Senior Backend Engineer

About us 

RockED is the premier people development platform for the automotive industry, supporting the entire employee lifecycle from pre-hire and onboarding to upskilling and career transitions. With microlearning content, gamified delivery, and real-time feedback, RockED is educating the automotive workforce and solving the industry's greatest business challenges. 

The RockED Company Inc. is headquartered in Florida. Backed by top industry experts and investors, we’re a well-funded startup on an exciting growth journey. Our R&D team (Indian entity) is at the core of all product and technology innovation.

Check out our website https://www.rocked.us/ 

Your Impact 

We’re looking for passionate and self-driven Backend Software Engineers who can combine technical depth with strategic product thinking. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with modern backend stacks, brings strong critical thinking to the table, and can balance short-term delivery with long-term technical vision. 

• Build scalable and reliable backend services and APIs that power the product.
• Design, implement, and maintain databases, ensuring data integrity, security, and efficient retrieval. 
• Implement the core logic that makes applications work, handling data processing, user requests, and system operations. 
• Contribute actively to system architecture, proposing enhancements and leading design discussions for new features and services.
• Working closely with product managers and designers to turn ideas into reality and shape the product roadmap. 
• Optimize systems for performance, scalability, and security 
• Stay up-to-date with new technologies and frameworks, contributing to the advancement of software development practices 
• Drive code quality through writing unit tests, code reviews, and documentation.
• Take ownership of end-to-end feature development — from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Mentor junior developers, setting high standards for engineering excellence within the team

What skills do you need? 

• Extensive (Must have) hands-on experience in JavaScript / TypeScript, backend development using Node.js and Express.js, and database management with MySQL.
• Strong command of JavaScript and understanding of its quirks and best practices
• Exposure to system design and interest in building scalable, high-availability systems.
• Experience from a high-growth product-based startup is a must-have.
• Ability to think strategically when designing systems—not just how to build, but why
• Prior work on B2C applications with a focus on performance and user experience
• Ensure that applications can handle increasing loads and maintain performance, even under heavy traffic 
• Work with complex queries for performing sophisticated data manipulation, analysis, and reporting. 
• Knowledge of Sequelize, MongoDB, and AWS would be an advantage. 
• Experience in optimizing backend systems for speed and scalability. 

Why choose a career at RockED? 

• Remote-first culture with initial in-office training at our Bangalore HQ to help you settle in and connect with the team.
• Company-sponsored travel and stay during quarterly in-person meetups.
• Comprehensive health insurance – ₹10 lakh coverage for you and your family, fully paid by RockED.
• A rare opportunity to learn directly from our investors, who have built and exited multi-million dollar companies.
• Direct access to leadership with experience at top global companies like Adobe, Microsoft, Walmart, and more.
• Be part of a diverse and global team working across the US, India, and Germany.
• Unlimited leave policy – built on trust and so far used responsibly by our team.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Node.js backend developer to join our dynamic team.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Node.js development. Knowledge of frontend frameworks like React.js or Angular, AI-driven development, Python, and AWS is a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop a NodeJS backend with a modular, scalable architecture.

• Build REST APIs and WebSocket services for real-time updates.

• Optimize PostgreSQL queries, ensure proper indexing, and manage database migrations.

• Implement role-based authentication & authorization (JWT, RBAC in NestJS).

• Set up event-driven patterns (Redis pub/sub, background jobs, async processing).

• Integrate with external api’s (JSON-RPC, XML-RPC, REST).

• Optimize API response times (caching, Redis, database tuning).

• Ensure secure API development (encryption, secure credentials storage).

• Provide technical mentorship to junior developers and contribute to architectural decisions.

You have 3 to 14 yrs of software engineering & product delivery experience with strong

background in datastructures & algorithms

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You are experienced with one or more general programming languages (e.g. Java, C/C++,

Go). Ability to learn other coding languages as needed.

• You’ve proven software development credentials having successfully built complex

products

• You have a strong foundation in the fundamentals of computer science, with familiarity in

data structures, algorithms and a strong command of object-oriented principles.

• You have experience in one or more of the following areas: Server Backend, Distributed

and Parallel Systems, Full Stack Development (frontend and backend), Scalable Enterprise

Platforms and Applications, Application Security and Incident Management, Android,

iOS, and Machine Learning.

• You have a spark that separates you from the crowd and ability to think out of the box and

on your feet

• You possess multi-dimensional skills that make you a valuable co-worker in a fast,

changing and ambiguous environment

• You have the ability to learn other coding languages as needed real quick

• You are comfortable in working with a team that deals with ambiguity every day

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Desired Experience: 3+ years

Roles and Responsibilities :

We are seeking an experienced Java Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and developing scalable applications using Java and related frameworks.

Core Accountabilities:

• Design and develop high-quality Java applications using best practices and design patterns Write clean, maintainable, and testable code using Java and related frameworks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy applications
• Develop and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines using Git and related tools
• Troubleshoot and debug applications in production and development environments
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software engineering and Java development

Experience required :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in developing applications using Java and related frameworks
• Strong experience in Core Java, Spring Framework, Hibernate, and related Java frameworks
• Experience in working with Git for version control and collaboration.

Additional optional requirements

• Knowledge of AWS services
• Experience in working with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and Cassandra
• Experience in other programming languages such as Python and Node.js

Skills required :

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment Strong communication and collaboration skills

About us:

HappyFox is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) support platform. We offer an enterprise-grade help desk ticketing system and intuitively designed live chat software.

We serve over 12,000 companies in 70+ countries. HappyFox is used by companies that span across education, media, e-commerce, retail, information technology, manufacturing, non-profit, government and many other verticals that have an internal or external support function.

To know more, Visit! - https://www.happyfox.com/

We’re looking for a Lead Backend Engineer with 5+ years of experience in building web services to join our engineering team to help architect, build and run our growing list of products. You should have prior experience being responsible for building sufficiently complex products/services and mentoring software engineers.

Responsibilities: 

• Lead a team of engineers working on our product roadmap. You are expected to contribute to feature development with hands-on development tasks
• Oversee software architecture, source control workflows, and CI/CD processes and perform code reviews to ensure exceptional code quality
• Improve the development experience and the quality of the codebase. You will define and uphold best practices and coding standards for the team
• Responsible for architecture and design decisions
• Own stability and performance of the service that you work on
• Work with the Engineering Manager to ship stable software on time
• Contribute to the vision and long-term strategy in your area of expertise

Requirements: 

• 2+ years of experience in a technical lead role designing and building complex backend systems
• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Excellent knowledge of best practices and coding patterns
• Deep knowledge of backend programming languages like Python and web application frameworks like Django
• Solid experience in building web services using relational databases like PostgreSQL or NoSQL databases like MongoDB
• Proficiency with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform or Azure
• Extensive experience with Linux/UNIX production environments
• Strong sense of quality in terms of both program architecture and code style
• Passion to dig into technically complex problems to troubleshoot and figure out a solution
• Desire to continuously improve and ship the best quality product
• Pragmatic approach to make sure technical decisions align with actual business needs. 
• Good understanding of the trade-offs when building for product value, reliability, or performance
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to discuss and explain your point of view clearly and effectively
• An engineering degree is a must(B.E. CS preferred)

• Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
• Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
• Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
• Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
• Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
• Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
• Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
• Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas, as well as preparing reports.
• Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
• Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.

Requirements:

• 3+ years’ experience under your belt developing performance-critical applications that run in a production environment using Node.Js
• Expertise in Database modeling, preferably relational DB, spotting DB bottlenecks, and writing optimized DB queries.
• Expertise in common Cloud technologies, AWS/GCP Knowledge of CI/CD tools and workflows.
• Knowledge in one or more of the following: NoSQL (especially, but not only Redis), Queueing system experience (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, MSMQ)
• Good stakeholder management skills, with an ability to build trust and rapport with internal and external stakeholders
• It is good to have knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker and related deployment technologies.
  
  

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Write well-designed, testable, efficient, and high-quality code.
• Design (LLD & HLD) and architect technical solutions for the business problems of a large-scale system.
• Prepare and produce releases of software components.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies.
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle
• We believe leadership comes through ownership and so we love people who take ownership of their work and lead by example

Job description

We are looking for a Node.js Developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application.

Responsibilities:

Have the passion and experience for building responsive, elegant and engaging experiences with future friendly web technologies

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic

Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code with proper documentation

Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performance applications

Implementation of security and data protection

Integration of data storage solutions

Continually keep yourself and your design team updated with the latest changes in your industry’s standards

Requirements

1+ years Experience

Strong proficiency with JavaScript

Knowledge of Node.js, Express.js and other frameworks required to create a scalable and effective application

Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds

Good understanding of basics of SQL and/or NoSQL databases

Very strong understanding of working with at least one SQL or NoSQL database in node js(Without ORM preferably)

Understanding of commonly used node modules

Good understanding of server-side templating languages

Good understanding of server-side CSS pre-processors such as SASS, LESS, etc.

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

Understanding accessibility and security compliance

User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments using OpenID, OAuth2.0, etc.

Creating secure and scalable APIs using standards like REST API, GraphQL, etc.

Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system

Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application

Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimising output to match the specific platform

Creating database schemes that represent and support business processes

Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GIT Critical thinker and problem-solving skills Team player Good time-management skills Great interpersonal and communication skills.