Node.js Backend Developer (AWS, AI Workflows) 100% Remote

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<p><strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Senior Node.js Backend Developer (AWS, AI Workflows)- 100% Remote</span></span><br />
Location: Remote<br />
Contract: months +</strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Requirements</span></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Core Backend Skills</span></span></strong></p> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}"> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strong proficiency in Node.js and Express.js</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Expertise in MySQL and Sequelize ORM, including performance tuning, schema design, and migrations</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Experience with ElasticSearch for full-text search, filtering, and aggregations</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Proficiency in Redis for caching, session management, and pub/sub</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Familiarity with RabbitMQ, AWS SQS for async processing and distributed job queues</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Experience working with WebSockets for real-time services (e.g., notifications, chat, streaming transcripts)</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Exposure to Next.js API routes and middleware for hybrid applications</span></span></p> </li>
</ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cloud Infrastructure & Performance</span></span></strong></p> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}"> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Solid understanding of AWS services: EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, SQS/SNS and Lambda</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ability to design scalable, modular APIs with clear separation of concerns and robust error handling</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strong debugging and profiling skills, including experience with performance bottleneck analysis and monitoring tools</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Awareness of API rate limiting, authentication/authorization best practices, and RESTful design principles</span></span></p> </li>
</ul> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AI-First Development Practices</span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As part of an AI-native platform, you'll be expected to collaborate closely on AI-driven features and use AI tools for development and system design.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}"> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Experience integrating AI workflows and LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, open-source models)</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Understanding of prompt design, context management, and token optimization</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Familiarity with RAG pipelines and vector databases like pgvector or Pinecone</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Experience using Model Context Protocols (MCPs) to enable dynamic AI behavior in response to user/system inputs</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Proficient in using AI developer tools such as Cursor, Bolt.new, Copilot, or Codeium for development acceleration and refactoring</span></span></p> </li>
</ul> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Bonus</strong>: Experience with AI-powered observability, log summarization, or error classification tools</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Testing & Quality Assurance</span></span></strong></p> <ul data-editing-info="{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}"> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Strong experience with unit and integration testing frameworks: Jest, Mocha, Supertest, Playwright</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Familiarity with API testing tools like Postman</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Experience writing testable and maintainable code, with attention to regression coverage</span></span></p> </li>
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