Node.js & GraphQL Engineer — Growth, Mentorship in Salinas

Nestle; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestle in Salinas, CA is seeking a mid-level Node.js Developer who thrives in a fast-paced, hands-on environment. The role offers a meaningful blend of autonomy and collaboration, with focus on building scalable services using GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.

You’ll contribute to sprint planning, be comfortable reviewing Go patterns, and drive incident response while mentoring others. The position includes strong growth, mentorship, and a commitment to engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 4 years of Java experience is referenced in the posting.
• 5 years of GraphQL experience.
• Node.js development experience implied for the role.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions
• Spot the ambitious Go anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Nestle
• Wire up PostgreSQL feature flags so Nestle can test on Salinas traffic risk-free
• Sketch the Emotional Intelligence architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Nestle
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable GraphQL acceptance criteria
• Keep Nestle's Kubernetes dependencies patched before the CVEs become incidents
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems

Skills

GraphQL

Time management

Independent work

Go review awareness

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

Go

Job description

Nestle in Salinas, CA is seeking a mid-level Node.js Developer who thrives in a fast-paced, hands-on environment. The role offers a meaningful blend of autonomy and collaboration, with focus on building scalable services using GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.

You’ll contribute to sprint planning, be comfortable reviewing Go patterns, and drive incident response while mentoring others. The position includes strong growth, mentorship, and a commitment to engineering excellence.