Middle back-end node.js developer (remotely)

Required:

• Full-stack experience focusing on middle-tier portion of the application, exposing backend and data to mobile front-end
• 4+ years of Node.js development experience
• Solid understanding of and experience with WebSockets, REST APIs and GraphQL
• English language competency
• Ability to overlap at least 4 hours per day with the US east coast working day
• Bachelor’s Degree in one of: Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or Mathematics (or equivalent education/experience)

Desired:

• Some SQL skills and experience, not mandatory as we have dedicated Data Engineering team
• Some Cloud platform and Kubernetes experience, preferably with AWS
• Exposure to and interest in Agile approaches to software development e.g. automated testing, continuous integration, project rooms, pair programming, etc.

• Pet projects on GitHub/GitLab


Work setup: work from home, MFA access to infrastructure

Responsibilities:

While working within a team in an Agile environment, you will be:
• Designing high quality applications that are highly scalable and extensible.
• Estimating, tasking and prototyping
• Contributing clear and maintainable code to a shared codebase
• Collaborating with cross-functional team members on features, architecture and implementation
• Investigating, learning and applying new technologies and processes
• Clarifying requirements with team and client representatives

About the project:

Our clients are ambitious US fintech company with a mission to transform the brokerage industry by building a trading community and platform with powerful social features and group data analytics. They differentiate themselves by making investment transparent to the clients and sharing revenues with them, empowering clients by providing institutional level investment tools to mainstream retail investor, and sharing responsibility for investor education.