Sr. Backend Software Engineer (NodeJS)
About The Position
We’re looking for a NodeJS Engineer who is passionate about building scalable, high-quality backend systems and enjoys collaborating across teams to deliver great product experiences. You’ll play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining services primarily written in Node.js, with exposure to Ruby, PostgreSQL, and potentially hardware-integrated systems. Our technology bridges financial payment providers, retail fuel pump technology, and customer experience by wrapping low-level standards-compliant integrations with powerful software abstractions on an ultra-modern software platform. Our platform services and applications are built using a broad swath of technologies (Typescript, NodeJS, Ruby, React, and others), interconnected via GraphQL and RabbitMQ, and run in AWS using Terraform, Helm and Kubernetes (via EKS).
Requirements
- Strong background in Node.js/Typescript, PostgreSQL.
- Ability to analyze and resolve complex technical issues efficiently.
- A proactive mindset with a strong commitment to understanding and meeting customer needs.
- Excellent teamwork skills, coupled with an ownership mindset and the ability to work independently.
- Proven expertise in Node.js (Typescript) and database management (PostgreSQL).
- 8+ years of backend development (with distributed systems and microservices) experience.
- Proficiency with GraphQL, TypeORM, and Nest.js.
- Hands on experience working with (and administering) K8S, message brokers (RMQ), APIs, especially proprietary hardware or device integrations is a plus.
- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills across software and hardware domains.
- Ability to self-organize and manage tasks in a fast-paced, ticket-driven environment.
- Ability to write clean code and effective automated tests to deliver high-quality system improvements
- Ability to break down larger requirements into small, self-contained changes to the system
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the retail and/or fuel & convenience industries a plus
- Ruby/Rails experience a big plus
- Experience implementing or consuming GraphQL APIs a plus
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain backend services and API.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Investigate and resolve production issues and customer-reported bugs with a focus on root-cause analysis and long-term maintainability.
- Contribute to system design discussions and architectural decisions.
- Continuously improve code quality, testing practices, and development processes.
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
- Reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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