NodeJS Developer

Job Title: NodeJS Developer

Location: Toronto, ON (Thrice a week onsite)

Employment Type: Contract Opportunity

Job Description:

• Design, develop, and maintain complex software applications using NodeJS, Kafka, MSSQL, REST & GraphQL APIs.
• Contribute to the architectural decisions and design patterns for new and existing systems
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and quality assurance protocols
• Work closely with product managers and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions that enhance user experience
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize existing applications for performance and scalability
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for software design, development/maintenance processes and API documentation
• Manage the implementation of multiple concurrent initiatives of varying complexity in a time efficient manner. Monitor and control activities according to plan.
• Collaborate and contribute on cross-functional enterprise initiatives and manage the effective implementation of assigned deliverables.
• Establish strong working relationships across teams to build influence and impact with key partners.
• Contribute to ongoing administrative program activities as required.

Must have:

• 5+ years’ experience in professional, production-grade software development working on highly scalable, moderately complex projects
• 5+ years’ Experience building REST, GraphQL for APIs and Kafka applications using NodeJS
• Hands on with MSSQL database and skills for complex query optimization
• Strong experience working in an Agile environment, working with project teams to deliver small to largely complex projects
• Comfortable with presenting prototypes, enhancements and facilitating questions with insightful responses to a varying range of audiences (i.e., business sponsors, product owners, adjacent technical teams, etc.) during agile ceremonies, adhoc and/or when needed
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally to articulate, measure and solve issues

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with angular/react and non-relational databases (MongoDB, Redis)
• Experience with Devops pipeline using GitHub, Jenkin, UCD and logs/monitoring tools like Kibana, Dynatrace etc. and OpenShift cloud platform
• Wealth Management industry experience related to business processes and workflows.