Senior Backend Engineer - Node.js (Remote, Contractual) [HR176]

17 hours, 2 minutes ago
Contract
Senior
Software Development
Smart Working

Smart Working

Smart Working is a company that specializes in software development outsourcing and staff augmentation. They offer nearshore software development services, outsourcing solutions, and staff augmentation with a focus on providing highly skilled Indian de...

Internet Software & Services

Description

  • Develop and maintain scalable applications using NodeJS, TypeScript, MongoDB, Docker, and related technologies.
  • Contribute across the full software development lifecycle from design through deployment and support.
  • Collaborate with developers, designers, QA, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver product features and enhancements.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and estimation sessions.
  • Review technical designs, requirements, and specifications to improve engineering quality.
  • Identify technical risks, dependencies, and architectural considerations early in the development process.
  • Drive engineering best practices across CI/CD, testing, observability, security, and code quality.
  • Contribute to architectural strategy and support scalable, maintainable system design decisions.
  • Build and support real-time, event-driven, and data-intensive platform capabilities.
  • Participate in on-call support and help resolve incidents to maintain operational stability.
  • Promote knowledge sharing, documentation, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.
  • Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and delivery efficiency.

Requirements

  • Strong professional experience with NodeJS and TypeScript in production environments.
  • Strong experience with MongoDB and NoSQL database design, including schema modelling, indexing strategies, aggregation pipelines, and performance optimisation.
  • Hands-on experience with Docker and containerised application development.
  • Experience designing and building scalable backend systems and APIs.
  • Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and distributed systems.
  • Experience working with real-time, data-driven SaaS platforms.
  • Solid understanding of software architecture and ability to contribute to architectural decision-making.
  • Strong understanding of engineering best practices, including CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, automated testing, observability and monitoring, performance optimisation, and security practices.
  • Understanding of OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques.
  • Experience working within Agile software development environments.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
  • Experience working with cloud environments such as AWS or GCP.
  • Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
  • Ability to troubleshoot issues through to resolution in production systems.
  • Experience integrating AI development tools into engineering workflows with measurable impact.
  • Strong ownership mindset with a collaborative and delivery-focused approach.
  • Experience with NestJS.
  • Front-end development experience with React.
  • Exposure to iOS or Swift development.
  • Experience working with message brokers or event-streaming technologies.
  • Experience operating high-scale, real-time distributed systems.
  • Familiarity with GCP-native infrastructure and tooling.
  • Experience mentoring developers and improving engineering maturity within teams.
  • Exposure to observability platforms and advanced monitoring tooling.
  • Experience working in fast-paced SaaS or product engineering environments.

Benefits

  • Fixed shifts: 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST (Summer) and 1:00 PM - 10:30 PM IST (Winter).
  • No weekend work for improved work-life balance.
  • Mentorship, community, and forums for support and idea sharing.
  • Long-term career opportunity where contributions are valued.
  • 5-day AI training through AI Academy onboarding from day one.

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