Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Backend Developer with strong expertise in Node.js and AWS to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have solid backend development experience, with additional working knowledge of PHP and Python. Exposure to frontend frameworks like React.js and Angular will be considered a strong advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs using Node.js.

• Deploy, manage, and optimize applications on AWS cloud infrastructure.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, product, QA) to deliver end-to-end solutions.

• Ensure application performance, security, and scalability.

• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following industry best practices.

• Work with databases (SQL/NoSQL) to design efficient data models and queries.

• Integrate third-party services and APIs when required.

• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and mentoring of junior developers.

• Support continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications.

Requirements

• 4+ years of backend development experience.

• Strong expertise in Node.js and hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.).

• Good working knowledge of PHP and Python.

• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB).

• Working knowledge of React.js and Angular is preferred.

• Key Skills:
• Expert Proficiency in anyone the below programming language - Node JS, PHP or GoLang
• Expert Computer Science fundamentals like Data Structures, Algorithms, Time Complexity, and others
• Strong Microservices, REST API, Git source control, CI/CD, and other latest technology trends
• Strong System Design, DB Design proficiency
• Strong knowledge in Design Patterns, best software development practices
• Good exposure to working in Open Source stack, E-Commerce, or Fintech domain.

Basic Qualification: 

• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Node.js  
• Experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB 
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems. 
• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field. 
• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, 
• algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis. 

Preferred Qualification: 

• Experience building complex applications on distributed systems that have been successfully deployed for a large customer base. 
• Experience with Agile Scrum, having served as a Scrum Master and delivered results. 
• Application of advanced coding techniques, such as dependency injection. 
• Proven experience with: writing design documents, leading code reviews, 
• applying SCM, managing builds and managing releases. 
• Knowledge of important design patterns 
• Applying unit testing / TDD to reduce testing cycles and production support 
• load. 

You’ll be joining the engineering team responsible for delivering SaaS and on-premise solutions that orchestrate case data workflows and provide data driven legal insights for our clients. You will be leading the development, maintenance and scaling of our strategic initiatives - using a variety of distributed systems and cloud-technology stacks, driving our next level of growth. As an early member of our small team, you will have ample opportunity to lead and scale the product and the team. 

Responsibilities

• Work with product management to understand customers' case data workflows to translate their pain points to requirements.
• Gain a solid understanding of customer backend pipelines and integration surfaces.
• Breakdown large projects into potentially shippable incremental units within a timeframe.
• Understand the current system architecture and design sub systems.
• Be hands-on and build end-to-end new features and support existing features.
• Engage in all stages of the product development life cycle.
• Adopt a customer-centric and iterative mindset.
• Promote engineering best practices such as API design standards, coding standards, code test coverage, code reviews, CI/CD, and documentation.
• Work with lead engineers and mentor junior engineers to deliver on large initiatives.
• Our tech stack is varied - you will start with Ruby/Rails, JavaScript/React, Postgres, Redis, Sidekiq, Heroku, AWS, and more.

Required Skills: 

• Exposure to a variety of stacks building SaaS platforms and/or on-premise solutions.
• Experience with building sub-systems or services in a distributed system.
• Exposure to one or more backend architectures such as event-driven, micro services, and cloud architectures.
• Experience troubleshooting performance and/or scale issues.
• Strong in RDBMS and/or NoSQL databases.
• Proficient in one or more scripting languages - experience in Ruby/Rails and JavaScript/React is a plus.
• Strong in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, and design patterns.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with both technical and nontechnical team members.
• Prior experience in the legal tech industry is a plus.

Years of Experience : 5+ years

Educational Qualification: BE or BCA or MCA OR Msc IT

The key aspects of this role include:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable applications using Python.
• Contribute to the entire implementation process including driving the definition of improvements
based on business need and architectural improvements.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Application Software developers and Engineers.
• Handle server-side code for a production platform and contribute to new features.

To be the right fit, you'll need:
• More than 4+ years of experience as a software developer in Python, with knowledge of at least one
Python web framework such as Django, Flask, etc.
• Good understanding of common design patterns and architecture principles to design reliable and
Scalable applications
• Strong communication skills
• Knowledge of databases line NoSQL or MongoDB
• Good to have AWS and Docker or Web services
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3