Senior Node.js Engineer

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Node.js Engineer to join our growing engineering team. As a senior member of our team, you will take on a leadership role in designing, implementing, and scaling highly performant systems. You will work with cloud infrastructure, primarily AWS, and build robust microservices that support high-load, real-time applications.

You will be responsible for architecting complex systems, ensuring scalability and efficiency while also providing mentorship to junior developers. This is an exciting opportunity for a self-driven, technically versatile engineer who is comfortable working independently and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architecture & Design: Lead the architecture and design of high-performance, scalable, and fault-tolerant Node.js applications and microservices running in a cloud environment (primarily AWS).
• Cloud Infrastructure: Utilize AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, and others to ensure that applications are highly available, secure, and performant.
• Microservices: Build and manage distributed, high-load microservices that can scale effectively and handle large volumes of concurrent traffic.
• High-Performance Systems: Optimize Node.js applications for performance under high load, ensuring minimal latency and maximum throughput.
• Multithreading: Implement advanced multithreading techniques to enhance system performance and concurrency.

• Code Quality & Best Practices: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to industry best practices and design patterns.

   

  Required Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience as a Backend Developer.
• In-depth knowledge and experience developing API’s and microservices
• Strong proficiency with JavaScript, and Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it (such as Express or equivalent)
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Experience working with various data storage solutions such as Redis, MongoDB, etc.
• Experience working with Queuing solutions such as gearman, RabbitMQ, SQS, etc.
• Implementing automated testing modules and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with cloud services such as AWS and GCP
• Experience working with Linux

• Experience with CI/CD processes

   

  Desired Qualifications:

• Containerization & Orchestration: Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration tools (Kubernetes).
• Advanced Monitoring & Logging: Experience setting up advanced monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using tools such as AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, or ELK Stack.
• Security Best Practices: Understanding of secure coding practices and experience implementing security measures in cloud-based applications.