Backend Software Engineer

Backend Software Engineer (NodeJS)

Contract length - 12 months

Start date - ASAP

Location - mostly remote in England. Berkshire office day 1 to collect equipment

The client is a fast growing SaaS business. As a NodeJS Backend Developer you will focus on outcomes rather than just activity. You will own the delivery of backend features end-to-end by writing clean, well-tested code that meets a high standard of quality and performance in production.

Backend Software Engineer (NodeJS) - Responsibilities

• Deliver backend features end-to-end (design to delivery, production-ready code) in a fast-moving agile team
• Write scalable, high-performance server-side code in NodeJS, TypeScript, NextJS, AWS, Microservices, and Messaging Queues
• Build and contribute to microservices; take ownership of outcomes rather than wait to be directed
• Write unit and integration tests that ensure code quality, reliability, and stability across releases

Backend Software Engineer (NodeJS) - Requirements

• Experience in server-side development i.e. NodeJs, TypeScript in SaaS
• Experience with NestJS
• Experience with messaging queues i.e. RabbitMQ
• Proven experience developing microservice technology
• Experience with AWS
• Experience in a fast-paced or high growth environment
• Experience with GIT, Docker, VS Code
• Experience with unit and integration testing using Jest
• Understanding of CI/CD principles.
• Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases
• Strong problem solver
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

For more information, please contact Katie at Matched Group.