Backend Node.js Developer
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About the Role
Seeking a backend developer with expertise in Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, RESTful APIs, and cloud platforms, with a focus on clean code and teamwork.
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Responsibilities
- Write clean, maintainable, and readable code
- Participate in code reviews
- Understand product requirements and propose improvements
- Take ownership and responsibility for delivered features
- Collaborate with team and be open to feedback
Requirements
- 2+ years of commercial experience in backend development (or equivalent real world project experience)
- Good knowledge of JavaScript with an understanding of core functional programming concepts
- Practical experience using TypeScript
- Experience with Node.js backend frameworks such as Fastify or ExpressJS (strong Node.js fundamentals required)
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs
- Understanding of asynchronous programming, event driven patterns, and common pitfalls
- Knowledge of clean code principles and SOLID
- Experience writing automated tests (Vitest or similar)
- Proficiency with Git
- Practical experience using Docker
- Experience working with databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB or Firebase
- Experience participating in code reviews (as author or reviewer)
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Requirements
- 2+ years of commercial experience in backend development (or equivalent real world project experience)
- Good knowledge of JavaScript with an understanding of core functional programming concepts
- Practical experience using TypeScript
- Experience with Node.js backend frameworks such as Fastify or ExpressJS (strong Node.js fundamentals required)
- Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs
- Understanding of asynchronous programming, event driven patterns, and common pitfalls
- Knowledge of clean code principles and SOLID
- Experience writing automated tests (Vitest or similar)
- Proficiency with Git
- Practical experience using Docker
- Experience working with databases: PostgreSQL (experience with ORMs like Prisma is a plus, not mandatory), MongoDB or Firebase
- Experience participating in code reviews (as author or reviewer)
Responsibilities
- Ability to write clean, maintainable, and readable code
- Willingness to learn and grow as a backend engineer
- Sense of ownership and responsibility for delivered features
- Interest in understanding product requirements and proposing improvements
- Team oriented mindset and openness to feedback
Additional Preferences
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP
- Familiarity with Serverless architectures
- Basic knowledge of Terraform
- Experience with Redis or similar caching solutions
- Basic understanding of microservices concepts
- Familiarity with message queues or brokers: RabbitMQ/SQS/BullMQ, or equivalents
- Understanding of communication protocols: HTTP, WebSocket, MQTT(a plus)
- Introductory understanding of distributed and high scale system design
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