Senior Node.JS Developer

About IKS Health

IKS Health enables the enhanced delivery of exceptional healthcare for today’s practicing clinicians, medical groups and health systems. Supporting healthcare providers through every function of the patient visit, IKS Health is a go-to resource for organizations looking to effectively scale, improve quality and achieve cost savings through integrated technology and forward-thinking solutions. Founded in 2007, we have grown a global workforce of 14,000 employees serving over 150,000 clinicians in many of the largest hospitals, health systems, and specialty groups in the United States.

IKS Health revitalizes the clinician-patient relationship while empowering healthcare organizations to thrive. We take on the chores of healthcare — spanning administrative, clinical, and operational burdens — so that clinicians can focus on their core purpose: delivering great care. Combining pragmatic technology and dedicated experts, our solutions enable stronger, financially sustainable enterprises. By bringing joy and purpose back to medicine, we’re creating transformative value in healthcare and empowering clinicians to build healthier communities.

Summary:

Senior Node.js Developer with 5+ years of experience in building scalable backend systems, RESTful/GraphQL APIs, and microservices. Skilled in JavaScript/TypeScript, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and cloud platforms like GCP/AWS/Azure.

Role:

Understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.

Designing and development of optimized and efficient cloud solutions using technologies including but not limited to Node.js / Typescript, Azure and/or GCP components (functions, buckets, pub-sub, etc.).

Design, develop and monitor scalable web services.

Ensure quality deliverables by deploying automated unit tests (Jest).

Application health monitoring including appropriate auditing, logging, email notification, etc..

Work closely with the team to maintain branches, environments, code repository using Github,

Github Actions

Adhere and enforce secure coding mandates. Adhering and improving SDLC processes followed within the team.

Testing of the application / tools / solutions and changes developed.

Interact and work with cross-functional teams, stakeholders.

Maintenance and troubleshooting of internally developed applications and other solutions

Create specification, technical documentation and estimations as required for various projects.

Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle for solutions, including planning,

requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance.

Troubleshoot incidents, identify root cause, fix and document problems, and implement

preventive measures.

Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they

affect business productivity.

Delivery of assigned assignments in the allocated time and budget.

Reviewing code work for accuracy and functionality.

Experience debugging Applications with high data loads

Conducts team meetings to update members on best practices and continuing expectations

Ability to innovate and provide functional applications with intuitive interfaces

Exp

Education:

Masters/Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

Technical Skills:

Proficient in TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js.

Experience with Azure and GCP for deployment, monitoring, and management.

Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).

Familiar with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).

Skilled in designing and maintaining RESTful APIs

Understanding of web application security best practices.

Proficient with Git.

Soft Skills:

Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Adaptable and quick to learn new technologies and methodologies.

Professional Experience:

5+ backend development experience

Experience building and maintaining large-scale, high-performance backend systems

using TypeScript and Node.js.

Led complex technical projects from concept to completion.

Hands-on experience with Azure and GCP.

Collaborated with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align engineering

efforts with business objectives.

Designed scalable systems capable of handling high volumes of data and traffic.

Migrated monolithic applications to microservices architecture.