Senior Backend Architect: Node.js, Cloud & Microservices

MBC GROUP; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MBC GROUP is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale backend services using Node.js and TypeScript. You will work across microservices, databases, and cloud infrastructure to deliver reliable APIs for web and mobile applications.

You will collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and product teams, implement security best practices, and write thorough tests. A strong command of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, databases, and containerization is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend development experience with Node.js and TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Strong expertise in RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services.
• Contribute to system architecture and microservices design.
• Develop RESTful and GraphQL APIs for web and mobile apps.
• Work with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis).
• Deploy and manage services on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks for low latency and high throughput.
• Implement authentication, authorization (OAuth, JWT), and security best practices.
• Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests (Jest, Mocha, Chai).
• Establish observability with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog.
• Collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and product teams; mentor juniors.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.

Skills

RESTful API design

GraphQL

Microservices

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

SQL & NoSQL

Cloud services

Docker & Kubernetes

OAuth/JWT

Testing frameworks

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

MBC GROUP is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale backend services using Node.js and TypeScript. You will work across microservices, databases, and cloud infrastructure to deliver reliable APIs for web and mobile applications.

You will collaborate with frontend, DevOps, and product teams, implement security best practices, and write thorough tests. A strong command of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, databases, and containerization is essential.