Typescript Backend Architect

JOB SUMMARY
Client is looking for a Typescript backend Architect to work in a small, agile team. The team creates REST and event-driven microservices that focus on using caching and reporting to improve our customers experience. The team works at scaling, handling many millions of REST and Kafka events each day.

Engineers on this team create new microservices and improve existing microservices. Projects are usually of considerable complexity and require a mastery of development tools. Engineers are expected to design and implement scalable, dependable systems as needed. As this is a small team, engineers must be self-starters, capable of handling responsibility and making decisions.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical direction and solutions to architectural, development, and operational teams on assigned projects
• Lead architecture to formulate and review new software/hardware platforms
• Evaluate complex designs and resolve issues within internal and external systems to advance business projects
• Design and support application systems and infrastructure within assigned technology domains
• Formulate criteria, technologies, and use cases for and execute proofs-of-concept for new approaches and platforms
• Assess interfaces and interoperability among systems to evaluate impacts of changes and integrations
• Shape technology strategy and establish best practices for code design, API contracts, version control and automation to drive innovation
• Inquisitive nature and eager to explore new concepts and approaches
• Actively and consistently supports all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience
• Code, test, debug, and enhance software
• 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
• Maximize efficiency of various software systems by implementing, monitoring, testing and auditing new software programs
• Follow established configuration/change control processes
• Collaborate with customers and technical teams to identify software problems and communicate remediation plans
• Mentor and coach junior team members

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Technologies

• Strong experience with Node.js and Typescript
• Understanding of DynamoDB or other key-value stores and NoSQL databases
• Experience using AWS managed services
• Experience with caching architectures, particularly Redis
• Experience with messaging, especially Kafka MSK
• 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 DevOps engineers to build and deploy infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies
• Strong understanding of Scrum/Agile 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 culture of excellence
• Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks