VML - Node.js Backend Developer

Job Title : Node.js Backend Developer

Experience : 5+ Yrs

Location : Gurgaon

What You'll Be Doing :

• Design, build, and deploy AWS Lambda-based microservices across a large TypeScript monorepo (80+ services, 150+ shared packages).
• Design REST APIs via API Gateway and work with DynamoDB and PostgreSQL (Aurora) for data storage, integrating event-driven workflows using SQS and EventBridge.
• Contribute to AI-powered backend services LLM agent orchestration, AI evaluation pipelines, and real-time content generation.
• Maintain high code quality in a strict TypeScript codebase with >85% test coverage, and participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate closely with a cross-functional team, contributing ideas to shape platform and engineering practices.

Skills Required :

• Practical experience developing backend services and APIs using Node.js 18+ and TypeScript.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript (strict mode) and modern JavaScript (ES2022+).
• Hands-on experience with AWS serverless services, especially Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, and EventBridge.
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs and event-driven microservices. Familiarity with relational databases (PostgreSQL / Aurora) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB), including schema design, migrations, and query optimization.
• Experience working in a large-scale monorepo with shared packages and multiple deployable services.
• Ability to write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code following best practices including Jest for unit/integration testing.
• Good understanding of serverless architecture, deployment workflows, and infrastructure-as-code (Serverless Framework).
• Experience working with Agile methodologies and contributing to Agile teams.