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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Randstad
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $124,800.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, Serialization, Relational Databases, DevOps, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, Memory Management, Middleware, Github, PostgreSQL, Memcached, MySQL, Node.Js, NoSQL, OAuth, Performance Tuning, RabbitMQ, Redis, JSON Web Token, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, TypeScript, Azure Service Bus, Google Cloud, System Availability, Software Security, Caching, Backend, Rate Limiting, Event Driven Architecture, Integration Tests, Kubernetes, Low Latency, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Asynchronous Programming, Api Design, NestJS, Restful APIs, Splunk, Mocha, Dynatrace, Docker, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/4441e607-bef7-489f-bc44-2bc1f594e1af

## About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in TypeScript, Node.js, and GraphQL, with an interest or background in Rust., 4+ years of professional software development experience, OR 6+ years of equivalent professional engineering experience. Core Languages:

Deep proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ESNext), with a mastery of asynchronous programming, event loop mechanics, and type safety.

Node.js Backend:

Demonstrated track record building resilient, production-grade microservices and middleware using Node.js (Fastify, Express, NestJS). GraphQL

Expertise: Strong hands-on experience designing GraphQL schemas, writing efficient resolvers, handling N+1 query batching (DataLoader), and working with federated architectures (e.g., Apollo Federation).

Databases & Caching: Experience working with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), distributed NoSQL systems (CosmosDB/Cassandra), and in-memory caches (Redis/Memcached).

Cloud & DevOps: Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), and cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or AWS).

Preferred Qualifications

Rust Experience: Working knowledge of Rust (memory management, ownership/borrowing, concurrency primitives) with experience or an interest in systems-level performance tuning, Rust-based microservices (Axum, Actix-web), or Node-Rust FFI (napi-rs).

Large-Scale E-Commerce: Experience building high-traffic, multi-tenant distributed systems for consumer-facing checkout, search, catalog, or cart platforms.

Event-Driven Architectures: Hands-on experience with streaming platforms like Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.

Security & Compliance: Solid grasp of OAuth 2.0, JWT, rate limiting, and API security best practices.

skills:

AWS,Apache Kafka,asynchronous programming,backend,Caching,caches,Cassandra,Cloud,CI/CD pipelines,streaming,Databases,DevOps,distributed systems,Docker,Event-Driven Architectures,frontend,GitHub Actions,GraphQL,GraphQL APIs,JWT,JavaScript,Jenkins,Kubernetes,low latency,Memcached,memory management,microservices,Azure,middleware,MySQL,NestJS,NoSQL systems,Node.js,Node,OAuth 2.0,performance tuning,PostgreSQL,RabbitMQ,rate limiting,Redis,relational databases,software development,API security,TypeScript,proficiency in TypeScript,resilient,E-Commerce,professional engineering,mechanics,high-performance engineering,safety,Security

## Description

In this role, you will architect and scale high-throughput federated GraphQL APIs and backend-for-frontend (BFF) layers that handle billions of daily requests with sub-second latencies. You will work at the intersection of developer productivity and high-performance engineering-leveraging TypeScript and Node.js for rapid orchestration and feature delivery, while utilizing or migrating performance-critical pathways to Rust where ultra-low latency and memory safety are paramount., API Architecture & Design: Architect, build, and maintain production-grade GraphQL APIs, Apollo Federation subgraphs, and RESTful microservices using TypeScript and Node.js.

Performance Engineering: Identify critical path bottlenecks in data hydration, query parsing, and serialization; evaluate and integrate Rust services or WebAssembly (Wasm) modules for high-compute, ultra-low-latency workloads.

Distributed Systems Integration: Interface seamlessly with enterprise backend platforms, distributed data stores (SQL/NoSQL), and event-driven architectures (Kafka/Event Hubs).

Schema Governance & Observability: Define schema evolutions, establish caching policies (Redis, CDN edge caching), and implement telemetry/distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Dynatrace).

Resiliency & Scale: Design for high availability, zero-downtime deployments, and automatic failovers across cloud environments (Azure / Google Cloud Platform).

Engineering Excellence: Champion clean code, automated CI/CD workflows, comprehensive unit/integration testing (Jest, Mocha, Cargo test), and thorough peer design/code reviews.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with frontend engineers, product managers, security engineers, and enterprise architects to translate complex business needs into elegant technical solutions.