Senior Backend Engineer

Targeted Talent; New Westminster, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join a national company in British Columbia. This role will initially be remote, transitioning to a hybrid model. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in backend and API development, specifically with AWS and Node.js. Responsibilities include developing scalable services, mentoring junior developers, and collaborating within a development team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in designing scalable systems (APIs).
• Strong understanding of testing methods.
• Experience with Node.js for backend development.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable RESTful services.
• Manage large scale AWS based infrastructure.
• Assist in mentoring junior developers.

Skills

AWS infrastructure management

Designing scalable systems (APIs)

Backend and API development (Node.js)

Unit testing (Jest/Enzyme/React Testing Library)

End to end testing (Cypress.io)

Docker

Fluent in English

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Jest

Cypress.io

Docker

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer for our client indowntown Vancouver.This is a permanent full-time position working at an national company with a range of products from telecommunications, health, safety and others. This position is remote to start during Covid, then it will be 3 days remote and 2 days in the office.

You will:

• Develop scalable RESTful services
• Managing large scale AWS based infrastructure
• Developing code that is unit, integration and end to end tested
• Designing and developing scalable systems
• Working collaboratively with a team of developers
• Assist in mentoring junior developers
• Assist in mentoring junior developers
• Provide clear and timely communication to the team lead and the rest of the project team
• Learn new technologies in order to keep up with current trends or as required by new projects

You Have:

• Experience withAWS infrastructure management
• Proven 5+ years of experience in designing scalable systems (APIs)
• Strong understanding of testing
• Experience with backend and API development (Node.js)
• Understanding of unit testing (Jest/Enzyme/React Testing Librarypreferred)
• Familiar with end to end testing (Cypress.iopreferred)
• Familiar with build pipeline and Continuous Integration
• Experience with Docker
• Fluent in English and excellent communication skills