Software Engineer - Node.js with GraphQL

What will you do?

• Collaborate with engineering and program teams to enhance engineering processes and create new practices that support a productive development environment.
• Work closely with development teams to gather information about system APIs, design data architectures, and build scalable backend services to power web applications.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize GraphQL APIs, leveraging tools like Apollo GraphQL, Express.js, or NestJS.
• Partner with product managers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to understand and communicate business requirements and priorities to the development team.
• Champion code reviews, and best practices, and contribute to maintaining a high standard of code quality.

What will you bring?

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3 to 5 years of software development experience, with a strong focus on Node.js and GraphQL.
• Proficiency in building and maintaining web applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience developing and optimizing RESTful or GraphQL APIs, with hands-on knowledge of Apollo GraphQL, Express.js, or NestJS.
• Experience with testing frameworks like Jest, and Mockito.
• Familiarity with backend engineering skills relevant to building and maintaining GraphQL applications, including schema design, query optimization, caching, and authentication.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience with project and version management tools such as JIRA, GitHub, and Gerrit.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with experience in performing root cause analysis.
• Experience with production release management and CI/CD pipelines.

The following are considered as a plus

• Familiarity with agile development methodologies and open-source project contributions.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Linux Containers, or other containerization technologies is a plus.
• Familiarity with Solr or any other enterprise-search platform.
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented and Functional programming