Sr. Typescript Backend Engineer - DS

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide technical direction and solutions to architectural, development, and operational teams on assigned projects

Lead architecture to formulate and review new software/hardware platforms

Evaluate complex designs and resolve issues within internal and external systems to advance business projects

Design and support application systems and infrastructure within assigned technology domains

Formulate criteria, technologies, and use cases for and execute proofs-of-concept for new approaches and platforms

Assess interfaces and interoperability among systems to evaluate impacts of changes and integrations

Shape technology strategy and establish best practices for code design, API contracts, version control and automation to drive innovation

Inquisitive nature and eager to explore new concepts and approaches

Actively and consistently supports all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.

Code, test, debug, and enhance software.

Monitor and repair critical systems on an as needed basis.

Develop and maintain technical documentation.

Serve as final escalation point to resolve incidents and problems for production applications and web services supported by the team in accordance with identified Service Level Agreements.

Collaborate with internal customers, technical and architecture teams to solve complex software problems.

Provide system users and management with system analysis and improvement recommendations.

Identify and recommend system design/requirements needs for software enhancements.

Implement, monitor, test, and audit new software programs to maximize efficiency of software systems.

Participate in continuous performance improvement sessions to discuss opportunities to improve processes and/or standards.

Coordinate with technical teams to analyze and resolve software related problems causing operational difficulties, advising on specialized features and functions.

Maximize the efficiency of the various software systems by implementing, monitoring, testing and auditing new software programs.

Follow established configuration/change control processes.

Collaborate with customers and internal/external technical teams to identify software problems and communicate remediation plans

Mentor and coach junior team members.

Technologies:

Strong experience with Node.js and Typescript

Understanding of DynamoDB or other key-value stores and NoSQL databases

Experience using AWS managed services

Experience with caching architectures, particularly Redis

Experience with messaging, especially Kafka MSK

Strong experience with containerization and container orchestration, (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Istio, Argo, etc).

Experience with monitoring technologies (Splunk, Instana, Datadog, Prometheus, etc).

Knowledge of API documentation, especially Swagger (OpenAPI)

Experience using CI/CD automation (Jenkins, Gitlab)

Skills/Abilities and Knowledge:

Ability to read, write, speak and understand English

Strong experience working with DevOps engineers to build and deploy infrastructure with cloud deployment technologies.

Strong Understanding of Scrum/Agile development methodologies.

Capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision.

Experience with building and designing REST APIs.

Experience with building and designing event-driven systems.

Experience with software security principles and patterns.

Ability to collaborate with and contribute to a common culture of excellence.

Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks.

Must be capable of delivering on multiple competing priorities with little supervision.

Education:

BA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, related field or equivalent combination of education and experience