Senior Node/AWS Backend Developer

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Node.js
MongoDB
GraphQL
AWS
AWS Lambda
Agile

Job Details

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express.js
  • Implement serverless architectures using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and Step Functions
  • Implement secure authentication and authorization (e.g., using Cognito, OAuth, JWT)
  • Collaborate with frontend developers, DevOps, and QA to deliver scalable, performant solutions
  • Optimize application performance, ensure fault tolerance, and handle error logging/monitoring (e.g., CloudWatch, X-Ray, ELK)
  • Work on creating scalable and fault-tolerant AWS Cloud serverless NodeJS API services, create schema documentation and architecture diagrams
  • Coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure, guiding junior developers, setting, and upkeeping a technical workflow using Jira, Git
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, and continuous integration/delivery pipelines

Requirements:

  • 6+ years of hands-on experience in backend development using Node.js
  • Solid knowledge of AWS cloud services, especially Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, and CloudWatch
  • Experience building microservices or event-driven architectures using serverless or container-based patterns (e.g., ECS/Fargate)
  • Proficiency in RESTful API design and best practices
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, or Jenkins
  • Familiarity with security best practices (IAM roles, KMS, WAF, encryption, etc.)
  • Strong debugging, performance tuning, and monitoring skills
  • Working knowledge of TypeScript is a plus
  • Experience with message queues (e.g., SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ) is a plus
  • Understanding of DevOps practices and containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS) is a plus

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field
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