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Node.js lead

New York, NY, US • Posted 17 hours ago • Updated Just Now

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Skills

API
Node.js
TypeScript
Leadership
DDD
Kubernetes

Summary

Who are we?

Photon () has emerged as one of the world s largest and fastest-growing Digital Agencies. We work with 40% of the Fortune 100 on their Digital initiatives and are known for our ability to integrate Strategy Consulting, Creative Design, and Technology at scale. Please visit to learn more about us, how we work, and our customer case studies.

The Role

Digital API team is looking for a hands-on Tech Lead with deep Node.js/TypeScript expertise to design and deliver domain-driven microservices for customer-facing digital experiences. You ll own greenfield builds from zero-to-production, lead engineers by example (coding ~70% of the time), and drive cross-team triage while keeping leadership proactively informed.

What You ll Do

Design & build domain-driven, event-aware microservices in Node.js/TypeScript (Express/Fastify/NestJS) with clean, testable code.
Architect greenfield systems: service boundaries, data models, REST APIs, event streams, CI/CD, observability, and runtime topology.
Set API standards: versioning, OpenAPI/Swagger, pagination, error contracts, resiliency patterns (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers).
Own production readiness: SLOs, dashboards, alerting, runbooks; lead incident triage/bridge calls and drive blameless RCAs.
Collaborate across teams (web, mobile, data, security, ops) to unblock work, sequence dependencies, and land integrated releases.
Communicate proactively with leadership: crisp status, risk/mitigation, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
Raise the bar: code reviews, engineering best practices, mentoring, pair programming, tech talks, and documentation.
Think two steps ahead: anticipate edge cases, scaling, operability, and cost; recommend pragmatic sequencing and trade-offs.

Tech Stack You ll Work With

Languages/Frameworks: Node.js, TypeScript, Express/Fastify/NestJS
APIs: REST, OpenAPI/Swagger, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT
Data: PostgreSQL/MySQL, NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB), Redis cache
Messaging/Streaming: Kafka/RabbitMQ (sagas, outbox, idempotency)
Cloud & Platform: One major cloud (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform), Docker, Kubernetes, API Gateway/Ingress, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)
CI/CD & Observability: GitHub Actions/Jenkins, ELK/Dynatrace, feature flags, OpenTelemetry, Datadog/New Relic/Prometheus, log aggregation

What You ll Bring

8+ years backend engineering (or equivalent impact), 3+ years technical leadership on product teams.
Expert-level Node.js/TypeScript with proven delivery of domain-driven microservices at scale.
Strong grasp of DDD (entities/aggregates/bounded contexts), event-driven architectures, and microservice patterns (saga, outbox, circuit breaker).
Designed secure, resilient public APIs used by web/mobile clients; deep understanding of authN/authZ (OAuth2/OIDC), secrets, and TLS.
Production experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment, CI/CD, and observability (metrics, traces, logs, SLOs).
Demonstrated success leading triage/incident response and driving RCAs to lasting improvements.
Outstanding communication able to simplify complex trade-offs, tell a delivery story, and keep partners aligned.
Bias for action: you go the extra mile, anticipate the next two steps, and ship high-quality software.

Nice to Have

Experience in telecom (ordering, provisioning, billing, identity) or large consumer digital platforms.
API gateways (Apigee/Kong), rate limiting/quotas, multi-tenant patterns.
Performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost optimization in cloud environments.

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Dice Id: 10462843
Position Id: 8808183
Posted 17 hours ago

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