Senior Node.js/React Engineer - Build Scalable Travel APIs

Hornblower Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hornblower Group is seeking a seasoned Node.js/React.js software engineer/architect to lead backend and API development for ticketing solutions. You will design scalable systems, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across product, design, and other teams to align with business goals.

You should have 7+ years in software engineering or architecture, strong Node.js and React.js skills, experience with performance tuning and distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Technology related field or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Proficient with Node.JS and React.JS.
• Minimum 7 years of experience as Software Engineer/Architect.
• Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with GTFS, Real Time transportation Lat/Long coordinates, and RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services.
• Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards.
• Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines.
• Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred.
• Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools such as Shark.
• Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications.
• Knack for benchmarking and optimization.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools as Github and Gitlab.
• Familiarity with continuous integration solutions such as Gitlab.
• Available outside of office hours for urgent and high priority work related issues.

Responsibilities

• Apply expertise in backend language/frontend framework/microservices architecture, distributed systems and database management to lead the design, development, testing of complex software systems and ensure their alignment with long-term business goals.
• Drive architectural decisions to ensure scalability, performance, security, and reliability across all software systems.
• Apply expertise in software development, system design, and engineering best practices to play critical role in driving the success of our platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, and other engineers) to design and build scalable, high-performance systems that align with business objectives and technical goals.
• Shape the future of our product architecture, improve existing systems, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Create and ensure that technical documentation is kept up-to-date throughout the development lifecycle, enabling better knowledge sharing and process consistency.
• Design and build applications for the Node platform
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
• Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Skills

Node.js

React.js

Distributed systems

Software architecture

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

CI/CD

Job description

Hornblower Group is seeking a seasoned Node.js/React.js software engineer/architect to lead backend and API development for ticketing solutions. You will design scalable systems, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across product, design, and other teams to align with business goals.

You should have 7+ years in software engineering or architecture, strong Node.js and React.js skills, experience with performance tuning and distributed systems.