Tech Lead - Node.js

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Able to Provide Sponsorship

Skills

API
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Web Services
Apache Kafka
Cloud Computing
Collaboration
Docker
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Improvement
Continuous Integration
Data Security
Domain-driven Design
GitHub
Good Clinical Practice
Google Cloud Platform
IT Management
Incident Management
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Leadership
Mentorship
Microservices
Microsoft Azure
MongoDB
MySQL
New Relic
Node.js
OAuth
OIDC
Optimization
Performance Tuning
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
Root Cause Analysis
Scalability
Streaming
TLS
Telecommunications
Terraform
TypeScript

Job Details

ONLY W2
What You ll Do

  • Design and build domain-driven, event-based microservices in Node.js/TypeScript (Express/Fastify/NestJS) with clean, testable code.

  • Architect greenfield systems service boundaries, APIs, data models, event streams, CI/CD, and observability.

  • Define and enforce API standards (versioning, OpenAPI, pagination, error handling, resiliency).

  • Ensure production readiness: SLOs, monitoring, alerts, incident management, and RCA leadership.

  • Collaborate across web, mobile, data, security, and ops teams to deliver integrated releases.

  • Communicate clearly with leadership on status, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.

  • Elevate engineering quality through code reviews, mentorship, and best practices.

  • Anticipate edge cases, scalability, and cost driving pragmatic technical decisions.

Tech Stack

  • Languages/Frameworks: Node.js, TypeScript, Express/Fastify/NestJS

  • APIs: REST, OpenAPI/Swagger, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT

  • Data: PostgreSQL/MySQL, MongoDB/DynamoDB, Redis

  • Messaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ (sagas, outbox, idempotency)

  • Cloud/Infra: AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform/CloudFormation

  • CI/CD & Observability: GitHub Actions/Jenkins, ELK, OpenTelemetry, Datadog/New Relic, Prometheus

What You ll Bring

  • 8+ years backend engineering, 3+ years in technical leadership.

  • Deep expertise in Node.js/TypeScript and domain-driven microservices at scale.

  • Strong in DDD, event-driven architecture, and microservice patterns (saga, outbox, circuit breaker).

  • Proven experience designing secure, resilient APIs with OAuth2/OIDC and TLS.

  • Hands-on with Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and production ops.

  • Skilled communicator and incident leader with a bias for action and continuous improvement.

Nice to Have

  • Experience in telecom or large-scale digital platforms.

  • Familiarity with API gateways, rate limiting, and multi-tenant design.

  • Expertise in performance tuning and cloud cost optimization.

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