Senior Software Engineer

Hornblower Group Inc.•Los Angeles, CA

43d

About The Position

We are looking for a Node & React software engineer responsible for the development and maintenance of web applications aimed at ticketing solutions. Your primary focus will be development of APIs to interact with back-end services. You will be working alongside other engineers and developers working on different layers of the infrastructure such as GraphQL and front-end React.js calls. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Technology related field or equivalent experience
Proficient with Node.JS and React.JS
Minimum 7 years of experience as Software Engineer/Architect
Experience with offline storage, threading, and performance tuning
Familiarity with GTFS, Real Time transportation Lat/Long coordinates, and RESTful APIs to connect iOS applications to back-end services
Knowledge of other web technologies and UI/UX standards.
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools as Github and Gitlab
Familiarity with continuous integration solutions such as Gitlab
Available outside of office hours for urgent and high priority work related issues

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred
Knowledge of low-level C-based libraries is preferred
Experience with performance and memory tuning with tools such as Shark
Familiarity with cloud message APIs and push notifications
Knack for benchmarking and optimization
Understanding of Apple’s design principles and interface guidelines

Responsibilities

Apply expertise in backend language/frontend framework/microservices architecture, distributed systems and database management to lead the design, development, testing of complex software systems and ensure their alignment with long-term business goals.
Drive architectural decisions to ensure scalability, performance, security, and reliability across all software systems.
Apply expertise in software development, system design, and engineering best practices to play critical role in driving the success of our platform.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, and other engineers) to design and build scalable, high-performance systems that align with business objectives and technical goals.
Shape the future of our product architecture, improve existing systems, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
Create and ensure that technical documentation is kept up-to-date throughout the development lifecycle, enabling better knowledge sharing and process consistency.
Design and build applications for the Node platform
Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
Collaborate with a team to define, design, and ship new features
Identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization