Senior node.js developer

ITWorks has a great new opportunity! We’re hiring a Senior Node.JS Developer for our current project. Here is the summary for this remote vacancy:
Connect business software applications and build integrations on customized platform. The project is a middleware platform, with hundreds of applications and millions of pre-built on-demand integrations between business apps which integrate, automate and solve customer’s problems. You will be one of the key software engineers working on adding new applications connections, extending and updating existing connections and building software integrations. You will work with customers, product managers, software developers from other companies, and experienced co-workers. You will solve very hard API and integration related engineering problems.

About you:
* You worked for 5+ years with back-end JavaScript (ex Node.js), and related technologies (see our stack below).
* You have experience building software integrations.
* You can complete a project from idea to finish with minimal supervision.
* You have the tenacity for digging in and learning existing code.
* Your show excellent communication skills in your code, and writing.
* You enjoy collaborating, teaching and interacting with people on your projects
* You are an intellectually curious person who likes to learn and figure things out.

Responsibilities:
* Develop and deliver small, elegant, reusable app connections and integration solutions.
* Customize prebuilt integrations per customers’ requirements.
* Talk with customers on a daily basis and help their projects succeed.
* Develop API services written in Node.js
* Build server-less services on AWS Lambda.
* Code. Lots of code, code review, and documentation

Environment:
* For our core back-end service, we use Python (Tornado) paired with Django for customer portal, hosted on Heroku. We consider this “legacy” and are re-writing it in Node.js on the go.
* Services which power app connections are built using Node.js on AWS Lambda for distributed services.
* While this proved to be quick and reliable, we experiment with best of breed tech. You are encouraged to recommend and use stacks that are best for the job.
* We work in the open source environment and practice iterative development and rapid deployments.
* We also use React and Redux for our latest front-end work, Mongo as a primary data store. Exploring Dynamo DB, RabbitMQ and heavily use S3.