As a Back-End Engineer, you will play an integral role in developing innovative and highly scalable backend services to support desktop and mobile applications.
Collaborating with mobile development and product team members to design, develop, and deploy highly scalable experience APIs and services
You will partner with product leaders to shape the future of the platform
You will help define, implement, and reinforce architectural and implementation best practices
Perform other tasks that may be assigned by the CTO or Technical delivery Lead.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a technology-related field.
5+ years of relevant work experience in shipping and designing core backend services in JavaScript using modern frameworks.
Experience with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Experience with databases and database modeling.
Experience with NestJs and GraphQL. [NestJs and GraphQL is a must].
2+ years of experience developing backend services using NestJs.
2+ years of experience using GraphQL.
Ability to compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming.
Strong understanding of SOLID principles.
Strong understanding of Test Driven Development(TDD).
Strong understanding of Microservice architecture.
Strong understanding of Docker.
Familiar with various design and architectural patterns.
Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
Strong understanding of MongoDB, Redis, Elastic Search, Message queue.
Proficient understanding of GIT version control system.
Good communication and team working skills.
Knowledge in blockchain/cryptocurrency is an added advantage.
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