Senior Solution Architect - Node Js

Solution Architect - Node

Mandatory/Key Skills: JavaScript Node JS

Requirements:

A Senior Solution Architect responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance NodeJS applications and services. They provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices and quality standards. This role involves hands-on development, architectural design, code reviews, and collaboration with various teams to deliver robust and efficient solutions.

Here's a more detailed breakdown of the responsibilities and required skills:

Key Responsibilities:

• Architecture Design: Define and implement the architecture for backend services using NodeJS and related frameworks, meeting architectural significant requirements (ASRs).

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team, mentoring on best practices, code standards, and design patterns in a very hands-on way including doing peer programming with developers on the team.

• Code Quality and Standards: Conduct code reviews, enforce quality standards, and ensure maintainability, efficiency, and security of the codebase.

• Collaboration: Collaborate with front-end developers, DevOps teams, and other stakeholders to deliver full-stack solutions.

• Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks, optimize application performance, and ensure responsiveness.

• Security: Implement and enforce security best practices, authentication, and data protection strategies.

• Troubleshooting and Debugging: Troubleshoot and debug complex issues across the application stack, providing timely resolutions.

Required Skills:

• Proficiency in JavaScript and Node.js:

  Deep understanding of JavaScript and NodeJS core concepts, including event loop, asynchronous programming, and module system.

• Experience with Frameworks and Libraries:

  Extensive experience with NodeJS frameworks like Express.js, and familiarity with other relevant libraries.

• API Design and Development:

  Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and GraphQL APIs.

• Database Knowledge:

  Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB).

• Version Control and DevOps:

  Strong understanding of Git and experience with CI/CD pipelines.

• Testing and Debugging:

  Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and debugging tools.

• Security Best Practices:

  Knowledge of security best practices, authentication (OAuth, JWT), and data protection strategies.

• Problem-Solving:

  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Communication and Collaboration:

  Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

• Mentorship:

  Experience mentoring and guiding developers on the team.

• Cloud Technologies:

  Deep experience developing cloud native solutions on AWS / Azure, or GCP.