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.

Positive 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

Hr

Ganthimathi G

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

Benefits

- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

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