Posted 16 days ago

Senior NodeJS Developer (Remote, Contractual), PK [HR176]

PakistanRemoteFull-time

AI Summary

Senior NodeJS Developer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, real-time SaaS backends using NodeJS, TypeScript, MongoDB, and Docker. Mentors peers, shapes architecture, and drives CI/CD, security, and observability.

About this role

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About the Role
We are looking for a Senior NodeJS Developer to join a high-performing Product & Engineering team focused on delivering scalable, real-time, data-driven applications.

In this role, you will play a key part in driving engineering excellence across modern SaaS products, contributing hands-on to the design, development, and delivery of platform enhancements and core system improvements. You will work closely with Developers, Product Managers, Designers, and QA teams to build reliable, scalable, and secure software solutions aligned with business and customer needs.

This is a highly collaborative senior engineering role where you will help shape architectural decisions, champion engineering best practices, mentor peers through knowledge sharing, and contribute to a strong culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate is someone who combines strong backend engineering expertise with architectural thinking, product awareness, and a pragmatic approach to modern software delivery.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain scalable applications using NodeJS, TypeScript, MongoDB, Docker, and related technologies

Contribute hands-on across the full software development lifecycle, from design through deployment and support

Collaborate closely with developers, designers, QA, and product stakeholders to deliver high-quality product features and enhancements

Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, standups, retrospectives, and estimation sessions

Review technical designs, requirements, and specifications to provide constructive feedback and ensure engineering quality

Identify technical risks, dependencies, and architectural considerations early in the development process

Drive engineering best practices across CI/CD, testing, observability, security, and code quality

Contribute to architectural strategy and support scalable, maintainable system design decisions

Build and support real-time, event-driven, and data-intensive platform capabilities

Participate in an on-call support rota and contribute to incident resolution and operational stability

Collaborate across business and technical teams to align engineering delivery with commercial and customer objectives

Promote knowledge sharing, documentation, and continuous improvement across the engineering organisation

Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and delivery efficiency

Requirements

Strong professional experience with NodeJS and TypeScript in production environments

Strong experience with MongoDB and NoSQL database design, including:

Schema modelling

Indexing strategies

Aggregation pipelines

Performance optimisation

Hands-on experience with Docker and containerised application development

Experience designing and building scalable backend systems and APIs

Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and distributed systems

Experience working with real-time, data-driven SaaS platforms

Solid understanding of software architecture and ability to contribute to architectural decision-making

Strong understanding of engineering best practices, including:

CI/CD pipelines

Code reviews

Automated testing

Observability and monitoring

Performance optimisation

Security practices

Understanding of OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities and mitigation techniques

Experience working within Agile software development environments

Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams

Experience working with cloud environments such as AWS or GCP

Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes

Ability to troubleshoot issues through to resolution in production systems

Experience integrating AI development tools into engineering workflows with measurable impact

Strong ownership mindset with a collaborative and delivery-focused approach

Nice to Have

Experience with NestJS

Front-end development experience with React

Exposure to iOS or Swift development

Experience working with message brokers or event-streaming technologies

Experience operating high-scale, real-time distributed systems

Familiarity with GCP-native infrastructure and tooling

Experience mentoring developers and improving engineering maturity within teams

Exposure to observability platforms and advanced monitoring tooling

Experience working in fast-paced SaaS or product engineering environments

Skills

Aggregation PipelinesAI-assisted Development ToolsAPIsArchitectural DesignAWSCI/CDCI/CD PipelinesCode ReviewsData-intensive PlatformsDistributed SystemsDockerEvent-driven ArchitecturesGCPIncident ResolutionIndexing StrategiesKubernetesMongoDBMonitoringNestJSNode.jsNoSQLObservabilityOn-callPerformance OptimisationReactReal-time Data SystemsSaaSSchema ModellingSecuritySecurity Practices (OWASP Top 10)Testing (automated)TypeScript