Position Description
Enterprise Applications Services:
Position title: Node JS Developer
Department: Enterprise Applications Services
Location: Position has a global remit
Reports to (role): Manager Technology
Main purpose:
- Be the direct contact for internal clients for all technical aspects during the initial engagement and kick-off stages of application development projects. Have the ability to drive high level solution architecture design (conceptual, logical, physical)
- Support the project team for all infrastructure related issues, including Agile tools and Source Control.
- Provide knowledge on full-scale continuous delivery process & solutions and understand continuous integration and automated tests (unit, front-end, load) frameworks, scripts and other artefacts created by engineers and be able to support the systems evolution as and when necessary.
- Be responsible for the setup, continuous maintenance, monitoring and troubleshooting of development/ testing/ staging and production environments across internal clients accounts in collaboration with the technology team.
Key responsibilities:
The key accountabilities for this role are, but not limited to;
- Sprint planning, Product Demonstrations
- The technical team is appropriately mentored.
- The deliverables for each Sprint are clearly understood by the Agile Team(s).
- Ensure that the Agile team(s) delivers working software of sufficient quality to deliver to clients at the end of each development sprint.
- Provide Risk Management for all technical risks
- The Agile Requirements Repository is properly administered.
- Source Control repositories are appropriately managed
- The Agile team receives sufficient resourcing to be able to complete its objectives.
Specific responsibilities:
- Write maintainable and effective code base
- Follow best practices for test driven environment, continuous integration.
- Design, develop, test and implement end-to-end requirement
- Contribute on all phases of development life cycle
- Perform unit testing and troubleshooting applications
- Developing and maintaining all server-side network components.
- Ensuring optimal performance of the central database and responsiveness to front-end requests.
- Collaborating with front-end developers on the integration of elements.
- Designing customer-facing UI and back-end services for various business processes.
- Developing high-performance applications by writing testable, reusable, and efficient code.
- Implementing effective security protocols, data protection measures, and storage solutions.
- Running diagnostic tests, repairing defects, and providing technical support.
- Documenting Node.js processes, including database schemas.
- Recommending and implementing improvements to processes and technologies.
- Keeping informed of advancements in the field of Node.js development.
Business Compliance
Ensure a sound understanding of, demonstrate commitment to and comply with all legislation & Publicis Groupe Policies e.g., Janus, GSO and IT policies, etc.
Personal & Team Accountabilities
Actively develop and maintain strong working relationships with all Re:Sources personnel both at a interpersonal level and across all business processes within the wider business environment.
Actively maintain communication and behaviour standards that foster a culture of strong customer and service excellence both within Re:Sources and across all customer and supplier organisations.
Key relationships
(internal &/or external):
Re:Sources Teams, particularly Business Improvement and IT
Agile Development Teams
External System Suppliers
Key
competencies:
Minimum experience (relevant): 5
Maximum experience (relevant): 9
Must have skills:
- Strong knowledge of scripting like EJS, JavaScript, Typescript and frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of Node frameworks like Express JS.
- Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks like Angular and React.
- Strong proficiency in MySQL/MsSQL
- Experience in writing unit tests (JEST/ MOCHA/CHAI)
- In Depth Knowledge of Creating Secure Restful Web Services or Microservices along with caching, content management capabilities. Knowledge of API Design and Development and Security Patterns on API.
- Consistently performing code review
- Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins.
- Familiarity with AWS or Azure Cloud
Good to have skills :
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or a related field from an accredited college or university; Master's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred
- Facilitation of requirements analysis meetings
- Agile techniques and methodologies
- Knowledge of Agile lifecycle management repositories
Attributes/behaviours
- Ability to design, develop, implement complex requirement.
- Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
- Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
- Pro-active support to the business is a key attribute for this role with a customer service focus to link both systems requirements with business outcomes.
Declaration
I have fully read the above position description. I declare that:
- I accept and understand my responsibilities listed in this position description and agree to carry them out to the best of my ability.
- I accept and understand the potential implications of breaching my responsibilities listed in this position description, including the possibility of disciplinary action and / or dismissal.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) currently in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at-will" relationship.
Re:Sources is an Equal Opportunity Employer