Senior Software Engineer

[Industry: Staffing and Recruiting | Type: Part-time | Level: Mid-Senior level] Lead design & development of enterprise applications using Node.js (TypeScript), NestJS for backend services, and Nuxt.js (Vue 3) for a decoupled SPA front end.Build robust APIs (REST and/or GraphQL), data access layers (e.g., Prisma or TypeORM), and integration with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and caches (e.g., Redis).Own Quality: implement unit/integration tests (Jest/Vitest), end-to-end tests with Playwright, and enforce code quality/coverage within CI.Scale: containerize services with Docker; deploy to Kubernetes (Helm, ArgoCD, or GitOps tools) and ensure SLA/SLO-driven reliability.Observability & Security: apply OWASP best practices; instrument with OpenAPI/Swagger, structured logging, metrics/tracing (e.g., OpenTelemetry), and APM/monitoring.DevEx & CI/CD: use GitHub/GitFlow (or trunk-based), automate pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), and optimize monorepo workflows.Performance & Availability: proactively find/resolve bottlenecks, tune queries/caches, and support horizontal scaling.Collaboration & Leadership: provide thoughtful code reviews, mentor peers, and contribute meaningfully to sprint planning, standups, retros, and architecture reviews.Documentation: author clear technical docs and diagrams for internal and external stakeholders.Accessibility: ensure cross-browser/device support and compliance with WCAG guidelines.RequirementsEssential Skills and Education/Experience:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field; or equivalent professional experience demonstrating comparable expertise6+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production web apps, APIs, or large-scale sites.3+ years building production backends with Node.js/TypeScript; 2+ years with NestJS.2+ years building modern SPAs with Nuxt.js 3 (Vue 3) in a decoupled architecture.Strong fluency with relational databases (PostgreSQL), databas...