Senior Backend Developer Node.js TypeScript

gb Client Server

Birmingham, UK

18 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Compensation

£80,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.totaljobs.com

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Continuous Integration DevOps Amazon DynamoDB Github PostgreSQL MongoDB MySQL Node.Js NoSQL Cloud Services Software Engineering

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Systems Architecture TypeScript Backend Event Driven Architecture Containerization Apache Kafka Restful APIs Terraform Docker User Administration Jenkins Microservices

Job description

As a Senior Backend Developer you’ll join the team as they scale the product to support millions of users. You’ll design and deliver high-quality, maintainable backend code and features using TypeScript and Node.js that is aligned with established codebase architectural standards and covered by tests as well as supporting backend system performance and reliability, helping to maintain 99% uptime SLA., You’ll design, implement and extend robust APIs and microservices supporting gameplay, user management, platform and content management systems, collaborating with product and game teams to ensure alignment of features with backend architecture and with DevOps to ensure uptime, observability and deployment reliability.

Requirements

You have strong backend software engineering experience with Node.js and TypeScript
You have experience with Kafka and Event Driven Architectures
You have a good knowledge of microservices, RESTful APIs and scalable system architecture
You have experience of working with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB)
You have a strong appreciation of DevOps, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
You’re familiar with containerisation (Docker), cloud services (AWS), and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
You’re comfortable taking ownership of projects, working with the Lead Engineer and mentoring more junior team members
You’re collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills

Benefits & conditions

Senior Backend Developer / Developer (Node.js TypeScript Kafka) Remote UK to £80k

Are you a backend focussed Software Developer / Engineer looking for an opportunity to take ownership and progress your career at a scaling tech company?

You could be joining a growing games company that combines state of the art technology, gaming and luxury fashion.

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