Senior Software Engineer, Node.js
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Senior Software Engineer handling backend development using Node.js for diverse industries in a remote environment. Leading architectural decisions and ensuring best practices in tech projects.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the architectural design, development, and continuous evolution of scalable backend applications using Node.js (preferably with TypeScript)
- Design and implement RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs with clear versioning, validation, documentation, and error-handling standards
- Optimize database performance (primarily PostgreSQL), including schema design, indexing strategies, query tuning, and transaction management
- Implement asynchronous processing, background jobs, and event-driven workflows using modern queue or messaging systems
- Design resilient integrations with third-party APIs and services (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, monitoring)
- Ensure code quality and reliability through automated testing (unit, integration, and contract tests)
- Participate in code reviews, maintain high engineering standards, and actively mentor team members
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Contribute to infrastructure and deployment processes (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines)
- Improve production reliability through monitoring, logging, tracing, and performance optimization
- Maintain clear technical documentation, including architecture decisions and operational guidelines
- Take ownership of complex technical initiatives and drive them to completion independently
Requirements:
- Minimum of 7 years of software development experience
- At least 5 years focused on backend development using Node.js in production environments
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript (or modern JavaScript with willingness to work in TypeScript)
- Experience with backend frameworks such as NestJS, Express, or Fastify
- Solid expertise with relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL), including schema design and query optimization
- Experience with caching and/or asynchronous processing systems (e.g., Redis, message brokers, queues)
- Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks (e.g., Jest or similar) and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong understanding of secure backend practices (authentication, authorization, input validation, secrets management, rate limiting)
- Experience working with containerization and cloud environments
- Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in a remote-first environment
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and lead technical decisions independently
- Experience working within Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
Benefits:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
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