Senior Backend Engineer - III

Job Overview:

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer (SDE III) with over 5 years of experience to lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience in software development, deep technical expertise, and a proven track record of successfully leading large-scale engineering teams and projects. This role requires strategic leadership, the ability to manage complex technical challenges, and the ability to drive innovation while ensuring operational excellence.As a Backend Lead, you will collaborate with key stakeholders across the business, product management, and operations to ensure alignment with the organization’s goals and play a critical role in shaping the technology roadmap and engineering culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership and Team Development: Lead and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement. Manage the hiring, training, and career development of engineering staff.
• Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement engineering strategies that support business objectives. Define technology roadmaps and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Technical Excellence: Guide the team in designing and implementing scalable, robust software systems. Drive the adoption of best practices in architecture, coding standards, and software testing to ensure high-quality product delivery.
• Project and Program Management: Oversee the successful delivery of engineering projects, ensuring deadlines, quality standards, and budget constraints are met. Use agile methodologies to manage the development process and resolve bottlenecks.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with Product Management, Design, Business, and Operations teams to define project requirements and deliverables. Ensure the smooth integration of engineering efforts across the organization.
• Risk Management: Anticipate and mitigate technical risks and roadblocks. Proactively identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to reduce it.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as the technical point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress, resource allocation, and performance metrics. Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale, high-impact software projects.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and scalable system design.
• Expertise in multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks For this role we require expertise in Python/Django and API Development
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), microservices, and distributed systems.
• Good experience with MySQL and ElasticSearch. Slight experience with other NoSQL and SQL databases.
• Experience in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
•  Experience in delivering full-stack B2B/SaaS applications including mobile applications, web frontend, and a scalable backend.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders at all levels.

About the Company

F22 Labs is a startup software studio based in Chennai. We power startups worldwide by building high-quality software products. From web apps to mobile platforms, we help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into beautifully crafted solutions. If you're passionate about software development and eager to build real products that solve real problems, you’ll fit right in.

Position Overview

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Node.js Developer to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and maintaining the backbone of our applications. You'll leverage your 3-5 years of expertise to build robust, scalable, and high-performance backend services and APIs. You will also play a key role in making architectural decisions, mentoring junior developers, and driving best practices within the team. If you're eager to tackle complex problems, contribute to innovative projects, and lead by example, this position is for you.

Key Responsibilities

● Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain highly scalable and reliable backend services, APIs, and systems using Node.js (with frameworks like Express.js or NestJS) and TypeScript.

● Architect and implement robust solutions for complex business requirements, ensuring code quality, performance, and security.

● Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including front-end developers, product managers, QA engineers, and designers to deliver high-quality products.

● Lead and participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.

● Design and manage database schemas (SQL and NoSQL, e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and optimize database queries for performance.

● Develop and maintain comprehensive unit, integration, and E2E tests to ensure software quality and reliability.

● Work with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes for deploying and managing applications.

● Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated building, testing, and deployment of applications.

● Mentor and guide junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

● Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks.

● Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in Node.js development and backend architecture.

● Contribute to architectural discussions and decisions, helping to shape the future of our backend systems.

Qualifications and Requirements

● 3-5 years of professional experience in backend development with a strong focus on Node.js.

● Expert proficiency in TypeScript.

● Proven experience with Node.js frameworks such as Express.js or NestJS (highly preferred).

● Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, event-driven architecture, and design patterns.

● Solid experience in designing, building, and consuming RESTful APIs; experience with GraphQL is a plus.

● Proficiency with both SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Redis) database technologies, including data modeling and query optimization.

● Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker) and a good understanding of container orchestration (Kubernetes).

● Experience with CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).

● Experience deploying and managing applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including familiarity with relevant services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS).

● Strong problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills.

● Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

● Proven ability to mentor junior team members.

● Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows.

Good to have:

● Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Mocha, Chai) and a commitment to writing well-tested code.

● Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems.

● Experience with serverless architecture (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions).

● Knowledge of message queue systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS).

● Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

● Understanding of front-end technologies (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js) to facilitate better collaboration.

● Experience with performance monitoring and optimization tools.

● Active contributions to open-source projects or a strong portfolio of personal projects.

Why Join Us (Perks & Benefits)

● Flexible work timings.

● Fast-paced, hands-on learning environment.

● Fun, collaborative, and supportive team culture.

● Real-world impact from day one.

If you're looking to supercharge your development skills and work on meaningful software in a startup that values learning and creativity, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today! 

Role description:

We are looking for a LEAD- Fullstack with expertise and experience in designing and developing applications including new developments, enhancements, maintenance and support. The role involves continuous collaboration with team, partners.

Candidate description:

Should have:

• Passion for technology and financial domain with demonstrated ability to learn quickly
• Delivery focus with ability to take full ownership
• Strong commitment to quality and delivery
• Strong communication skills

Skills/Knowledge and experience:

• Object oriented design and development skill
• Webservices - Node JS/Express JS, Rest API
• Frontend –, React, Angular (Javascript and Typescript)
• Unix and Shell scripting
• SQL Proficiency, good to know MongoDB

Responsibilities

• Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications
• Integrate software components and third-party programs
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting

Requirements and skills

• 1-3 Years of Proven experience as a Backend Developer
• Tech Stack:

• AWS- Lambda, ECS, RDS Arora, RDS PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, APIG, Cloud Front
• NodeJS
• Typescript(optional)

• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
• Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment
• Ability to learn new languages and technologies
• Excellent communication skills
• Resourcefulness and troubleshooting aptitude
• Attention to detail

Desired candidates must have 2-6 years experience as NodeJs Developer. If the candidate is not able to relocate to Gurgaon then we can also provide permanent Work from home for this position.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding functional and business requirements and translate them into effective code
• Provide support till deployment of code into production.
• Ownership for ensuring code optimization, problem diagnosis, and on-time delivery
• Implement solutions as per the pre-defined framework /guidelines and adherence to processes
• Finding an optimal solution for the problem statement
• Conduct peer code review.

What candidate should know about:

• Excellent hands-on experience with Node.Js, Express.Js, JavaScript
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Excellent hands-on experience with MongoDB, Mongo aggregation, MySQL
• Ability to build REST services, Authentications, MVC applications
• Excellent Object Oriented Programming skills and ability to write modular, secure, scalable, and maintainable code
• Experience with Elastic Search, Redis.
• Knowledge about AWS components (S3, EC2, Cloudfront, Redis Clusters, etc.)
• Self-learning abilities are required
• Familiarity with upcoming new technologies is a strong plus

What you need to have: