Key responsibilities:

1. Work with the team to build out new APIs or improve existing ones
2. Work on optimizing server-side architecture such as rollbacks, caching, indexing, etc.
3. Work on the documentation of their work in a structured format as per team guidelines
4. Work on microservices and managing our cloud architecture on the Google Cloud Platform (to some extent)

Skills & Requirements:

1. Good communication skills
2. Someone who understands the value of talking through a problem with the rest of the team
3. Should be particular about writing dry code and tries their best to think through a problem from several different angles before attacking it with a solution
4. Should be aware of agile sprint' approaches & has some understanding of task management using tools like Notion (on the processes and project management front)
5. Should have an interest in data structures & data architecture and is aware & interested in processes and methods of optimizing communication with databases, specifically MongoDB
6. Capable of creating complex Mongoose models (schemas) which include object ID referencing, sub-documents, etc.
7. Well-versed with how REST APIs and knows how to write them using Node.js & Experience to perform CRUD operations
8. A good understanding of the relationship between Express APIs, Mongoose actions & Mongoose Schemas, and how these interact with one another
9. Someone who has an understanding of writing asynchronous functions using techniques like async-await
10. Someone who understands exception handling and knows how to manage that using techniques like try-catch, promises, etc.
11. Familiarity with Express and Node.js
12. Knowledge about ReactJS (our frontend) will be a bonus

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