Java Developer-Backend

Please contact Meera Makam at 925 627 4935 or email mmakam@ascentsg.com for any questions Job Title: Back End EngineerRemote role to start and once environment changes, candidate will be located in the Portland office - Hybrid role.This is Back-End Engineering role to design and create nodeJS based REST APIs that improve customer experiences leveraging AWS Cloud infrastructure.Candidate needs to have experience with NodeJS and JavaScript frameworks for API development, like Express.Contract/Temp to start, with possibility to convert.Responsibilities:Design, code, test, debug and document new and existing components to ensure that software meets business, quality and operational needs.Build high quality code following unit testing and test driven development.Drive and participate in code and document reviews, mentoring team in best practices.Collaborate with peer organizations, dev ops, support organizations on technical issues and provide guidance.Interpret and translate business needs to technical requirements and accurate estimates.Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies and processes to ensure the highest quality and performance is achieved.Work with team to troubleshoot code level problems quickly and efficiently.Apply deep technical expertise to resolve challenging programming and design problems.Focus on scalability, security and availability of all applications and processes.Contribute to the design and architecture to enable secure, scalable and maintainable software.Contribute to risk identification and risk mitigation strategies associated with the architecture.Contribute to technical roadmap and technical debt elimination, balancing time, resource, and quality constraints to achieve business and strategic goals and requirements.Skills and Qualifications:BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.8+ years of work experience developing scalable, customer facing web and software applications.2+ years of professional experience working with NodeJSPractical experience building RESTful web services using nodeJS for Production use.Strong experience with Amazon Web Services (i.e. Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation, S3, IAM, DynamoDB, RDS).- Experience with application performance monitoring, runtime user monitoring tools and techniques is highly desirable.Passionate about open-source technologies.Strong verbal and written communication skills.Leadership experience as a Team Lead, Tech Lead, or Architect in previous roles is desirable.Please contact Meera Makam at 925 627 4935 or email mmakam@ascentsg.com for any questions