Senior Backend Developer

Role & responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of backend services, from requirements gathering and system design to deployment and production support.
• Design and develop scalable, secure, and maintainable backend applications using Node.js and NestJS.
• Architect and implement microservices-based systems and distributed applications.
• Design efficient database schemas and optimize application performance for scale.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and asynchronous workflows.
• Translate business requirements into robust and scalable technical solutions.
• Ensure application reliability, performance, and security through industry best practices.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
• Drive engineering best practices, code quality standards, and architectural discussions.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor fellow engineers to maintain high development standards.

Collaborate closely with product, frontend, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

Preferred candidate profile

• Strong expertise in Node.js and NestJS.
• Extensive experience with TypeORM.
• Strong knowledge of MySQL, including:
• Database design
• Query optimization
• Indexing strategies
• Performance tuning
• Experience working with NoSQL(MongoDB, etc).
• Strong understanding of System Design principles and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience designing and building Microservices Architectures.
• Experience building and operating scalable, high-performance applications.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, including:
• EC2
• S3
• SES
• SQS
• RDS
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as:
• ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
• Grafana
• Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized deployments.
• Strong understanding and practical implementation of:
• SOLID Principles
• Design Patterns
• Clean Architecture
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles.
• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows.
• Ability to understand business requirements and design efficient technical solutions.
• Ability to independently drive projects and take ownership of backend systems.
• Experience operating and maintaining production systems, including:
• Performance optimization
• Observability and monitoring
• Troubleshooting and debugging
• Reliability engineering
• Incident resolution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Redis and caching strategies.
• Experience with event-driven architectures.
• Experience with messaging systems such as:
• Kafka
• RabbitMQ
• Advanced SQS-based workflows
• Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Exposure to Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Experience working in startup or fast-paced product environments.
• Good to have experience in
• AI assisted coding,
• Python,
• Agentic AI