Microservice Backend Developer

• *Job Title:\-** Microservice Backend Developer**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. **Job 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 **http://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)**.