Practo - Senior Software Engineer - Node.js

Overview

Backend Developer (Node.js) - Practo

Location : Bangalore

Department : Engineering - Backend & BFF

Experience : 4+ Years

Employment Type : Full-time

About Practo

Practo is the world's leading healthcare platform that connects millions of patients with hundreds of thousands of healthcare providers around the world and helps people make better healthcare decisions.

Practo provides a singular platform that helps consumers with all their healthcare requirements from finding the healthcare provider to booking an appointment, to online doctor consultation, to getting their tests done and to even ordering medicines.

Practo also makes software products that help healthcare providers ranging from clinics to hospitals digitize and deliver more efficient and higher quality healthcare to millions of patients around the world every day. Practo continues to be dedicated to centering healthcare around the consumer and helping billions of people live healthier longer lives.

Role Overview

Practo is seeking an experienced Backend Developer to lead and strengthen our backend and BFF (Backend-for-Frontend) team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for building scalable, secure, and user-centric backend systems that power high-traffic consumer applications. This role requires strong technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams in a fast-paced consumer tech environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services using Node.js.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs and backend systems supporting consumer-facing applications.
• Collaborate closely with frontend, mobile, product, and infrastructure teams for end-to-end feature delivery.
• Drive technical excellence using backend architectural best practices, clean code principles, and strong API design.
• Design and optimize data models, database queries, and caching strategies for performance and reliability.
• Ensure backend services meet high standards of security, scalability, and reliability.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and incident analysis to enhance overall system robustness.
  
  

• 4+ years of professional backend development experience using Node.js.
• Mandatory experience in a consumer tech company handling large data volumes and high traffic at scale.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js runtime, and backend frameworks such as Express or NestJS.
• Solid understanding of RESTful API and GraphQL API design, authentication/authorization, and service-to-service communication.
• Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, data modeling, indexing, and query optimization.
• Familiarity with caching tools like Redis, message queues, or event-driven architectures is a strong plus.
• Understanding of performance tuning, observability, production debugging, and distributed systems.
• Demonstrated X-factor in system architecture, scaling systems, or ownership of critical backend components.
• Open-source contributions are highly valued and will be given strong preference.
  
  

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