Typescript Backend Architect

Position : TypeScript Architect (Backend)

Duration : Contract to Hire

Location : Denver CO (Hybrid)

Job Description :

Seeking a TypeScript Architect to join a small, agile engineering team and lead architectural decisions for high-scale backend systems.

The Role

The TypeScript Architect will design, optimize, and guide the technical architecture for highly scalable, event-driven backend systems. This includes real-time data pipelines, microservices, performance engineering, and cloud-native development.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect scalable backend systems using TypeScript / Node.js and event-driven microservice patterns Kafka SNS / SQS , etc.).
• Design and implement streaming and asynchronous processing pipelines for large-scale workloads.
• Define and enforce DynamoDB data modeling , partitioning, and indexing strategies for high-write use cases.
• Establish and optimize caching layers Redis Elasticache DAX , in-memory caching) for high-performance APIs.
• Perform full-stack profiling and performance tuning (CPU, memory, network, DB, I / O).
• Define API contracts , message schemas ( Avro / JSON ), and versioning standards for inter-service communication.
• Implement strong observability —metrics, tracing, structured logging—for performance monitoring.
• Collaborate with DevOps on CI / CD pipelines IaC CloudFormation / Terraform ), containerization, and autoscaling.
• Mentor engineering teams on TypeScript best practices , async programming, and microservice resilience (circuit breaker, retry, backoff).
• Partner with stakeholders to evolve architecture aligned with business growth and product roadmap.

What You'll Bring

data modeling, GSIs / LSIs, TTL, streams, DAX, large-scale strategy.

Redis, Memcached, DAX, CDN / edge caching.

CPU profiling, async I / O optimization, load testing, connection pooling.