Senior Backend Engineer - II

Backend - Software Development Engineer II

Experience - 4+ yrs 

About Wekan Enterprise Solutions

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 software engineers eager to be a part of our growth journey. The right candidate needs to be interested in working in high-paced and challenging environments. 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 - Bangalore

Basic qualifications:

• Good problem solving skills
• Deep understanding of software development life cycle
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong focus on quality of work delivered
• Relevant experience of 4+ years building high-performance backend applications with, at least 2 or more projects implemented using the required technologies

Required Technical Skills:

• Extensive hands-on experience building high-performance web back-ends using Node.Js. Having 3+ hands-on experience in Node.JS and Javascript/Typescript and minimum
• Hands-on project experience with Nest.Js
• Strong experience with Express.Js framework
• Hands-on experience in data modeling and schema design in MongoDB 
• Experience integrating with any 3rd party services such as cloud SDKs, payments, push notifications, authentication etc…
• Exposure into unit testing with frameworks such as Mocha, Chai, Jest or others
• Strong experience writing and maintaining clear documentation

Good to have skills:

• Experience working with common services in any of the major cloud providers - AWS or GCP or Azure
• Experience with microservice architecture
• Experience working with other Relational and NoSQL Databases
• Experience with technologies such as Kafka and Redis
• Technical certifications in AWS / Azure / GCP / MongoDB or other relevant technologies

What you will be doing

• Build and ship features in our Node.js (and now migrating to TypeScript) codebase that directly impact user experience and help move the top and bottom line of the business.
• Collaborate closely with our product, design and data team to build innovative features to deliver a world class product to our customers. At STAGE, product managers don’t “tell” what to build. In fact, we all collaborate on how to solve a problem for our customers and the business. Engineering plays a big part in it.
• Design scalable platforms that empower our product and marketing teams to rapidly experiment.
• Own the quality of our products by writing automated tests, reviewing code, making systems observable and resilient to failures.
• Drive code quality and pay down architectural debt by continuous analysis of our codebases and systems, and continuous refactoring.
• Architect our systems for faster iterations, releasability, scalability and high availability using practices like Domain Driven Design, Event Driven Architecture, Cloud Native Architecture and Observability.
• Set the engineering culture with the rest of the team by defining how we should work as a team, set standards for quality, and improve the speed of engineering execution.

The role could be ideal for you if you

• Experience of 4-6 years of working in backend engineering with at least 2 years of production experience in TypeScript, Express.js (or another popular framework like Nest.js) and MongoDB (or any popular database like MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, etc.).
• Well versed with one or more architectures and design patterns such as MVC, Domain Driven Design, CQRS, Event Driven Architecture, Cloud Native Architecture, etc.
• Experienced in writing automated tests (especially integration tests) and Continuous Integration. At STAGE, engineers own quality and hence, writing automated tests is crucial to the role.
• Experience with managing production infrastructure using technologies like public cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.). Bonus: if you have experience in using Kubernetes.
• Experience in observability techniques like code instrumentation for metrics, tracing and logging.
• Care deeply about code quality, code reviews, software architecture (think about Object Oriented Programming, Clean Code, etc.), scalability and reliability. Bonus: if you have experience in this from your past roles.
• Understand the importance of shipping fast in a startup environment and constantly try to find ingenious ways to achieve the same.
• Collaborate well with everyone on the team. We communicate a lot and don’t hesitate to get quick feedback from other members on the team sooner than later.
• Can take ownership of goals and deliver them with high accountability.

Job description

🚀 Job Title: React / Next.js Developer

Location: Chennai (On-site / Hybrid options available)

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Experience: 3–6 years

Company: Vish Gyana Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd

🧩 About Us:

At Vish Gyana Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd (VGTS), we’re driven by innovation and focused on delivering top-tier technology solutions across industries. We're scaling rapidly and are on the lookout for passionate engineers who thrive in a fast-paced, learning-first environment.

👨‍💻 Role Overview:

We are looking for a React / Next.js Developer to join our growing front-end team. The ideal candidate is someone who is highly skilled in modern front-end frameworks, committed to writing clean, reusable code, and thrives in collaborative environments.

🔧 Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain high-performance web applications using React.js and Next.js
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers, backend developers, and product managers to deliver intuitive user experiences
• Optimize applications for speed and scalability (Core Web Vitals)
• Implement SSR/SSG strategies using Next.js for better SEO and performance
• Write clean, modular code with unit and integration tests
• Maintain code quality, documentation, and automated CI/CD pipelines

🛠️ Required Skills:

• 3–6 years of experience in front-end development
• Strong proficiency in React.js and Next.js
• Deep understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3
• Familiarity with TypeScript
• Experience with REST APIs and integrating third-party services
• Knowledge of SEO principles, SSR/SSG, and performance optimization
• Experience using version control tools like Git
• Understanding of responsive and mobile-first design

⭐ Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with headless CMS (e.g., Sanity, Contentful)
• Knowledge of testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress)
• Exposure to design tools like Figma
• Experience with analytics tools like Google Analytics or Hotjar
• Working knowledge of Docker, Bitbucket, or similar CI/CD tools

🎯 Why Join VGTS?

• Work on cutting-edge tech across industries
• A dynamic, growth-centric environment
• Opportunities for professional development and upskilling
• Friendly and collaborative team culture

📩 How to Apply:

https://vgts.keka.com/careers/jobdetails/28358

Industry

• Information Technology & Services

Employment Type

Do you want to build the next BYJU'S but better? As a Senior Software Engineer at an exponential-growth startup (+30% month-over-month) you will be responsible for architecting, building, and implementing end-to-end features throughout the stack that will impact millions of students around the world across hundreds of career paths. This role is perfect for a highly-skilled engineer who wants to explore new technologies, push their skills to the limit, have creative freedom, and feel like they have significant ownership of major features that change lives around the world.

• 4+ years experience as a backend or full-stack engineer
• Expert in Node.js and serverless technologies (e.g. AWS Lambda)
• Expert in NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB, Neptune)
• Expert in GraphQL APIs
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Passionate about education

• AI/ML for predictive study algorithms
• Innovative content authoring: Quantum Questions
• Hybrid DB architecture (Graph + DynamoDB)
• New interactive learning types
• Gamification, leaderboards, and achievements
• Offline mode for mobile and desktop apps
• Real-time user collaboration
• Data visualizations and insights
• NLP assistant for content authoring and imports
• And much, much, much more!

• API: Node.js, Lambda, GraphQL, AppSync
• DBs: DynamoDB, Neptune, S3
• Frontend: React.js, React native, Next.js

• Jira, Confluence, Slack, Drive, Bitrise, Sentry, GitHub, Zoom

About OJ Commerce: 

OJ Commerce is a fast-growing, profitable online retailer based in Florida, USA with a full-fledged India office based in Chennai driven by a sophisticated, data-driven system to run the operations with virtually no human intervention. We strive to be the best-in-class ecommerce company delivering exceptional value to customers by leveraging technology, innovation and brand-partnerships to provide a seamless & enjoyable shopping of high-quality products at the best prices to our customers.

Responsibilities:

Work with business-stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype, build and deploy it.

CRUD the backend code you own keeping maintenance, performance and security in mind.

Keep up breast of latest technologies and its ecosystem and adopt ones that aid safe product delivery at speed.

Automate the boring and mundane stuff for you prefer to be productive than being busy.

We are flat. Be responsible for professional growth of self and the team. 

• Tune application for performance.
• Take initiatives and manage change to work towards business goals at speed without compromising safety.
• Coach full-stack developers on backend skills.
• Provides problem resolution support, specific to application issues, identifies and resolves problems in application software, determines symptoms and ensures accurate problem definition

Develop functional, architectural and other documentation as required for productive functioning of teams.

• Be the brand ambassador for OJ Commerce by speaking at meetups, conferences, etc.
• We are fluid. Be ready for changing dynamics in responsibilities from time to time. Exciting isn't?
• Take the lead in digital transformation of legacy applications.

What you need to shine?

• You have the prior experience in modernising legacy applications.
• You are a passionate hands-on developer with deep experience in building enterprise grade software in Microsoft ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, SOA, Micro-Services and RESTful Services with knowledge of SQL Server database.
• You have the ability to see and work on the big picture (Application Architecture) and devilish details (Complex Code).
• Strong experience in developing web applications using C#, VB.Net, .NET, LINQ, Net Framework 4.0, MVC 3/4/5, ASP.NET Web API, .Net Core etc.
• You are Cloud savvy, preferably Google Cloud.
• You have rich experience in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with good knowledge of practical design-patterns and its applications.

Hands-on experience in building SOA or Micro-services preferably on .NET Core.

Proven Architectural skills with high standards in Code quality

Knowledge of ReactJS/Typescript would be added advantage.

Practical experience in Agile development methodologies of using CI/CD.

Extreme Programming (TDD) experience is sought after by us.

What we Offer

• Greenfield opportunity to transform legacy backend applications to latest technology stack.
• Fast-paced start-up environment: This is not for the faint hearted; you need grit and passion as much as you need the core skills.
• Work in an interdisciplinary team where learning from one another and developing solutions cross-functionally is a key part of our culture.
• Golden opportunity to make history by making big business impact.
• Competitive salary to take good care of self and family.
• Insurance Benefits: Medical and Accident cover.
• Flexible Working Hours

• Experience in Node.js Frameworks
• Hands-on experience with MongoDB
• Strong proficiency with JavaScript, Socket IO, ExpressJS & SailsJS
• Experience working with third-party developer tools, including documentation, APIs, and SDKs
• Good Grasp of Asynchronous Programming and Its Workarounds
• Database Schema design for Business Processes
• Working Knowledge of JWT-based passport Authentication
• Can Write and Refactor Efficient Codes
• Experience in Implementing Data Protection
• Must have demonstrated the ability to deliver high-quality products on time
• Knowledge of GIT, SVN technology