Node.js/Typescript Engineer

Hi All Job Title: Node.js/Typescript engineer Location: Englewood, CO (Onsite) Contract Job Summary: • Looking for a Node.js/Typescript engineer to work in a small, agile team. The team creates REST and event-driven microservices that focus on using caching and reporting to improve our customers’ experience. The team works at scaling, handing many millions of REST and Kafka events each day. • Engineers on this team create new microservices and improve existing microservices. Projects are usually of considerable complexity and require a mastery of development tools. Engineers are expected to design and implement scalable, dependable systems as needed. As this is a small team, engineers must be self-starters, capable of handling responsibility and making decisions. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Actively and consistently supports all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience. • Code and perform unit and integration testing of software to ensure proper and efficient execution and adherence to business and technical requirements. • Code, test, debug, and enhance software. • Write programs according to specifications, and define specifications for complex programs. • 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. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • 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 • 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 designign 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