Senior Node.js Developer

Encora; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Coforge is seeking a Senior Node.js Developer to design, build, and operate scalable backend services in a cloud-first environment. You’ll work with JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS to deliver production‑grade streaming and distributed systems.

Remote role across LATAM time zones. Requires 4–5 years of hands‑on experience, strong algorithms, and proficiency with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code. Collaboration with cross‑functional teams and a focus on reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of hands‑on software development experience building and operating production services.
• Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS infrastructure, particularly ECS and EC2.
• Knowledge of DevOps fundamentals, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and multi‑environment deployments.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, mathematics, and performance optimization.
• Experience with high‑traffic distributed systems, REST or WebSocket APIs, and data formats such as JSON or Protobuf.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain complex modules for cloud-based streaming services.
• Own software components and initiatives end to end, ensuring high engineering quality and operational standards.
• Deploy and operate services across multiple AWS regions, primarily using ECS and EC2, alongside S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Redis, Lambda, and CloudFront.
• Improve system performance and resiliency through caching, eviction strategies, and scaling policies.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions.
• Contribute to system design, architecture discussions, technical planning, and roadmap initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to automate and simplify engineering workflows, including AI-assisted development tools.

Skills

Node.js

JavaScript

TypeScript

AWS

Distributed Systems

Microservices

Algorithms

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS ECS

AWS EC2

S3

DynamoDB

SQS

Redis

Lambda

CloudFront

Job description

Job Title: Senior Node.js Developer
Key Skills: Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, AWS, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Algorithms, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
Experience: 4–5 years
Location: Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia
Work Mode: Remote

At Coforge, we are hiring a Senior Node.js Developer (#14816-4-11) with the following skill set.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain complex modules for cloud-based streaming services.
• Own software components and initiatives end to end, ensuring high engineering quality and operational standards.
• Deploy and operate services across multiple AWS regions, primarily using ECS and EC2, alongside S3, DynamoDB, SQS, ElastiCache/Redis, Lambda, and CloudFront.
• Improve system performance and resiliency through caching and eviction strategies, retry mechanisms, dead-letter recovery, and scaling policies.
• Optimize memory and data access through memory-mapped or pager-based approaches.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions.
• Contribute to system design, architecture discussions, technical planning, and roadmap initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to automate and simplify engineering workflows, including the use of AI-assisted development tools.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4–5 years of hands‑on software development experience building and operating production services.
• Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js, or solid backend development experience in another language with the ability to quickly adapt to Node.js.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS infrastructure, particularly ECS and EC2.
• Knowledge of DevOps fundamentals, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and multi‑environment deployments.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, mathematics, and performance optimization.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented and/or functional programming, concurrency, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with high‑traffic distributed systems, REST or WebSocket APIs, and data formats such as JSON or Protobuf.
• Familiarity with observability practices, including logging, metrics, and tracing.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies.
• Openness to using AI‑assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and software quality.

Preferred Skills

• Strong JavaScript programming experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Harness.
• Knowledge of memory‑mapped files, embedded key‑value stores such as RocksDB, caching and eviction algorithms, or pager/streaming reader design.
• Experience with 3D model data, geometry or mesh processing, point clouds, level of detail, compression, or streaming pipelines.
• Experience with CDNs, global data distribution, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
• Understanding of network protocols such as HTTP/2, QUIC, and WebSockets.
• Experience with Rust.

Posted On: 06-11-2026

Coforge is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.