Senior JavaScript Engineer

Intellum, Inc.

2d•Remote

About The Position

Intellum is the leader in corporate education technology and powers the largest, most successful customer, partner, and employee learning programs in the world. Large brands and fast-moving companies like Google, Meta, Amazon, Walmart, Xero, Atlassian, Mailchimp, Airbnb, Stripe, and TikTok rely on Intellum to engage and educate the audiences they touch. We have always been a “remote first” company and are proud to have team members located all over the world. We value Curiosity, Creativity, Perseverance, and Kindness and strive to demonstrate these core values every day. Our culture is very important to us. We invest in our people in fun and exciting ways, including personal development budgets and an annual all-company retreat that is focused less on work and more on human connections. We are in growth mode, and our “smart growth” approach ensures that we will continue to scale our company effectively. We are on the lookout for a talented Senior JavaScript Engineer to take a leading role in our backend development efforts using Node.js. This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of our ambitious replatforming initiative, which aims to modernize our architecture and integrate cutting-edge technologies and methodologies. You will play a crucial role in shaping our future, designing, building, and maintaining robust APIs that ensure scalability, performance, and security. While your primary focus will be on backend engineering, having some familiarity with React for front-end tasks will be beneficial. If you are someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and is passionate about leveraging modern development practices to make a significant impact, we would love to hear from you. We value clear communication and a commitment to quality, and we look forward to seeing how your experience with TypeScript and your proactive approach to testing and reliability can contribute to our team's success.

Requirements

5+ years of experience as a JavaScript/Node.js developer
Strong proficiency in Node.js, with hands-on experience in building scalable backend services
Experience with TypeScript in production environments
Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs
Strong focus on unit testing, integration testing, and working with QA to ensure high test coverage
Experience with MongoDB and familiarity with databases paradigms (SQL or NoSQL)
Understanding of authentication mechanisms (OAuth, JWT, session-based authentication)
Experience with debugging, monitoring, and supporting production applications
Knowledge of scalable architecture, caching strategies, and performance optimization
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment
Proactive mindset, with the ability to share feedback, raise concerns, and suggest improvements

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization tools is a plus
Exposure to React.js and ability to collaborate with front-end engineers

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable back-end services and APIs using Node.js and TypeScript
Architect, implement, and optimize RESTful APIs
Ensure high code quality through unit testing, integration testing, and automated test coverage
Work closely with the QA team to document requirements, ensure testability, and implement test-driven development where applicable
Support production availability by troubleshooting issues, and proactively improving system resilience
Collaborate with the Product team to break down features into well-defined tasks, provide technical feedback, and align development with business goals
Optimize performance and scalability of back-end services
Implement best practices for security, authentication, and authorization
Collaborate in the replatforming effort, contributing to architectural decisions and modernization strategies
Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, logging, and monitoring for backend services
Proactively communicate with cross-functional teams, provide constructive feedback, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement
Contribute to team goals by consistently delivering on projects that have high complexity and critical business impact
Write well-crafted, high-quality, and easy-to-maintain code
Write unit and automated tests for new features
Proactively contributes to the improvement of other engineers in the company through mentoring and providing constructive, candid feedback
Proactively gives technical and strategic feedback on projects relevant to their expertise that leads to better outcomes