Job Title: Backend Developer (Node.js)
Location: Ahmedabad, India
Company: ZURU Tech
Website: www.zurutech.com
About Us: Zuru Tech is digitalizing the construction process of buildings all around the world. We have a multi-national team developing the world's first digital building fabrication platform, you design, we build it!
Job Summary: We are seeking a proactive and technically skilled Backend Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Node.js. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, microservices, and modern engineering practices for building secure, high-performing systems.
Experience: 4–5+ Years Experience
Key Responsibilities:
📌 Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs using Node.js.
📌 Participate in solution design, technical estimation, and architecture discussions for new features and enhancements.
📌 Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code while following coding standards and best practices.
📌 Perform code reviews, identify technical risks, and contribute to improving overall code quality.
📌 Design and optimize database schemas, queries, and indexes for PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
📌 Integrate third-party services, APIs, and internal microservices.
📌 Ensure application security, performance, reliability, and scalability by following modern engineering practices.
📌 Troubleshoot production issues, participate in incident response, and implement long-term fixes.
📌 Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including frontend developers, QA engineers, and product managers, to deliver high-quality features.
Qualifications:
✔ 4–5+ years of professional experience in backend development using Node.js.
✔ Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and experience with frameworks such as Express.js or similar.
✔ Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, event-driven architecture, and Node.js internals.
✔ Hands-on experience designing and developing RESTful APIs (GraphQL is a plus).
✔ Must have experience with PostgreSQL and MongoDB, including schema design, query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning.
✔ Good understanding of authentication and authorization mechanisms such as JWT, OAuth2, and role-based access control.
✔ Experience writing unit and integration tests using frameworks such as Jest, Mocha, or similar.
✔ Strong understanding of Git and modern development workflows.
Preferred Qualifications:
✔ Experience with microservices, message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.), and distributed systems.
✔ Working knowledge of Docker, containerized deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.
✔ Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
✔ Knowledge of Golang.
✔ Strong understanding of application security, scalability, performance optimization, and backend design patterns.
What do we offer?
💰 Competitive compensation
🚑 Medical Insurance for self & family
🚩 Training & skill development programs
🤘🏼 Work with the Global team, make the most of the diverse knowledge
A lot more! Come and discover us!
