Back End Developer

Backend Developer (Node.js)

Experience: 2+ Years

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka (On-site)

Employment Type: Full-time

Company: AppBroda Tech

Role Overview

We are looking for a skilled and ambitious Backend Developer with 2+ years of professional experience to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will be hands-on in designing and building scalable backend services, APIs, and data-driven applications.

You will work closely with frontend developers, product managers, and other engineers to build reliable, high-performance systems that power our core products. We also actively leverage AI-assisted development workflows to improve engineering productivity, code quality, debugging, testing, and delivery speed.

Key Responsibilities

• Backend Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express.js.
• API Development & Integration: Build secure, reliable APIs and integrate third-party APIs and external services into existing systems.
• Database Development: Design efficient database schemas, data models, queries, and indexes using PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• Performance & Scalability: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimize backend services and database queries, and contribute to building highly available and scalable systems.
• Production Support: Debug and troubleshoot production issues, analyze root causes, and implement reliable long-term solutions.
• AI-Assisted Development: Effectively use modern AI coding tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and similar tools for code generation, refactoring, debugging, testing, documentation, and improving development workflows.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, secure, and well-tested code following established engineering best practices.
• Code Reviews: Participate in peer code reviews and contribute to maintaining high engineering standards across the codebase.
• Collaboration: Work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to design and deliver features end-to-end.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay up to date with modern backend technologies, development practices, cloud services, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
  
  

Required

Technical Skills

• Languages & Frameworks: Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and Express.js.
• Database: Good working knowledge of PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
• API Development: Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, API design, authentication, authorization, JWT, and OAuth.
• Version Control: Git and GitHub.
• Cloud: Familiarity with AWS services and cloud-based application deployment.
• Development Practices: Understanding of asynchronous programming, error handling, logging, testing, debugging, and backend application architecture.
• AI-Assisted Development: Experience using AI coding assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar tools as part of the software development lifecycle.
  
  

Good to Have

• Experience with TypeScript.
• Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch, or similar.
• Experience working with microservices or distributed systems.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and API testing tools.
• Experience optimizing applications for high traffic and large datasets.
  
  

Qualifications & Requirements

• 2+ years of professional experience in backend development.
• Strong understanding of Node.js, asynchronous programming, and backend architecture.
• Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases, including data modeling, indexing, and query optimization.
• Good understanding of API security, authentication, authorization, and common backend security practices.
• Hands-on familiarity with AWS or another major cloud platform.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate and resolve production issues.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and production-ready code.
• Comfortable working independently while collaborating effectively with a cross-functional engineering team.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and adopt modern engineering practices, including AI-driven development workflows.
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to take features from development through testing, deployment, and production support.
  
  

What We Value

• Strong engineering fundamentals over familiarity with a specific tool or framework.
• Ability to understand problems deeply and build simple, reliable solutions.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn.
• Ownership of features and systems from development to production.
• Effective use of AI tools while maintaining strong engineering judgment and code quality.
• A mindset focused on continuous improvement, automation, and delivering high-quality products.