Web Developer (React/Node)

A Web Developer (React / Node) at ARCOS plays a critical role on our agile development team, contributing to the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions. The ideal candidate is passionate about crafting secure, scalable, and testable code while collaborating in a dynamic team environment. A Web Developer is also focused on developing their technical abilities under the guidance of more experienced engineers. The scope of this position includes all activities during the development life cycle while meeting design guidelines, quality standards, and customer expectations.

The ARCOS engineering organization builds cloud-native solutions while also maintaining, enhancing, and modernizing legacy systems to improve performance, scalability, and resilience. We design stateless, containerized, and dynamically scalable services, leveraging CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and explicit dependency management to ensure seamless deployments and a high-velocity development experience. We work to evolve legacy systems, refactoring monolithic architectures, improving efficiency, and integrating cloud-native principles where possible. By blending innovation with transformation, we provide end-to-end software solutions that support both new initiatives and mission-critical applications—delivering scalable, resilient, and high-performance systems for the future.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Software Development: Develop software solutions aligned with the strategic goals of ARCOS and the evolving needs of our customers. Write software deemed readable, maintainable, and efficient by co-workers in the development team. Participate in the quality of the team’s software solutions.
• Teamwork: Collaborate with the development team, sharing knowledge to foster a culture of continuous learning and collective problem-solving.
• Execution & Delivery: Operate effectively in an Agile Scrum environment, actively participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives. Own and deliver assigned tasks with a focus on quality and timeliness.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay current with modern development paradigms and techniques, actively seek feedback, and work to continuously improve technical and collaborative skills.
• Production Support: Assist with troubleshooting and resolving issues impacting production systems, which may be outside regular work hours when needed, as per criticality.
• Communication: Share updates, raise questions, and ensure transparency within the team.

Requirements

Desired Education, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 3–4 years of experience or equivalent proficiency in full-stack enterprise software development (UI, backend, API, database), either as professional experience, coursework, or personal projects.
• Familiarity with software engineering design principles and design patterns.
• Familiarity with Agile development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery practices.
• Awareness of secure software development practices, including defensive coding and secure testing methodologies.
• Experience developing and delivering software across various Web and Mobile platforms is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on teamwork, knowledge-sharing, and building productive relationships within the team.

Technical Skills

• Node.js with Express.js or similar frameworks
• React (functional components, hooks, state management)

• SQL (relational) databases

• JavaScript/TypeScript

• HTML/CSS

• Unit testing practices (experience with frameworks like Jest, React Testing Library)

Desired Skills

• REST

• Cloud-native development with AWS or equivalent

• Next.js or other React meta-frameworks

• Mobile cross-platform development with React Native or equivalent frameworks
• Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence) or equivalent

• Generative AI/LLMs

• PostgreSQL or equivalent relational databases

• Event-driven architectures

• Testing automation using frameworks like Cypress and Playwright or equivalent