Senior Backend Engineer, Node.js
Costa Rica
Internship
1 week ago
No Sponsorship
Key skills
AWSDistributed SystemsJavaScriptMicroservicesNode.jsTerraformTypeScriptCloudFormationPerformance OptimizationCI/CD
About this role
Role Overview
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Node.js and TypeScript
- Develop and optimize microservices running in AWS production environments
- Implement event-driven and asynchronous workflows to support high-performance systems
- Strengthen CI/CD pipelines and contribute to Infrastructure as Code practices
- Improve reliability, monitoring, and fault tolerance across distributed services
- Collaborate with frontend engineers while remaining primarily backend-focused
- Participate fully in sprint development and deliver production-ready code.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript
- Solid experience working with AWS in production
- Experience building distributed systems and microservices
- Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
- Strong understanding of scalability, performance optimization, and DevOps practices
- Advanced English proficiency for technical discussions.
Tech Stack
- AWS
- Distributed Systems
- JavaScript
- Microservices
- Node.js
- Terraform
- TypeScript
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities