Back End Developer

Job Description:

We are looking for a highly capable Backend developer to optimize our web-based application performance. Your

primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the server-side.

You will be collaborating with our front-end application developers, designing back-end components, and integrating data storage and protection solutions.

Responsibilities:

● Working with the team, collaborating with other engineers, Frontend teams, and product teams to design and build

backend applications and services

● Completely own the application features end to end; through design, development, testing, launch, and post-launch support

● Deploy and maintain applications on cloud-hosted platforms.

● Build performant, scalable, secure, and reliable applications.

● Write high-quality, clean, maintainable code and perform peer code reviews.

● Develop backend server code, APIs, and database functionality

● Propose coding standards, tools, frameworks, automation, and processes for the team.

● Lead technical architecture and design for application development

● Work on POCs, try new ideas, influence product road map

Skills and Qualifications:

● At least 5+ years of experience in Node.js, MySQL & backend development

● Experience in PHP and NoSQL is preferred

● Exceptional communication, organization, and leadership skills

● Excellent debugging and optimization skills

● Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs

● Expert level with Web Server setup/management with at least one of Nginx, Tomcat including troubleshooting and

setup on a cloud environment

● Experience with relational SQL and No SQL databases, familiarity with SQL/No SQL and Graph databases, specifically MySQL, Neo4j, Elastic, Redis, etc. with hands-on experience in using AWS technologies like EC2 lambda functions, SNS, SQS and worked on serverless architecture and having an exceptional track record in cloud ops for a live app

● Branching and Version Control best practices

● Expertise in building scalable micro-services, database design, and service architecture

● Solid foundation in computer science with strong competency in OOPS, data structures, algorithms, and software

design

● Strong Linux skills with troubleshooting, monitoring, and log file setup/analysis experience

● Troubleshooting application and code issues

● Knowledge setting up unit tests

● Understanding of system design

● Updating and altering application features to enhance performance

● Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code, and participating in code reviews

● Coordinate cross-functionally to ensure the project meets business objectives and compliance standards

● Experience with Agile or Scrum software development methodologies

● Knowledge expected in Cloud Computing, threading, performance tuning, and security

Preferred Qualifications:

● High ownership & right attitude towards work

● Interest in learning new tools and technologies

● Proficiency in designing and coding web applications and/or services, ensuring high quality and performance, fixing application bugs, maintaining the code, and deploying apps to various environments

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering preferred