
Location: Remote
Reporting to: Product Manager
Principal Accountabilities:
● Develop, Enhance, and Modify Applications for a Global Market Environment.
● Design, Code, Test, Debug, and Document programs for corporate systems architecture.
● Work closely with Business stakeholders to define requirements for system applications
Work Dimensions:
● API integration, Application deployment, Test Driven Development & Agile methodologies
● Database designing ; (Knowledge of NoSQL databases is a plus).
● Familiarity in Unix/Linux development environments & tools including scripting.
● Designing system architecture for solving complex problems with a sound understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.
Work Context:
● A fast moving, high growth, entrepreneurial environment.
● Need to work on Git and work in a highly collaborative environment.
● Timely reporting is required.
● Must typically have in-depth knowledge of development tools and languages
● Ensure full legal and ethical compliance and conduct of business at all times and under all circumstances
● Attention to detail needed to maintain a global standard of work output
● Supervise, mentor, coach a small team of associates on a day to day basis for better
management of their performance.
Role requirements:
● 2 to 6 years of experience in the IT industry
● 2+ years of experience in NodeJS
● Graduate degree (B.Tech/ BSc. IT) in IT/Engineering/Computer Science
● Strong problem-solving abilities
● Good communication skills.
● A good team player

About ISchoolConnect Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
About
iSchoolConnect is an online platform that makes the University Admissions process hassle-free, fun and accessible to students around the globe. Using our unique AI technology, we allow students to apply to multiple universities with a single application. iSchoolConnect also connects with institutions worldwide and aids them in the transformation of their end-to-end admission processes using our various cutting-edge use cases. Our technologies include the Conversational AI chatbot, Document Grader, Video Interview Analyzer, and a Single application use case which aids institutions with International Enrollment Management.
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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.
Are you passionate about backend development and building scalable applications? Join our growing team!
Technical Skills:
- Extensive experience in programming/scripting languages and frameworks in at least two Node.js, Java Springboot, and Python.
- Understanding of architectural patterns like Flux and MVC is a desirable
- Work experience in REST API service, Socket connections, and mechanisms to handle real-time async data is important.
- Strong knowledge in OOPS, GIT, SQL/nonSQL DB (such as Elastic DB, Mongo DB, MySQL), Design Patterns
- Preferred to have experience with microservices, API gateway, AAA service
- Good knowledge of coding standards, design patterns, unit testing frameworks, TDD, CI/CD practices.
Must have previous experience in leading a team-
- Experience with RESTful web services, CSS, and HTML5 is desirable-
- Experience with designing and building APIs with REST/Microservices
- Good to know about AWS Lambda & supporting configuration knowledge. Knowledge of any of the serverless frameworks like Serverless, AWS SAM would be an advantage.-
- Good to know of API Gateway and CloudFront.-
👉 Required Skills:
- Strong experience with Node.js
- Hands-on expertise in Payment Gateway Integration
- Proficient in MySQL Database Management
- Knowledge of Socket Programming is a big plus!
● Complete ownership of the components that one works on - starting from
architecture design to monitoring metrics post deployment
Strong bias for action with a problem solving mindset. Meeting current
requirements or resolving issues while keeping bigger picture in mind.
● Thinking big while designing components. Keeping in mind that if we build our
current version for x users, it will be 10x within a year & 100x within 1.5 years
hands on experience in software development with excellent
problem-solving skills.
● Hands on experience on building highly-available, scalable systems.
● Expertise in Java with data structures, algorithms, spring, hibernate skills.
● Knowledge of NoSQL, MongoDB, caching data stores, queuing and search.
● Proficiency in computer science fundamentals: Object oriented design, data
structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
● Good with the design patterns and architecture solution to large scale
applications.
● Nice to have: Cassandra, Kafka, Aerospike development experience with highly
scalable and performant software systems.
About the Role
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve software and new user-facing features across Novo’s products and services.
- Drive technical decisions on a multi-functional, Agile team alongside product management, product design, and engineering.
- Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability and analyze feedback from customers and internal teams to identify issues and improvement opportunities.
- Champion a passion for engineering best practices such as code quality, linting, and testing.
- Ensure our software is reliable, extensible, maintainable, debuggable, secure, well-tested and performs well under load.
- Mentor junior engineers in all aspects of planning, development and testing.
- Stay engaged with latest technologies and evaluate strategies to keep the Novo technology stack up to date.
Requirements for the Role
- 5+ years experience in a highly technical role at a hyper-growth startup or fast-paced company.
- Extensive background designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and improving software.
- Good understanding of Node.js & Javascript.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business goals and initiatives into technical requirements.
- Strong understanding of SQL database.
- Demonstrable experience architecting scalable and cost effective solutions to ensure and support customer growth.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers in all aspects of planning, development and testing.
- Strong understanding of system design and architecture.
- Interest in engaging with latest technologies and evaluating strategies to keep the Novo technology stack up to date.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams effectively.
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent area
- 10 to 20 years of experience in software development
- Hands-on experience designing and building B2B or B2C products
- 3+ years architecting SaaS/Web based customer facing products, leading engineering teams as software/technical architect
- Experiences of engineering practices such as code refactoring, microservices, design and enterprise integration patterns, test and design-driven development, continuous integration, building highly scalable applications, application and infrastructure security
- Strong cloud infrastructure experience with AWS and/or Azure
- Experience building event driven systems and working with message queues/topics
- Broad working experience across multiple programming languages and frameworks with in-depth experience in one or more of the following: .Net, Java, Scala or Go-lang
- Hands-on experience with relational databases like SQL Server, PostgreSQL and document stores like Elasticsearch or MongoDB
- Hands-on experience with Big Data processing technologies like Hadoop/Spark is a plus
- Hands-on experience with container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes
- Knowledge of Agile software development process
Job Brief:
- Proficient in object-oriented programming and distributed systems
- Some experience with Web Programming and TypeScript
- Ability to speak and write in English fluently
- A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, and performance bottlenecks
- Experience with TypeScript and NodeJS
- Experience with the language server protocol
- Experience with JavaScript
- Experience with the Pub-Sub pattern
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT related field
• 4-6 years of experience working across different product domains in a product development/engineering role
• Good communication skills necessary to manage business requests and work with different teams across differ-
ent geographies and time-zones; experience working with remote and distributed teams will be an added ad-
vantage
• Hands-on working knowledge and experience is requiredin:
a. JavaScript, Typescript, NodeJS (Express, NestJs, etc.)
b. Experience working in GCP or AWS or Azure
c. Experience working in Containers & Unix Platforms
d. Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL, etc.)
e. Agile Methodologies (Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc.)
f. Understanding of Microservices Architecture, Domain Driver Design, Test Driven Development and
Secure Design patterns and architecture is a must
g. Data Structures and Algorithms using Javascript, Typescriptand/or other Programing Languages
h. Strong organizational skills
i. Agile Methodologies (Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc.)
• Experience with several of the following tools/technologies is desirable:
a. GIT (Bit Bucket, Gitlab, etc.), Jira, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, SharePoint, Eclipse/IntelliJ.
b. Design Patterns and implementing the Design Patterns
c. Development of Complex Application and System Architectures
d. NoSQL Databases (Redis, Mongo, etc.)
e. Full stack development
f. Experience working with CI/CD pipelines with for example GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of the following technologies is a plus:
a. Other Programming Languages (Java, Python, etc.)
b. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Tools like Jenkins, Git, etc.
c. Secure Development based on OWASP standards
● Should have 6+ years of experience as a software developer
● Good experience with Nodejs & Express js.
● Good with MySQL
● Experience with Linux Scripting
● Experience with elastic search and Logstash
● Experience with cyber security
● Great interpersonal and communication skills candidate can work independently
● Agile project methodology experience preferred.
● Excellent communication skills.
● Critical thinker and good problem-solver.
● Good time-management skills
● Great interpersonal skills
Working Timings: 3:00 pm to 12:00 am (midnight)IST
● Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
● Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
● Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
● Implementation of security and data protection.
● Integration of data storage solutions.
● Familiar with Graphql, REST APIs, MongoDB, SQL, NoSQL, AWS services, Firebase. (Knowledge of web sockets is optional)







