Senior Backend Engineer

Role Description

This is a Full-time, remote role for a Senior Backend Node JS Developer. As a Senior Backend Node JS Developer, you'll work with cross-functional teams to understand our customers' needs and develop scalable APIs that enable our products. You'll be responsible for collaborating with product teams, architects, and designers to develop efficient, reliable, and maintainable solutions, as well as work with other engineers to write elegant, reusable, and testable code. Additionally, you will participate in code review, improve engineering practices, and mentor other engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of professional experience in software development
• Experience with Node.js and its best practices
• Experience in designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs
• Experience in designing, building, and maintaining databases
• Experience with AWS or other cloud services
• Adherence to good software engineering principles (code quality, unit testing, documentation, etc.)
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Experience working in an Agile development environment
• Familiarity with Git/Version Control
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in mentoring junior developers is a big plus

Specific skills for the required seniority

• Messaging
• Architecture
• SQL & noSQL deep knowledge
• Versioning and releasing process
• Modularization and library / SDK creation.
• Regression testing