Description : Engineer (Node.js Lead) | 58 Years Experience
Location : Gurugram / Udaipur
Experience : 5 to 7 years
Role Type : Full-time
About the Role :
We are looking for a highly skilled Backend Engineer (Node.js) with proven experience in backend development and team leadership. Youll be responsible for driving multiple projects, ensuring high-quality delivery, mentoring junior developers, and contributing to technical excellence across the team.
Key Responsibilities :
- Lead and deliver multiple backend development projects with strong ownership and accountability.
- Gather technical requirements, define specifications, and collaborate with customers and stakeholders.
- Mentor junior engineers and actively support their professional growth and onboarding.
- Guide the team through architectural design and code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices.
- Design and develop scalable, high-performance backend solutions using Node.js and Express.js.
- Develop and maintain integrations between services, ensuring performance optimization.
- Write clean, maintainable code and unit tests aligned with quality standards.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues and provide third-level technical support.
- Collaborate with developers, analysts, and architects to design and maintain robust web applications.
- Contribute to improving processes, architectures, and engineering practices.
- Stay updated with industry trends and introduce modern tools and practices.
Required Skills :
5 to 7 years of professional backend development experience.Strong expertise in Node.js and frameworks like Express.js.Solid understanding of object-oriented and service-oriented architectures.Experience with multi-threaded systems, concurrency, and performance tuning.Hands-on experience with Git, CI / CD pipelines, and agile methodologies (Scrum / Kanban).Excellent debugging, performance profiling, and problem-solving skills.Strong communication and documentation abilities, with a focus on team alignment.Good to Have :
Experience leading small to mid-sized engineering teams.Exposure to microservices architecture and containerized deployments Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).(ref : hirist.tech)