Node.js​/Typescript engineer

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Actively and consistently supports 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.
• Maximize the efficiency of the various software systems by implementing, monitoring, testing and auditing new software programs.
• 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.

Technologies

• Strong experience with Node.js and Typescript
• Understanding of Dynamo
  
  DB or other key-value stores and No
  
  SQL databases
• 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)

Skills/Abilities and Knowledge

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
• 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.
• Experience with building and designing event-driven systems.
• Experience with software security principles and patterns.
• Ability to collaborate with and contribute to a common culture of excellence.
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks.

Education

BA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

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