Senior Specialist - Architecture

Sr Nodejs Backend EngineerWhat does an exceptional Sr Nodejs Backend Engineer doAs a Senior Cloud Engineer you will be a part of a small but growing team of hardworking people responsible for creating and maintaining a suite of cutting edge back of house web applications point of sale APIs and Android client applications in a fast paced result oriented environment An exceptional Senior Cloud Engineer merges wisdom in the field of backend development with a teaching mindset and an understanding of the constraints and needs of the business to elevate the quality of the output of the entire team over time They lead by example prioritize quality and help define the long term architecture for the full suite of web applicationsAs a Sr Nodejs Backend Engineer you can look forward toInstalling configuring customizing upgrading supporting and troubleshooting all technical issues related to on premise and hosted environments for both desktop and mobile platformsWorking directly with clients to understand business needs define requirements quote projectsBuilding testing implementing and launching the solutions proposedWork directly with third party vendors to define technical requirements and customize configure and implement solutions to interface with various external systemsBeing hands on with development and resolving of all technical issues within an on premise and hosted client environmentWorking with senior management to define and implement technical processes and procedures within the department focusing on client satisfaction and efficiencyCollaborating with Product Development UX Designers and QA to build quality products including resolving complex technical issues related to projectsCommunicating within your functional team and across Engineering to keep information flowingReviewing peer code designs and providing mentorshipWriting tests and automation to advance maturity in product testingBeing a highly motivated self starter who is passionate about web development and is anxious to learn from other high level web developersBeing a team player ability to collaborate idea sharing in a strong product settingDeveloping backend APIs using Nodejs on AWS Lambda and Kubernetes Express based servicesFollowing Agile SDLC participating in planning and Scrum Ban boardsBasic QualificationsBachelors degree required8 years of hands on experience in software development8 years of Java development4 years of backend JavaScript experience and understanding in microservice based web services eCommerce Platforms and high volume transactional systems4 years of relational database design modelling1 year or exposure to administering consuming AWS services or other cloud platformsAdvanced understanding of functional prototype object oriented based programming principlesSolid grasp of software development patterns and their application in several programming languages An advanced understanding of coding techniques which contribute to the reliability maintainability readability simplicity performance and testability of softwareA solid understanding of IT environments including networking server technologies databases security and performanceExperienced in the day-to-day practicalities of Software Development Lifecycles such as ScrumExtensive experience expanding and maintaining large data setsExperience with CICD pipeline eg GitHub Actions Circle Ci JenkinsExperience with building Docker images for deploymentPreferred QualificationsAdvanced understanding of NodeJS and ServerlessREST API design and developmentExperience working and building in microservice based paradigmKnowledge of Ruby on RailsUnderstand core JavaScript concepts like scope closures the event loop and asynchronous callbacksExperience building distributed service oriented microservices style and cloud based application architecturesContainerization experience with application