Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js + Typescript) - Tech Holding
Los Angeles, CA
About the Job
About us:
Working at Tech Holding isn't just a job, it's an opportunity to be a part of something bigger. We are a full-service consulting firm that was founded on the premise of delivering predictable outcomes and high-quality solutions to our clients. Our founders and team members have industry experience and have held senior positions in a wide variety of companies – from emerging startups to large Fortune 50 firms – and we have taken our combined experiences and developed a unique approach that is supported by the principles of deep expertise, integrity, transparency, and dependability.
The Role:
We are looking for a talented Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing Tech Holding family. The ideal candidate will work closely with Product and Business teams to understand the implications of user flows for sign-up, switching, cancellation, and account management. You will collaborate with the Product team to translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations.
Responsibilities:
- Work alongside Product and Business teams to understand the business implications and user flows for sign-up, switch, cancellation, and account management.
- Work closely with the Product team to transform requirements into clearly defined technical implementations.
- Develop a future-proof presentation API that powers the commerce experiences.
- Mentor junior engineers on the team.
- Lead technical discussions to share expertise and best practices with the team.
- Understand key dependencies between core commerce systems such as payments, billing, and subscriptions and how they will affect clients.
- Be responsible for the complete software development lifecycle for our systems, encompassing conceptualization, design, implementation, code review, unit test, QA validation, load-test, launch, and measure performance.
- Define technical and operational critical metrics to measure system health
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5+ years of related work experience
- Proficient in server-side development
- Strong programming skills in TypeScript
- Strong understanding of Node.js echo system. (Koa or Express framework)
- Strong design patterns and architectural skills
- API design experience (authoring and providing feedback) with stakeholders.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent debugging skills
- Strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to find compromises that move the team forward.
Nice to have:
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes
- Familiarity with performance monitoring tools like DataDog, OpenTelemetry, AWS CloudWatch
- Experience with AWS cloud architecture
- Experience in Mobile Development
Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
What we offer:
- Remote Work Opportunities
- Flexible Work Hours
- Unlimited PTO
- Competitive Salaries
- Health + Dental + Vision + Life Insurance
- Long Term disability + 401k Match
- Professional Development Opportunities
Expected Compensation:
Full-time: $140,000 - $160,000/year
This position is a remote role, but must be located in EST or PST time zone.
