Lead Backend Developer - Node.js and TypeScript with AWS

Lead Backend Developer – NodeJS/TypeScript with AWS

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performance backend services using Node.js and TypeScript
• Build and manage RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs for enterprise-grade applications
• Architect and implement microservices-based solutions and distributed systems
• Develop cloud-native applications leveraging AWS services (Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, etc.)
• Ensure code quality through unit testing, integration testing, and code reviews
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and automate deployments using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance, scalability, and reliability
• Ensure adherence to security best practices and compliance requirements
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to overall engineering excellence

Required Skills & Experience

• 6–10+ years of backend development experience
• Strong proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript
• Experience building API-driven and microservices-based architectures
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, including:  Compute: Lambda, EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, Aurora, API Gateway, SQS, SNS
• Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, event-driven architecture, and concurrency
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes is a plus)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
• Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem-solving skills

S​YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Experience Level

Senior Level