Software Developer / Cloud DevOps Engineer (Backend - Node.js/TypeScript, AWS, IoT)

Contract role in Pune for a 5–10 years backend-focused Software Developer / Cloud DevOps Engineer to build and operate cloud-native, event-driven microservices and APIs for IoT Core and connectivity services. The consultant will primarily develop backend services in TypeScript/JavaScript (Node.js), with some Java or Go as needed, and own the full lifecycle including design, coding, testing, CI/CD, deployment, observability, operations and continuous improvement on AWS and Kubernetes (preferably EKS).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain cloud-native backend services primarily in TypeScript/JavaScript (Node.js), with complementary development in Java or Go where needed.
• Build scalable, efficient, secure and resilient services for customer-facing digital products and connected devices.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and event-driven integrations that enable reliable communication between services and client applications.
• Work with distributed microservices, event-based communication and IoT-related technologies, including AMQP brokers and transport protocols such as AMQP, HTTP and gRPC.
• Design and implement data solutions using MongoDB, Valkey, SQL databases and AWS RDS, selecting and optimizing storage patterns for the relevant use case.
• Develop and operate workloads on AWS using services such as API Gateway, HTTP APIs, WebSocket APIs, NLB/ALB, ElastiCache and RDS. 1 (3)
• Work with Kubernetes, preferably EKS, as well as containerized and serverless deployment patterns.
• Write clean, maintainable and well-documented code; participate actively in code reviews, automated testing and quality improvement.
• Contribute to infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, deployment automation and operational maintenance.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize system performance, reliability, scalability, security, observability and operational quality.
• Collaborate with engineers, the Service Architect, Product Owner, Squad Lead and other stakeholders to understand requirements and implement pragmatic technical solutions.
• Take ownership of assigned solutions and contribute to architectural improvements, automation, resilience and the reduction of technical debt.

Requirements

• Backend development with TypeScript/JavaScript
• Node.js
• Cloud-native microservices and APIs
• RESTful API design and development
• Event-driven communication / event-based integrations
• AWS (building and operating workloads)
• Kubernetes (preferably EKS)
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Observability/monitoring and troubleshooting in production
• Distributed systems fundamentals
• Datastores: MongoDB
• Datastores: SQL databases / AWS RDS
• AMQP brokers and AMQP protocol
• Transport protocols: HTTP and gRPC