Node JS Developer

Programming & Development
• Strong in Python, Node.js, Go, or similar
• Java knowledge is a plus
• Experience with frontend applications (React, Angular, Vue.js) is a plus
• RESTful API design and microservices architecture
• CI/CD pipelines (GitLab exposure preferred)

AWS Experience (5+ years)
• Core services: EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, API Gateway
• QuickSight for dashboards and data visualization
• CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray for monitoring and troubleshooting
• IAM, Security services, VPC networking
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Databases
• SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora)

Core Competencies

Problem Solving
• Strong solutioning mindset – architect solutions for complex business problems
• Root cause analysis expert – systematically identify and resolve issues
• Navigate AWS services to troubleshoot across distributed systems
• Analyze logs, metrics, and traces to diagnose problems

Mindset & Approach
• Challenge the status quo – question existing approaches and propose improvements
• Not task-oriented – think strategically beyond immediate assignments
• Proactively identify inefficiencies and technical debt
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement
• Question assumptions and advocate for better solutions

Technical Leadership
• Mentor engineers and drive architectural decisions
• Code reviews and maintain standards
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Document designs and troubleshooting guides

Experience
• 8-10+ years software development
• 5+ years AWS cloud platform experience
• Frontend application support/development experience is a plus
• Production incident response and on-call exposer

Preferred
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)
• Serverless architecture experience
• GitLab CI/CD pipelines
• Regulated industry experience is a plus