Senior Node.js Backend Engineer - TS & API Middleware

hudsonmanpower; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

hudsonmanpower seeks a Senior Full Stack Developer to design, code, test, debug, and document device communication middleware for monitoring and controlling the devices we manufacture. You will shape software architecture across desktop, mobile, browser, cloud, and embedded environments, focusing on high performance, maintainability, and cross‑platform reuse.

Responsibilities include implementing middleware in Node.js and TypeScript, exposing APIs via GraphQL/REST, and collaborating with teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of software development experience.
• Proven Node.js backend experience with a strong focus on TypeScript.
• Experience designing and documenting Web-based APIs for asynchronous systems.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Understanding of asynchronous programming, multi-threading, and reactive patterns.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, testing, and deployment best practices.
• Experience with Git version control.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement platform-independent device communication middleware.
• Develop software using Agile methodologies on cross-functional development teams.
• Collaborate with marketing, test and system engineering to define software use cases and requirements that drive end user value.
• Implement device communication business logic in Node.js and TypeScript.
• Expose functionality to consuming applications via GraphQL and/or REST APIs.
• Research, model and standardize device interaction capabilities across our broad product ecosystem, providing device-agnostic interfaces for client applications.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

GraphQL

REST APIs

Web APIs

Asynchronous programming

CI/CD

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Job description

hudsonmanpower seeks a Senior Full Stack Developer to design, code, test, debug, and document device communication middleware for monitoring and controlling the devices we manufacture. You will shape software architecture across desktop, mobile, browser, cloud, and embedded environments, focusing on high performance, maintainability, and cross‑platform reuse.

Responsibilities include implementing middleware in Node.js and TypeScript, exposing APIs via GraphQL/REST, and collaborating with teams