Full Stack Developer / Senior Full Stack Developer

Summary
The Senior Full Stack Developer is a highly skilled individual who excels in several areas of focus, including Front-End, Middleware, and Back-End areas of development. Senior Full Stack Developers are crucial in helping lead the efforts for developing and designing front-end web architectures, that are driven by the middleware created to retrieve information from one of the several back-end sources that provide the lifeblood of our business. This role will excel in leadership of our evolving technology stack, which currently includes JavaScript, GraphQL, Jest, Kafka, MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js), NestJS, Redis, SQL, and TypeScript, and demonstrate proficient skills in test-driven development, RESTful APIs, collaboration, communication, security best practices, and performance optimization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities included the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Lead design and development of front-end web architectures driven by middleware to retrieve information from back-end sources.
Lead development of software in our technology stack, which is constantly evolving but currently includes JavaScript, GraphQL, Jest, Kafka, MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js),
NestJS, Redis, SQL, and TypeScript.
Help grow the development practice via coding, code reviewing, acting as a technical bridge on the team, as well as being able to dig into some of the more complex areas of the system when knowledge is lacking in house.
Lead team in test-driven development and proper unit testing.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
Maintain knowledge of security best practices in web development to safeguard customer and company data.
Scour and evaluate new technologies and contribute to the overall product roadmaps of both internal and external 3rd party systems.
Design performance optimized and scalable web applications.
Utilize agile methodologies and scrum planning tools like Jira to help the development team meet its sprint goal.
Other duties as assigned by management. Must be able to come to work promptly and regularly. Must be able to take direction and work well with others. Must be able to work under the stress of deadlines. Must be able to concentrate and perform accurately. Must be able to react to change productively.
Competencies
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Planning & Organization Integrates changes smoothly, plans for additional resources, prioritizes, and plans work activities, sets goals and objectives, uses time efficiently, and works in an organized manner.
Change Management Builds commitment and overcomes resistance, communicates change effectively, develops workable implementation plans, monitors transition and evaluates results, and prepares and supports those affected by change.
Continuous Learning Assesses own strengths and weaknesses, pursues training and development opportunities, seeks feedback to improve performance, shares expertise with others, and strives to continuously build knowledge and skills.
Customer Service Displays courtesy and sensitivity, manages difficult or emotional customer situations, meets commitments, responds promptly to customer needs, and solicits customer feedback to improve service.
Dependability Commits to doing the best job possible, follows instructions and responds to management direction, keeps commitments, meets attendance and punctuality guidelines, responds to requests for service and assistance, and takes responsibility for own actions.
Use of Technology - Adapts to new technologies, demonstrates required skills, keeps technical skills up to date, troubleshoots technological problems, and uses technology to increase productivity.

Skills : - JavaScript, GraphQL, Jest, Kafka, MERN,MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js, NestJS, Redis, SQL, TypeScript, demonstrate proficient skills in test-driven development, RESTful APIs, collaboration, communication, security best practices, and performance optimization.