Senior Backend Javascript Engineer
We are looking for a back-end Javascript developer responsible for implementing data storage and retrieval of various integrations. Your primary duties will include development of integrations like Shopify and Google Analytics but will include integrations focused on other sectors as well. This development will include database architecture, maintenance, and optimization specific to the integrations but you will be called on to help develop core application functionality on the backend as well. You will need to be comfortable with developing efficient REST API routes for our front-end to consume this data. An advanced understanding of relational databases is crucial, as well as an understanding of application architecture best practices.
Job duties include:
- Architecting database tables for efficient storage/retrieval of various shapes of data coming back from primarily REST APIs.
- Implementing data fetching/transformation and sync strategies based on the business use-cases surrounding each integration.
- Maintaining integrations by keeping the data fetching processes up-to-date with the latest changes in each API.
- Developing new features specific to our application's backend such as analyzing historical time-series data to provide insights to our customers.
- Responsible for server-side logic that ensures efficient, fast responses to front-end requests.
Our company:
Yaguara is a growth management platform that enables real-time, data-driven objectives and key results. We are a small team of talented, passionate individuals that is excited to build a platform that we think is essential to the core of running a business.
Our stack:
- Node (Typescript)
- Kubernetes (running several node services)
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Infrastructure is on AWS
- CI/CD and repository hosted on GitLab
- Internal API is written using Koa
- Front-end in React
Skills:
- Proficient in Javascript/Typescript
- Architecting relational database tables and optimizing the queries that use them
- Implementing features with security as a central concern (OWASP)
- Comfortable with data fetching, transformation, and scripting
- Automated testing