Backend Engineer

Role impact

• You will build the backend foundations that power client applications, dashboards, hiring systems, CRMs, eCommerce workflows, and operational automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure backend APIs, route handlers, data models, and business workflows.
• Implement validation, authentication, authorization, file uploads, email notifications, webhooks, and third-party integrations.
• Model MongoDB collections, indexes, aggregation queries, tracking schemas, and admin-ready reporting data.
• Improve API reliability with structured error handling, logging, rate-limit considerations, and predictable response formats.
• Work with frontend engineers to define API contracts, edge cases, and production debugging processes.

Required skills

• 2+ years of backend development experience with Node.js, Express, Next.js route handlers, or similar stacks.
• Strong knowledge of REST API design, validation, authentication, database modeling, and async programming.
• Hands-on MongoDB or relational database experience, including query performance and data integrity practices.
• Understanding of secure secret handling, uploads, CORS, environment configuration, and production error handling.
• Ability to write maintainable backend code with clear naming, documentation, and operational thinking.

Good to have

• Webhook integrations, queue systems, background jobs, or serverless deployment experience.
• Cloud storage, GridFS, S3, payment gateways, CRM, email, or WhatsApp API integrations.
• Testing APIs with Postman, Playwright, Jest, or similar tools.
• Experience building admin dashboards or analytics-ready data models.

Hiring process

1. 1Application and resume screening by the hiring team.
2. 2Technical or portfolio discussion focused on real project experience.
3. 3Role-specific practical task or work-sample review when required.
4. 4Final alignment on compensation, joining date, and onboarding plan.