Heady-Senior Backend Engineer

Mumbai, IN Until 8/21/2026 7+ years exp First posted March 26, 2025 Last posted March 26, 2025
Job description

Role: Senior Backend Engineer

Exp-7+ years

Location-Mumbai

Must have skills: Typescript, NodeJS, ExpressJS, MongoDB, MySQL
Good to have skills: NestJS, PostgresSQL, AWS, S3, EC2, Lambda, Microservices
Node.js experience: At least 5+ years of experience
Typescript experience: At least 3+ years of experience using Typescript with Node.js with experience in Object-Oriented programming
Overall experience: Min 7+ years in backend

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable server-side applications using Node.js.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
  • Implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs for seamless integration with front-end and third-party services.
  • Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and reliability.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
  • Troubleshoot and debug applications to resolve issues.
  • Stay updated with emerging trends and technologies in server-side development and Node.js.
  • Lead and mentor junior developers, promoting best practices in coding and design.

About Heady:

Heady is a digital product consultancy that provides full-service strategy, design, full-stack development, and growth marketing services for the most innovative brands — and we do it all with heart.

We partner with brands like LG, Crate & Barrel, Hibbett Sports, Gap, and Hudson's Bay Company to accelerate their digital transformation efforts. We tackle our clients’ biggest challenges and achieve their most crucial business goals by creating beautiful and engaging mobile and web experiences.

Our expertise comes from our experience, and our talented team and proven processes empower us to build the best digital products. Adaptability is in our DNA, so we can manage the entire digital product lifecycle or jump in where we’re needed the most. Seamless collaboration, transparent communication, and a culture of relentless improvement make us perfect for long-term partnerships.

Heady has offices in Brooklyn and Mumbai. We design locally and build globally, using teams in clients’ regions who work side-by-side with local and international engineering talent. Our people collaborate on equal footing regardless of region, department or title to create cohesive, collectively vetted products.

About this role

Summary

Design, develop, and maintain scalable server-side applications with Node.js and mentoring teams.

Job title

Senior Backend Engineer

Experience level

7+ years

Minimum experience

7+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Must be in Mumbai, India; remote work not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

typescriptnodejsexpressjsmongodbmysql

Preferred skills

nestjspostgresqlawss3ec2lambdamicroservices

Specializations

typescriptnodejsexpressjsmongodbsql
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Work arrangement unknown City