Recruiterthon LLC · 6 hours ago
NestJS Backend Architect
New York, NY
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/StaffRecruiterthon LLC is seeking a NestJS Backend Architect responsible for defining and governing backend architecture for a NestJS-driven API platform. The role involves ensuring scalability, security, performance, and alignment with enterprise architecture standards while collaborating closely with various teams to translate business and platform requirements into robust backend solutions.
Information Technology & Services
Hiring Manager
Jaimin (James) Patel
Responsibilities
Defining and governing backend architecture for NestJS-driven API platform
Ensuring scalability, security, performance, and alignment with enterprise architecture standards
Working closely with Tech Leads, frontend architects, integration teams, and clients to translate business and platform requirements into robust, future-ready backend solutions
Providing Architectural oversight of NextJS integration, ensuring NestJS APIs and NextJS components are aligned and function cohesively
Ownership of backend architectural decisions and technical direction
Guiding and mentoring Tech Leads and senior engineers
Driving architecture reviews, design governance, and technical standards
Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and communication skills
Qualification
Required
THE CANDIDATE HAS TO BE LOCAL TO NY
Expert-level JavaScript (Node.js runtime)
Deep architectural expertise in the NestJS framework
Advanced proficiency in TypeScript
Proven experience designing large-scale, API-first backend architectures
Strong expertise in RESTful API design patterns, versioning, and governance
Strong hands-on and design experience with MongoDB (data modeling, indexing, performance tuning)
Experience defining unit testing, integration testing, and quality standards
Experience defining and governing API documentation standards (Swagger / Open API)
Strong understanding of backend NFRs like performance, security, scalability, and resilience patterns
Experience designing BFF, microservices, or modular monolith architecture
Provide Architectural oversight of NextJS integration, ensuring NestJS APIs and NextJS components are aligned and function cohesively
Ownership of backend architectural decisions and technical direction
Experience working closely with enterprise and solution architects
Ability to guide and mentor Tech Leads and senior engineers
Strong experience in client-facing architectural discussions
Ability to translate business, platform, and non-functional requirements into technical architecture
Experience driving architecture reviews, design governance, and technical standards
Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and communication skills
Strong understanding of frontend architectures (React / Angular) and API consumption patterns
Experience working in agile / scaled agile delivery models
Preferred
Experience designing integration architectures with external and internal systems
Exposure to cloud-native architectures (AWS / Azure / GCP)
Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, and platform engineering concepts
Exposure to caching, messaging, and event-driven architecture
Awareness of security standards and compliance (OAuth, OWASP, enterprise security models)
Company
Recruiterthon LLC
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51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase