Senior Node.js Developer
13 hours ago
Bedford
Salary: £140,400 - 143,000 per year • Strong Node.js development experience, including frameworks such as Express, and NPM package management, • Deep understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and common testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha, and Chai, • Practical experience with relational or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB, • Experience with Git and distributed version control workflows, • Experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins, • Experience with containerisation using Docker, • Desirable: experience with microservices and event-driven architecture such as Kafka, SNS/SQS, or EventBridge, • Desirable: cloud platform experience, with a strong preference for AWS, • Desirable: commercial experience with TypeScript, • Desirable: familiarity with Node.js performance tuning and observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, • Desirable: familiarity with Kubernetes, • Must be SC eligible and a British National, • Deliver high-quality, clean, and maintainable Node.js code within an Agile environment, • Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to less experienced engineers while championing engineering best practices, • Take ownership of the operational stability, performance, and scalability of the services we build, • Embed strong automated testing and CI/CD principles across the delivery pipeline, • Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including refinement, estimation, planning, and reviews, • Collaborate closely with Delivery Managers, BAs, Architects, and QA, • Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and operationally stable products that impact millions of users, • AWS, • CI/CD, • Cloud, • Docker, • Git, • GitHub, • GitLab, • Jenkins, • Jest, • Kafka, • Kubernetes, • LESS, • Mocha, • MongoDB, • MySQL, • NoSQL, • NPM, • OpenTelemetry, • PostgreSQL, • TDD, • TypeScript, • microservices, • NodeJS, • Backend, • DevOps, • JavaScript We are seeking an experienced Contract Senior Software Engineer to join a fast-paced Agile delivery team working on critical citizen- and staff-facing public services. This is a hybrid role with occasional travel to Newcastle, offered for 6 months inside IR35 at £550 per day. We are looking for someone with strong public sector alignment and a deep commitment to clean Node.js architecture. Talent International UK and its subsidiaries, Digital Gurus, Infinite Talent, and Rethink act as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. #J-18808-Ljbffr