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Photon · 1 month ago

Backend/API Engineer - Node.js - Onshore

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$44K/yr - $154K/yr

3+ years exp

Photon is a company focused on API and Backend Development, and they are seeking a Backend/API Engineer with expertise in Node.js. The role involves designing and maintaining APIs, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring the reliability and security of backend systems.

E-CommerceInformation TechnologyMobile AppsWeb DesignWeb Development

H1B Sponsor Likely

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 platformsDatabasesGitCI/CDJavaScript/TypeScriptAPI documentationEvent-driven architecturesContainerizationSecurity best practicesPerformance 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

Photon

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Photon is a technology corporation that provides Strategy Consulting, Creative Design, and Technology Services to global enterprise.

Founded in 2007

London, England, GBR

5001-10000 employees

https://www.photon.in

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