Lead Software Engineer - Backend

BASIC PURPOSE:

The primary responsibility of the Lead Software Engineer- Backend is developing and maintaining modular and reusable back-end components using Node.js, Serverless Framework, Webpack, Express.js, and Nest.js. The Developer is instrumental in profiling and improving back-end application performance, mentor team members and take end-to-end technical ownership of applications and must be able to stay on top of technology changes in the market and continuously look for opportunities to leverage new technology.
 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Contributes to backend design, technical direction and backend architecture including collaborating with various teams

• Participates in code reviews, proactively identifying and mitigating potential issues and defects as well as assisting with continuous improvement

• Designs efficient and reusable backend systems that drive complex applications

• Creates microservices using Node.js

• Builds reusable components and backend libraries for future use

• Creates testable, highly available applications and services with monitoring and alerting

• Builds cloud applications with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Translates designs and process wireframes into high quality code

• Identifies and resolves performance and scalability issues

• Mentors less experienced team members

• Collaborates with Product Designers, Product Managers, and Software Engineers to deliver compelling user-facing products

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation

• All other duties as assigned
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / related engineering field OR equivalent experience

• in related field

• 10+ years of experience in backend development

• 5+ years of experience in Node.js ( JavaScript & Typescript )

• Strong understanding of JavaScript and related technologies in Amazon Web Service (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud.

• Experience with popular Node.js frameworks ( Express.js, Serverless Framework, NestJS, etc. )

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation, the JavaScript object model, and the event loop

• Familiarity with new specifications of ECMAScript and Typescript

• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)

• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds

• Good understanding of any server-side templating languages

• Experience with RESTful APIs ( HTTP /HTTPS / Axios ) and GraphQL

• Have a good understanding of concepts like concurrency, parallelism, event driven architecture

• Have experience with REST-ful APIs for internal and external products

• Experience with technologies like Redis, Elasticsearch, NoSQL, RDBMS, Queues, Event Bus and Cloud Functions

• Knowledgeable of modern authorization mechanisms such as JSON Web Tokens, oAuth2, AWS Cognito, Key Cloak.

• Familiar with modern build pipelines and tools

• Experience with common JavaScript development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, Node, etc. and testing frameworks ( Jest, Mocha, etc. )

• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical designs

• Familiarity with Git code versioning tools

• Good written, verbal communication skills

• Great team player

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