Senior Backend Developer - AWS/Node.js (6-10 yrs)

This Is A 6 Month Contract Position With One Of The Largest, Global, Technology Leader.

Our large, Fortune client is ranked as one of the best companies to work with, in the world. The client fosters progressive culture, creativity, and a Flexible work environment.

They use cutting-edge technologies to keep themselves ahead of the curve. Diversity in all aspects is respected.

Integrity, experience, honesty, people, humanity, and passion for excellence are some other adjectives that define this global technology leader.

Job Description :

Looking for a Senior Backend Developer with deep expertise in Node.js and AWS to design, develop, and optimize high-performance microservices.

You'll work on scalable systems using modern cloud and DevOps practices, contributing to secure, reliable backend infrastructure.

Primary Skills (Must-have) : Node.js, AWS, Microservices Development, Observability (Splunk, Dynatrace), Jest/Mocha, AWS Serverless Application Model (AWS SAM).

Secondary Skills (Good-to-have) : JAVA.

Key Responsibilities :

- Build and maintain scalable REST APIs and microservices using Node.js on AWS.

- Design event-driven architectures leveraging SNS, SQS, and EventBridge.

- Implement monitoring/tracing with CloudWatch, Splunk, Dynatrace, AWS X-Ray.

- Collaborate on CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline.

- Optimize backend services for performance, security, and cost-efficiency.

- Create technical documentation: HLDs, LLDs, and API specifications.

- Perform unit and integration testing using Mocha, Jest, and mocks.

Must-Have Skills :

- 6+ years in Node.js backend/API development.

- Proficient with AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch, API Gateway, IAM, KMS).

- Hands-on with observability tools : Splunk, Dynatrace, AWS CloudWatch/X-Ray.

- Strong in CI/CD, GitHub workflows, Agile/Scrum practices.

Good-to-Have Skills :

- Java for backend services.

- Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate.

- Infrastructure as Code: Serverless Framework, CloudFormation, CDK.