Intellum
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Senior JavaScript Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
36 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishDockerJava ScriptKubernetesMongo DBNode.jsNo SQLReactSQLType Script
Job Description
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable back-end services and APIs using Node.js and TypeScript
• Architect, implement, and optimize RESTful APIs
• Ensure high code quality through unit testing, integration testing, and automated test coverage
• Work closely with the QA team to document requirements, ensure testability, and implement test-driven development where applicable
• Support production availability by troubleshooting issues, and proactively improving system resilience
• Collaborate with the Product team to break down features into well-defined tasks, provide technical feedback, and align development with business goals
• Optimize performance and scalability of back-end services
• Implement best practices for security, authentication, and authorization
• Collaborate in the replatforming effort, contributing to architectural decisions and modernization strategies
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, logging, and monitoring for backend services
• Proactively communicate with cross-functional teams, provide constructive feedback, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
• Contribute to team goals by consistently delivering on projects that have high complexity and critical business impact
• Write well-crafted, high-quality, and easy-to-maintain code
• Write unit and automated tests for new features
• Proactively contributes to the improvement of other engineers in the company through mentoring and providing constructive, candid feedback
• Proactively gives technical and strategic feedback on projects relevant to their expertise that leads to better outcomes
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a JavaScript/Node.js developer
- Strong proficiency in Node.js, with hands-on experience in building scalable backend services
- Experience with TypeScript in production environments
- Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
- Strong focus on unit testing, integration testing, and working with QA to ensure high test coverage
- Experience with MongoDB and familiarity with databases paradigms (SQL or NoSQL)
- Understanding of authentication mechanisms (OAuth, JWT, session-based authentication)
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization tools is a plus
- Exposure to React.js and ability to collaborate with front-end engineers
- Experience with debugging, monitoring, and supporting production applications
- Knowledge of scalable architecture, caching strategies, and performance optimization
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Proactive mindset, with the ability to share feedback, raise concerns, and suggest improvements
Benefits
- Medical - 100% of employee premiums for selected individual plans
- Dental - 100% of employee premiums covered
- Vision - 100% of employee premiums covered
- LinkedIn Learning
- 401(k) plus matching (US Based Only)
- Unlimited PTO
- Calm subscription
- Annual Company Retreat