NodeJS Software Engineer at Techie Planet

Location: Ikeja, Lagos

Job Description

• We are looking for experienced NodeJS developers primarily responsible for building web application backends.
• This role involves implementing enterprise application logic, back-end services, web services, algorithms and database integration.
• Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop these applications, and to work with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Translate application requirements, storyboards and use cases into functional applications
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end and mobile app developers
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable JavaScript codes and modules
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Integration with databases (SQL and NoSQL)
• Collaborate with other team members in brainstorming sessions to define, design, test and ship new features
• Identify, correct bottlenecks and fix bugs on new and existing applications
• Help maintain code quality and organization by doing code reviews.

Requirements

• Highly proficient in JavaScript and its supporting technologies and ecosystem tools
• Strong proficiency with TypeScript
• Vast experience with the popular JavaScript application development frameworks especially NestJS, ExpressJS, Fastify, etc. (Note that NestJS is very high advantage)
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns e.g. DDD, TDD, BDD, etc.
• Knowledge of concurrency and asynchronous development in JavaScript
• Ability to build highly secure and high performance REST API with NodeJS
• Familiarity with usage of JavaScript ORM technologies e.g. TypeORM
• Experience in using NodeJS with both SQL and NoSQL databases
• Understanding of database migration and seeding
• Creating database schemas that represent and support complex business processes
• Good understanding of programming conventions for writing secure, easily readable and maintainable Java code
• Familiarity with Test Driven Development and automated testing libraries like Jest, Jasmine, Mocha, etc.
• Solid understanding of Git code versioning tool
• Familiarity with DevOps processes and tools e.g. docker, CI/CD is a distinct advantage
• At least intermediate understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 - ReactJS is an advantage
• Good grasp of one of Python or Java is a distinct advantage.
• B.Sc. or HND holder
• At least 1 year experience in a software development environment.