Senior TypeScript Microservices Architect; AWS​/Kafka

Job Title

Type Script architect & developer

Denver, CO

Contract

A Node.js/Typescript engineer working in a small, agile team to develop REST and event-driven microservices. The team focuses on caching and reporting to improve customer experience, scaling to millions of REST and Kafka events each day. Engineers design and implement scalable, dependable systems and are expected to be self‑starters, capable of handling responsibility and decision‑making.

• Strong backend experience with Typescript implementing REST APIs
• Understanding of Dynamo
  
  DB or other key‑value stores and No
  
  SQL databases
• Strong mindset and willingness to learn new domains and technologies
• Expertise in end‑to‑end understanding of the system and testing services
• Experience with test‑driven development and automated testing frameworks
• Experience using AWS managed services
• Experience with caching architectures, particularly Redis
• Strong experience with containerization and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Istio, Argo, etc.)
• Experience with monitoring technologies (Splunk, Instana, Datadog, Prometheus, etc.)
• Knowledge of API documentation, especially Swagger (OpenAPI)
• Experience using CI/CD automation (Jenkins, Gitlab)
• Strong experience working with Dev Ops engineers to build and deploy infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies
• Strong understanding of Scrum/Agile development methodologies
• Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision
• Experience with building and designing REST APIs using Scala
• Experience with software security principles and patterns
• Ability to collaborate with and contribute to a common culture of excellence

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience
• Code and perform unit and integration testing of software to ensure proper and efficient execution and adherence to business and technical requirements
• Code, test, debug, and enhance software
• Write programs according to specifications and define specifications for complex programs
• Monitor and repair critical systems on an as‑needed basis
• Develop and maintain technical documentation
• Serve as final escalation point to resolve incidents and problems for production applications and web services supported by the team in accordance with identified Service Level Agreements
• Collaborate with internal customers, technical and architecture teams to solve complex software problems
• Provide system users and management with system analysis and improvement recommendations
• Identify and recommend system design/requirements needs for software enhancements
• Implement, monitor, test, and audit new software programs to maximize efficiency of software systems
• Participate in continuous performance improvement sessions to discuss opportunities to improve processes and/or standards
• Coordinate with technical teams to analyze and resolve software‑related problems causing operational difficulties, advising on specialized features and functions
• Follow established configuration/change control processes
• Collaborate with customers and internal/external technical teams to identify software problems and communicate remediation plans
• Mentor and coach junior team members

BA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent. Experience with Software Development Methodologies.