Role Overview

The ideal person will have a positive attitude, an excellent team person, good communication skills, highly driven, and about 2-5 years of software development experience.

Responsibilities

Strong proficiency in Node.js (async patterns, event loop, streams)
Hands-on experience with NestJS (modules, dependency injection, guards, interceptors, pipes)
Next.js for server-side rendering and frontend development
RESTful API design, development, and versioning
WebSocket implementation for real-time communication
ORM experience (TypeORM, Prisma, Sequelize, or equivalent) with relational databases
Redis for caching and pub/sub messaging
Docker and basic Kubernetes
CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or equivalent)
JWT and OAuth2 authentication and authorization
RBAC implementation
Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or DigitalOcean)
Git version control and code review practices
Actively uses AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or equivalent) as part of daily development workflow
Ability to write effective prompts and leverage AI for code generation, debugging, and documentation

Requirements

Strong problem-solving mindset — breaks down complex challenges into clear, manageable solutions
Excellent written and verbal communication, comfortable working across time zones and async-first environments
Self-motivated and accountable — takes ownership of tasks from start to production without hand-holding
Collaborative team player who gives and receives constructive code review feedback openly
Curious and continuously learning — stays current with emerging tools, frameworks, and best practices
Attention to detail with a bias toward clean, readable, and maintainable code
Comfortable with ambiguity — can make sound decisions with incomplete information and iterate quickly
Strong time management and ability to prioritize effectively in a fast-moving product environment
Low ego, high output — focused on the best solution, not personal preference

Nice to Have: Experience with MQTT or Kafka/RabbitMQ for event-driven architectures, familiarity with microservices or monorepo architecture, exposure to video management, IoT, or alarm/security systems, GraphQL API development, Terraform or infrastructure-as-code experience, experience integrating cloud APIs with on-premise or locally running software.