Ruby on Rails Developer

Job Title: Backend Engineer - NodeJS, NestJS, and Python

Location: Hybrid weekly ⅔ days WFO (Bengaluru- India)

About the role:

We are looking for a skilled and passionate Senior Backend Developer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Node.js and NestJS, along with a solid understanding of database management, query optimization, and microservices architecture. As a backend developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining scalable backend systems, building robust APIs, integrating databases, and working closely with frontend and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

What You'll Do 🛠️ 

• Design, develop, and maintain server-side logic using Node.js, NestJS, and Python.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and microservices to support scalable systems.
• Work with NoSQL and SQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL) to create and manage schemas, write complex queries, and optimize performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including frontend, DevOps, and QA.
• Ensure code quality, maintainability, and scalability through code reviews, testing, and documentation.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Implement security and data protection best practices.

What You'll Bring 💼 

• 4 to 6 years of professional experience as a backend developer.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js and NestJS framework.
• Good hands-on experience with Python (Django/Flask experience is a plus).
• Solid understanding of relational and non-relational databases.
• Proficient in writing complex NoSQL queries and SQL queries
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git.
• Basic understanding of containerization (e.g., Docker) and cloud services is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.

Bonus Points ➕ 

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to cloud platforms like AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture or message brokers (MQTT, Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Why this role matters

You will help build the company from the ground up—shaping our culture and having an impact from Day 1 as part of the foundational team.

Blaze - Madurai is looking for a highly skilled PHP Web Developer with the below skill set:

• Good understanding of core PHP
• Experience in any one MVC framework (Yii, Laravel or Codeigniter)
• Code customization skills in WordPress or Magento.
• Hands-on experience in GIT
• Ability to consume and create API.
• Some exposure to frontend JS and CSS to identify and fix layout/cosmetic issues.
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Ability to write complex SQL queries.
• Experience with Shopify / Wix is a plus.

Experience Required: 1 - 3 Years

Job Location: Madurai

Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

We are looking for a Software engineer to join our cutting-edge development team as it grows. We want someone who is comfortable asking “why?” The ideal candidate is a divergent thinker who understands industry best practices and has experience with multiple coding languages. They are a team player possessing strong analytical as well as technical skills, and are able to communicate the logic behind technical decisions to non-tech stakeholders. They must be comfortable working in an agile environment and have the ability to “take the wheel” when necessary. They will work with multiple technologies and develop a keen sense of evaluating and using the appropriate technology to derive the best solution.

What you'll do

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write and test code to ensure compatibility and stability: refine and rewrite as necessary
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Follow the spec and its requirement and develop the features/project
• Providing written knowledge transfer material as documents

Must have

• 1+ years experience coding in a modern programming language like Java, GoLang, Node JS, Python or RoR 
• Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms, good design principles like SOLID 
• Problem solving & analytical aptitude 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Experience in source code control with git/svn
• Should be flexible to work on a variety of programming languages like NodeJS, Python, etc. and on XML technologies like XSLT, XML Pipelines, etc

Good to have

• Experience working in the Node JS stack 
• Unit testing and automation frameworks 
• Experience working in a public cloud environment (AWS preferred) 
• Working with distributed microservice architectures 
• Agile product development life cycle

Eligibility Criteria 

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related fields from a reputed institution
• Any internship experience is a plus
• Experience: 1-4 years 
• Location: Chennai. Work from office (Mon to Fri)

Technical:

• Advanced working knowledge of Magento, JavaScript/JQuery, HTML5, PHP, CSS3, and MySQL.
• Must have experience with complete eCommerce lifecycle development.
• Must have experience in modules/extensions development/customization.
• Must have experience in Theme and API integration/customization.
• Good communication skills.
• Must have knowledge of SSH, Nginx, and Apache.
• Knowledge in the GIT version is plus.

Non-Technical:

• Interpersonal skills
• Excellent Verbal & Written communication
• Decision maker
• Good Listener
• Ability to work independently

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop back-end/frontend new functionality
• Building and configuring Magento 1x and 2x eCommerce websites.
• Coding of the Magento templates.
• Developing Magento modules in PHP using best practices.
• Designing themes and interfaces.
• Setting performance tasks and goals.
• Troubleshooting integration issues.

• Storing data and ensuring that it is displayed to that user who are supposed to have access to it
• Developing business logic for systems to process in the front end
• Managing APIs resources which work across the Product Architecture
• Participating in the architecture of a system and data science analysis
• Organizing the logic of the system which runs across various tiers
• Involving in building frameworks or the architecture to make it easier to program against
• Back-end developers should have the skill for implementing algorithms and solving system related problems

Desired Candidate Profile

• 2-5 years of experience in rest api/Database design, development and architecture
• Strong programming and debugging skills with sound understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object oriented programming
• PHP/ Mysql experience with hands on application delivery is a must
• Hands on experience with an API management
• Experience with synchronous and asynchronous interfaces and Microservice API development is a must
• Hands-on experience with version control system like Git is desirable
• Knowledge in PHP, Codeigniter, Doctrine, MySQL, ElasticSearch, ReST endpoint development
• Implementing API management using API management software (like Apigee or others) to include API proxies mashups, rate limiting, security, analytics, monetization and developer portals
• Kafka/RabbitMQ messaging architecture notification
• Knowledge of Algorithms and data structures is also essential
• An awareness of security concerns is important, as each layer has its vulnerabilities
• Knowledge of the differences between multiple delivery platforms like mobile vs. desktop
• Basic exposure to frontend techs like HTML and CSS is desirable    

Responsibilities

• Writing clean and secure modular codes that have undergone strict testing and evaluation.
• Maintaining and designing databases effectively.
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Write quality code with robustness and re-usability for secured web applications and web services (REST and SOAP) for mobile apps.
• Ability to work in a team environment as well should be able to manage a team.
• Must meet the deadline.

Requirements

• Strong hands on experience with PHP Laravel framework
• Knowledge of object oriented PHP programming
• Must have strong experience with API (Web Services) development using JSON, RESTFUL.
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Should be best at writing and understanding complex queries using any of two from - MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, T-SQL.

• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3

• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, SVN.

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

• Working knowledge of Node-Sync, callback hell and ways to control asynchronous behavior of Node functions.
• Strong command on ES6(EcmaScript) or Javascript and its concepts like prototypes, call back, closures etc
• Should have deep understanding of Native Node.js, Express.js, HAPI.js and middlewares.
• Candidates must have proper understanding and command on RESTful API development and consumptions.
• Candidates must know to use promises, async-await to control synchronization of business logic components.
• Candidates must have knowledge of JWT, oAuth and passport.js for user authentication.
• Candidates must have knowledge of GIT, Bit-bucket.
• Candidates must have knowledge of application deployment.
• Experience with NoSQL databases eg mongodb (preferred).