Job Description

Node JS - We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Backend Software Engineer with 4-6 years of experience to join our core development team. The role requires deep expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, API Design and Management, with a strong focus on GraphQL architectures. You will play a key role in driving technical excellence, mentoring junior developers, and contributing to the overall system architecture.


System Architecture & Design: Lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and maintainable backend services primarily using Node.js and TypeScript.


API Development: Architect, develop, and manage highly efficient GraphQL APIs, including defining schemas, implementing resolvers, and optimizing data fetching.


API Management: Define and enforce API design standards (both GraphQL and RESTful), versioning strategies, documentation (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger), and API gateway policies.


Code Quality & Best Practices: Write clean, well-tested, and performant code. Conduct thorough code reviews and advocate for engineering best practices (e.g., security, observability, maintainability).


Performance & Scalability: Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of production systems..

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.


Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.


Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.