Node.js Architect

Client Name : Photon

End Client Name : Telecom Client

Job Title : Node.js Architect

Location : Onsite Chicago, Dallas, or New York

Work Type : Onsite

Job Type : Contract

Rate : $75 / hour on w2

LinkedIn needed

Notes :

• Requires a minimum of 13 years of overall professional experience.

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

Languages / Frameworks : Node.js, TypeScript, Express / Fastify / NestJS

APIs : REST, OpenAPI / Swagger, OAuth2 / OIDC, JWT

Data : PostgreSQL / MySQL, NoSQL (MongoDB / DynamoDB), Redis cache

Messaging / Streaming : Kafka / RabbitMQ (sagas, outbox, idempotency)

Cloud & Platform : One major cloud (AWS / Azure / Google Cloud Platform), Docker, Kubernetes, API Gateway / Ingress, IaC (Terraform / CloudFormation)

CI / CD & Observability : GitHub Actions / Jenkins, ELK / Dynatrace, feature flags, OpenTelemetry, Datadog / New Relic / Prometheus, log aggregation

What You ll Bring

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