Senior Node Js Developer

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Node.js Developer with 5+ years of hands-on experience in backend development, with strong expertise in Node.js, Microservices Architecture, and PostgreSQL. The ideal candidate should have experience designing and developing scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems and should be comfortable working in a distributed microservices environment.

The role involves developing and maintaining backend services for enterprise-grade applications, designing service-to-service communication, optimizing database performance, and collaborating closely with frontend, DevOps, QA, and architecture teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications and RESTful APIs using Node.js.
• Design and implement robust microservices architecture with clear service boundaries, independent deployment, and scalability.
• Develop highly reliable and maintainable microservices using appropriate design patterns and best practices.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL databases, including schemas, relationships, indexes, queries, transactions, and database constraints.
• Analyze and optimize complex SQL queries and database performance for high-volume applications.
• Implement service-to-service communication using REST APIs and asynchronous messaging mechanisms such as RabbitMQ.
• Develop secure APIs with proper authentication, authorization, validation, error handling, logging, and API versioning.
• Implement caching strategies using Redis to improve application performance and scalability.
• Handle distributed transactions, asynchronous processing, retries, idempotency, and failure handling in microservices environments.
• Develop unit and integration tests and ensure code quality through appropriate testing practices and code reviews.
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers on containerized deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes-based environments.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term solutions for reliability and performance.
• Participate in technical design discussions, architecture decisions, code reviews, and estimation of development activities.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to establishing coding standards, development practices, and technical documentation.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend development with strong hands-on experience in Node.js.
• Very strong practical experience in designing and developing Microservices Architecture.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and/or TypeScript.
• Excellent hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, including complex queries, indexing, transactions, database design, and performance optimization.
• Strong experience developing RESTful APIs and integrating distributed backend services.
• Good understanding of microservices design patterns, service discovery, fault tolerance, retries, circuit breakers, idempotency, and distributed system concepts.
• Hands-on experience with RabbitMQ or other message brokers for asynchronous communication.
• Good experience with Redis for caching and performance optimization.
• Strong understanding of authentication and authorization mechanisms such as JWT and role-based access control.
• Experience with Git and standard software development workflows.
• Strong understanding of API security, data validation, exception handling, logging, and performance optimization.
• Good understanding of Docker and containerized application environments.
• Experience working with Agile development methodologies.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with NestJS or similar Node.js frameworks.
• Experience developing applications deployed on AWS.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.
• Experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with AWS services such as RDS, S3, ElastiCache, SQS, or similar services.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Experience working on high-traffic, enterprise-grade, or transaction-intensive applications.
• Experience in healthcare, pharmacy, eCommerce, fintech, or other domain requiring secure and highly reliable backend systems.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

What We Look For

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex backend and database issues.
• Good understanding of software architecture and the ability to make sound technical decisions.
• Strong focus on code quality, scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Good communication skills and willingness to mentor and support other developers.