This role is based out of our Tempe, AZ office.

The Sr Backend Developer will be responsible for designing, building, and delivering highly performant, scalable services and customer experiences using backend technologies on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The environment is fast paced and time to market of applications is critical to the success of the organization.

This position will be part of a dynamic team that is dedicated to delivering applications for high-quality, on-time software releases leveraging best-of-breed agile and DevOps practices with a focus on how to enable the operations of those applications through a combination of infrastructure solutioning, continuous delivery & integration, and efficient system sustainment planning.

This role is responsible for working with our architects and peer developers on technical design of cloud and digital platforms, including hands-on full stack development (80% backend, 20% frontend). The developer must have a passion for developing and launching robust scalable products that are business and customer facing. This position should have a full understanding of the tools, platforms and technologies used to develop exceptional applications.

ESSENTIALFUNCTIONS

• Hands-on development across a variety of technologies and platforms

• Build highly performant, scalable, cloud-native microservices-based applications using technologies like AWS Serverless, Kubernetes, Docker, Node.js, TypeScript, Key-Value Stores, and MongoDB

• Evaluate new technology for inclusion in our stack

• Develop proof-of-concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions

• Support the refactoring and re-architecting of existing software

• Work jointly with other developers to identify and create common reusable components

• Drive technical consolidation and reduction of duplicate effort across projects

• The candidate should have a strong understanding of agile software development and how that impacts the operations of software; and must participate in strategy discussion with all levels of management and business sponsors

• Work closely with architects, engineering manager and other senior developers to understand the technology roadmap and assist in enforcing the enterprise architecture standards

• Support testing & deployment cycles, including working with project managers to coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and gathering feedback from pre-release testers.

• Log, track, and manage issues, bugs, and enhancement/ features requests logged in JIRA.

• Participate in software release and post-release activities, including developing designs for proof of concepts.

• Capture, mitigate and /or escalate risks & issues in a timely fashion

• Ensure development standards and consistency of specifications across sub-systems

• Write and/or review deliverables, solution blueprints, and architecture documentation

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent engineering field

• 6 - 8 years of solid development experience in building internet-scale web / mobile applications and public APIs

• Expertise in designing highly-scalable and performant micro-services and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and cloud infrastructure 6 using NodeJS frameworks, TypeScript, AWS Serverless, MongoDB

• Experience in building Microservices & REST APIs with focus on System Design and Integration

• Good understanding of Public Cloud Services preferably AWS

• Good SQL and NoSQL skills

• Prior experience in React, React Native, GraphQL or Salesforce platform is preferred

• Experience with entire software development lifecycle (Agile, SDLC, Iterative)

• Hands on experience with the different CICD tools 6 Jenkins, Github / BitBucket, Dockers, Containers, Build and Deploy tools

• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) and ability to communicate effectively with business owners

• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and ability to abstract functional requirements

• Flexibility and positive attitude to achieve tight deadlines

• Rapidly adapt and respond to changes in environment and priorities

• Ability to work creatively, propose ideas and contribute to working groups