Software Engineer (Backend)

Job Title : Senior Backend Developer (Node.js + AWS + MongoDB)

Experience : 4+ Years

Location : Andheri, Mumbai (Work From Office)

About the Role :

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer with strong expertise in Node.js (NestJS), AWS, and MongoDB to join our growing engineering team.

This role requires someone who takes ownership, is proactive, and enjoys building scalable, high-performance backend systems in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities :

• Architect, design, and develop scalable backend services using Node.js (NestJS).
• Design and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS Services (EC2, ECS, RDS, Lambda, etc.).
• Develop and maintain high-performance database solutions using MongoDB.
• Work with Kafka, Docker, and serverless frameworks (SST) for efficient deployments.
• Optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability across services.
• Ensure application security, best practices, and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust product features.
• Take end-to-end ownership of features from design to deployment.

Technical Requirements :

• 4+ years of backend development experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Node.js.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong experience with NestJS framework.
• Solid experience with MongoDB and database design.
• Experience with Kafka, Docker, and serverless architecture.
• Understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimization.

Good to Have (Bonus Skills) :

• Experience with Python or other backend languages.
• Exposure to Agentic AI use cases or implementations.
• Strong understanding of security best practices.

What We’re Looking For :

• Curious mindset and eagerness to learn new technologies.
• Proactive problem solver with strong ownership attitude.
• Strong team player with effective communication skills.
• Positive, energetic, and passionate about building great systems.

Job Description:

We are looking for a Senior Java Developer with strong expertise in Apache Kafka and backend systems. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Java (8/11+), Spring Boot, and building scalable, real-time data pipelines using Kafka.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain backend services using Java and Spring Boot
• Design and implement Kafka-based messaging and streaming solutions
• Optimize Kafka performance (topics, partitions, consumers)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable microservices
• Ensure code quality and maintain best practices in a distributed environment

Required Skills:

• 6+ years in Java development
• 3+ years of hands-on Kafka experience (producers, consumers, streams)
• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices
• Familiarity with Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and stream processing
• Experience with containerization (Docker), CI/CD, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Roles and Responsibilities

Code, develop, design and architect features related to the existing application. We  expect you to own modules end to end and take pride in the work products you  ship.

Lead from the front, when it comes to delivering high quality work products. Serve as a mentor to the team members

Create and define performance metrics. Ideate, innovate and hack through the  existing systems to improve performance

Perform code reviews, set coding practices and guidelines within the team.

Make sense of the product specs, be nimble in getting the issues resolved. Be a thought leader.

Critical Functional Skills

Solid understanding and knowledge of Java/C/C++. You should understand the concepts of multithreading, I/O, messaging, instrumentation etc and their  implementation in Java/Any other ObjectOriented Language.

Proficiency in the implementation of algorithms and the use of advanced data  structures to solve problems in computing. A solid foundation in the principles of  computer science is desired.

Ability to write clean, modular, and loosely coupled code by the use of design patterns.

He/She should be able to break down and architect complex software systems. For example

BuildCars Availability Engine for Ola.

Strong decisionmaking ability

Deep expertise in at least one programming language & tech stack.

Substantial experience in building complex and scalable solutions.

Strong object oriented design skills, ability to apply design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class level interfaces

The ability to do deep problem solving and build elegant, maintainable solutions to complex problems.

Experience leading multi engineer projects and mentoring junior engineers

Experience with full life cycle development in any programming language on a Linux platform

Comprehensive operational experience including, optimizations, deployments and tuning servers like apache/mysql/tomcat/solr

Prior experience in working with Agile software methodologies (XP, Scrum), TDD, and Continuous Integration(CI/CD) a plus.

Experience in building data driven web application design and development is a plus

Expert level experience in building a scalable, large and complex business application

.Experience Required

:Typically with an experience of 5+ years of development experience in a product  firm.

Must have lead, designed, architected and delivered at least 1 project in his previous assignments independently.

Minimum Qualifications Required

Btech/MS from a reputed Institute

Deep expertise with any or combination programming languages: Java, C++, C#, Ruby, Scala,

Go any object oriented high level proprietary or open source language with strong programming constructs. We are not skill specific but go by strength in  competencies Machine coding Single machine in memory program

Need a working code with functionality Readable and well designed code with right abstractions, separation of concerns,right design patterns

Performant code with concurrency and efficient data structures

Write test cases covering the happy path and edge cases

Problem Solving

Choose the right combination of data structures to solve the problem

Identify most edge cases for the problem

Identify opportunities of parallelism: utilizes multicore solutions where applicable

Design & Architecture

Distributed systems design and system interaction

Identify API signatures

LLD with class design

Solve for performance & availability

You will be a part of the engineering team who focuses on user onboarding, licensing, marketplace stores, Sales analytics dashboard and CRM’s integrations.

Your role at Trimpixel

• Design, develop, and maintain integrations with multiple file types, existing software packages
• Build software for a first-class onboarding experience
• Collaborate with sales, marketing and engineering teams for requirements through to delivery
• Design and implement marketplace, Sales Analytics Pipeline and CRM integrations
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
• Write effective APIs
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
• Create security and data protection settings

• You are a great teammate with proven capabilities working on SaaS product and a passion for writing exception code.
• You are hungry for an opportunity to join a start-up and become a member of core platform team driving the company forward.
• Has good analytical and problem-solving skills and is able to break down a solution into smaller units of work and produce a solution roadmap.
• Has written high quality, well-tested shared components that can be leveraged by multiple systems. Can step into specific projects to supply additional management, coding and engineering capacity as needed.
• Has expert knowledge in distributes systems and high-volume transactions.
• Understand the product mission, goals, and tasks and execute with the team to achieve them.
• Understand the design and architecture and build modules in accordance with it or recommend and make the necessary changes that adds more stability to our product.
• Improve the quality of our front-end code and our overall front-end user experience.
• Takes requirements (business features, technical debts and internal enhancements) and designs resilient solutions. 

• 1+ years of hands-on experience in Java/Kotlin.
• Demonstrable understanding of Design Patterns.
• Experience in Context & Dependency Injection or Spring framework, Hibernate/JPA.
• Experience in RESTful/SOAP web services in integrating with 3rd Party API Integrations.
• Proficient in SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Experience in multi-threading and concurrency is a plus Experience in JMS messaging using Apache Zookeeper and Kafka is a plus.
• Experience in Angular is a plus. Knowledge of modern CI/CD environments: Git, Gradle, GitLab Familiarity with tools like Postman, SOAPUI, IntelliJ

• Willing to learn our tech-stack (Kotlin | CDI | Angular).
• Develop API integrations using RESTful/SOAP web services.
• Significant technical academic course work or equivalent work experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge on cloud infrastructure is a plus.