
Sr. Backend Developer
at They are building a very exciting global product. (RS1)
- 4+ years of experience with Node.js
- Expertise in Typescript, AWS, Firebase, MongoDB, and Express
You will be bringing:
- Hands-on experience in writing applications using Node.js (including Socket.io and Express or similar)
- Excellent knowledge of a few of the available databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, etc.
- Proficiency in application deployment on Linux or Ubuntu environments
- Proficiency in JavaScript languages like React and/or Angular, along with a comprehensive experience in open-source frameworks
- Experience in server-client architecture project(s)
- Ability to prioritize in a chaotic and ambiguous environment
- An open, growth mindset when giving and receiving feedback

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We are hiring a skilled Backend Developer to design and manage server-side applications, APIs, and database systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage APIs with Node.js and Express.js.
- Work with MongoDB and Mongoose for database management.
- Implement secure authentication using JWT.
- Optimize backend systems for performance and scalability.
- Deploy backend services on VPS and manage servers.
- Collaborate with frontend teams and use Git/GitHub for version control.
Required Skills:
- Node.js, Express.js
- MongoDB, Mongoose
- REST API, JWT
- Git, GitHub, VPS hosting
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Strong portfolio or GitHub profile preferred.


Job Responsibilities :
- Must have knowledge of at least two PHP frameworks out of Laravel, Cakephp, CodeIgniter and YII.
- Must have basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery.
- Knowledge of CMS architectures like Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal etc. will be an added advantage.
- Knowledge of eCommerce frameworks like WooCommerce, Magento, OpenCart etc will be an added advantage.
- Good knowledge of Object-Oriented Concepts & a strong passion for Software Development.
- Strong Interaction and Design Sense
- Familiarity with LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL and phpMyAdmin)
- Comfortable with SQL and/or Script Programming.
- Experience in Designing & Developing Database in MySQL is a MUST.
Required Skills:
- Knowledge and/or willingness to learn, highly motivated.
- Fully comfortable working in English, both in written and spoken language.


Job Description:
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Should have hands-on experience in Web Development
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Good understanding of PHP and Object-oriented programming paradigm.
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Able to understand project requirement and handle project independently.
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Strong learning capability.
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Having a good knowledge of Jquery.
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Framework experience would be beneficial.
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Should be comfortable to work with the team.
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Should be comfortable with work on any MVC based framework.

About us:
http://www.productsup.com">Productsup provides an award-winning platform for feed management, product content syndication, marketplace integration, and seller onboarding. The platform empowers businesses to take complete control of their product data and break through the digital walls that hinder growth. With Productsup, businesses can syndicate content to digital marketing, shopping, or business channels, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Walmart, and more.
We are headquartered in Berlin, Germany, have entities in 5 different countries, and are in the process of setting up our Indian entity. Productsup is trusted by more than 800 businesses worldwide, including 5 Fortune 20 companies and market leaders like IKEA, Walmart, Superdry, and Rakuten.
We are proud that we have recently raised an additional 20 Million dollars in funding and that our employees enjoy working at Productsup, which is also shown by our Glassdoor and Kununu ratings.
About the role:
We’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Lead/Managing Architect for our API/Backend Development team. In this role, you’ll lead the effort to develop channels and APIs for our marketplace channels and scalable data pipelines, which process over 5 billion products a day.
In your first 6 months and beyond, you will:
- Learn the ins and outs of our platform, our codebase and our engineering processes
- Help build features for software that works with large data sets
- Play a key cross-functional role within our team of highly talented Javascript and PHP developers
- Develop solutions for high availability software
- Receive customer requests from the Product Team and develop solutions in the form of new features or products
- Debug and maintain APIs
- Work closely within the Platform team and with the API team to develop internal APIs and client-facing interfaces.
What you bring to the team:
- 2+ years of demonstrated Tech leadership experience.
- 7+ years of experience in PHP (good knowledge of Slim, Silex, or Symfony frameworks) and MySQL
- Some knowledge of integration architecture patterns such as scalable microservices, API gateways, API scalability
- Deep knowledge in APIs, web services, command-line programs, TDD, and SOLID design principles
- Good understanding of B2B SaaS products and experience dealing with big data
- Knowledge of developing and securing APIs
- Extended database experience in Elasticsearch, MongoDB or Couchbase
- Outstanding communication skills in English
- Educational background in IT or Computer Science is a plus
Benefits & Perks:
- Attractive Salary and benefits
- MacBook (latest version) for our new joiners
- A unique and thorough onboarding program where you’ll learn the ins and outs of our company and product
- Employee referral bonuses
- High level of personal responsibility and impact
Explore more here
https://www.linkedin.com/company/productsup/">LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olqMdYTBjHc">Life at Productsup
Do you have what it takes? We'd love to hear from you!
We know CVs don't always tell the whole story, so in addition to submitting your CV feel free to let us know why you're interested in this role in a short cover letter (:100 words).
● Proven work experience as a Back-end developer.
● In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment).
● Proficient in Java, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
● Basic understanding of JVM, its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
● Ability to decide when to use relational vs NoSQL databases and must be experienced with at least one of
the relational databases (MySQL) as well as experience with ElasticSearch will be good to have
● Familiarity with concepts of MVC, JDBC, and RESTful
● Experience with Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC
● Experience in CI/CD and Cloud technologies
● Expertise in developing enterprise-level web applications and RESTful APIs using MicroServices, with
demonstrable production-scale experience
● Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS) - Not mandatory
● Participation in coding competitions such as hackathon, hackerrank will be added advantage.


Job Description
Duties & Responsibilities
Qualifications & Experience
BE / B-Tech degree and 2+ years of work experience, or ME / MS degree and 2+ years of work experience, in Computer Science.
Server Development. Frontend Development can be an advantage.Preferred Skills & Knowledge
- Strong programming skills in Python/Django
- Experience with Angular, JavaScript frameworks/libraries
- Hands on experience with MySQL, PostGreSQL or other RDBMS
- Experience with Web application security and Secure coding practices
- Strong Analytical thinking and problem solving ability
- Familiarity with software collaboration tools – GIT
- Ability to work with a distributed and diverse team of researchers and developers.
- Excellent English language communication skills, both written and verbal.
- High level of innovation and motivation
Why you should join us
- You will join the mission to create positive impact on millions of peoples lives
- You get to work on the latest technologies in a culture which encourages experimentation - You get to work with super humans (Psst: Look up these super human1, super human2, super human3, super human4)
- You get to work in an accelerated learning environment
What you will do
- You will provide deep technical expertise to your team in building future ready systems.
- You will collaborate in a highly cross functional team, providing engineering perspective to non technical members of the team
- You will help develop a robust roadmap for ensuring engineering operational excellence
- You will establish clean and optimised coding standards that are well documented
- You will author efficient, reliable and performant systems
- You will design systems, frameworks and libraries that work at scale, are easy to maintain and provide a great developer experience
- You will be agile and curious about customer problems and business objectives
- You will actively mentor and participate in knowledge sharing forums
- You will work in an exciting startup environment where you can be ambitious and try new things :)
You should apply if
- You have a strong foundation in Computer Science concepts and programming fundamentals
- You have been working on backend web technologies since 8+ years
- You have built and maintained reliable systems that operate at high scale
- You’re experienced in building and running cloud-native platforms & distributed systems
- Extensive experience in any web stack (we use Typescript / AWS / DynamoDB / PostgreSQL)
- You understand the hustle of a startup and are good with handling ambiguity
- You are data driven, have customer empathy and enjoy building delightful applications
- You are curious, a quick learner and someone who loves to experiment
- You insist on highest standards of quality, maintainability and performance
- You work well in a team to enhance your impact



You have 7 years or more of backend development experience with expertise in designing and
implementing high-performance applications.
Worked with and built high performance products using Node Js/GoLang/ Python and have seen
the product evolution cycle from PoC to Production
You have a deep understanding of design principles and can rightly judge/implement solutions to
complex problems
You are capable of writing high-quality code that conforms to the standards and best practices in a
particular language/framework.
You have experience building a product using a mainstream library or framework.
You love to own end to end responsibility, starting from defining the problem statement (either
yourself or alongside your peers), development (PoC if needed), testing, releasing in staging & then
production environment, and finally monitoring.




