As a Senior Backend Engineer at Azodha, you'll play a key role in architecting, solutioning, and driving development of our AI-led interoperable digital enablement platform. You will work closely with the founder/CEO to refine the product vision, drive product innovation and delivery, and grow with a strong technical team.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, and scale backend services using Node.js and TypeScript, including REST and GraphQL APIs

- Work with Prisma or TypeORM, and relational databases like PostgreSQL

- Design and implement data pipelines using tools like Airbyte, dbt, and Apache Airflow/AWS Glue

- Manage and optimize AWS infrastructure including ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda functions

- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment

- Design and optimize data warehousing solutions

- Stay updated with the latest trends in backend development, incorporating new technologies where appropriate

- Drive innovation and efficiency within the team

- Conduct code reviews to maintain code quality and adherence to best practices

- Optimize API performance for optimal user experiences

- Participate in the entire development lifecycle, from initial planning, delivery and maintenance

- Participate in on-call rotations to ensure platform stability and reliability

- Collaborate with QA teams to ensure high quality releases

- Mentor and provide guidance to junior developers, offering technical expertise and constructive feedback

Requirements :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

- 4+ years of hands-on experience in backend development using Node.js and TypeScript

- Strong experience with AWS services (ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) and infrastructure management

- Proven experience with data pipeline tools (Airbyte, dbt, Apache Airflow, or AWS Glue)

- Strong proficiency in SQL and data warehousing solutions

- Experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD implementation

- Experience working with PostgreSQL and other relational databases

- Proficiency in TypeScript and its application in Node.js

- Experience with ORMs like Prisma and Sequelize

- Experience with event-driven architectures and message queuing systems

- Strong track record of end-to-end ownership of product features from conception to delivery

- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, fast-paced environment

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Must be able to work with a 4-hour overlap with Eastern Time Zone

- Self-motivated and proactive attitude

Preferred :

- Experience with disaster recovery and backup strategies in AWS

- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation

- Strong DevOps experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker)

- Experience with other cloud platforms (GCP/Azure)

- Contributions to open-source projects related to backend development

- Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environment