Senior Node.js Engineer - Hybrid, 6-Month Contract

Matlen Silver; Roseland, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a Senior/Lead Node.js Engineer to design, build, and scale backend services and APIs. The role blends hands-on development with technical guidance, supporting a modern enterprise platform and CI/CD pipelines.

The position emphasizes strong Node.js expertise, full-stack capabilities, and production troubleshooting, with a hybrid work arrangement and a 6-month contract. Candidates should be comfortable with both backend and frontend collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong Node.js experience.
• Strong software engineering/development background.
• Experience building high-performance, highly available applications.
• Strong SQL and NoSQL database experience.
• Hands-on Docker, Jenkins, and CI/CD experience.
• Production troubleshooting and support experience.
• Strong TDD / software engineering practices.
• Ability to work across backend and frontend development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Node.js applications and backend services.
• Build and support high-performance and highly available applications.
• Work across backend and frontend development as needed.
• Develop and integrate APIs and distributed application components.
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Build and maintain Docker-based applications and CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with Jenkins and automated build/deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform performance tuning.
• Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) and strong software engineering practices.
• Participate in Agile development and new product/platform initiatives.
• Contribute to technical design, code quality, and engineering standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to develop, integrate, and scale applications.

Skills

Node.js

Software engineering

Full-stack development

SQL/NoSQL databases

Docker

Jenkins

CI/CD

TDD

Production troubleshooting

GraphQL

React

Java

C#

Go

Python

Tools

Docker

Jenkins

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Matlen Silver is seeking a Senior/Lead Node.js Engineer to design, build, and scale backend services and APIs. The role blends hands-on development with technical guidance, supporting a modern enterprise platform and CI/CD pipelines.

The position emphasizes strong Node.js expertise, full-stack capabilities, and production troubleshooting, with a hybrid work arrangement and a 6-month contract. Candidates should be comfortable with both backend and frontend collaboration.