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Compunnel, Inc.

Lead Software Engineer Node.js / React

florham park, NJ

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About this opportunity

Compunnel, Inc. lists this Lead Software Engineer Node.js / React opportunity in florham park, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Develop responsive and maintainable frontend applications using React.

Contribute to the architecture and development of new applications and services from the ground up.

Design solutions focused on high availability, scalability, reliability, and performance.

Develop and integrate APIs and services using GraphQL, REST, and microservices-based architectures.

Perform application and database performance analysis, troubleshooting, and optimization.

Work with SQL and NoSQL/distributed database technologies to support application requirements.

Build, enhance, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines supporting reliable software delivery.

Utilize Docker and other containerization technologies within development and deployment workflows.

Design and maintain application monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational reporting capabilities.

Support production applications by troubleshooting issues, identifying root causes, and implementing long-term solutions.

Develop automated tests and promote Test-Driven Development (TDD) and modern engineering practices.

Participate in code reviews and help establish standards for code quality, maintainability, testing, and application architecture.

Partner with product, engineering, QA, and other technical stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.

Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers and help drive engineering decisions across the team.

Communicate development progress, technical risks, dependencies, and delivery status to project and engineering leadership.

Evaluate new technologies and engineering practices that can improve development velocity, reliability, and product quality.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of professional software development experience.

Experience developing modern frontend applications using React.

Demonstrated experience designing and developing highly available, scalable, and high-performance applications.

Strong understanding of backend development, APIs, distributed systems, and modern application architecture.

Experience with SQL and NoSQL database technologies.

Experience with automated testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices.

Strong understanding of software engineering principles, design patterns, code quality, and maintainable application architecture.

Experience with CI/CD, automated build and deployment processes, and DevOps practices.

Hands-on experience with Docker or comparable containerization technologies.

Experience with Jenkins or comparable CI/CD and build platforms.

Strong troubleshooting and performance optimization skills across application and database layers.

Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced and collaborative product engineering environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Professional experience with an additional programming language such as Java, Python, Go, or C#.

Experience with GraphQL and modern API design.

Experience working with microservices and distributed architectures.

Experience with cloud-native application development and deployment.

Experience building or supporting observability solutions, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and application performance management.

DevOps, platform engineering, or build engineering experience.

Experience establishing architecture and engineering practices for newly developed applications.

Previous experience providing technical leadership or mentoring software engineers.

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Worksite address

florham park, NJ, 07932, US

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