Senior Backend (Node)

Job Category: Software Backend Engineer - (NodeJS)

Industry: SaaS Hospitality Tech

Required Stack: NodeJS, PostgresSQL (GraphQL - Preferred but not required)

Company Stack: NodeJS, GraphQL, Prisma, ReactJS, React Native, TypeScript, AWS, PostgresSQL

Employer: Confidential

Location:  Remote, Latin America (Employer location: Austin, TX USA)

Employment Type:  Contractor (LongTerm)

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Company Overview

This is a fully remote position with an Austin-based startup that is growing rapidly within the hospitality tech industry.

The product is a mobile app that provides guests with a virtual check-in and improved guest experience. It allows self-check-in without stopping at the front desk, provides options to upgrade the room/stay, keyless entry to the actual room, order room service with a tap & more.

 

Qualifications

  • Experience in building SaaS applications using JavaScript and NodeJS stack.
  • 7+ years of software development experience (Sr. Level).
  • 5 years of experience with Backend.
  • 2-3 years of experience with NodeJS.
  • Recent backend NodeJS work.
  • GraphQL is a major plus
  • Past experience working in a AWS environment is nice to have.
  • Past experience working with ORM such as PRISMA is nice to have.
  • Extensive experience working with databases.
  • Expereince working with microservices.
  • Working with docker and Kubernetes (not required but nice to have).
  • Strong understanding of the typical Software Development Lifecycle.

 

Responsibilities

  • Architecture and Design: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design scalable, efficient, and robust backend systems. Lead the architectural decisions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and long-term scalability.

  • Development: Take ownership of backend development tasks, including implementing new features, enhancing existing functionalities, and optimizing performance. Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards.

  • Database Management: Design and optimize database schemas, queries, and transactions to ensure data integrity, performance, and scalability. Proficiently work with relational and non-relational databases, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.

  • API Development: Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for internal and external consumption. Ensure APIs are well-documented, secure, and efficient. Integrate with third-party APIs and services as required.

  • Testing and Quality Assurance: Write unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests to ensure the reliability and correctness of backend systems. Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members to maintain code quality.

  • Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks in backend systems through profiling, optimization, and caching strategies. Continuously monitor and tune system performance to meet service level objectives.

  • Security: Implement security best practices to safeguard backend systems against common vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and authentication bypass. Stay updated with the latest security threats and mitigation techniques.

  • Deployment and DevOps: Collaborate with DevOps engineers to automate deployment pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, and monitoring tasks. Ensure continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines are reliable and efficient.

  • Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API specifications, deployment guides, and troubleshooting manuals. Facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding of new team members.

  • Continuous Learning: Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in backend development. Proactively identify opportunities to leverage new tools and frameworks to improve development processes and outcomes.

  • Collaboration and Communication: Communicate effectively with stakeholders, including product managers, designers, frontend developers, and other team members. Collaborate closely with frontend and mobile developers to ensure seamless integration and alignment of systems.

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