Senior Backend Developer - Node at Great Brands

Job Description
As a Backend Engineer your daily responsibilities will include:

• Lead the development of backend services using Node.js, with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including back-end developers, designers, and product managers, to create robust, scalable, and maintainable web applications.
• Collaborate closely with DevOps teams to ensure smooth deployment pipelines, manage server infrastructure, and monitor performance using tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Optimize APIs and server-side code to improve load times and resource usage across multiple projects.
• Work on application performance tuning, server optimization, and scalability improvements.
• Apply advanced caching mechanisms, load balancing techniques, and database optimization strategies to ensure peak performance.
• Participate in code reviews, providing feedback to team members to ensure adherence to best practices.
• Design and implement server-side logging, error monitoring, and alerting systems for efficient debugging and system health checks.

Responsibilities

• Extensive experience with Node.js for building scalable microservices, APIs, and server-side applications.
• Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and the ability to work with serverless architectures, containerization, and distributed systems.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka), and background jobs.
• Proven track record of optimizing applications for performance, including server-side optimization techniques.
• Experience with building and consuming RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Familiarity with micro-services architecture and designing scalable solutions.
• Database expertise: Experience with both relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Strong knowledge of caching mechanisms (Redis, Memcached) and experience implementing them to enhance performance.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments using tools like Jenkins, Git-lab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Strong knowledge of agile methodologies and the ability to work in fast-paced environments with cross-functional teams.