Lead Node.js Engineer — Mentor & Drive Backend Excellence

Creative Chaos; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Work From Home

Health Insurance

OPD

Training and Development

Life Insurance

Exchange Program

Job summary

Creative Chaos is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Node to lead server-side development for diverse platforms. You will design, implement, and maintain RESTful APIs, ensuring performance, security, and bug-free operation while mentoring a team of engineers.

The role emphasizes strong collaboration with clients and cross-functional teams, guiding technical direction, code quality, and ongoing skill development in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 6-8 years of professional experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proficiency in Javascript technologies.
• Knowledge of NodeJS and frameworks ExpressJS and NestJS.
• Backend components and RESTful API design.
• Security and accessibility knowledge.
• Experience with relational and schemaless DBs (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Unit testing with at least 90% coverage.
• GitHub and Jira collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers.
• Mentor team members through training and guidance.
• Analyze business requirements.
• Estimate assigned tasks.
• Write code and unit tests.
• Collaborate with team members.
• Tune code for security and performance.
• Maintain systems by fixing issues.
• Update issue tracking software.
• Provide status updates.
• Communicate with clients.
• Control versions of code.
• Research new technologies.
• Upgrade skills and knowledge.
• Evaluate candidates for open positions.

Skills

Javascript

NodeJS

REST APIs

Unit tests

Git/JIRA

Front-end basics

Presentation skills

Team influence

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Tools

ExpressJS

NestJS

Job description

Creative Chaos is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Node to lead server-side development for diverse platforms. You will design, implement, and maintain RESTful APIs, ensuring performance, security, and bug-free operation while mentoring a team of engineers.

The role emphasizes strong collaboration with clients and cross-functional teams, guiding technical direction, code quality, and ongoing skill development in a dynamic environment.