Technical Lead

Role : Technical Lead

Location : Cockeysville MD 21030 (5 days onsite)

Duration : 12+ Months

Only W2

Technical lead for development of back end integration APIs using NodeJS, Kafka, Lambda & EKS

Responsibilities :

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of high-performance integrations using AWS, NodeJs, Lambda, EKS, Kafka, Mongo DB etc ensuring best practices in coding and security.
• Optimize application performance by tuning Node.js server configurations, leveraging caching strategies, and using performance monitoring tools.
• Oversee the deployment of applications - single page Apps and Lambdas as APIs - to AWS cloud platforms using Jenkins, Urbancode, and Terraform, automating infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Configure and manage CI / CD pipelines using Jenkins and Urbancode to ensure smooth and automated deployment processes.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members; ensure code quality through code reviews and adherence to best practices.
• Write and maintain unit test cases using testing frameworks such as Jest, Postman, Mocha, or Chai to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Perform analysis, design, write API Specs using OAS / Swagger, development, and configuration functions, defining technical requirements, and resolving complex defects and incidents.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and sprint demos; collaborate with Product Owners to define and prioritize the product backlog; ensure the team adheres to agile principles and practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Utilize JIRA for tracking project progress, managing tasks, maintaining transparency, generating and sharing JIRA statistics and reports to provide insights into team performance, sprint velocity, and project health; ensure accurate and timely updates of JIRA tickets by the team.
• Gather and report on agreed agile metrics with Client leadership, continually monitoring upcoming risks and dependencies, and steering the team to manage expected outcomes.

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