Lead Software Engineer (Node)

Job Description

Provide technical leadership and mentor a team of engineers to build Internet-scale applications where performance, reliability, and scalability, are critical design goals - not after-thoughts Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to create solutions for our customers Create intuitive, interactive, and easy-to-use web applications using rich client-side and REST based server-side code using Node, React and Typescript/Javascript Implement the nuts and bolts of Microservices Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) in real-life applications Use database technologies, ranging from traditional relational to the latest NoSQL products such as AWS DynamoDB and Couchbase Work with some of the best engineers in the industry to work on complex Software as a Service (SaaS) based applications Heres What You Need: You need to have a strong passion for software development and must take pride in designing and coding You should also have great analytical skills and ability to handle complex, modular software development in a collaborative team-based environment Educational Qualifications / Background: Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science OR related technical discipline Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with strong interpersonal skills Primary Skills: 7 to 9 years of Software Development experience in developing and shipping software Excellent troubleshooting skills Proven ability to work in a fast paced, agile environment and result oriented culture Hands-on programming experience with Node, JavaScript and TypeScript Experience with RESTful Web Services and API development Experience in contributing to the architecture and design (Design Patterns, Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) including Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Security) Experience with one or more of the databases: SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Couchbase, Cassandra, AWS DynamoDB or other NoSQL technologies Experience of working with Queuing technologies such as SQS/RabbitMQ/Kafka/Active MQ Strong influence in technical discussions and building team's technical vision Experience in leading an engineering team Preferred Skills: Experience in full stack development ranging from front-end user interfaces to backend systems Experience/knowledge of React, Vue or Angular; Graph Query Language (GQL) Experience of working with Elasticsearch/Solr Experience with Cloud Computing platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure Cloud Experience using feature flags and trunk-based development