Senior Node Engineer - GP

Gorilla Logic provides nearshore Agile teams to Fortune 500 and SMB companies, bringing unparalleled expertise in the delivery of full-stack web, mobile, and enterprise applications. Our highly collaborative Agile Gorillas are uniquely qualified to implement complex software initiatives. With offices in the United States, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico, Gorilla Logic helps clients gain competitive advantages to achieve results faster.

Senior Fullstack

Gorilla Logic is looking for a multidisciplinary Technical Lead with exceptional web/mobile and backend development skills to work as a member of an Agile team responsible for building and maintaining our client’s web and mobile applications. Our environment will require you to work effectively with your teammates, of course. But your real success will be measured by how well you couple critical thinking with self-motivation, enthusiasm, and determination.

Responsibilities

*Provide technical leadership to a cross-functional development team(s)

*Collaborate with the Product Owner and Scrum Master, responsible for technical implementation decisions in support of requirements

*Provide architectural leadership to the team and our client

*Work with an agile team to build, maintain and optimize our client’s applications

*Mentor fellow developers

*Work with DevOps and QA to build a quality-focused CI/CD pipeline

*Excellent English and communications skills required

*Good analytical thinking and problem-solving skills

Technical Requirements

*Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

*5+ years of backend development experience with Node.js/Express/NestJS

*5+ years of experience with React/Next.js and state management libraries like Redux

*5+ years of experience with modern JavaScript, including ES6, ES7, and TypeScript

*Experience with GraphQL and Prisma

*Professional development experience with SQL and/or Redis databases

*Ability to design and optimize scalable, efficient SQL ETL queries for data retrieval, transformation, and normalization

*Experience building and maintaining backend services with Node.js, ensuring high performance and responsiveness

*Proficiency with AWS services such as Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, and EventBridge

*API and microservices use and development experience

*Experience contributing to system architecture and participating in code reviews

*Cross-browser/device responsive development experience

*Familiarity with Agile methodologies and CI/CD best practices

Bonus skills 

*Ability to test code for quality assurance

*Exposure to Go and PHP (for Drupal sites) is a plus

*No requirements for C# or Java experience