Senior Node.js Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead the architecture and design of high-performance, scalable and fault-tolerant Node.js applications, microservices, big data processing systems and data pipelines running in the cloud (primarily AWS)
• ▹Utilize AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3, Kafka/MSK and SQS to ensure applications and data platforms are highly available, secure and performant
• ▹Build and manage distributed, high-load microservices and event-driven architectures
• ▹Design and develop data integrations and big data processing pipelines
• ▹Optimize Node.js applications and data processing workloads for performance under high load
• ▹Implement advanced multithreading techniques to enhance performance and concurrency
• ▹Write clean, maintainable and efficient code following best practices and design patterns
• ▹Integrate with multiple external APIs and process large volumes of data flexibly

Requirements

• ▹At least 5 years of experience as a Backend Developer
• ▹In-depth knowledge and experience developing APIs, microservices and distributed systems
• ▹Experience with modern data platforms and storage solutions such as Snowflake or ClickHouse
• ▹Experience with event streaming and queuing solutions such as Kafka, RabbitMQ or SQS
• ▹Strong proficiency with JavaScript and knowledge of Node.js and its frameworks (such as Express)
• ▹Understanding of asynchronous programming and its quirks
• ▹Understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications
• ▹Experience designing and implementing data ingestion, transformation and processing workflows
• ▹Experience implementing automated testing and unit tests
• ▹Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
• ▹Experience with cloud services such as AWS and GCP
• ▹Experience with Linux
• ▹Experience with CI/CD processes

Soft skills