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Job Title: Remote Backend Engineer Needed at WorkMotion
At WorkMotion, we help companies to hire remote talent globally. Our mission is to create opportunities for anyone to work from anywhere and on this mission, we are currently assisting one of our clients, in the Advertising industry, in adding a Backend Engineer to their team.
Our client seeks a Backend Engineer to Develop and maintain microservices and back-end components.
Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining microservices and back-end components.
- Ensuring optimal performance of databases and responsiveness to front-end requests.
- Collaborating with developers, product owners, and stakeholders on the design and integration of elements.
- Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
- Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
- Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
- Documenting server-side processes, including database schemas, message events and sagas, as well as preparing reports.
- Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
- Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js, AWS and related development
- Participate in code and technical design reviews
- Write and review tasks and estimate workloads for yourself and others.
- Provide mentorship and technical supervision to team members.
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- 5+ years experience as Backend Engineer or similar role
- Strong proficiency in NodeJS with TypeScript, web stacks, libraries, and frameworks
- Working knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3
- Experience with user authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
- High familiarity with fundamental design principles behind scalable applications
- Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
- Good knowledge of event-driven architecture, message busses, and/or pub/sub-systems
- Proven expert knowledge in Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
- Superb interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving attitude
- Great organizational and time management skills
- Excellent familiarity with git, npm, docker, and Jira
- Great Troubleshooting skills
- Good project management skills
- Extensive experience in mentoring teammates in a respectful, educative manner
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