Senior Software Engineer

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help us scale cloud-native applications that power our internal enterprise teams. This is a 6-month contract role, with a possibility to extend based on performance and business needs. You’ll join a collaborative Applications group that delivers automation, systems integration, and backend services on top of AWS—driving the next evolution of our platform.

Partner with Product Managers through discovery, requirement gathering and shaping end-to-end solutions in an agile SDLC.

Architect and implement Node.js services / TypeScript—optimized for AWS runtimes such as Lambda, ECS, and containerized workloads.

Implementing automation for our customer experience department using Playwright to automated UI browser based tasks

Design and integrate REST and event-driven APIs, orchestrating data flows between internal and third-party systems (including higher-ed platforms and SaaS tools).

Improve reliability, performance, and observability across distributed services using AWS-native tooling (CloudWatch, X-Ray, EventBridge) and modern DevOps practices.

Own production support for critical services, driving root-cause analysis and preventive improvements.

8+ years building backend services with Node.js (TypeScript/JavaScript), including experience leading project teams or initiatives.

Experience with AWS ecosystem (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB/RDS, S3, Step Functions, IAM) and infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform).

Experience working with browser automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, cypress

A track record of delivering scalable, resilient APIs and microservices with strong observability, security, and automated test coverage.