lead backend engineer

Qureos

Job Title: Backend Engineer

Years of Experience: 0-2 years

Company Name: Qureos

Employment Type: Full-time

Reporting Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Salary Range: Not disclosed

Job Description: We are looking for a Backend Engineer with 0-2 years of experience to join our team. The ideal candidate should have experience in Node.js and MERN stack.

Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain backend services and APIs.
- Collaborate with the front-end team to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
- Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues.

Skill Requirements:
- Strong proficiency in Node.js and MERN stack.
- Experience with RESTful APIs.
- Knowledge of database technologies such as MongoDB.
- Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.

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