Software Engineer - Node.js with GraphQL

About the Job:

The Red Hat Experience Engineering (XE) team is seeking a skilled Software Engineer with expertise in Node.js and GraphQL to join our dynamic team in Pune, India. In this role, you will help develop Red Hat's next-generation customer platform, creating value for our customers by enhancing both customer-facing and internal systems. You will be part of an agile and globally distributed team, responsible for building scalable web applications and APIs. This role requires a creative, proactive engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is passionate about developing high-quality software solutions.

What will you do?

• Collaborate with engineering and program teams to enhance engineering processes and create new practices that support a productive development environment.

• Work closely with development teams to gather information about system APIs, design data architectures, and build scalable backend services to power web applications.

• Develop, maintain, and optimize GraphQL APIs, leveraging tools like Apollo GraphQL, Express.js, or NestJS.

• Partner with product managers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to understand and communicate business requirements and priorities to the development team.

• Champion code reviews, and best practices, and contribute to maintaining a high standard of code quality.

What will you bring?

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field.

• 3 to 5  years of software development experience, with a strong focus on Node.js and GraphQL.

• Proficiency in building and maintaining web applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Experience developing and optimizing RESTful or GraphQL APIs, with hands-on knowledge of Apollo GraphQL, Express.js, or NestJS.

• Experience with testing frameworks like Jest, and Mockito.

• Familiarity with backend engineering skills relevant to building and maintaining GraphQL applications, including schema design, query optimization, caching, and authentication.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with meticulous attention to detail.

• Experience with project and version management tools such as JIRA, GitHub, and Gerrit.

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with experience in performing root cause analysis.

• Experience with production release management and CI/CD pipelines.

The following are considered as a plus

• Familiarity with agile development methodologies and open-source project contributions.

• Knowledge of Kubernetes, Linux Containers, or other containerization technologies is a plus.

• Familiarity with Solr or any other enterprise-search platform.

• Knowledge of Object-Oriented and Functional programming 

Join our team and help shape the future of Red Hat’s industry-leading customer platform while growing your expertise in a collaborative and innovative environment.

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