Description:

Role Overview

We are looking for a proficient Node.js Developer to join our development team, you will leverage your backend expertise to turn creative ideas into reliable digital experiences.

You will collaborate with designers and front-end teams to build feature-rich applications, optimize performance, and explore new technologies to keep our products future-ready.

This role offers the chance to work on diverse projects ranging from enterprise apps to consumer-facing platforms.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, build, and maintain server-side applications and APIs using Node.js.

- Integrate with databases (SQL / NoSQL) and external services (authentication, third-party APIs).

- Implement business logic, data storage, and server-side processing.

- Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability of backend systems.

- Ensure code quality via testing (unit, integration), code reviews, and adherence to coding standards.

- Handle error monitoring, logging, and debugging in production environments.

- Collaborate with front-end developers, designers, and other team members to deliver seamless integration and user experience.

- Security best practices (input validation, authentication/authorization, encryption).

- Participate in planning, estimation, delivery in Agile/Scrum environments.

Must-have :

Technical Skills :

- Proficient in Node.js, with good coding practices (modular design, async patterns, error handling)

- Express.js or similar web framework

- Experience with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis) databases

- Good understanding of RESTful APIs, authentication (JWT, OAuth etc.)

- Writing unit tests, integration tests; familiarity with testing tools such as Jest / Mocha / Chai

- Version control using Git; code review practices

- Strong communication, problem solving & debugging skills

- Understanding of security best practices for backend systems

Nice-to-have :

- Experience with GraphQL / WebSocket / real-time APIs

- Experience with serverless architectures (AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions)

- Knowledge of Docker and containerization for deployment

- CI/CD tools and pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)

- Experience with microservices architecture

- Performance tuning & monitoring tools (New Relic, Datadog etc.)

- Cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS etc.)

- Experience working with Agile/Scrum, user stories, Jira / Trello etc.