Senior Node.JS Developer

Hi,
I am having an ajob opportunity for the role of "Node Js developer" permanent work from home.

Please find the below JD 

Responsibilities:

 We are looking for a candidate who possesses a passion for pushing technologies to the limits and will work with our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation applications. 

- You will work closely with our product and design teams to build the backend engine and implement web services using the latest principles.

- Candidates should have working knowledge of NodeJS latest versions. Candidates with additional knowledge of technologies like JAVA, CAKEPHP will be preferred more.

Skills Required :

NodeJS, REST API, JSON Data Format, Integrating Third Party Libraries, MYSQL/MONGODB Databases and similar.

- Affinity for backend technologies.

- Experience in writing modular/reusable code using node frameworks

- Deep technical Knowledge and Good problem solving abilities.

- Good communication skills and solid interpersonal skills.

- Team Management skills is must

-Qualification Required : MCA/B.Tech Candidate Only

We're seeking passionate, next-gen minded engineers who are excited about solving complex technical challenges and building innovative, first-of-its-kind products which make a tangible difference for our customers. As a Backend SDE-1, you will play a key role in driving strategic initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams across business, product, and operations to solve exciting problems. This role demands strong technical acumen, leadership capabilities, and a mindset focused on innovation and operational excellence.

We value individuals who think independently, challenge the status quo, and bring creativity and curiosity to the table—not those who simply follow instructions. If you're passionate about solving problems and making an impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement engineering strategies that support business objectives. Understand broader organization goals and constantly prioritise your own work.
• Technical Excellence: Understand the onground problems, explore and design various possible solutions to conclude and implement scalable, extensible and secure software systems. Implement and learn best practices in technical architecture, coding standards, and software testing to ensure product delivery with highest speed AND quality.
• Project and Program Management: Setting up aggressive as well as realistic timelines with all the stakeholders, ensure the successful delivery of engineering projects as per the defined timelines with best quality standards ensuring budget constraints are met. Use agile methodologies to manage the development process and resolve bottlenecks.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with Product Managers, 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience in software engineering
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.
• Hands on with multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks.
• Understanding of relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience with Redis, ElasticSearch.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders at all levels.

Skills:- MySQL, Python, Django, AWS, NoSQL, Kafka, Redis, ElasticSearch

1. Need to have an understanding of Elastic Search, Kafka, mongo DB, etc.

2. Should have experience of Jupter noobooks, data bricks

3. Java, Pythons

4. Senior level, 5-10 years of experience

5. It is important they have those skills so that they can take over current work. There are codes written in both Java as well as Python. (Java is legacy but that is the main search engine code). So it will be counter-productive if engineers hired have experience in both.

6. Excellent communication, analytical, research, grasping skills

Overview of the role

As a Node Developer you will be collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design and build performant modern web applications and services. Build high-quality web applications and services by writing clean and modular code.

Must have skills

• Overall 3-5 Years of experience in writing unit and integration tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of web applications and services.
• Measure and improve the performance of microservices. Catalyse growth within the team through code reviews and pair programming to maintain high development standards
• Investigate operational issues to find the root cause and propose improvements Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems across Stripe’s engineering teams.
• Expert level of experience in the design and development of Web Applications, and highly scalable distributed systems.
• Should have experience in development skills using the latest technologies including NodeJS(fastify framework), Microservices, PostgreSQL, Redis, etc. Should have exposure to NoSQL and SQL development.
• Comprehensive knowledge of physical and logical data modeling, and performance tuning.
• Should possess excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively with globally dispersed teams.
• Build high-performance teams and Coach teams for successful career growth.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and designing schema

Desired Background

Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology

Hands on experience in Python in 2.x and 3.x versions

• Developed and deployed services in AWS serverless Architecture
• Developed REST API’s using serverless framework, AWS Lambda, API Gateway
• Developed queue and notification services using AWS components - SQS, SNS
• Implemented authorization and authentication using AWS Cognito pool
• Developed Facial recognition systems using AWS Rekognition
• Hands on experience in Flask, Tornado, Quartz framework
• Hands on experience in designing and working on MicroService & Monolithic architecture
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery

Mongo dB experience is must