Senior Node.js Engineer

Description:

Hybrid Onsite 5 days/week, alternating weeks in Jersey City, NJ

 

Our client is building incubators that move ideas from concept to scale using emerging technologies and human-centered design. The role focuses on Node.js and microservices to deliver cloud-based, event-driven products that improve financial lives. You will collaborate with product managers, lead technical decisions, and deliver prototypes through full-scale applications on modern infrastructure. Your work will influence new tools and potential new lines of business.

 

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

 

Rate: $80.00 to $85.00/hr. w2

 

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Responsibilities:

• Rapidly develop prototypes, pilots, and full-scale distributed applications based on requirements, prototypes, or verbal input.
• Design and build microservices and APIs with an API-first approach.
• Develop and support large-scale Node.js and Express applications.
• Collaborate with digital product managers to deliver robust cloud-based solutions.
• Work across peer groups to resolve and understand complex technical and design issues.
• Apply system and application design patterns to build scalable, maintainable services.
• Contribute technical leadership and escalate issues and risks to management for timely resolution.
• Adopt new concepts and technologies quickly and implement them effectively.

Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of software development experience with Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Experience designing and developing microservices with strong API design skills.
• Hands-on development and support of large-scale Node.js and Express applications.
• Event-driven application experience using Kafka or a comparable messaging platform.
• Experience with AWS services such as S3 and EC2.
• Comfort with containers using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
• Experience building reusable Node.js modules and managing dependencies with NPM.
• Familiarity with libraries such as Mongoose, Casbin, and Axios (preferred).
• Experience using source control for feature-driven development in Bitbucket or Stash.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Artifactory.
• Strong object-oriented skills and system design for microservice architecture.
• Work experience in an Agile development environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and results orientation.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• AWS certification (preferred).