Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Node.js, API design, and modern cloud-based architecture, with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop backend services using Node.js
- Maintain and enhance existing backend systems
- Build RESTful APIs
- Build and optimize GraphQL APIs (schema design, queries, mutations)
- Ensure high performance of backend systems
- Ensure scalability of backend systems
- Ensure security best practices are followed
- Collaborate with frontend teams to define API contracts
- Define integration patterns with frontend systems
- Implement data access layers
- Work with multiple database technologies
- Participate in architecture discussions
- Contribute to technical decision-making
- Write clean and maintainable code
- Ensure code is testable and follows best practices
- Troubleshoot production issues
- Perform root cause analysis and resolution
Must-Have Skills
- Strong experience in Node.js backend development
- Solid understanding of REST API development
- Experience in API integration
- Hands-on experience with GraphQL
- Experience in GraphQL schema design
- Experience in query and mutation handling
- Working knowledge of React or Next.js
- Experience designing scalable applications
- Experience building modular applications
Good-to-Have Skills
- Experience with Kafka
- Understanding of event-driven architectures
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Experience with DynamoDB
- Experience with MongoDB
- Familiarity with asynchronous processing
- Experience with messaging systems
Additional Skills (Nice To Have)
- Understanding of AWS IAM
- Understanding of AWS CloudWatch
- Basic networking knowledge
- Experience with AWS Lambda
- Experience with serverless architectures
- Knowledge of microservices architecture
- Understanding of cloud-native patterns
Qualifications
- 5+ years of backend development experience
- Proven experience in scalable system design
About Us
At Zensar, we're
experience-led everything. We are committed to conceptualizing, designing, engineering, marketing, and managing digital solutions and experiences for over 130 leading enterprises. We are a company driven by a bold purpose:
Together, we shape experiences for better futures. Whether for our clients, our people, or the world around us, this belief powers everything we do. At the heart of our culture is
ONE with Client - a set of four core values that reflect who we are and how we work:
One Zensar, Nurturing, Empowering, and Client Focus.
Part of the $4.8 billion RPG Group, we're a community of 10,000+ innovators across 30+ global locations, including Milpitas, Seattle, Princeton, Cape Town, London, Zurich, Singapore, and Mexico City. Explore Life at Zensar and join us to Grow. Own. Achieve. Learn. to be the best version of yourself.
We believe the best work happens when individuality is celebrated, growth is encouraged, and well-being is prioritized. We are an equal employment opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action employer, committed to creating an inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veteran status.
