Position: Associate Tech Specialist - Backend (Nest.js)

Experience: 6 to 8 years

Location- Pune (Hybrid)

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We're looking for a Associate Technical specialist to help build and scale a production REST API. Our stack currently leans toward Ruby/Rails, but we're framework-agnostic when it comes to experience robust backgrounds in Django, Laravel, NestJS, or Spring are all welcome. What matters most is deep, senior-level expertise building and operating ORM-backed REST APIs in production.

Required Skills & Experience
Senior-level backend experience building and maintaining an ORM-backed REST API using Rails, Django, Laravel, NestJS, or Spring
PostgreSQL — schema design, query performance, and data integrity in production systems
Background job processing — hands-on experience with Sidekiq, SQS, Celery, Bull, or equivalent, including designing for idempotency and secure retries
Automated API testing — proficiency with RSpec, pytest, JUnit, or equivalent testing frameworks
Authentication & authorization — practical experience with token-based and OAuth flows




Search infrastructure — experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch, including query DSL, nested queries, and reindexing strategies
External system integrations — experience integrating with an external system of record; Salesforce experience strongly preferred
Willingness to work in Ruby/Rails — no prior Rails experience required, but candidates must be open to learning and working in it day-to-day

Nice to Have:
Rails / Ruby experience
Salesforce sync experience (SOQL, object mapping, polling, push-on-change patterns)
PeopleSoft, SOAP, or other ERP integration experience
AWS services (S3, SQS, RDS)
Docker Compose
Feature flag systems and progressive rollout practices

Person should be versatile to work between 7 PM to 10.30 PM IST as customer calls happen during this time period. Once in every 3 months person will need to stay back and attend Planning increment meeting which go beyond 12 midnight for 5 days.

📌 Senior Software Engineer Ror & Nestjs Pune (India)
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