Lead Backend Developer
Our client is an online platform connecting families searching for senior care services with a team of experienced advisers providing insight-driven and personalized solutions. Their mission, as the leader in senior care advisory, is to be a trusted destination for families and their community customers. They are a rapidly growing organization with over 500 advisers connecting more than 300K families every year to one of our community customers.
The Position:
The content & data technology team is looking for a Lead Backend Developer who will focus on enhancing customer experience on a collection of websites. The responsibilities will include understanding the customer segment and their journey. Providing information on various senior care options and then helping them find the right community based on their lifestyle and needs.
You will design and build desktop, mobile optimized web sites, and microservices that enable integration with other systems. The role requires hands-on software development skills, deep technical expertise across the entire software delivery process.
Who you are:
Expert in full-stack development, including REST API’s, and microservices that interact with other systems.
You are a quick starter.
You have a strong passion for new technologies and driving innovation.
Delivery of high quality & production ready code is high priority for you.
You consider yourself as someone who is ready to look for innovative solutions.
Learning technologies and expanding your skillset is always on your mind.
Responsibilities
What you will do:
Develop microservices using GraphQL
Partner with your peers in Product, Design, Scrum Masters and technology to innovate on current and future product offerings.
Create and maintaining technical documentation.
Participate in meaningful and thorough code reviews.
Ensure performance, quality and responsiveness of the application.
Collaborate with the team to ship new features rapidly.
Optimize web sites for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
Lead a team of onsite or off-shore developers. Provide guidance on technologies, architectural patterns, and frameworks.
Qualifications
Required Skills and Competencies:
BS degree or higher in Computer Science with a minimum of 8+ years of engineering experience is required.
Extensive experience building public facing dynamic desktop and mobile web front-ends.
8+ years of full-stack development experience.
5+ years of front-end desktop and mobile web development experience.
7+ years of experience working with NoSQL Databases(i.e. MonogDB).
Automation testing frameworks (i.e. Selenium, Appium).
Experience with load/performance tools. (Artillery).
Practical experience in building web apps for performance, scalability, security, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
Experience with integrating with Customer Data Platform (CDP), Analytics software (Google Analytics), Tag Manager (Google Tag Manager), Product Analytics (Amplitude).
Experience in integrating A/B testing using Optimizely or other similar technologies.
Experience in building on cloud using AWS, Google Cloud or Azure.
Experience in working in Agile (SCRUM) methodology.
Knowledge of Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
4+ years of experience in building AMP pages.
Knowledge of web caching and Content Delivery Networks (CDN) (Akamai or Fastly).
Experience in building web sites to comply with American with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Experience in using Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines.
Experience working on large scale, high traffic websites a plus.
Solid understanding of core programming principles, design patterns.