temporary, freelance position for now.
REQUIREMENTS
• At least 3 year(s) of working experience in eCommerce web development is required for this position
• Strong knowledge of current architectural approaches to web-based applications development
• Experience with Agile development projects
• Ability to effectively manage changing and multiple priorities
• Experience with PHP, CSS, HTML / HTML 5, Javascript coding
• MVC based PHP framework (Laravel)
• jQuery/AJAX/JSON or other Javascript frameworks (AngularJS, React Backbone, etc)
• HTML5 Responsive framework (Bootstrap, foundation, skeleton, etc)
Knowledge of Linux command-line
• Experience of using version control (Github, Subversion, BitBucket, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Anima)
• Knowledge and understanding of how to update modules using Angular or React
• Knowledge and understanding of Databases (MySql/MSSQL)
• Knowledge and understanding of SEO tools application
• Experience with open-source software
• Enjoy mentoring team members; helping them to advance their technical skills
• Must be able to stay on top of advancing internet and computer technology and its effects to the business environment
• Be willing to work in a research capacity ñto find, test, and critically review open-source frameworks and technologies.
HOW TO APPLY
Make an intro answering the following questions:
1) Provide an example of a web application that you've built that uses HTML 5, Canvas or where multiple files can be uploaded simultaneously
Exposure to Angular would be an added advantage
Should be willing to work in challenging environment for a start up company
About Us
We help our customers to Go Digital at 3x Less Cost and 3x Less Time!
appZUI nGage, our App-as-Service platform, accelerates the digital idea to profit journey. Serving more than 250K consumers in US, UK, Switzerland, Australia, India and other geographies with several exciting digital transformations.
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Role & Responsibilities
We are looking for a Senior developer/Architect to be part of our growing team. In this role you will be handling
- Design and architecture of various core platform components
- Develop and deliver various products for our customers
- Mentor and develop various team members
Skills & Capabilities
- System design for function, scale, security and maintenance
- Data engineering concepts and practice
- Test driven development
- Server-side skills: Nodejs/.Net/Java, Devops, SQL, microservices
- DevOps & SRE skills: Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana
- System modelling and visualization skills
- Written & oral communication skills
- Front-end skills: (nice to have) Ionic, Angular/React, Javascript, HTML, CSS
What you can expect from us
- Product engineering culture: hypothesis-develop-test-evolve
- Failures are part of learning and growing
- Organization structure and processes to maximize creativity and openness
- Success is about 5 WINS: Customer, Employee, Supplier, Society and Investor










