engineering
Posted Nov 13, 2025Senior Software Engineer
at ApplyBoard
Gurgaon, IndiaOn-site
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement Node.js services / TypeScript—optimized for AWS runtimes such as Lambda, ECS, and containerized workloads.
- Improve reliability, performance, and observability across distributed services using AWS-native tooling (CloudWatch, X-Ray, EventBridge) and modern DevOps practices.
- Own production support for critical services, driving root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.
Requirements
- You’ll join a collaborative Applications group that delivers automation, systems integration, and backend services on top of AWS—driving the next evolution of our platform.
- What You’ll Be Doing Every Day Partner with Product Managers through discovery, requirement gathering and shaping end-to-end solutions in an agile SDLC.
- experience department using Playwright to automated UI browser based tasks Design and integrate REST and event-driven APIs, orchestrating data flows between internal and third-party systems (including higher-ed platforms and SaaS tools).
- What You Bring to the Table 8+ years building backend services with Node.js (TypeScript/JavaScript), including
- experience leading project teams or initiatives.
- Experience with AWS ecosystem (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB/RDS, S3, Step Functions, IAM) and infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform).
- Experience working with browser automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, cypress A track record of delivering scalable, resilient APIs and microservices with strong observability, security, and automated test coverage.
- Familiarity with event-driven and message-based integrations (SNS/SQS, EventBridge) and data transformation pipelines.
- Ability to document architectures, operational runbooks, and development workflows clearly.
- Nice to Have AI automation tooling including but not limited to: Cursor, Codex, MPC servers, agentic frameworks Exposure to domain-driven design, serverless-first architectures, or event-sourcing patterns.
- Familiarity with front-end stacks (React, Vue) for full-stack collaboration.
- Certifications or hands-on
- experience with AWS security, compliance, or cost-optimization best practices.
- About ApplyBoard ApplyBoard empowers students around the world to access the best education.
- Thank you for your interest in joining the ApplyBoard Team and being part of our mission to Educate the World.
- While we are lucky to attract a high level of interest in each of our roles, only qualified applicants will be contacted and selected for an interview.
Benefits
- This is a 6-month contract role, with a possibility to extend based on performance and business needs.
Additional details
- ApplyBoard simplifies the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and educational institutions on one intuitive and personalized platform.
- It has been attracting dedicated individuals for more than eight years who are inspired every day to break down barriers to international education and take their careers to new heights at a company that will invest in their career growth.
- Our six core values are our compass in our mission to Educate the World and the foundation of our unique company culture.
- As an organization built on a foundation of diversity, it’s important that our team members are representative of the students from more than 150 countries that we support.
- The Opportunity We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help us scale cloud-native applications that power our internal enterprise teams.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-growth environments with agile processes.
- Strong communication skills—able to translate complex scenarios for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- With more than 1,000,000 students from over 150 countries helped with their journey in less than a decade, we are just getting started.
- ApplyBoard’s global team assists students and our 1,500+ partner institutions by empowering the international student sector with innovative technology and insights.
- As a five-time consecutive Deloitte Fast 50 and Fast 500 ranked company, ApplyBoard keeps international students at the heart of everything we do.