Software Engineer, Typescript Node Developer

Job Title:Software Engineer

Location: Austin, TX

About the Company

Salient Systems is an industry leading manufacturer of next generation Enterprise Security Solutions. Salient Systems products are designed for recording, live-view, and investigations of both analog and IP video cameras for video security installations. The product, CompleteView, is designed with the IP network in mind. A suite of features provides for minimal bandwidth impact and easy system administration. This role will be focused on our new Salient Cloud Services offering.

Role & Responsibilities

• Create standalone NodeJS microservices as well as maintain larger services
• Consume, manipulate, and provide data across various sources via REST API interfaces
• Mentor and assist junior developers
• Write well-designed, testable, and heavily documented code by using software development best practices and via peer review
• Stay up-to-date with latest standards, technologies, frameworks or trends

Our Dev Stack

• NodeJS
• VSCode
• ESLint
• Express
• Mongoose
• Apidoc
• Winston
• Profit
• MongoDB
• Jira for issue tracking
• Gitlab, Git + Dev Ops
• AWS for various automated deployment mechanisms

Qualifications

We are open to a variety of candidates that have mid-level production experience writing well documented, highly functional, node.js code with strong typing. The ideal candidate will have experience creating public facing APIs using TypeScript and node.js.

• 2+ years production experience focused on TypeScript/Express/NodeJS
• Proven ability to create fully documented RESTful APIs
• Git-Fu black belt – no merge conflict issues here!
• Willingness and ability to track and document project status and feature functionalities
• Experience in our existing tech stack (not required)
• Exceptional ability to clearly communicate both written and verbally in both a technical and non-technical manner

Compensation

Salient Systems provides an excellent benefits package including partial employer paid health insurance, employer sponsored life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance, voluntary dental and vision insurance, 401(k), and flexible PTO.

Our values are commitment, collaboration, customer focus, determination, and innovation! A fun, entrepreneurial spirit and initiative are key elements of the Salient environment.
We foster a culture of collaboration through supporting team building events and continuing career growth and development. Apply to join our team today!