Lead Backend Developer

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The team

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Your work profile

As a Senior Consultant in our SuccessFactors Team you’ll build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention to exceed client expectations: -

As a practitioner, within the Human Resource Transformation, the Individual will be responsible to implement the system in a global setup and will help configure, implement, and provide production/warranty support.

Position: Lead Backend Developer

Experience: 6+ Years

Domain: Digital Government

Location: Delhi

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 Days

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Developer with expertise in JavaScript (Node.js/TypeScript) and/or Java (Spring Boot) to build and optimize scalable backend applications. The ideal candidate should have a strong grasp of microservices architecture, RESTful API development, database technologies, caching solutions, messaging queues, and security best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• • Develop, maintain, and optimize scalable backend services and microservices using Node.js (Express.js/NestJS) or Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud).
• • Design and implement RESTful APIs and Web Services for seamless system integration.
• • Work with relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch) databases to design efficient schemas and queries.
• • Implement caching solutions (Redis, Memcached) to enhance performance.
• • Utilize messaging queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ) for event-driven architectures.
• • Write and maintain unit and integration tests using frameworks like Jest, Mocha, Chai, JUnit, Mockito, or TestNG.
• • Apply asynchronous programming principles and event-driven architectures for efficient backend operations.
• • Ensure security best practices by implementing OAuth, JWT, CORS, and protecting against vulnerabilities (e.g., XSS, SQL injection, CSRF).
• • Use Git for version control, managing branches, pull requests, and merges.
• • Monitor and troubleshoot applications with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, or Datadog.
• • Follow Agile/Scrum methodologies using tools like Jira, Confluence, or Trello.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• • Programming Languages: Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+/TypeScript) and/or Java (8+).
• • Backend Frameworks: Experience with Node.js (Express.js/NestJS) or Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security).
• • Microservices Architecture: Strong understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and distributed system design.
• • Database Technologies: Expertise in SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Elasticsearch).
• • Caching & Messaging: Hands-on experience with Redis, Memcached, Kafka, RabbitMQ.
• • Testing & CI/CD: Experience with TDD, unit testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines.
• • Security Best Practices: Knowledge of OAuth, JWT, SSL/TLS, and secure API development.
• • Monitoring & Logging: Familiarity with ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.

Good to Have:

• • Experience with GraphQL.
• • Exposure to Serverless Architectures (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions).
• • Active contributions to open-source projects or participation in developer communities.

Location and way of working

• Location: Delhi (Work from Office – 5 days)

Your role as a Senior Consultant

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.

In addition to living our purpose, Senior Consultant across our organization must strive to be:

• Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation
• Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose
• Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity
• Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future
• Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders
• Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions
• Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen
• Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities
• Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization
• Effective communication – Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities
• Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for

1. the success of engagement(s)

• Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience
• Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems
• Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte
• Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviours and attitudes to become more inclusive.

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