Senior Application Developer

SENIOR NODE.JS DEVELOPER
LOCATION
United Kingdom (fully remote)
PAY
£75,000 to £80,000 per annum (£38.46 to £41.03 per hour equivalent at 37.5 hours)
CONTRACT
Permanent, full-time
REPORTING TO
Engineering Manager (client side)
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Senior Node.js Developer designs and builds scalable backend services in Node.js and TypeScript within a microservices architecture, taking responsibility for delivery and quality as part of an Agile product engineering team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Design and develop scalable server-side applications using Node.js and TypeScript.
Take backend features from design through to production-ready delivery.
Build and maintain microservices.
Write unit and integration tests to maintain software quality and reliability.
Work within established development, documentation and deployment processes.
Contribute to improvements across coding standards and engineering practices.
Work collaboratively as part of an Agile software development team.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Commercial server-side development experience.
Strong Node.js and TypeScript experience.
Experience working with microservices architectures.
Unit and integration testing experience.
SQL and/or NoSQL database experience.
An understanding of CI/CD principles.
Ability to work independently and take ownership in a fully remote environment.
The right to work in the UK.
DESIRABLE
NestJS.
AWS or another cloud platform.
Message brokers such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ or NATS.
gRPC.
OAuth2 or AWS Cognito.
WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS
Fully remote working, open to candidates across the UK.
Ownership of backend features end to end.
A modern Node.js, TypeScript and microservices stack.
A collaborative product engineering environment with input into engineering practice.

Work arrangement
Yes