Backend Developer (Node JS)

Encora; Philippines; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Encora is a leading digital engineering partner with a global footprint, delivering scalable software solutions across industries. The role focuses on building secure, scalable backend systems in financial tech contexts, aligning with frontend and SRE teams to ensure reliability and performance.

The engineer will design and implement APIs, participate in architecture discussions, and contribute to deployment pipelines while maintaining best practices and documentation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT Industry.
• Domain experience within Invest areas (stocks, crypto, funds) for bank or fintech.
• Hands on experience with TDD, OOP, FP and software design patterns.
• Familiar with Amazon Web Services / Cloud.
• Good exposure in CI/CD adoption.
• Strong back end with AI knowledge and/or experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, deploy, monitor and maintain software engineering applications.
• Active participation in code reviews and production deployments.
• Translate project requirements into technical design.
• Collaborate with frontend and other backend teams to support platform needs.
• Coordinate with SRE teams to ensure scalable, easy deployment and maintenance.
• Build reusable APIs for internal and external use.
• Document standard practices adopted in the platform.
• Engage in team-building and recruitment activities.

Skills

5+ years IT experience

Invest domain fintech

TDD

OOP/FP and design patterns

AWS / Cloud

CI/CD

AI knowledge

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

As a Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in developing and implementing secure software solutions to protect our systems and data.

This section contains the key objectives for the role.

• Design, execution, deployment, monitoring and maintaining software engineering applications.
• Active participation in Code Reviews and production deployments.
• Take project requirements and map them to technical design
• Actively participate in architecture design teams as a key contributor to product definition and future implementation planningWork closely with frontend and other backend development teams to ensure the platform is built to support their needs
• Work closely with service engineering (SRE) teams to ensure platform is built with scalability & ease of deployment and maintenance
• Build reusable APIs for internal and external use.
• Documentation of standard practices adopted in the platform.
• Team building activities and helping with recruitment.

Qualifications and Skills

• At least 5 years of experience in IT Industry.
• Domain experience within Invest areas (i.e. Stocks, Crypto and Funds) for bank or Fintech.
• Hands on experience/knowledge with TDD, OOP, FP and software design patterns
• Familiar with Amazon Web Services / Cloud
• Good exposure in CI/CD adoption.
• Strong back end with AI knowledge and/or experience

Role-specific Requirements

About Encora

Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.

At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.