Job Description A large telecom company in Greenwood Village, CO is looking for a Sr. Typescript backend engineer to work in a small, agile team. The team creates REST and event-driven microservices that focus on using caching and reporting to improve our customers’ experience. The team works at scaling, handing many millions of REST and Kafka events each day. Engineers on this team create new microservices and improve existing microservices. Projects are usually of considerable complexity and require a mastery of development tools. Engineers are expected to design and implement scalable, dependable systems as needed. As this is a small team, engineers must be self-starters, capable of handling responsibility and making decisions. Follows company software development lifecycle to design, code, configure, test, debug, and document system and application programs. Assists in preparing technical design specifications based on functional requirements and analysis documents. Reviews functional requirements, analysis and design documents and provides feedback. Collaborates with other development staff to achieve quality and consistency. Participates in architecture, design and code reviews. Develops and maintains operational and system level documentation. Onsite 4 days/week: Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Duration: 12+ month contract, extensions likely Rate: $75-$85/hour We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/. Skills and Requirements • Strong experience with Node.js and Typescript • Understanding of DynamoDB or other key-value stores and NoSQL databases • Experience using AWS managed services • Experience with caching architectures, particularly Redis • Experience with messaging, especially Kafka MSK • Strong experience with containerization and container orchestration, (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Istio, Argo, etc). • Experience with monitoring technologies (Splunk, Instana, Datadog, Prometheus, etc). • Knowledge of API documentation, especially Swagger (OpenAPI) • Experience using CI/CD automation (Jenkins, Gitlab)