Founding Backend Engineer (Node.js + TypeScript) – Tech Co-Partner – Equity Based

Full–time

Posted on: 13 days ago

Company Description

Livesel is India’s pioneering live commerce platform transforming online shopping into a real-time interactive experience. By connecting sellers and buyers live, we blend technology with human interaction to create engaging, regional-language-first commerce built for Bharat.

Role: Backend Developer (Node.js + TypeScript) – Equity Based

This is a full-time remote equity-based core team role (not salary-based).

You will join as a founding tech team member, owning equity and helping architect and scale India’s first live commerce platform.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable backend systems using Node.js + TypeScript

  • Architect RESTful APIs and real-time services (WebSockets / live interactions)

  • Design database schemas (PostgreSQL / MongoDB)

  • Implement authentication, authorization, and role-based access control

  • Optimize server performance, caching, and scalability

  • Work on live commerce features (chat, live session sync, orders, payments)

  • Ensure security best practices and production-ready architecture

  • Collaborate on system architecture and product decisions

  • Requirements

  • 3–5 years of experience in Node.js backend development

  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript

  • Experience with Express.js / NestJS (preferred)

  • Experience building scalable APIs and real-time systems

  • Knowledge of database design (SQL or NoSQL)

  • Understanding of cloud deployment (AWS / DigitalOcean / similar)

  • Familiarity with Docker & CI/CD is a plus

  • Startup mindset with ownership mentality