Senior Nodejs Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Develop scalable products.

• Take responsibility for design and architectural choices.

• Guide and mentor fellow teammates.

• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams.

• Create secure, high-performance, and dependable backend systems using Node.js, TypeScript, and contemporary backend frameworks.

• Construct products from inception to launch and scale them from initial adoption to widespread use.

• Lead the architecture and deliver innovative greenfield products.

• Design high-concurrency, low-latency, and high-throughput backend services.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience with Node.js and TypeScript in developing, scaling, and managing production-level backend systems.

• Proficient in at least one Node.js backend framework such as NestJS, Express.js, or Fastify.

• Strong grasp of JavaScript/TypeScript fundamentals, asynchronous programming, promises, event loops, concurrency, and non-blocking I/O.

• In-depth understanding of design patterns, architectural principles, and system design.

• Practical experience with relational databases, data modeling, SQL query optimization, and REST API creation.

• Knowledgeable in microservices, event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.

• Strong comprehension of distributed consistency, scalability, concurrency, fault tolerance, and failure management.

• Familiarity with messaging and background-processing systems such as Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ, BullMQ, or similar technologies.

• Understanding of application security, authentication, authorization, and secure data handling practices.

• Working knowledge of DevOps fundamentals, including CI/CD, Docker, containers, and Kubernetes.

• Experience with cloud platforms, ideally Google Cloud Platform (GCP); AWS experience is also acceptable.

• Capability to work independently, communicate technical decisions effectively, and mentor colleagues in a remote setting.

• Experience in startups building products from inception to launch and scaling them effectively.

• Proven track record of owning architecture and delivering innovative greenfield products using Node.js and TypeScript.

• Experienced in creating high-concurrency, low-latency, and high-throughput backend services.

• Strong knowledge of Node.js performance optimization, event-loop behavior, memory management, profiling, and async I/O.

• Experience with distributed caching solutions like Redis.

• Proficient in PostgreSQL, database indexing, and query performance optimization.

• Experience in anti-fraud, commercial banking, fintech, or growth engineering is a plus.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, taking ownership, and balancing delivery speed with engineering quality.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

• Opportunity to collaborate with a team of seasoned product and technology leaders.

• Flexible work environment with options for remote work.

• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities.

• Chance to make a meaningful impact on diverse and innovative projects.