Node.js Architect

Job Description

Job title : Node.js Architect

locations (Chicago, Dallas, and New York)

Duration : Long Term Contract

Note : The position requires a minimum of 13 years of overall professional experience.

2) Node.js Architect

The Role

Digital API team is looking for a hands-on Architect with deep Node.js / TypeScript expertise to design and deliver domain-driven microservices for customer-facing digital experiences. You ll own greenfield builds from zero-to-production, lead engineers by example (coding ~70% of the time), and drive cross-team triage while keeping leadership proactively informed.

What You ll Do

• Design & build domain-driven, event-aware microservices in Node.js / TypeScript (Express / Fastify / NestJS) with clean, testable code.
• Architect greenfield systems : service boundaries, data models, REST APIs, event streams, CI / CD, observability, and runtime topology.
• Set API standards : versioning, OpenAPI / Swagger, pagination, error contracts, resiliency patterns (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers).
• Own production readiness : SLOs, dashboards, alerting, runbooks; lead incident triage / bridge calls and drive blameless RCAs.
• Collaborate across teams (web, mobile, data, security, ops) to unblock work, sequence dependencies, and land integrated releases.
• Communicate proactively with leadership : crisp status, risk / mitigation, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
• Raise the bar : code reviews, engineering best practices, mentoring, pair programming, tech talks, and documentation.
• Think two steps ahead : anticipate edge cases, scaling, operability, and cost; recommend pragmatic sequencing and trade-offs.

Tech Stack You ll Work With

What You ll Bring

8+ years backend engineering (or equivalent impact), 3+ years technical leadership on product teams.

Experience in telecom (ordering, provisioning, billing, identity) or large consumer digital platforms.

API gateways (Apigee / Kong), rate limiting / quotas, multi-tenant patterns.

Performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost optimization in cloud environments.