Senior NodeJS Engineer

SUMMARY:

As a Senior NodeJS engineer, you will collaborate with key stakeholders to tackle complex business challenges. You'll design and implement cutting-edge features, scale applications for high-traffic environments, and enhance user experiences across diverse brands. This role offers the opportunity to mentor team members, refine system requirements, and significantly impact the products and customer satisfaction.

We are looking for candidates who are as excited about pushing their own development as they are about advancing our technology stack. 

Our core developers are passionate about software engineering and enjoy developing their skills and abilities in a friendly and supportive environment of keen learners.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING:

You will join our engineering team and be a valued member working closely in a collaborative, autonomous, cross-functional team. You will help with the following:

• Partner with business stakeholders to identify and address critical problems.
• Develop and implement new features and solutions to advance our products.
• Analyse existing programs to diagnose performance issues and troubleshoot effectively.
• Mentor team members to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing.
• Break down system requirements into actionable tasks and prioritise them efficiently.
• Operate both independently and collaboratively within a dynamic team environment.
• Communicate clearly with non-technical staff and cross-functional teams.
• Write and enhance documentation for company products and tools.
• Maintain our products and assist in resolving production incidents.
• Support customer service by addressing inquiries and providing solutions.
• Be available for on-call support as required to ensure system reliability.
• Scale applications to efficiently serve high-traffic markets.
• Integrate with next-generation payment backend systems.
• Improve maintainability across multiple brands and jurisdictions.
• Develop self-service tools for players to complete transactions and resolve issues independently.
• Provide tools for Customer Support to handle transaction follow-ups swiftly and effectively.
• Integrate new payment methods and providers, expediting the process through automation and configuration enhancements.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any related technical field
• Strong team player with a collaborative mindset.
• Proactive problem-solving attitude with exceptional troubleshooting abilities.
• Basic project management skills and experience with Agile Scrum methodologies.
• Proficiency in the following technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Git, Linux, RESTful APIs, Docker and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP).
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal

AWESOME BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Varnish or HTTP accelerators, in general
• Experience with Redis.
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Be part of our collegial environment where responsibility and authority are shared equally amongst colleagues and help create our company culture
• A culture in which we don’t criticise failure but ensure we learn from our mistakes
• An Agile environment where your ideas are welcome
• The possibility to grow and experience different projects
• Ongoing Training & Mentoring
• The possibility to travel

- ATTENTION! THIS POSITION IS FOR PORTUGAL OR BRAZIL BASED ONLY