Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer for our client in downtown Vancouver. This is a permanent full-time position working at an national company with a range of products from telecommunications, health, safety and others. This position is remote to start during Covid, then it will be 3 days remote and 2 days in the office.

You will:

• Develop scalable RESTful services
• Managing large scale AWS based infrastructure
• Developing code that is unit, integration and end to end tested
• Designing and developing scalable systems
• Working collaboratively with a team of developers
• Assist in mentoring junior developers
• Assist in mentoring junior developers
• Provide clear and timely communication to the team lead and the rest of the project team
• Learn new technologies in order to keep up with current trends or as required by new projects

You Have:

• Experience with AWS infrastructure management
• Proven 5+ years of experience in designing scalable systems (APIs)
• Strong understanding of testing
• Experience with backend and API development (Node.js)
• Understanding of unit testing (Jest/Enzyme/React Testing Library preferred)
• Familiar with end to end testing (Cypress.io preferred)
• Familiar with build pipeline and Continuous Integration
• Experience with Docker
• Fluent in English and excellent communication skills