Overview
We are looking for experienced Senior Node.js Contractors to join a high-performing product team within a fast-growing digital business. This contractor will play a key role in building and evolving high-scale backend services, working closely with Product, Engineering, and Platform teams to contribute to architecture and technical decision-making. Ideal candidates are polyglot engineers who excel in various technologies and enjoy mentoring others while driving engineering best practices.
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve high-scale backend services using Node.js and TypeScript.
- Design clean, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Platform teams.
- Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making.
- Write high-quality, well-tested code.
- Mentor engineers and advocate for engineering best practices.
Requirements
- 10+ years of commercial software engineering experience.
- Strong expertise in Node.js and TypeScript.
- Experience in building distributed, cloud-native applications.
- A polyglot mindset with knowledge of other languages (Java, Go, Python, C#, Kotlin, or similar).
- Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience working within modern Agile product teams.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach.