Lead Application Development Engineer

 

Description:

 

Responsibilities

Resposibilities:
 

  • Design and develop applications.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Collaborate with application architect for architectural blueprints and supervise their execution.
  • Conduct development research to set the team on the path to the successful project delivery.
  • Ensure applications meet performance, scalability, and security standards.
  • Conduct code and design reviews to ensure adherence to best practices.
  • Integrate applications with existing systems and infrastructure.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams.
  • Monitor and manage application lifecycle, including upgrades and maintenance.
  • Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.
     

Metrics: deliver development assignments on agreed-upon time frame, keeping good communication and skills at the center, be engaged and provide inputs during planning.

Potential to become long term opportunity.

Required Technical Skills

Architecture & Design
 

  • Experience designing and implementing data acquisition solution using 3-Tier architecture (Presentation, Application, Data).
  • Experience of Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) principles and patterns.
  • Experience with micro-services architecture and service orchestration.
     

Backend Development
 

  • Experience in designing and documenting APIs using OpenAPI (Swagger or similar) specifications.
  • Experience in Node.js and TypeScript for backend service development.
  • Experience with scripting language such as python.
  • Experience building RESTful APIs and optionally GraphQL.
  • Experience with API Gateway, authentication/authorization (OAuth2, JWT).
     

Event Streaming & Messaging
 

  • Experience with Kafka or AWS EventBridge / SNS / SQS.
  • Experience designing and implementing event producers/consumers, topics, and message schemas.
     

Cloud & DevOps
 

  • Experience deploying applications to AWS Cloud (Kubernetes, Lambda, EC2, S3, etc.).
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
  • Experience with DevOps tools (Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker containers).
     

Database & Storage
 

  • Experience with NoSQL (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB).
  • Knowledge of data modeling, indexing, and performance tuning.
     

Testing & Quality
 

  • Proficiency in unit, integration, and end-to-end testing frameworks (e.g., Jest).
  • Experience with test-driven development (TDD) and code quality tools (e.g., SonarQube).
     

Organization Randstad Digital Americas
Industry Management Jobs
Occupational Category Lead Application Development Engineer
Job Location New York,USA
Shift Type Morning
Job Type Full Time
Gender No Preference
Career Level Intermediate
Experience 2 Years
Posted at 2025-10-27 7:12 am
Expires on 2026-01-13