NodeJS Aws Lambda Backend Developer

Software Engineer

Company Summary :

As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.com

Business Summary :

The Deltek Engineering and Technology team builds best-in-class solutions to delight customers and meet their business needs. We are laser-focused on software design, development, innovation and quality. Our team of experts has the talent, skills and values to deliver products and services that are easy to use, reliable, sustainable and competitive. If you're looking for a safe environment where ideas are welcome, growth is supported and questions are encouraged – consider joining us as we explore the limitless opportunities of the software industry.

Position Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the development team to maintain, enhance, and scale the product for enterprise use.
• Design and develop scalable, high-performance solutions using cloud technologies and containerization.
• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle, following SOLID principles and best practices.
• Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code with a strong emphasis on Test-Driven Development (TDD), ensuring comprehensive unit, integration, and performance testing.
• Ensure software designs comply with specifications and security best practices.
• Contribute ideas to improve application maintainability and performance under the guidance of senior engineers.

AI-Specific Responsibilities:

• Integrate AI-powered tools and frameworks to enhance code quality and development efficiency.
• Utilize AI-driven analytics to identify performance bottlenecks and optimize system performance.
• Implement AI-based security measures to proactively detect and mitigate potential threats.
• Leverage AI for automated testing and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes.
• Support the adoption and effective use of AI agents for automating repetitive development, deployment, and testing processes within the engineering team.

Qualifications :

• 2-3 years of software engineering experience, including at least 1 year of hands-on AI/ML experience.
• Proficient in Node.js and TypeScript/React development, with experience in React 18+, Hooks (useState, useEffect, useContext), and WebSocket clients.
• Strong full-stack development experience with modern web technologies.
• Experience with ASP.NET Core (C#) is good to have.
• Experience developing REST APIs.
• Proficiency in front-end technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and UI frameworks).
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS preferred), including scalability and enterprise cloud. 
• Experience with security best practices in web and API development.
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Strong database experience, focused on query optimization 
• Strong analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, and curiosity to explore new technologies.
• Ability to communicate effectively, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• High commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and improvement.

AI-Specific Qualifications:

• Practical experience with prompt engineering and LLM response optimization
• Knowledge of AI-driven development tools and platforms such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot in Agentic Mode.
• Knowledge of AI-based security protocols and threat detection systems.
• Experience integrating GenAI or Agentic AI agents into full-stack workflows (e.g., using AI for code reviews, automated bug fixes, or system monitoring).
• Demonstrated proficiency with AI-assisted development tools and prompt engineering for code generation, testing, or documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test & deploy scalable applications, APIs and features

• Contribute to architecture and distributed system design

• Develop high-quality, maintainable and well-tested code

• Improve system performance, reliability, monitoring and scalability

• Collaborate with Product, Design, Operations & Data teams

• Understand warehouse workflows and translate them into technical solutions

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices

🔹 Required Skills

✅ 8+ years of software engineering experience

✅ Strong Full-Stack development experience

✅ TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL & React

✅ AWS / Cloud experience

✅ Strong API & distributed systems experience

✅ Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills

Good to Have: Experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Warehouse Management or Operations technology.

🛠️ Tech Stack: AWS | TypeScript | Node.js | GraphQL | React

Responsibilities Include:

● Architecting, building, testing, and deploying applications that support our transportation network

● Modifying designs and specifications of complex applications

● Collaborating and adding value through participation in peer code reviews, providing comments and suggestions

● Leverage AWS and other cloud technologies to design and implement systems in a serverless and event-driven environment

● Working with technical and non-technical end-users, other engineers, and product managers in a cross-functional, quick-moving, and collaborative environment

● Analyzing code, requirements, system risks, and software reliability and providing recommendations on how to leverage our technology more efficiently

● Working with Product and Design to confirm requirements, prioritization, and development of new features

● Design and implement LLM-powered features to solve complex logistics challenges, automate manual operational workflows, and unlock new efficiencies for our network.

● Champion AI-assisted engineering practices by integrating machine learning and intelligent automation into our CI/CD pipelines to predict deployment risks and accelerate delivery cycles.

What You Bring:

● Ability to adapt to changing requirements and work in a fast-paced environment.

● Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.

● 7+ years of experience building, testing and deploying applications in high-traffic production environments

● 7+ years of experience developing software with Javascript, Node.js and React

● Enjoys taking initiative, is a self-starter, willing to move fast and ship quick, and is excited about collaborating on big challenges

Preferred Qualifications:

● Experience in transportation, logistics or network orchestration systems is highly desirable

● Experience working in a remote first environment.

● Proficiency with AWS, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.

● Strong skills in React and Node.js for end-to-end development. 

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Backend Team Lead to architect and deliver robust, scalable systems while mentoring a team of developers. The ideal candidate will bridge strategic technical vision with practical execution, ensuring high-quality solutions aligned closely with business objectives and technology best practices.

Responsibilities:

●      Architect, design and deliver mission-critical modules end-to-end

●      Write production-grade code daily; lead reviews, debugging, refactoring

●      Embed TDD, CI/CD, design principles, and engineering best practices

●      Develop high-performance, scalable backend systems that power global products

●      Partner with Team Lead, PMs, QA, and product designers to define and execute features

Criteria:

●      6+ years of backend development experience; 2+ years in technical leadership

●      Experience in leading a team of atleast 3-4 engineers

Preferred Skills:

●      Extensive experience with Laravel, Node.js, Python, MySQL, MongoDB

●      Passionate about writing clean, testable, modular code using design patterns

●      Solid understanding and experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS (ECS, Aurora, Lambda, S3, CloudFront etc), including scaling, and security best practices.

●      Demonstrated expertise in building and maintaining systems using a microservices architecture, with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

●      Familiarity and practical experience with asynchronous communication between microservices using tools like Kafka etc, event-driven architectures, and messaging patterns at scale.

●      Proven capability in designing inter-service communication protocols to optimize system performance, resilience, and latency under heavy loads.

●      Startup exposure—comfortable with ambiguity, learning quickly, pivoting often

●      Excellent communicator, collaborator, and mentor

What we offer:

●      An exceptional team: Our hiring bar is high and your colleagues are talented, motivated self-starters.

●      A learning environment: We are a learning organization and as a team we will help you grow and encourage you to learn and upgrade your skills.

●      Outstanding compensation: top talent deserves top pay and our salary, equity and benefits reflect this.

●      Opportunities to grow: Encourages you to attend technical conferences and take company funded educational courses to advance your skills.

●      An opportunity to be a key member of a well-capitalized leading brand in online real estate investing platform.