Javascript Developer

PHOTON, LLC
Grand Prairie, United States of America
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Grand Prairie, United States of America

Tech stack

JavaScript
API
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Cloud Computing
Cloud Engineering
Code Review
Continuous Integration
Amazon DynamoDB
Github
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
MySQL
Node.js
NoSQL
OAuth
OpenID
Pair Programming
RabbitMQ
Redis
Prometheus
Swagger
Data Streaming
TypeScript
Management of Software Versions
Openapi
Datadog
Google Cloud Platform
Cloudformation
Event Driven Architecture
Build Management
Kubernetes
Kafka
Api Gateway
NestJS
REST
Terraform
Pagination
Domain Driven Design
New Relic (SaaS)
Dynatrace
Docker
Jenkins
Microservices

Job description

Digital API team at Photon is looking for a hands-on Architect with deep Node.js/TypeScript expertise to design and deliver domain-driven microservices for customer-facing digital experiences. You ll own greenfield builds from zero-to-production, lead engineers by example (coding ~70% of the time), and drive cross-team triage while keeping leadership proactively informed.

What You'll Do

  • Design & build domain-driven, event-aware microservices in Node.js/TypeScript (Express/Fastify/NestJS) with clean, testable code.
  • Architect greenfield systems: service boundaries, data models, REST APIs, event streams, CI/CD, observability, and runtime topology.
  • Set API standards: versioning, OpenAPI/Swagger, pagination, error contracts, resiliency patterns (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers).
  • Own production readiness: SLOs, dashboards, alerting, runbooks; lead incident triage/bridge calls and drive blameless RCAs.
  • Collaborate across teams (web, mobile, data, security, ops) to unblock work, sequence dependencies, and land integrated releases.
  • Communicate proactively with leadership: crisp status, risk/mitigation, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
  • Raise the bar: code reviews, engineering best practices, mentoring, pair programming, tech talks, and documentation.
  • Think two steps ahead: anticipate edge cases, scaling, operability, and cost; recommend pragmatic sequencing and trade-offs.

Tech Stack You ll Work With

  • Languages/Frameworks: Node.js, TypeScript, Express/Fastify/NestJS
  • APIs: REST, OpenAPI/Swagger, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT
  • Data: PostgreSQL/MySQL, NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB), Redis cache
  • Messaging/Streaming: Kafka/RabbitMQ (sagas, outbox, idempotency)
  • Cloud & Platform: One major cloud (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform), Docker, Kubernetes, API Gateway/Ingress, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)
  • CI/CD & Observability: GitHub Actions/Jenkins, ELK/Dynatrace, feature flags, OpenTelemetry, Datadog/New Relic/Prometheus, log aggregation

Requirements

  • 8+ years backend engineering (or equivalent impact), 3+ years technical leadership on product teams.
  • Expert-level Node.js/TypeScript with proven delivery of domain-driven microservices at scale.
  • Strong grasp of DDD (entities/aggregates/bounded contexts), event-driven architectures, and microservice patterns (saga, outbox, circuit breaker).
  • Designed secure, resilient public APIs used by web/mobile clients; deep understanding of authN/authZ (OAuth2/OIDC), secrets, and TLS.
  • Production experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment, CI/CD, and observability (metrics, traces, logs, SLOs).
  • Demonstrated success leading triage/incident response and driving RCAs to lasting improvements.
  • Outstanding communication able to simplify complex trade-offs, tell a delivery story, and keep partners aligned.
  • Bias for action: you go the extra mile, anticipate the next two steps, and ship high-quality software.

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