NodeJS Developer x 2
Typical Day in Role
– Collaborating closely with a team of backend API developers, Android & iOS app developers, business system analysts, and architects to work on both new features and incremental improvements to the bank’s flagship mobile app and provide your technical expertise towards success of the development team
– Working with product owners, business system analysts, architects, and other technical leads to solution new features reviewing pull requests in Bitbucket
– Working on sprint tasks i.e. coding solutions, helping to triage any issues our quality assurance testers may find, or any issue raised by production support
– Communicating closely with the team on Slack throughout the day
– Programming in Node.js in typescript
– Troubleshooting any issues in the test environment
– Work with stakeholders such as BA, PO, Client application developers, iOS, android developers, etc.
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
1) 3 + years of NodeJS & microservices development and deploying them in cloud (native or hybrid) environments
– Recent (min 1 project) experience with at least one NodeJS framework, preferably ExpressJS
2) Recent (min 1-2 projects) REST API design using Open API Specifications that are tracked
3) 4 + years’ Agile and lean project experience – strong understanding of Agile methodology and process
4) Extensive unit testing experience (preferably using Mocha and Chai)
5) Integration experience using testing Postman
6) Knowledge of and experience with TypeScript
Nice-To-Have Skills:
– Knowledge of containerization technologies -Docker, Kubernetes.
– Knowledge of Google & Azure cloud platforms is a plus
– You’ve used modern JS toolsets (ES6+, Yarn, Lerna, Linters & Loggers)
– You have knowledge of DevOps principles such as CI/CD and have the willingness to get your hands dirty with managing Jenkins pipelines & security scanners
– You have experience working with authenticated, customer focused applications and know various authentication standards such as OAuth and OIDC
– You have experience with creating robust, highly available & highly scalable applications serving million plus customers/end users
– You know and have hands on experience with different programming paradigms such as Object Oriented programming, Functional programming
Soft Skills:
– Good communication and teamwork skills to work with multiple groups across the bank, gathering requirements
– You’re comfortable with new technologies
– You have a deep pride in your craft
– You enjoy thinking outside the box
– You’re flexible and able to pivot and adapt to change
– You’re accountable for and take ownership of your work
– You’re eager to learn, mentor, and share your ideas in a team environment
– You have open and transparent communication, including the ability to distil technical details into human terms
Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required