Moon Technolabs - Team Lead - Node.js Development

Description :

Primary Responsibilities :

- Architect, design, and develop highly scalable, secure, and maintainable backend systems using Node.js.

- Own backend architecture decisions and ensure alignment with business and technical goals.

- Lead the end-to-end backend development lifecycle, including requirement analysis, technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and post-release support.

- Design and develop RESTful and GraphQL APIs, enforcing best practices around security, performance, versioning, and documentation.

- Drive system scalability and reliability, handling high-traffic and high-availability production environments.

- Mentor, guide, and technically lead junior and mid-level developers; conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards.

- Act as a technical point of contact for backend discussions with product managers, frontend teams, DevOps, QA, and external stakeholders.

- Review requirements proactively and identify risks, edge cases, and performance bottlenecks early.

- Collaborate with DevOps to design and improve CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, monitoring, and alerting.

- Ensure adherence to security, data protection, and compliance best practices across backend systems.

- Participate in technical planning, estimations, and sprint grooming activities.

- Stay current with emerging backend technologies and recommend architectural, tooling, and process improvements.

Technical Requirements :

- Strong hands-on expertise in Node.js, Express.js, and backend framework design.

- Advanced proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript.

- Strong experience designing and optimizing relational and NoSQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).

- Proven experience with GraphQL, API gateway patterns, and service orchestration.

- Solid understanding of Microservices Architecture, event-driven systems, and messaging platforms (RabbitMQ, Kafka).

- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployments.

- Deep knowledge of authentication, authorization, and security standards (OAuth2, JWT, RBAC).

- Strong command over Node.js performance tuning, asynchronous programming, error handling, and memory optimization.

- Experience implementing logging, monitoring, and observability tools.

- Proficient with Git, code branching strategies, and Agile/Scrum delivery models.

- Experience working on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including serverless and managed services.

- Ability to review and influence system design, not just implement features.

Experience :

- Minimum Years of Experience: 6+ years

- Relevant Industry Experience: 6+ years

- Require Client Communication: Yes