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Role Description

Client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Node Developer with expertise developing enterprise SaaS applications using modern JavaScript (ES6+) with Node.js and Typescript. This role combines “hands on” coding with system architecture discussions, design reviews and helping guide the team to write clean, efficient well-documented code following industry best practices. This role reports to the VP of Product & Engineering but also collaborates closely with the Chief Technology and AI Officer to help drive the technological direction and architecture.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Hands on software development
• Develop and maintain robust, scalable applications, APIs and microservices
• Ensure code quality and maintainability with unit and integration testing, type safety, documentation, and software design principles
• Optimize applications and systems for high performance, reliability, and scalability
• Troubleshoot, debug and resolve complex production issues and provide timely resolution
• Keep up to date on latest nodejs / typescript tooling and best practices
• Team Leadership & Collaboration
• Help lead fellow developers by example, promoting a culture of technical excellence
• Conduct thorough code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Mentor junior software engineers, fostering continuous learning and improvement
• Drive continuous improvement of development processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into Agile Epics, Stories and Defects
• Collaborate with DevOps to enable CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation
• Collaborate with QA and DevOps to ensure robust, testable, and observable systems
• Innovation
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, advocating for their adoption where appropriate
• Be a “Lifelong Learner” by demonstrating self-motivated pursuit of knowledge and skills

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in software development
• 5-8+ years of experience in backend development with Node.js, Express and Typescript, with a proven track record of building secure and scalable systems
• Expert-level knowledge of Node.js and Express
• Expert-level knowledge of JavaScript/Typescript, including modern features (ES6 and beyond), asynchronous programming (callbacks, Promises, async/await), and error handling
• Strong understanding of JavaScript packaging and module bundling, including using npm (Node Package Manager) for managing dependencies
• Strong understanding of API Development, including RESTful APIs, WebSocket based APIs, SSO, Identity Providers and related authentication and authorization technologies such as SAML, OIDC and OAuth
• Strong understanding of design patterns providing optimal solutions to common Node.js development problems (DI, Middleware, Factory, Singleton)
• Strong understanding of building secure web sites and services following OWASP’s top 10 and other best practices
• BA/BS in a computer-science-related discipline or equivalent experience

Requirements

• Ideal candidates have some experience with:
• Using AI based developer tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot)
• Monorepo version control strategies using nx or similar technologies
• Developing front ends in React or similar TypeScript/JavaScript technologies
• WebRTC or other real-time communication standards
• LLM API’s, prompt engineering, and prompt management
• CRM integration/development (Salesforce/ServiceNow)
• AWS or similar cloud infrastructure
• Containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes
• Object oriented programming in a strongly typed language (Java, C#, C++, Go)

Benefits

• 100% Remote