Backend Developer - Web Applications

Job Purpose:As a Backend Developer, your primary purpose is to contribute to the development and maintenance of robust and scalable web applications. Additionally, your role involves problem-solving, technical design proposal, and troubleshooting to address business requirements effectively.Key Responsibilities:- Strong problem-solving aptitude with the ability to understand business requirements and propose feasible technical designs.- Excellent understanding of web application development frameworks and server-side considerations to deliver performance at a scale.- Minimum 2-5 years of experience developing secure and scalable REST APIs using node.js/express and related frameworks.- Expert understanding of Protocol, REST APIs design, and related best practices.- Ability to deep dive into relational and No-SQL databases including caching options, with the ability to troubleshoot and fix performance issues.Skills Required:- Ability to write cron jobs and ensure reliable execution.- Sound understanding of asynchronous operations, callbacks, server-to-server communication.- Knowledge of handling authentication and authorization, caching, and distributed operations.Good to Have:- Experience developing automated testing of all server-side components/APIs.- Experience with using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, API gateway, SQL, Cloudfront, etc. (ref:hirist.tech)