Software Engineer

FirstParty is excited to partner with our client to deliver next generation application architecture that includes design and engineering of responsive user interfaces, microservices, database schemas, data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, automation, and real-time data streaming architectures. As a member of the digital engineering team, you will be responsible for building technology to drive user engagement, automate the various stages of decisioning and unlock the value stored in a vast array of data sources used to make key decisions and drive profitability.

Responsibilities:

• Full lifecycle development including design, development, testing and releases
• Demonstrate expertise in the design and development components in event driven API architecture
• Determine key requirements needed to satisfy scalability, security, reuse, and maintainability requirements
• Assist team members in the setup and automation of local environments, including use of docker, git, npm, various AWS components and other aspects of the app development lifecycle
• Contribute to and lead the effort to improve code pipelines to automate delivery of code to production
• Leverage (and mentor the team) in a wide variety of technologies including scripting and other languages, responsive user experiences, microservices, databases (SQL and NoSQL) and real-time event streaming architectures and frameworks
• Lead code reviews, design reviews, demos, and other team rituals each sprint
• Work across functions and teams to determine requirements, needs and opportunities

Qualifications:

• Experience with JavaScript, Typescript, Node.js, Express, React.js, Java, or similar languages
• Deep understanding of application architectures, engineering practices, open-source frameworks and cloud
• Strong data structures and algorithms experience
• Ability to communicate with a non-technical audience and distill technical requirements
• Experience with serverless (AWS Cloud) architecture and design
• Demonstrated experience building scalable software
• Solid debugging, optimization, refactoring, and problem-solving skills