Sr. NodeJS Backend Engineer (AWS)

Job Description

• Design, code, test, debug and document new and existing components to ensure software meets business, quality and operational needs.
• Build high quality code following unit testing and test-driven development.
• Drive and participate in code and document reviews, mentoring team in best practices.
• Collaborate with peer organizations, dev ops, and support organizations on technical issues and provide guidance.
• Interpret and translate business needs to technical requirements and accurate estimates.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes to ensure the highest quality and performance is achieved.
• Work with team to troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently.
• Apply deep technical expertise to resolve challenging programming and design problems.
• Focus on scalability, security and availability of all applications and processes.
• Contribute to the design and architecture to enable secure, scalable and maintainable software.
• Contribute to risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture.
• Contribute to technical roadmap and technical debt elimination, balancing time, resource, and quality constraints to achieve business and strategic goals and requirements.

Requirements

Must-Have:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years hands-on overall experience developing scalable, customer facing web and software applications.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• 2+ years experience of REST and ability to build REST APIs with NodeJS.
• Experience deploying apps in AWS or similar cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledgeable and enthusiastic about writing well tested applications.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum setting, including partnering with business analysts, other developers and testers, and implementing solutions related to creative process.
• Experience with third-party APIs and Web Services, API Gateways.
• Working knowledge of the general web application landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies.

Nice-to-Have:

• AI Tools: Thorough understanding of AI tools and experience working with Claude Code, Cursor and Agentic AI.
• Cloud & DevOps: Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment and code management using Git and Jenkins; knowledgeable about AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront, experience building APIs with Serverless framework, not afraid to take on DevOps tasks to improve developer experience and delivery.
• CRM & ERP: Exposure to CRM and ERP Integrations.
• Code Quality: Demonstrated commitment to high quality user facing and back end code that is usable, maintainable and well thought out.
• Soft Skills: Ability to work both collaboratively and independently; self-directed learner who has quickly learned new programming languages; self-motivated and desire to Get Stuff Done.