Senior Software Engineer-NodeJS

Position: Software Engineer

Practice: Development

Reporting To: Lead Software Engineer

Experience: 1 - 3 Years

Job Summary

We are looking for a motivated Software Engineer to join our development team. In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure applications are functional, reliable, and meet business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Developing, Testing, and Maintaining Software Applications

• Develop and maintain web applications using React.js for the frontend and Node.js for the backend.
• Ensure software applications meet functional requirements and reliability standards.
• Utilize programming languages and tools effectively to develop high-quality applications.

Troubleshooting and Debugging Software Issues

• Identify and resolve bugs and technical issues in software applications.
• Provide technical support and guidance to end-users as needed.

Collaborating with Cross-Functional Teams

• Work closely with product management, quality assurance, and UX teams to deliver solutions that meet business and user needs.
• Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders to ensure project alignment.

Participating in Code Reviews and Contributing to the Codebase

• Follow coding standards and best practices to maintain a clean and reliable codebase.
• Actively participate in peer code reviews to ensure quality and consistency.

Staying Up-to-Date with Emerging Trends and Technologies

• Continuously learn about new tools, frameworks, and technologies in software development.
• Apply best practices and emerging trends to improve development efficiency and software quality.

Adhering to Company Coding Standards and Best Practices

• Ensure all software applications are developed consistently and adhere to organizational standards.
• Maintain high-quality code while delivering projects on schedule.

Mandatory Skills:

• Frontend: Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and React.js
• Backend: Foundational knowledge of Node.js
• Version Control: Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows
• Software Practices: Understanding of clean coding principles and agile methodologies
• Communication: Strong teamwork and ability to articulate technical ideas clearly

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Node.js frameworks such as Express.js .
• Familiarity with database technologies (e. g., MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Understanding of RESTful API design and integration.
• Knowledge of testing frameworks (e. g., Jest, Mocha).
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e. g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 - 3 years of professional experience in software development.
• Foundational understanding of front-end and back-end technologies (React.js, Node.js ).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with keen attention to detail.
• Passion for technology, continuous learning, and contributing to innovative projects.

Role: Lead Java Developer

Work Location: Chennai, Pune

No of years’ experience: 8+ years

Hybrid (3 days office and 2 days home)

Type: Fulltime

Skill Set: Java + Spring Boot + Sql + Microservices + DevOps

Job Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software applications using Java and Spring Boot.

Develop and maintain RESTful APIs to support various business requirements.

Write and execute unit tests using TestNG to ensure code quality and reliability.

Work with NoSQL databases to design and implement data storage solutions.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Utilize Git for version control and collaborate with team members on code reviews and merge requests.

Troubleshoot and resolve software defects and issues in a timely manner.

Continuously improve software development processes and practices.

Description:

8 years of professional experience in backend development using Java and leading a team.

Strong expertise in Spring Boot, Apache Camel, Hibernate, JPA, and REST API design

Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or other SQL-based databases

Working knowledge of AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, RDS, etc.)

Experience in DevOps activities.

Proficiency in using Docker for containerization and deployment.

Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, multithreading, and performance tuning

Self-driven and capable of working independently with minimal supervision

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack web applications using MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js
• Build and optimise RESTful APIs and micro services
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and developers to deliver scalable solutions
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
• Ensure application performance, security, and responsiveness
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to code reviews

🔹 Must-Have Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
• Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3
• Experience with Redux / State Management in React
• Solid backend expertise with Node.js & Express.js
• Database design, queries, and performance tuning in MongoDB
• Good understanding of REST APIs, authentication (JWT, OAuth)
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile methodology
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus

🎯 Preferred Skills

• Experience with TypeScript
• Knowledge of GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes
• Unit testing with Jest / Mocha
• Experience mentoring or leading small teams

🎓 Education

• Bachelor's / Master's in Computer Science, IT, or related field

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain software applications.
• Go the extra mile to identify customer needs and pain-points. 
• Relentless focus on delivering high quality, bug-free code.
• Help and mentor those around you to achieve the team and company goals.
• Closely work with the SRE and DevOps team to set up microservices infrastructure. 
• Maintaining and auditing code/design quality as per set guidelines and standards in assigned projects.
• Testing of completed tasks in ongoing projects in the team before sending updates to reporting authority/client.
• Participate in application design, code reviews and documentation.

Requirements:

• Experience in agile development process.
• Excellent knowledge of HTML5, CSS3.
• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript.
• Experience with cross-browser, cross-platform and design constraints on the web
• Good understanding and experience of working on Vue.js/React.js.
• Prior experience building REST APIs
• Hands-on experience with Node.js/Golang/Java + Redis + Elasticsearch.
• Experience with AWS/GCP is a plus
• Knowledge of version control systems like GIT.
• Experience in developing automated unit and functional tests
• 3 - 6 years of experience with a Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

About Us

We have grown over 1400% in revenues in the last year.

Interface.ai provides an Intelligent Virtual Assistant (IVA) to FIs to automate calls and customer inquiries across multiple channels and engage their customers with financial insights and upsell/cross-sell.

Our IVA is transforming financial institutions’ call centers from a cost to a revenue center.

Our core technology is built 100% in-house with several breakthroughs in Natural Language Understanding. Our parser is built based on zero-shot learning that helps us to launch industry-specific IVA that can achieve over 90% accuracy on Day-1. 

We are 45 people strong with employees spread across India and US locations. Many of them come from ML teams at Apple, Microsoft, and Salesforce in the US along with enterprise architects with over 20+ years of experience building large-scale systems. Our India team consists of people from ISB, IIMs, and many who have been previously part of early-stage startups. 

We are a fully remote team.

Founders come from Banking and Enterprise Technology backgrounds with previous experience scaling companies from scratch to $50M+ in revenues.

As a SDE III, you will be :

1. Designing and implementing FullStack applications of interface.ai’s conversational AI platform and playing a significant role in evolving them.
2. Working with a team of driven and passionate engineers working on cutting edge technology, who take pride in solving complex problems.
3. Engaging in cross-functional team discussions on Product, design, QA, deployment and maintenance,  in a fast-moving collaborative set up.
4. Building reusable code and libraries for future use
5. Analyzing high level requirements, breaking it down into workable/demoable tasks, estimating them and delivering with high quality.
6. Contributing to improve our engineering processes, tooling, and standards.

1. Are extremely self motivated
2. Have ability to learn quickly
3. Have a growth Mindset (read this if you don't know what it means - https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322" target="_blank">link)
4. Have Emotional Maturity (read this if you don't know what it means - https://medium.com/@krisgage/15-signs-of-emotional-maturity-38b1a2ab9766" target="_blank">link)
5. Are Passionate about the possibilities at the intersection of AI + Banking
6. Have worked in a startup of 5 to 30 employees
7. Have outstanding problem-solving abilities
8. Have proactive outlook for ways to make the solution better
9. Have 5+ years of experience in delivering scalable complex technical products
10. Have Good knowledge of distributed technologies, low latency, and highly scalable systems. 
11. Have Expertise in JavaScript and Node.js
12. Have Hands-on experience in Node.JS / Express.JS / Hapi.js / Koa.js (or any other Web Framework), and Relational Databases (preferably PostgreSQL)
13. Have Expertise with unit testing & Test Driven Development (TDD)
14. Have Hands-on experience in Mocha or other Javascript testing frameworks
15. Have experience working with react, python (Nice to have)
16. Have hands-on experience in developing applications using microservices, container technologies, container management systems such as Kubernetes
17. Have a strong understanding of systems using real-time interactions (web sockets, long-polling, server-sent events)
18. Have hands-on experience in the Implementation of security and data protection
19. Are eager to learn new technologies
20. Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write detailed technical documents.
21. Are passionate about helping teams grow by inspiring and mentoring engineers