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Oracle · 1 month ago

Backend/API Engineer - Node.js - Onshore

Oracle is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Backend/API Engineer specializing in Node.js. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful and GraphQL APIs, building scalable backend services, and collaborating with various teams to ensure system reliability and performance.

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Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs using Node.js
Build scalable, secure, and performant backend services and microservices
Integrate third-party systems, internal services, and databases
Use best practices for error handling, logging, caching, and performance optimization
Participate in architectural planning and technical design discussions
Implement clean, maintainable, well-documented code following industry standards
Contribute to system design decisions around scalability, reliability, and security
Work with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
Design efficient schemas, write optimized queries, and implement ORM/ODM solutions
Collaborate with frontend engineers, QA, product managers, and DevOps teams
Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and technical documentation
Support CI/CD processes and deployment to cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or similar
Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, outages, and production issues
Ensure reliability, security, and compliance standards across backend systems

Qualification

Node.jsAPIsMicroservicesCloud platformsJavaScript/TypeScriptSQLNoSQL databasesGitCI/CD pipelinesAPI documentation toolsEvent-driven architecturesContainerizationOAuth2JWTPerformance tuningInfrastructure-as-code

Required

3–5+ years of hands-on backend development experience
Strong proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern backend frameworks (e.g., Express, NestJS, Fastify)
Experience building and maintaining APIs at scale
Solid understanding of microservices, serverless architectures, and distributed systems
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Strong knowledge of databases (SQL and NoSQL)
Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing
Familiarity with API documentation tools (Swagger/OpenAPI)

Preferred

Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS/SQS)
Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with OAuth2, JWT, and security best practices
Familiarity with performance tuning and application profiling
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental benefits
401k retirement plan
Variable pay/incentives
Paid time off
Paid holidays

Company

Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.

H1B Sponsorship

Oracle has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (1271)
2024 (846)
2023 (995)
2022 (1192)
2021 (985)
2020 (755)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$25.75B
Key Investors
Sequoia Capital
2025-09-24Post Ipo Debt· $18B
2025-02-03Post Ipo Debt· $7.75B
1986-03-12IPO

Leadership Team

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Esteban Rubens
Healthcare Field CTO
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Gerard Warrens
Field CTO, Business Strategy and Transformative Technologies
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