Senior Node.Js Developer

🚀 Hiring: Python Developer

⭐ Experience: 2+ Years

📍 Location: Mumbai

⭐ Work Mode:- 5 Days Work From Office

⏱️ Notice Period: Immediate Joiners

(Only immediate joiners & candidates serving notice period)

Looking for a skilled Python Developer with experience in Django / FastAPI and MongoDB / PostgreSQL.

⭐ Must-Have Skills:-

✅ 2+ years of professional experience as a Python Developer

✅Proficient in Django or FastAPI

✅Hands-on with MongoDB & PostgreSQL

✅Strong understanding of REST APIs & Git

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Full Stack MERN Developer to join our growing development team. The ideal candidate will be proficient in JavaScript and have experience working with both MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases. As a Full Stack Developer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and performant web applications across our product verticals.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other developers to design and develop full-stack web solutions.
• Build responsive, user-friendly interfaces using React.js.
• Develop robust and scalable backend services using Node.js and Express.js.
• Design, implement, and manage databases using MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and third-party services.
• Ensure cross-platform optimization for mobile responsiveness.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Conduct code reviews, unit testing, and performance tuning.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing applications.
• Ensure security and data protection best practices.

Requirements:

• 1-5 years of experience as a Full Stack Developer (preferably MERN stack).
• Proficient in JavaScript, both frontend and backend.
• Strong experience with React.js, Node.js, and Express.js.
• Working knowledge of MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Understanding of server-side architecture and RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, or GCP) is an advantage.
• Good understanding of security and performance optimization.

🚀 We're Hiring: Senior Backend Developer | Gurugram (On-site)

Looking to work with a fast-growing, tech-driven team in the SaaS space?

We’re on the lookout for a Senior Backend Developer with 2–3+ years of experience to help us build robust and scalable solutions.

🎯 What We're Looking For: ✅ Strong hands-on experience with Node.js & React

✅ Proficient in AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.)

✅ Good knowledge of MySQL

✨ Bonus: Exposure to AI/ML technologies

🏢 Preferred Industry Background: SaaS

📍 Location: Candidate should be from Delhi NCR

💰 Budget: Up to 11 LPA

If you're passionate about backend systems and want to make an impact in a high-growth environment, let’s connect!

Key Responsibilities: 

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required: 

• At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large scale social or location-based app.

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

About us:

Strata is a commercial real estate investment platform that offers investors the opportunity to invest in pre-leased commercial assets such as offices, warehouses, and retail spaces across India.

We are one of the fastest-growing PropTech platforms in India and are backed by Elevation Capital, Mayfield, Kotak Investment Advisors, Gruhas (a venture by Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha) and DLF Family Office.

Our headquarter is in Bangalore, India.

We are a small yet close-knit team of 35+ people.

About you:

You have a knack for product and strongly equipped with engineering skills to make it a reality. You don’t jump into implementation unless you have clearly understood the problem/requirements and have a written design. You don’t hesitate asking questions and giving critical reviews while respecting others’ opinions. You are a fearless engineer, and not afraid to fail, not on production though ;) You have a strong sense of ownership. You have a startup experience. You don’t feel annoyed if required to work on off days in case of production incidents (no development).

Your responsibilities:

You will primarily work on the backend maintaining the existing platform and writing new enhancements and features. Apart from your own features, as a senior member of the team you will be expected to be actively involved in overall design discussions and peer code reviews. You will factor in extensibility, maintainability, scalability and security in designs and code. You will ensure that best engineering practices are followed. You will support your team members when they are facing challenges, and mentor them when appropriate. You will strive for overall engineering excellence.

Must-have Skills:

• 4-8 years of total experience
• 2+ years of experience in Django and DRF. You must be pro at it. The team will be looking up to you for making most out of DRF.
• Designing and building  scalable web applications
• Good understanding of REST principles
• SQL database design and queries
• Working knowledge of AWS

Good-To-Have Skills:

• Angular or any other JavaScript frontend framework
• Designing microservices
• DevOps experience

FAQ's.

1. Your technology ingredients?

Programming languages:
Our backend is written in Python using Django framework. And the frontend is in AngularJS. Currently there is no mobile app.

Infrastructure:
We are an AWS shop and use their services for most needs, Docker for containerization and ECS as orchestrator, RDS as database, S3 for storage and SQS as messaging backend.

Other tools:
BitBucket for Git and CI/CD pipeline, Trello for project management; and Google Meets and Slack for communication.

2. Your hiring plan?

Currently the engineering team comprises of 3 engineers, and we plan to grow it to 8 by the end of 2021.

3. Your Interview process?

We will try to finish the process within two weeks. In case we can’t go ahead with  your candidature, we will clearly and immediately let you know. But in case of competing applications, we may request you to wait for a week or two.

1. 15 minutes introductory call to discuss requirements and expectations
2. 30 minutes online coding assignment on a screen sharing session
3. 1 hour technical interview covering problem solving, code review and aptitude
4. 15 minutes call with co-founder for final discussion

In case of inability to come to a conclusion from either side, we may go for an additional round.

4. Your WFH and WFO policy?

Due to Covid-19 the team is working from home and will continue till March-2022. After that we will work from the Bangalore or Pune office (yet to be finalised). You should be open to relocate to any of the cities.

5. Your funding status?

In March 2020, Strata raised $1.5 million in seed funding; and $6 million in Series-A in July 2021.