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Brightidea

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1999

☁️ SaaS

⚡ Productivity

🏢 Enterprise

SaaS • Productivity • Enterprise

Brightidea is a leading software company that specializes in Idea and Innovation management, providing a platform for organizations to capture, share, and evaluate employee ideas. Their software supports activities such as crowdsourcing challenges and hackathons, enabling companies to drive open innovation and manage a portfolio of initiatives effectively. Brightidea's tools help organizations scale their innovation efforts, ultimately generating substantial financial impacts and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

📋 Description

• End-to-end feature development, from design and implementation to production rollout and ongoing improvements. • Build and maintain high-scale backend services with strong emphasis on performance, reliability, and security. • Participate in system design and architecture planning to ensure scalable and maintainable solutions. • Work on networking-related challenges such as traffic flows, proxy behavior, request/response handling, and protocol-level edge cases. • Investigate and troubleshoot complex networking issues using tools such as Wireshark (and similar packet inspection/debugging tools). • Write high-quality, maintainable code with appropriate test coverage; participate actively in code reviews. • Collaborate closely with engineers and stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions. • Continuously learn and apply best practices in backend engineering and networking.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including 2+ years focused on backend JavaScript / Node.js development. • Very good understanding of how the Node.js event loop works, including practical knowledge of the platform’s strengths and limitations (I/O vs CPU-bound workloads, async patterns, blocking pitfalls, memory/GC considerations). • Proven experience building and operating production backend services. • Strong understanding of network protocols and security, including: TCP/IP/UDP, DNS, HTTP1/2/3, TLS and WebSockets. • Experience with databases and caching layers such as MongoDB and Redis. • Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized deployments. • Proficient in system design fundamentals: APIs, scalability, performance, reliability, and fault tolerance. • Fast learner, able to work independently and as part of a team. • Proficiency in English, with strong written and verbal communication skills.