Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js)

Region: EMEA

Country: Poland, Croatia, and Portugal

Type: Fully remote

What's the Project?

Newfire Global Partners is a leading technology firm that specializes in building transformative software solutions for some of the world’s most innovative companies. With a presence across four continents, Newfire Global brings deep expertise in digital healthcare, AI-driven analytics, and enterprise technology. The firm’s track record of delivering scalable, high-impact solutions has made it a trusted partner for organizations seeking to drive meaningful change through technology.

We are passionate about the purpose-driven mission to help improve the quality of care for patients and are building a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive culture. We are a fully funded company founded by serial entrepreneurs with a stable client base.

Opportunity for impact

Newfire Global Partners, a leader in developing disruptive healthcare technology, collaborates with Fortune 500 companies and start-ups to drive transformation.

Newfire is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js).

What's the Project?

Our client believes everyone should be able to define & control their bodies, health & well-being. Their mission is to build a direct-to-consumer, virtual-first healthcare platform that celebrates & supports the agency & autonomy of LGBTQIIA+ members. In building this platform, they are focused on providing agency, reliability, and transparency to their members.

The current healthcare system is not accountable to the patients it serves. Therefore, to achieve the mission, our client believes it is imperative to build and retain direct (paying) relationships with the LGBTQ+ community by offering them products that meet critical needs and delight them. Over time this will result in our client, on behalf of the community, being able to remake more and more of the currently broken system from the inside out.

We are looking for highly motivated and passionate individuals who will help enhance the user experiences of our services and help bring our Customer Portal to the next level.

You’re a perfect match if you have:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in back-end development
Strong knowledge of server.side development using Node.js, with experience building scalable and secure APIs
Experience working with NodeJS frameworks (Express, NestJS, Loopback, etc)
Solid experience working with SQL databases, PostgreSQL specifically
Good knowledge of system design, design patterns, data structures, and basic algorithms
Strong proficiency with REST API design & implementation
Proficiency in Object-Oriented programming and/or functional programming
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
Hands-on experience with unit and integration testing
As a Senior team member, you will be expected to actively participate in our hiring processes by serving on interview panels for future roles across the company

Nice to have:

Experience in the U.S. healthcare domain
Experience working with multiple back-end frameworks
Experience working with serverless designs
Experience with AWS
Proficient using Git version control
Experience working with infrastructure tools (e.g. Docker)
Experience with ReactJS is a plus
Experience with messaging and streaming
Experience with CI and deployment tools

Please note that employment will be contingent upon providing documentation verifying your legal work authorization in the country of residence, in accordance with applicable law.

Your day-to-day activities:

Collaborating with the team to develop high-quality back-end code that meets business and user needs
Building complex and responsive user interfaces using React
Integrating with GraphQL APIs to fetch and update data
Using state management libraries to manage application state
Writing and executing tests to ensure the quality and stability of the codebase
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
Participating in code reviews and ensuring that the codebase meets quality and performance standards

Ready to dive in?

Tea Đirlić
Recruiter

Europe/Istanbul

tea.magdic@newfireglobal.com

Hiring Process

Here's what you can expect during our hiring process.

Stage 1

Applied

Stage 2

Shortlist

Stage 3

Interview

Stage 4

Review

Stage 5

Technical Interview

Stage 6

CSM Interview

Stage 7

Client Interview

Stage 8

Verbal offer

Stage 9

Offer Letter

Stage 10

Background Check

Stage 11

Hired

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