Senior Full Stack Developer

Job Description

Benefits:

401(k)

Dental insurance

Paid time off

Location: Hybrid - One in person meeting a month

Job Type: Full-time

About Us:

Kalamata Capital Group is an innovative financial technology company that offers funding to small businesses. We are looking for an experienced and highly-skilled Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our dynamic team and contribute to building new web applications.

Summary

The ideal candidate will be a backend expert with deep knowledge of the Node.js ecosystem, writing robust and scalable code using TypeScript, and managing high-performance NoSQL databases, specifically MongoDB. This role requires technical leadership, mentoring abilities, and a strong commitment to quality and architectural excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Design and Development: Lead the design, development, and deployment of secure, scalable, and high-performance backend services and RESTful APIs using Node.js and TypeScript.

Database Management: Architect and optimize data models in MongoDB, ensuring high availability, performance, and data integrity for large-scale applications.

Code Quality & Best Practices: Write clean, modular, testable, and reusable code. Drive code review processes, enforce coding standards, and implement effective unit and integration tests.

System Architecture: Contribute to architectural decisions, including the design of microservices and event-driven systems, focusing on application scalability and resilience.

Collaboration: Work closely with business stakeholders, onshore/offshore developers, and other cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Troubleshooting: Investigate, diagnose, and resolve complex technical issues and production incidents.

Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Experience: 8+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 5+ years focused on backend development with Node.js.

Core Technologies: Expert-level proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript.

Database Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with MongoDB, including schema design, aggregation pipelines, performance tuning, indexing, and management (e.g., using Mongoose or similar ORMs/drivers).

API Development: Proven experience designing and implementing highly available and secure RESTful APIs.

Tools & Systems: Proficiency with version control (Git) and building modern CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions). Containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) are a plus.

Cloud Platform: Experience deploying and operating services on major cloud platforms (AWS).

Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills. Ability to thrive in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Preferred (Bonus) Skills

Experience in a full-stack capacity with a modern front-end framework (React, Angular, or Vue.js).

Flexible work from home options available.

Full-time