Microservice Backend Developer

Job Title:-
Microservice Backend Developer
Job Location:-
Mohali, India (On-site)
Department:-
Product Engineering
Reports To:-
Product Owner
Job Type:-
Full-Time
Work Mode:-
On-Site
About Us:-
TRU
is a Global Leading Organization dedicated to leveraging cutting-edge technology to drive business innovation and growth. We're architects of online experiences, innovators in the digital landscape, and partners in our clients' success stories. Our journey began with a simple yet powerful vision — to transform businesses through strategic and creative digital solutions.
At TRU, we pride ourselves on a holistic approach to digital excellence. We don't just create websites or run marketing campaigns; we craft immersive digital journeys that resonate with audiences. From the inception of an idea to its execution, we bring together a team of passionate professionals who thrive on pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo.
Our global team comprises of industry experts hailing from Canada and APAC realms including India and Indonesia having creative and innovative minds. We are tech-savvy enthusiasts and bring a wealth of intelligence and expertise to the table. Whether it's web development, design, digital marketing, or emerging technologies, we're here to navigate the complexities and deliver solutions that make a lasting impact.
Position Overview:-
We are looking for a
Microservice Backend Developer
to design, build, and operate the backend services behind our product, a modern
TypeScript
stack built on
NestJS microservices
, a
Next.js
web application, and an
Electron.js
desktop application. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on expertise building and running
microservices in production
, is fluent across the
Node.js and TypeScript
ecosystem, and is comfortable contributing to the
frontend layer
in
Next.js and React
alongside backend work. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on service design, API quality, and end-to-end ownership from contract to production.
Location:-
Plot No E 275, Industrial Area, Sector 75, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab 140307
Responsibilities:-
Design and build
NestJS microservices
that expose clean
REST
and
message-based APIs
, and own each service from
contract design through production support
.
Build and maintain the backend layer for the
Next.js
application, including
API routes
and the
BFF
layer, and keep contracts between web, desktop, and services consistent.
Contribute to the
frontend layer
in
Next.js and React
, building and wiring UI components,
state management
, and data fetching against your service APIs.
Model data and choose storage per service across
relational and NoSQL
stores, and define
service boundaries and ownership
.
Implement asynchronous communication using
NestJS microservice transports
such as
Redis, NATS, RabbitMQ, or Kafka
, including retries, idempotency, and dead-letter handling.
Containerize services with
Docker
and deploy them to
Kubernetes
, defining resource limits, health checks, and scaling behaviour.
Build and maintain
CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
, including automated tests, quality gates, and controlled release to staging and production.
Instrument services with
structured logging, metrics, and tracing
, and write
unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
to hold quality on the paths you own.
Review peer
pull requests
, enforce
API and security standards
, and mentor mid-level engineers on service design and operational readiness.
Requirements:-
Technical Skills:-
5+ years
of backend development experience, with at least
3 years
building and running
microservices in production
.
Expert-level
TypeScript and Node.js
, with deep hands-on experience building services in
NestJS
.
Strong
Next.js
experience across both the
backend (API routes, BFF)
and the
frontend (React UI, state management, data fetching)
.
Solid understanding of
REST API design
,
OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect
, and secure service-to-service integration.
Hands-on experience with
Docker and Kubernetes
, including deploying and debugging services in a container orchestration environment.
Working knowledge of both
relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL)
and a
NoSQL store (e.g., MongoDB / Firestore)
, including schema design and query tuning.
Experience owning
CI/CD pipelines
(ideally
Azure DevOps
) and a solid grasp of
distributed systems concepts
, idempotency, eventual consistency, resiliency patterns, and API versioning.
Soft Skills:-
Ability to
communicate technical decisions clearly
to product, design, and engineering peers.
Strong
analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting
skills.
Comfortable
owning features end-to-end
and working
on-site as part of a collaborative product team
.
Collaborative approach to
code review, mentoring, and shared standards
.
Preferred:-
Experience with
Electron.js
, main and renderer processes, secure
IPC
, packaging, auto-update, and code signing.
Experience running
NestJS microservice transports
such as
Kafka, NATS, or RabbitMQ
at scale.
Experience with
monorepo tooling
such as
Nx or Turborepo
to share TypeScript across web, desktop, and services.
Practical experience with a
public cloud (GCP or Azure)
and
infrastructure as code (Terraform)
.