Backend Developer - Node.js

Job Type

Full-time | On-site / Hybrid

Experience

3+ Years

Job Overview

We are looking for an experienced Backend Developer – Node.js with 3+ years of professional

experience in building scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications and REST

APIs. The candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Node.js,

TypeScript/JavaScript, databases, API development, and server-side application

development, along with practical experience in AWS or Linux production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable backend applications using Node.js.

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs.

• Implement business logic, validations, authentication, and authorization.

• Design and optimize relational and/or NoSQL databases.

• Develop reusable and maintainable backend services.

• Integrate third-party APIs and external services.

• Implement payment gateways, webhooks, email, SMS, and notification services.

• Develop background jobs, scheduled tasks, and queue-based processing.

• Implement proper error handling, logging, and monitoring.

• Optimize API performance, database queries, and server-side processes.

• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.

• Write unit and integration tests.

• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions.

• Collaborate with frontend developers, QA engineers, DevOps, and product teams.

• Deploy and maintain applications in AWS/Linux server environments.

Required Skills

Node.js

• Strong hands-on experience with Node.js

• JavaScript / TypeScript

• Express.js / NestJS

• REST API development

• Asynchronous programming

• Promises / Async-Await

• Middleware

• Error handling

• Authentication & Authorization

• JWT

• API security

• Webhooks

Database

Experience with one or more:

• PostgreSQL

• MySQL

• MongoDB

Strong understanding of:

• Database design

• Relationships

• Complex queries

• Indexing

• Transactions

• Query optimization

• ORM/ODM such as Prisma, TypeORM, Sequelize, or Mongoose

API & Integration

• RESTful API development

• JSON

• Third-party API integration

• Payment gateway integration

• Webhooks

• Postman

• Swagger / OpenAPI

• API versioning

AWS / Server-Side

• 3+ years of backend/server-side development experience

• Hands-on experience with AWS or Linux production servers

• AWS EC2

• AWS S3

• AWS RDS

• AWS Lambda — preferred

• AWS CloudWatch

• Linux / Ubuntu

• Nginx

• Process managers such as PM2

• SSL configuration

• Environment configuration

• Server deployment and troubleshooting

Development Tools

• Git / GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket

• npm / yarn / pnpm

• Docker

• Postman

• VS Code

• CI/CD pipelines

Project Experience

Candidates should have experience working on at least one production-level Node.js project

involving:

• User Management

• Authentication & Authorization

• Role & Permission Management

• Admin Dashboard APIs

• REST APIs

• Database-driven business logic

• Third-party integrations

• Payment Gateway Integration

• Notifications

• Background Jobs

• Queue Processing

• File Upload / Storage

• Reports & Analytics

• Production Deployment

• Server Monitoring

• Performance Optimization

E-Commerce Experience – Preferred Experience with an e-commerce platform is an added advantage, particularly:

Product → Category → Inventory → Cart → Checkout → Payment → Order → Shipping →

Return/Refund

and:

Admin → Product Management → Inventory → Customer Management → Order

Management → Promotions → Reports

Good to Have

• TypeScript

• NestJS

• Redis

• BullMQ

• RabbitMQ / Kafka

• WebSockets / Socket.IO

• Docker & Docker Compose

• Microservices

• Elasticsearch

• GraphQL

• Jest

• CI/CD

• AWS Lambda

• Kubernetes

• Event-driven architecture

Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• 3+ years of professional Node.js backend development experience.

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

• Good understanding of software architecture and development practices.

• Experience working with production applications and server environments.

Ideal Candidate

3+ Years | Node.js | TypeScript/JavaScript | Express.js/NestJS | REST APIs |

PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB | JWT | Third-Party APIs | AWS/Linux Server | Git | Docker |

Production Deployment Candidates with strong Node.js backend experience, production deployment knowledge,

and hands-on AWS/server-side experience will be preferred.

Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹45,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

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