Job Description

Job Title:

Node.js Backend Engineer - Financial Services Domain

Location:

[Onsite]

Employment Type:

[Full-time ]

Experience Level:

[Mid]

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled

Node.js Backend Engineer

with experience building scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems in the

financial services or fintech domain

. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain backend services that power mission-critical financial applications.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain

RESTful and GraphQL APIs

using Node.js. Develop scalable microservices and event-driven architectures for financial systems. Implement

transaction-safe, low-latency

backend logic following regulatory and compliance standards. Integrate with third-party banking, payment, identity verification, and financial data APIs. Write clean, reusable, testable code following best practices and secure coding standards. Work with SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis). Ensure best-in-class security practices, including data encryption, audit logging, and fraud detection workflows. Collaborate with front-end engineers, product managers, and QA to deliver high-quality features. Optimize system performance, troubleshoot issues, and maintain high availability. Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and DevOps processes.

Required Skills & Qualifications

3-7+ years of experience building backend applications in

Node.js (Express.js, NestJS, Fastify)

. Solid understanding of

JavaScript/TypeScript

. Experience with relational and NoSQL databases. Strong knowledge of microservices, distributed systems, and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, etc.). Experience with

authentication/authorization

frameworks (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect). Understanding of financial domain constraints such as: transaction consistency, data confidentiality, regulatory compliance (PCI-DSS, GDPR, SOC2), audit/trail requirements. Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). Strong debugging, optimization, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in payments, digital banking, trading, risk engines, or lending systems. Knowledge of domain-driven design (DDD) and event sourcing. Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch). Background in computational finance or financial data processing.

Soft Skills

Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to work in a fast-paced, regulated environment. Strong ownership and accountability mindset. Attention to detail and a passion for building reliable financial systems.

Why Join Us?

Opportunity to build high-impact financial technology used by thousands/millions of users. Collaborative engineering culture with strong technical leadership. Competitive compensation, benefits, and growth opportunities.
Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ?100,000.00 - ?125,000.00 per month