Backend API Engineer (Node JS / Type Script)
Posted Today by 1760606898
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
USA
Summary: The Backend API Engineer role focuses on developing and maintaining backend services using NodeJS and TypeScript, with an emphasis on collaboration with internal customers to deliver effective solutions. The position requires extensive experience in software engineering and project management, along with strong communication and problem-solving skills. The role is primarily remote, with potential hybrid options in Orlando, Florida. Candidates should be adaptable and capable of producing high-quality technical documentation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain backend services using NodeJS and TypeScript.
- Collaborate with internal customers to understand their needs and translate them into working solutions.
- Produce high-quality technical documentation.
- Utilize conflict resolution and problem-solving techniques.
- Engage in large scale enterprise system development and integration.
- Work within Agile, Scrum, and Scaled Agile Framework methodologies.
Key Skills:
- 7+ years of equivalent work experience in software engineering.
- Proven experience with NodeJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, and ExpressJS.
- Familiarity with Mocha, CouchDB, Redis, Kafka, Docker, and Kubernetes on Azure.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in project management, business analysis, or system design.
- Ability to adapt and learn new tools quickly.
- Strong customer relationship skills and problem resolution abilities.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Orlando
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Work Location: Orlando (Remote)
Job Description
* 7+ years equivalent work experience. Experience preferred in project management, business analysis, or system design. Conflict resolution and problem-solving techniques required. Good presentation, facilitation, communication, and negotiation skills required.
* Proven hands-on experience as a software engineer with a focus on one or more technologies inclusive of NodeJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, ExpressJS.
* Experience in Mocha, CouchDB, Redis, Kafka, Docker and Kubernetes in Azure platform is a plus.
* Very highly developed written and verbal communication skills (including the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to a non-technical audience)
* Business Analysis proven success collaborating directly with internal customers (i.e., product owners) to understand their needs and translate them into a working solution
* Adaptability a fast learner with a willingness to build solutions using tools to which you may have had little previous exposure
* Empathy the innate ability to understand the challenges faced by our customers, and the drive to resolve them
* Demonstrated ability to produce high quality technical documentation.
* Demonstrated ability of strong customer relationship skills, problem resolution and improved efficiencies and productivity.
* Experience with large scale enterprise system development and integration.
* Experience with Agile, Scrum, and Scaled Agile Framework a plus