NestJS Backend Architect

Role: NestJS Backend Architect

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area

Role Overview:

The NestJS Backend Architect is responsible for defining and governing backend architecture for NestJS-driven API platform ensuring scalability security performance and alignment with enterprise architecture standards. The role works closely with Tech Leads frontend architects integration teams and clients to translate business and platform requirements into robust future-ready backend solutions.

Mandatory Technical Skills:

• Expert-level JavaScript ( 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

Mandatory Architecture Leadership & Collaboration Skills:

• 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

Complementary Skills:

• 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)

Note: Momento USA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran status or disability status.