Contract Node Developer

Spectrum IT Recruitment • TRAFFIC • Hampshire, Basingstoke, United Kingdom • 2d ago

Spectrum IT's Basingstoke client are actively seeking a Contract software engineer with a solid backend skills and extensive experience in development with JavaScript/Node. This contract role falls OUTSIDE the scope of IR35, will be hybrid working (requiring 2-3 days onsite in Basingstoke per week) and will be for an initial 12 month contract.

As the Contract Node Developer you will work collaboratively with the business to propose ideas and generate impact. This role will suit someone who enjoys taking on new challenges, is passionate about software quality, and is a true team player. Together with the other team members, you will be responsible for maintaining the quality and efficiency of the clients platform in the UK. This will be achieved by fixing defects and features to reduce cost and improve efficiency in a collection of different subsystems and microservices.

Tech Stack: JavaScript, NodeJS, AWS and Docker

Responsibilities

Contribute to planning for and delivering features and technical enhancements that support the company's overarching goals.
Taking responsibility for the quality of the software produced and the product(s) including ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements
Take part in effective peer code reviews and be part of an effective feedback loop
Actively participating in team ceremonies and workshop activities, and giving feedback on improving the overall team's ways of working
Taking responsibility for designing, refining, estimating, planning, and managing tasks with the rest of the team and communicating progress on ongoing tasks
Collaborating cross-functionally and closely with all the other members of the team to take shared responsibility for the overall efforts and goals that the team has committed to
Owning the release process with the rest of the engineers in the team
Interacting with users and internal stakeholders as necessary to clarify and understand the needs
Understanding the business purpose of the tasks and defining and analysing possible alternative ways of satisfying the business purpose of the story
Working directly with the Product Manager, the rest of the team and the Tech Lead to clarify and further define the details of how a story or task should be implemented
Effectively use and, if required, improve the automated testing strategies and tools to accelerate the delivery and quality of product features

Skills / Experience

Extensive experience developing and maintaining backend systems using Node & JavaScript or TypeScript.
Strong expertise in developing REST APIs.
Familiarity with containerisation technologies (Docker).
Experienced with AWS platforms, such as EC2, Lambda, etc.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
Strong understanding of automation testing, i.e. static code, unit testing, mutation testing
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Excellent verbal & written communication skills, fluency in English, and the ability to collaborate across global teams and time zones.
Experience with PHP would also be an advantage in supporting other squads.
Knowledge of Terraform will also be advantageous.

For more information and to submit your interest, please apply with apply with an updated CV.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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