Backend Engineer - Typescript

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer who takes full ownership of outcomes across the entire service lifecycle, from design through production support. This role requires leading the design and development of scalable, resilient distributed systems handling high transaction volumes while making pragmatic architectural trade-offs. The ideal candidate is highly proficient in TypeScript and Node.js, building high-performance microservices using frameworks such as NestJS, Express, or Fastify, and producing clean, maintainable, and purpose-driven code. You will be responsible for establishing robust testing strategies, including unit, integration, end-to-end, and contract testing, to ensure confidence in every deployment. The position demands strong expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, event-driven architectures (Kafka), caching and data stores (Redis, MongoDB, DynamoDB), and observability tools such as Datadog and Splunk to maintain system reliability and performance. Beyond technical execution, this role requires a proactive, SRE-driven mindset.

8 years of experience working in software engineering Experience working with Typescript and Node.js Proficiency in microservices using frameworks like NestJS, Express or Fastify Hands on experience in AWS services (ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, SQS, CloudWatch, IAM) Experience working with Mongo DB, DynamoDB, Kafka and Redis

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience with circuit breaker patterns (opossum, cockatiel) Performance tuning at scale (Node.js event loop, worker threads, connection pools) Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies (blue-green, canary)

This is a hybrid role requiring 4 days on site and 1 day remote located in Greenwood Village, CO. Thie contract is slated for 12 months with likely extensions beyond that and looking to pay 68-72/hr while on contract. Insight Global offers access to a 401k and benefits while on contract. If interested please apply today!, Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.