Company Overview
10Pearls is an end-to-end digital technology services partner helping businesses utilize technology as a competitive advantage. We help our customers digitalize their existing business, build innovative new products, and augment their existing teams with high-performance team members. Our broad expertise in product management, user experience/design, cloud architecture, software development, data insights and intelligence, cyber security, emerging tech, and quality assurance ensures that we are delivering solutions that address business needs. 10Pearls is proud to have a diverse clientele including large enterprises, SMBs, and high-growth startups. We work with clients across industries, including healthcare/life sciences, education, energy, communications/media, financial services, and hi-tech. Our many long-term, successful partnerships are built upon trust, integrity, and successful delivery and execution.
Role:
We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Backend Developer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of hands-on experience in backend development with a solid foundation in Node.js (Express/Nest JS), database design, cloud services, and backend integrations. The ideal candidate should have proven experience maintaining and optimizing service-oriented and microservice architectures, with a strong focus on high performance, system security, and robust API development.
Responsibilities:
Lead the design and development of complex features and systems, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability.
Take responsibility for the overall code quality of the projects, ensuring adherence to company engineering practices, such as CI/CD and secure coding.
Collaborate with architects and stakeholders to ensure the technical direction aligns with business goals.
Communicate technical solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Acts as a point of contact for technical issues for specific work streams across multiple projects
Mentor and guide junior engineers and mentees, fostering technical growth and sharing best practices.
Assist in the development and improvement of team processes and workflows to enhance productivity and code quality.
Stay updated on new technologies and trends to continuously improve technical skills.
Maintain and implement normalized data models and service APIs to support frontend enhancements and development of new features, tools, and user journeys.
Collaborate with the Product team to deliver new pages, multi-language support, and complex flows based on evolving requirements and priorities.
Maintain and optimize server-side code, APIs, and database queries for performance and scalability.
Design and manage normalized database schemas, handle migrations, and ensure data integrity.
Troubleshoot backend issues including application errors, performance bottlenecks, and security vulnerabilities, while applying best practices for secure development.
Participate in code reviews and adhere to established coding standards.
Contribute technical documentation for new features and system changes.
Requirements:
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of experience as a Backend Developer in production environments.
Proficient in Node.js (Express and NestJS frameworks).
Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL including writing optimized queries, schema management, and data normalization.
Solid understanding of HTTP protocols, RESTful APIs, and web services.
Experience working with Git for version control and Bitbucket for repository management.
Familiarity with AWS services (e.g., S3, EC2), cloud infrastructure concepts, and backend deployments.
Understanding of web security principles and best practices (e.g., OWASP Top 10).
Experience with server monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog, New Relic, or Prometheus is a plus.
Knowledge of Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for orchestration is a plus.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins is nice to have.
Experience with CMS platforms such as Strapi is preferred.
Ability to write clean, scalable, and maintainable code with adherence to coding standards.
Collaborative mindset with experience working alongside DevOps, QA, UX/UI, and Product teams.
Strong documentation habits and ability to explain complex technical solutions clearly.