Role: Senior Node.js Engineer– Cloud Services
Location: Hybrid - Cork, Ireland
Reporting to: Engineering Manager
Job Summary:
As a Senior Node.js Engineer in NETGEAR’s new Center of Excellence in Cork, you will play a key role in the design, development, and maintenance of high-performance, scalable web applications and cloud infrastructure, delivering seamless user experiences. You will work within a dynamic team of engineers and collaborate with cross-functional partners to scope, build, and ship high-quality products. The role will provide opportunities to work with a modern technology stack such as serverless architectures, AWS Lambda and microservices.
This position is pivotal to NETGEAR’s transformation toward a software subscription business.
The role is hybrid, with the expectation that you'll spend at least two days a week in our Cork office, offering the flexibility to balance in-person collaboration with remote work.
This is a unique opportunity to influence the architecture and direction of NETGEAR’s cloud platform as the company shifts towards a software-driven model.
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical Leadership: Scope and lead technical projects, establishing the foundation for scalable, high-performance products.
- API & Services Development: Design, build, and maintain APIs and services using Node.js, and contribute to front-end development using Angular.js.
- Test Automation: Develop test automation frameworks to optimize for faster feedback and seamless developer experience.
- System Reliability: Ensure systems are reliable, performant, and well-supported to provide a top-notch user experience.
- Roadmap Execution: Develop and execute against short- and long-term technical roadmaps, making tradeoffs that consider business needs, user experience, and sustainability.
- Documentation: Produce comprehensive internal and external documentation for systems and processes.
- Mentorship: Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, supporting their growth and fostering a collaborative team environment.
About You:
Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in a senior engineering role, with a focus on building and operating highly reliable services.
- Extensive experience with Node.js and its frameworks (e.g., Express, Koa).
- Strong proficiency with AWS services including Lambda, S3, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and IAM.
- Experience with Angular.js or another front-end JavaScript framework.
- Familiarity with databases like MongoDB, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.
- Ability to solve problems autonomously and effectively apply technical and product knowledge when scoping and designing projects.
- B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent vocational experience.
Desired Qualifications:
- Consumer Embedded Systems: Experience with embedded systems, particularly in consumer products, is a plus.
- Security Best Practices: Knowledge of AWS security best practices, including IAM, encryption, and network security, to ensure systems are secure.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Experience in startup or entrepreneurial environments with a “get-things-done” attitude and adaptability.
Company Summary:
At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.
We're a performance-driven, talented and diverse team that's committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the next gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. You’ll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.
We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you've got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.
What we Offer:
- Competitive Compensation Package, including shares and bonus schemes.
- 35 days of vacation (including public holidays)
- Flexible Hybrid Working Model
- Private Health Insurance with 100% covered premiums for you and any dependents
- Generous Master Trust Pension arrangement (up to 12% Employer Contribution)
- Life Assurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Learning and Development Benefits, including Tuition reimbursement.
- Free Lunch and Parking
NETGEAR is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best available people in every job. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. It also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.
