About the role
We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer with strong expertise in Node.js and MongoDB to join our engineering team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the frontend.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Node.js .
- Develop and optimize database schemas, queries, and performance using MongoDB.
- Implement secure, reliable, and efficient data storage and retrieval solutions.
- Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and QA to deliver end-to-end features.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following best practices.
- Monitor, debug, and troubleshoot production issues.
- Contribute to architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
Requirements:
- 4-5 years of hands-on backend development experience.
- Strong proficiency in Node.js and MongoDB.
- Experience in designing and consuming RESTful APIs (GraphQL knowledge is a plus).
- Solid understanding of database design, indexing, and performance optimization.
- Familiarity with authentication, authorization, and security best practices.
- Knowledge of testing frameworks like Jest, Mocha, or Chai.
- Experience with version control systems (Git/GitHub).
- Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience with microservices architecture.
- Exposure to message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc. ).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.