Senior Back-End Node.js Engineer

Great software doesn’t happen on its own. It takes great people. That just happens to be our Forte. With 25 years of matching top engineering talent with preeminent and innovative brands, we seek individuals who are inquisitive, resourceful, and dedicated to their craft, driven to help companies build exceptional software. If this sounds like you, read on.

As a Back-end Node.js Engineer working on our systems and services, you will work with a talented team of professional engineers to deliver projects and systems critical to the business. You will be building a technology platform to service the entertainment industry in the United States.

We expect our engineers to be versatile, collaborative, and enthusiastic about tackling new challenges across our businesses as we continue to deliver exceptional experiences for our customers. You will work as part of a dedicated Agile team, with a high level of responsibility for technical decisions and daily collaboration with the client team abroad.

Work schedule: 12 pm - 9 pm Kyiv time

Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance, test, deploy, and maintain software and services in accordance with established SDLC practices for applications/APIs written in JavaScript and TypeScript
• Perform critical code reviews and collaborate with peers on software solutions
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Quality Engineers to deliver high-quality, high-profile software and user experiences
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (standups, retros, sprint planning, etc.)
• Contribute to design and implementation planning
• Troubleshoot issues on local and remote systems

Technology

• Strong in Node.js
• JavaScript and TypeScript
• TDD (100% business logic must be covered with unit tests)
• PostgreSQL
• Cloud experience (AWS preferred)
• Redis
• RabbitMQ
• GitHub actions
• Postman
• Swagger
• Jira

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer working in a back-end or full-stack capacity
• A strong understanding of software design patterns, development practices, and principles
• Experience working and coding with relational databases
• Experience working with version control systems (Git or similar)
• Working knowledge of common networking, infrastructure, and technical security fundamentals
• Upper-Intermediate level of English language and higher
• Experience using AI as a tool to solve technical and non-technical problems!

Preferred / Useful Qualifications:

• Experience developing consumer-facing software, especially at scale
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Experience with a variety of data stores: Document databases, columnar data stores, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.
• Experience with cloud technologies and serverless applications (AWS, GCP, Azure or similar)
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and/or service-oriented architectures
• Familiarity with software build, release, deployment, and monitoring tools and practices

Desired Characteristics:

• Passionate about software development, problem-solving, and high-quality engineering
• Collaborative. Works well in a team. Excited to succeed and to help others succeed
• Enthusiastic about expanding one’s skillset, learning and leveraging new technologies
• Open to new approaches and new ideas
• Able to independently solve moderately complex issues in practical ways and knows when to solicit help
• Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing, with peers and colleagues

We offer:

• Experience working with colleagues locally and abroad
• Opportunities for self-realization working on challenging projects using new technologies and tools
• Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
• Social and corporate events
• Possibility for career development
• Participation in professional trainings, meetups
• Medical & family care programs
• Various sport activities coverage
• Fully paid by Forte 5 sick days during working year
• Internal English courses provided by Forte Teacher
• Comfortable and fully equipped workplace