Senior Backend Developer

Role & Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement high-quality software solutions for payment processing.

Maintain a regular release cadence and manage the product backlog.

Ensure timely and lossless communication across teams.

Uphold engineering values and best practices.

Collaborate with international teams to ensure successful product development and delivery.

Ideal Candidate

A strong technical background in software engineering and architecture, with experience in modern programming language

Ability to work independently with very little direction, taking full ownership of projects.

Identifying blind spots, anticipate challenges, and prioritize work effectively

Exceptional communication and organizational skills.

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

8+ years of relevant experience preferred

Proficiency using Python, Kafka, Kubernetes, and AWS

Experience with Distributed Task Queues such as Celery and RabbitMQ is preferred.

Experience with RDBMS/SQL is also preferred.

About the Role

We are looking for a Node Backend Developer to design, develop, and maintain the server-

side logic for our next-generation healthcare platform. You will work closely with cross-

functional teams to build high-performance, scalable, and secure applications that power

seamless experiences for hospitals, insurers, and healthcare professionals. The ideal

candidate has strong Node.js and Express expertise and can contribute to the

development of robust backend systems and APIs.

Responsibilities

Backend Development & API Design

• Design and implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs using Node.js and Express

• Develop microservices architecture for scalable and maintainable backend systems

• Optimize database queries and enhance performance of existing systems

• Write clean, maintainable code following best practices and design patterns

System Integration & Database Management

• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

• Integrate with third-party services and APIs (hospital systems, insurance platforms)

• Implement caching mechanisms and message queues for improved performance

• Design and manage database schemas, migrations, and data models

Security & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to healthcare security standards (HIPAA, GDPR, ABDM, etc.)

• Implement authentication, authorization, and data encryption mechanisms

• Follow secure coding practices and conduct code security reviews

• Address security vulnerabilities and implement fixes

Collaboration & Process Improvement

• Work closely with frontend developers, DevOps engineers, and product managers

• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and technical discussions

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

• Document APIs, services, and system architecture

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in backend development using Node.js

• Strong proficiency with Express.js framework and RESTful API design

• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and SQL

• Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization (Docker)

• Understanding of version control systems (Git) and CI/CD workflows

• Strong problem-solving abilities and debugging skills

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI/ML integration in backend systems

• Familiarity with healthcare or insurance industry applications

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra)

• Understanding of event-driven architecture and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

• Proficiency in additional programming languages (Python, JavaScript)

What You'll Gain

• Opportunity to build scalable solutions for mission-critical healthcare operations

• Work in a fast-paced, innovative environment with cutting-edge technologies

• Exposure to AI-driven healthcare solutions and enterprise integrations

• Growth potential into Senior Backend Developer or Backend Team Lead roles

The Role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic Technology Lead (Python or Node), who adopts a hands-on approach and loves to build scalable, distributed and large web / mobile products. You would be responsible for designing the architecture, reviewing the code, building the technology and deploying web/mobile applications.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product development from scratch.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Architect scalable software solutions and mentor a team of high performing developers.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, SCRUM ceremonies, and troubleshoot to ensure uptime for live systems etc.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field from a premier college.  
• Prior 4+ years of experience in back-end development (Python/ Golang) in a start-up or a dynamic work environment.
• Good exposure in writing and optimizing SQL for high-performance systems.
• Understanding of asyncio and eventloop/ uvloop concepts. Knowledge of frameworks such as Quart/ Fastapi/ Starlette is preferred.
• Knowledge of AWS; Caching technologies like Redis, Memcache; ELK; mySQL Databases, etc.
• Strong understanding of System Design, Microservice Architecture, Kafka, Pub/Sub, Message queues, and in-memory data stores etc.
• Customer oriented, responsive to changes, and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

Knowledge & Experience required:

·        Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent degree.

·        7 years of development experience as a seasoned Java developer

·        7 years of experience in developing enterprise applications using enterprise Java 8 and has worked both on Web and Server side technologies.

·        A strong Java Backend Developer with Core Java 8, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, REST Web-services.

·        Expertise in Java Unit Testing Frameworks and tools such as JUnit, TestNG, Mockito etc.

·        As a Senior developer, must be comfortable switching tasks between Web Services, APIs, Batch Job engine or Web Development.

·        Passionate Java developer who is also a problem solver and has a very good understanding of core and advanced Java concepts.

·        Good understanding of database and data fundamentals in SQL Server 2017, Oracle and NoSql databases.

·        Good understanding of Web Service concepts and experience building RESTful services is required.

Review requirements, design specifications and propose solution and have discussion before implementation

Work with team leads on the requirements and create estimates against those requirements

Deliver projects on time in an agile and continuous development environment

Writing tests in a client-side test framework such as Jest, Jasmine, Mocha, etc.

Work withQA team for resolving issues

Report status with tools like JIRA to stakeholders

• 3-5 years of work experience developing complex software
• Minimum 2years sound experience with back-end development in Java-script frameworks like loopback, Express, etc
• A solid understanding of core Javascript principles and its fundamentals
• Familiarity with popular Javascript tools, frameworks and design principles, and enjoy staying up to date with the changing Javascript ecosystem
• Strong communication skills across the board, with a passion for finding and sharing best practices and driving.

• Javascript • Node • Express • Loopback • OAuth • API Development
• Plus Points • Knowledge of Go, Ruby, Python, Closure or any other languages • Test Driven Development (TDD) • Knowledge of front-end development

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Development and unit testing of web applications including back-end (microservices), maintenance & level 3 support of the same
• Assist Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Tech Lead in project planning (provide estimates, risk analysis, requirements analysis, technical options)
• Software Architecture
• Involvement in full life cycle of projects (including requirement analysis and system design, development and support if required)
• Support and work collaboratively with teams across areas of design, development, quality assurance and operations
• Commit your knowledge and experience into team success
• A small amount of travel (when needed) to work with other offices
• Attend meetings to discuss and demonstrate solutions at both technical and business level

 REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE                                                                                                           

• 5+ years web application development experience
• 3+ years developing with Python
• 3+ years developing with C# and .NET Framework 4.x
• Experience with ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET WebAPI 2, LINQ, and WCF
• Dependency Injection and other common ASP.NET MVC design patterns
• Experience with API design and development using REST
• Experience with performance optimization
• Experience integrating security best practices into the SDLC
• Experience with object-oriented programming (OOP) and OOP patterns
• Experience with Git
• 1+ years of Agile development experience
• Experience manipulating and working with data in a variety of forms: csv, xml, json, structured and unstructured                                                                                                
• Experience with SQL database schema design and querying. Microsoft SQL Server and PostGreSQL are used and preferred.

DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE                                           

• Knowledge of JIRA, Bamboo, Confluence, or BitBucket is a plus.
• Experience with a JavaScript MVVM library such as Web Components, knockout.js, Angular, React, etc. is a plus (Web Components and knockout.js are used and preferred)
• Experience with HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript/ and AJAX is a plus
• SPA (Single Page Application) design and implementation is a plus
• Experience with any ORM such as Entity Framework or NHibernate is a plus (NHibernate is preferred)
• Experience with TypeScript is a plus
• Experience with MS Build is a plus
• Experience with CI/CD is a plus
• Experience with Object Mapping Frameworks (AutoMapper, etc) is a plus
• Understanding of OOD, DDD and TDD is a plus
• AWS-based development is a plus
• Knowledge of Flask is a plus.

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Clever personality
• Strong spirit skills set: conflict resistant, self -motivated, result-oriented, responsible, honest, “open”, courageous

How would you leverage your technical expertise to create extraordinary impact for our clients?

ThoughtWorks is a global software consultancy with an aim to create a positive impact on the world through technology. Our community of technologists thinks disruptively to deliver pragmatic solutions for our clients' most complex challenges. We are curious minds who come together as collaborative and inclusive teams to push boundaries, free to be ourselves and make our mark in tech.

Our developers have been contributing code to major organizations and open source projects for over 25 years. They’ve also been writing books, speaking at conferences and helping push software development forward, changing companies and even industries along the way. 

You could influence the digital strategy of a retail giant, build a bold new mobile application for a bank or redesign platforms using event sourcing and intelligent data pipelines. You will use the latest Lean and Agile thinking, create pragmatic solutions to solve mission-critical problems and challenge yourself every day.

For a team to thrive, it needs active collaboration and room for healthy, respectful debate. Senior Developers are the technologists who cultivate this environment while driving teams toward delivering on an ambitious tech vision and acting as mentors for more junior-level consultants. They leverage their deep technical knowledge to solve more complex business problems and actively assess their team’s health, code quality and nonfunctional pipelines. 

You’ll spend time on the following:

• You will use continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software as well as value to end customers as early as possible.
• You will work in collaborative, value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients
• Create large-scale distributed systems out of microservices
• You will apply the latest technology thinking from our tech radar to solve client problems
• Efficiently utilize DevOps tools and practices to build and deploy software
• You will lead or take part in the entire cycle of software consulting and delivery from ideation to deployment and everything in between
• You will act as a mentor for less-experienced peers through both your technical knowledge and leadership skills 

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• You have at least 5 years of experience with two or more development languages such as Java, C#, or Ruby
• You can skillfully write high-quality, well-tested code and you are comfortable with Object-Oriented programming
• Presence in the external tech community: you proactively share your expertise with others via speaking engagements, contributions to open source, blogs and more
• Comfortability with Agile methods, such as Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum and/or Kanban
• You enjoy influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed 
• You’re willing and able to commit to travel to client sites in order to solve their business problems
• You’re resilient in ambiguous situations and can approach challenges from multiple perspectives
• Bonus points if you have working knowledge of cloud technology such as AWS, Azure, Kubernetes and Docker

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 2+ years of industry experience in programming web applications, mobile and/or large-scale enterprise products.
• Knowledge of C#, ASP, .NET, MVC.
• Experience with XML, ADO/ADO.NET, LINQ, AJAX, IIS.
• Hands-on experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Experience in TFS and Visual Studio.
• Familiar with SDLC and programming design patterns.
• Familiar with Agile methodology.
• Skillful at reviewing new feature impacts on an application and recognizing potential risks.
• Detailed oriented, professional and possesses a positive work attitude.
• Communicate professionally both verbally and in writing.
• Effective time management skills.