Senior Software Development Engineer (Node.js)

TL;DR

Senior Software Development Engineer (Node.js): Designing and building highly scalable, reliable, and secure backend platforms for hirify.global’s Consumer and SME products with an accent on distributed systems, API design, and performance optimizations. Focus on microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and production excellence.

Location: Hybrid in Mumbai, India (3 days per week in the office).

Company

hirify.global is a global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, providing infrastructure for banks, fintechs, and businesses to collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders.

What you will do

• Architect, design, and develop scalable, fault-tolerant backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Take ownership of system design, API contracts, data models, and performance optimizations for high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• Lead and contribute to microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and asynchronous processing using Kafka/RabbitMQ.
• Drive production excellence by improving observability, monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
• Perform code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and set high standards for engineering quality, security, and reliability.
• Work closely with Product and Business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust technical solutions.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of backend engineering experience, with strong hands-on expertise in Node.js and TypeScript in production systems.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, concurrency, and failure handling.
• Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL stores (MongoDB/DynamoDB).
• Hands-on experience with message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Strong exposure to AWS services, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and working knowledge of Kubernetes.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with strong foundations in DSA and design patterns.

Nice to have

• Experience in payments, fintech, or high-availability platforms.
• Knowledge of Java or other backend languages.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles, and recognition programs.
• Medical coverage, 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including year-end shutdown.
• Flexible hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).
• Role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
• Company-wide social events, team bonding activities, and happy hours.
• Truly global and diverse company with 33+ nationalities based in 18+ countries.