Role: Senior Node.js Developer
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid 3 days in client office)
Experience: 6+ years of experience
Duration: Full time
Max Salary: $120K/Base
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Node.js developer to build and maintain fast, reliable backend services and APIs. You will write clean code, guide junior developers, and help the team make good technical decisions.
What you will do
Build and maintain REST APIs and backend services using Node.js
Design database structures and write efficient queries
Write clean, testable, and well-documented code
Review code and mentor junior developers
Find and fix bugs and performance issues
Work with frontend, QA and product teams to deliver features on time
Help improve deployment, monitoring, and security practices
Must-have skills
6+ years of hands-on experience in Node.js and JavaScript (ES6+)
Strong experience with Express.js, NestJS or a similar framework
Good knowledge of async programming (Promises, async/await)
Experience with databases: SQL (PostgreSQL / MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB)
Experience building and securing REST APIs (authentication, JWT, OAuth)
Good working knowledge of Git and code reviews
Experience writing unit and integration tests (Jest, Mocha or similar)
Good-to-have skills
TypeScript
Microservices and message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
Caching tools such as Redis
GraphQL
