Senior Backend Developer (CONTRACT) REMOTE
About The Position
At Broadridge, we've built a culture where the highest goal is to empower others to accomplish more. If you’re passionate about developing your career, while helping others along the way, come join the Broadridge team. Broadridge is Growing! We're seeking an experienced Backend Developer to join our team working on a sophisticated financial services platform. You'll be working with a modern microservices architecture built on Node.js, managing multiple services in a Lerna monorepo environment. This role requires deep technical expertise in TypeScript, distributed systems, and financial technology. Work-Mode: This is a remote role where you will work off-site. Travel is limited and generally used for team learning and collaboration meetings.
Requirements
- 5+ years of production Node.js experience
- Expert-level TypeScript knowledge with strong understanding of type inference and advanced patterns
- Database expertise: MySQL optimization, query performance tuning, migration strategies
- ORM experience: Familiarity with both modern (Prisma) and legacy (Sequelize) ORMs
- Message queuing: Production experience with SQS, Redis/BullMQ, or similar
- Monorepo management: Experience with Lerna, Yarn workspaces, or similar tools
- Testing expertise: Unit, integration, and E&E testing strategies
- Docker & containerization: Multi-stage builds, orchestration, optimization.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Yarn 4 and modern package management strategies
- NestJS framework expertise with GraphQL and REST API development
- Financial services or fintech background
- Experience with AWS services (SQS, S3, LocalStack for local development)
- Familiarity with conventional commits and semantic versioning
- Experience migrating legacy codebases while maintaining production stability
- Knowledge of Redis for caching and job queue management
- Understanding of Zero-Install strategies and workspace protocols.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain microservices within our Lerna-managed monorepo (Express.js, NestJS)
- Architect scalable solutions for high-throughput financial data processing
- Optimize database performance across MySQL instances using both Prisma and Sequelize ORMs
- Implement robust message queue systems using AWS SQS and BullMQ/Redis
- Lead code reviews and mentor junior developers on best practices
- Collaborate on API design and maintain OpenAPI specifications
- Ensure system reliability through comprehensive testing (Jest)
- Participate in CI/CD pipeline improvements using Jenkins
- Debug and optimize production issues across distributed services.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
