Sr. Back End Developer – Node.js/AWS/GraphQL

VRTek Consulting Inc.; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech consulting firm is seeking a Sr. Back End Developer with expertise in Node.js and AWS services. This hybrid role involves leading the development and maintenance of web applications, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring optimal code quality. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in backend engineering and a strong understanding of GraphQL and microservices architectures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend engineering.
• Strong experience with Node.js and building RESTful & GraphQL APIs.
• Familiarity with AWS services like Lambda, ECS/EKS, and API Gateway.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of complex web applications.
• Continuously optimize code quality, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborate with product owners and DevOps teams on deployment.

Skills

TypeScript

GraphQL

Node.js

AWS

DevOps

Education

B.S. / M.S. in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Docker

Terraform

CloudWatch

Job description

Overview

Sr. Back End Developer – Node.js/AWS/GraphQL

Location: Charlotte, NC - Hybrid Role 3x/week

Duration: 12+ Months

Top Skills

• TypeScript
• GraphQL - strong exposure

What we will want you to do

• Lead development and maintenance of complex web-based applications & enterprise systems based on Typescript, Angular, NodeJS.
• Develop target state technology that modernizes core lending platform services leveraging GraphQL with Apollo Client, Server, and Router, BPMN using Camunda v8, and Event Driven Architecture using Kafka on AWS.
• Demonstrate courage – be willing to take a position to advance design and implementation decisions. Capable of principled push back with both peers and superiors.
• Continuously enhance and optimize code quality, scalability, security, and performance.
• Create clean, maintainable, and well-documented code adhering to best practices and coding standards.
• Write automated tests and conduct thorough testing to deliver high-quality, shippable software every sprint.
• Collaborate with product owners, user experience designers, and other team members contributing to the product development process, actively participate in discussions and development ceremonies, propose technical solutions, and translate them into working software.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to deploy and maintain applications into the Production environment.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously improve development processes and skills.
• Have a strong bias for action and learning by doing mindset.
• Thrive working in a fast-paced environment.

Skill/Experience/Education

• Minimum B.S. / M.S. Computer Science or related discipline from accredited college or University.
• Proficient in: object-oriented programming, software engineering techniques, quality engineering, parallel programming, databases, etc.
• 5+ years of professional experience in backend engineering.
• Strong experience with Node.js (including asynchronous programming, event loop, streams and performance optimization). Proven experience in building & maintaining RESTful & GraphQL APIs.
• Strong understanding of API versioning, authentication & authorization strategies.
• Hands-on experience designing and working with microservices architectures (service communication, data consistency, service discovery, scaling strategies).
• Knowledge of distributed systems concepts (fault tolerance, eventual consistency, message queues).
• Proficiency in AWS cloud services like Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudWatch.
• Experience with messaging streams like Kafka, SNS/SQS or other event driven systems.
• Experience with SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB). Solid understanding of indexing, query optimization and data modeling.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies. Basic DevOps knowledge about usage of Docker, Terraform, CloudWatch.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology