About the role:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Backend Developer to join our team, focusing on building and maintaining high-scale, performance-critical services using Node.js. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of modern software architecture, database management, and deployment practices, with a strong commitment to quality and security.
You will work for a technology company building production-grade platforms for real-time training, simulation, and collaborative systems. This project brings deep experience in large-scale, multi-user backend systems and cloud-based infrastructure developed and operated in live environments.
Responsibilities:
- Experience working on high-reliability or regulated systems, such as defense, banking, or other critical infrastructure
- Diagnose, debug, and fix complex issues in real-time to ensure high system availability
- Design and implement scalable APIs (OpenAPI) and data-serving systems that handle business logic and persistent storage
- Implement observability practices, including structured logging, tracing, and metrics, to monitor system performance
- Execute safe rollout and rollback strategies to ensure seamless updates with minimal user impact
- Participate in code reviews, contribute to team standards, and work cross-functionally to ensure operational readiness
Requirements:
- Proven track record of developing backend systems within a professional engineering team
- Strong, hands-on experience with the Node.js ecosystem is our primary requirement
- Expertise in handling schema evolution, backward compatibility, and caching strategies
- Deep familiarity with handling failure scenarios, including timeouts, retries, partial failures
- Experience implementing background workers and message queues for asynchronous data flows
- Proficiency in version control (Git), automated testing strategies, and CI/CD workflows
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience in high-reliability or regulated industries (Defense, FinTech, Banking).
- Experience with AI data pipelines (ingestion, transformation, and integration).
- A passion for the craft, evidenced by side projects or active technical reading.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Supportive working climate with flexible work practices
- Lunch tickets
- Coffee, fruits and other goodies at the office
- Sport facilities
- Company-sponsored events
- Travelling opportunities in some project areas
- Career development opportunities (certifications / trainings /
conferences)
- Feel IT referral bonus
About us:
Feel IT Services is an IT services company that provides software development services, 24/7 service desk and cyber security penetration tests.
The headquarters of the company are based in Paris, while our skilled engineers are located in Iasi, Romania and Chisinau, Moldova.
Our Customers are mostly from Europe, UK and the US, and can be large International groups & corporations or SME, IT System Integrators & Managed services operators, Independent Software Vendors and Startups.
We develop a healthy culture based on: Quality, Flexibility, Transparency and Respect.