Sr. Backend Node.js Engineer (U.S remote within CST OR EST time zone)

We've recently partnered with a US-based Global Marketing agency to seek a US-based Remote Senior Backend Engineer to develop and maintain large-scale Node.js microservices functional infrastructure, all running on Amazon Web Services. Our client is one of the leaders in their space offering a great combination of competitive salary, and benefits. Preferred location to be closer to the office within Dallas, Chicago, NY and or Virginia/Reston but this is a 100% remote role. Be instrumental in developing digital experiences using cutting-edge technology by leveraging your Node.js software development experience. Be a key part of an application development project team comprised of onshore and offshore developers using Scrum ceremonies and methodologies. Develop testable, reusable, and efficient code in Node.js for highly visible marketing and eCommerce Websites. Ensure timely completion of your coding assignments and deliverables, as well as provide system-level documentation. Collaborate with Technical Managers to estimate specific work assignments, ensure the quality of your deliverables and provide status updates, and highlight issues. You will participate in all Scrum processes, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, and Sprint Retrospectives. 4+ years of experience building websites, APIs, or microservices. Creativity and experience developing best-in-class software applications in Node.js using ECMAScript (ES) modules, NPM and Serverless Framework. Experience writing Node.js code that interacts with SQL or NoSQL databases. Hold in-depth knowledge of JavaScript. Worked in Cloud Web Services such as AWS Lambda, S3, DynamoDB. Hold strong notions of security best practices (e.g. using IAM Roles, Policies, KMS, etc.). Knowledgeable of working with git and shells in a terminal on daily basis. Skilled at setting your local development environment tooling and deploying code to a remote server environment. Good to have: Built RESTful services and troubleshot them to HTTP protocol level. Experience in Cloud Web Services such as AWS API Gateway, Cognito, Secret Manager, RDS, EC2, ECS, Fargate, SQS, or similar. Used Node.js with Typescript. Developed Lambda functions in Python. An understanding of Continuous Integration technologies and deployment frameworks (i.e. Node Package Manager, Docker, Jenkins).