# Senior Software Engineer

**Company:** [DAT Freight & Analytics](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/dat-freight-analytics)
**Location:** Denver, CO, Beaverton, OR, Seattle, WA, Springfield, MO
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $143k – $183k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Node.js, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Datadog, Kafka, Angular, React, Microservices, CI/CD
**Posted:** 2026-05-05

> Leads design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services on AWS, driving best practices, mentorship, and observability with tools like Node.js, Kubernetes, and Datadog. Requires 5+ years experience, deep AWS and Node.js expertise, and bachelor's degree.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- **Technical Leadership**: Lead the design and implementation end to end of large-scale, high-performance backend systems and an intuitive user experience.
- **Best Practices**: Drive the adoption of modern software development practices, including automated testing, conduct code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.
- **Cloud Architecture**: Architect, maintain and monitor robust, scalable and reliable services on AWS, leveraging services like EKS, EMS (Kafka), and S3.
- **Mentorship**: Mentor other engineers and provide technical guidance to elevate the skill level of the entire team.
- **Incident Management**: Lead the response and resolution for complex production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures.
- **Collaboration**: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, DevOps, and UX to deliver timely, high-quality and performing end-to-end solutions.
- **Observability**: Design and implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting strategies with Datadog to ensure the health, reliability, and performance of production systems.

## The Skills and Experience You’ll Bring

- At least 5 years of experience in software development with significant experience as a software engineer or higher and a track record of delivering complex, scalable systems.
- Deep expertise in **Node.js** and the related ecosystem.
- Extensive experience designing, deploying, and managing applications on **AWS**.
- Expertise with containerization and orchestration, specifically **Docker** and **Kubernetes**.
- Proficiency in user interface frameworks such as **Angular**, **React** and/or web components.
- Proficiency in setting up and using **Datadog** for monitoring, logging, and observability.
- Strong understanding of microservice architecture, event-driven systems, and distributed systems design patterns.
- Expertise with relational and NoSQL databases, and messaging systems like **Kafka**.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences.
- A proven ability to mentor and lead technical projects with high ambiguity.
- A **Bachelor's degree** in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

## Compensation

For Colorado-based candidates, salary range is **$143,000 - $183,000** + target bonus.

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