Senior Backend Engineer: Data Pipelines & AWS (Remote)

NTT DATA, Inc.; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and implement production-grade data ingestion, transformation and delivery pipelines, plus enhance REST APIs using Node.js, Java, and AWS services. You will work embedded with the team, shipping code quickly while maintaining quality and testing rigor.

The role emphasizes working across data pipelines, API enhancements, and cloud-native architectures, with a strong focus on delivering reliable systems in a collaborative, sprint-driven

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend software engineering (shipping production code).
• Proficiency: Node.js and Java (17+).
• AWS hands-on experience: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SQS/SNS, S3.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data pipeline services (ingestion, transformation, delivery).
• Enhance and maintain REST APIs for service integration and external consumption.
• Write clean, testable backend code in Node.js and Java.
• Build event-driven architectures using AWS (Lambda, Kinesis, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, S3).
• Set up CI/CD pipeline automation in GitLab.
• Own end-to-end testing strategy (unit, integration, contract, API tests).
• Collaborate with engineers, platform engineering and product team on design decisions.
• Deliver working code on a predictable cadence (sprints/iterations).

Skills

Node.js

Java

AWS

REST APIs

Data pipelines

CI/CD

SQL/NoSQL

Testing

Agile

Communication

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and implement production-grade data ingestion, transformation and delivery pipelines, plus enhance REST APIs using Node.js, Java, and AWS services. You will work embedded with the team, shipping code quickly while maintaining quality and testing rigor.

The role emphasizes working across data pipelines, API enhancements, and cloud-native architectures, with a strong focus on delivering reliable systems in a collaborative, sprint-driven