Senior Backend Engineer (NodeJS)

Who You’ll Be Working With

You’ll join our engineering team, collaborating closely with designers, product managers, and other developers to architect scalable, high-performing headless content management solutions. You’ll work with enterprise clients to shape technical strategy, guide best practices, and ensure seamless integration with their broader digital ecosystems.

Responsibilities  

• Architecting, developing, and maintaining rich web applications using React.js and modern frontend tooling (Next.js, TypeScript, Redux, etc.).
• Translating Figma/UX design mockups into responsive, accessible, and reusable components.
• Leading frontend development efforts within your project team, ensuring clean, maintainable, and performant code.
• Collaborating with backend engineers to integrate APIs and define data models.
• Reviewing code and mentoring junior-level engineers, helping raise the bar for frontend quality and consistency.
• Owning delivery from concept to deployment, contributing to sprint planning, estimation, and release readiness.
• Staying ahead of emerging frontend technologies, frameworks, and best practices — and advocating for their adoption where relevant.

What you’ll need to be successful

• 4+ years of professional experience in frontend development with React.js.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and modern frontend architectures.
• Experience with Next.js, Redux / Context API, and modern UI frameworks or component libraries (Material UI, Tailwind, etc.).
• Solid grasp of HTML5, CSS3/SASS, responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility.
• Hands-on experience integrating RESTful APIs or GraphQL endpoints.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, and Agile methodologies.
• Strong debugging, optimization, and performance-tuning skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with experience working in cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SSR (Server-Side Rendering) or Static Site Generation (SSG) in Next.js.
• Familiarity with Node.js for fullstack development or build tooling.
• Exposure to frontend testing frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library, or Cypress.
• Prior experience working on enterprise-grade, multi-tenant, or eCommerce applications.

Need another reason to hit the “apply” button?

• Codal is a global agency with over 200 employees, and offices in the US, UK, and India 
• We regularly host happy hours, dinners, excursions, and other company events to unwind after a hard day at work
• Office snacks and drinks + a fancy Bevi water machine with flavored water 
• We offer Medical, Life, Dental/Vision, and many more insurance types 
• Employer 401k match - 4% 
• A recreational group that regularly competes in city leagues for softball and volleyball 
• An office in the heart of downtown Chicago with a gym, food court, Walgreens, rooftop bar, outdoor sports court, and other amenities
• Working hybrid for in-person collaboration and sprint-planning days