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Why do you need senior Node.js developers?

The COVID pandemic spotlighted the applications’ importance in our daily lives. If you can’t go out, you use web or smartphone apps to quench your thirst for consumerism, culture, science, technology, and all the rest. We’ve become increasingly aware that apps are crucial — and they become more important daily. Apps are vital for time-sparing and speedy problem-solving — and if your business-supporting application is too cumbersome, slow, and eye-soring, you’ll end up in the backyard of the global economy.

Our senior Node.js sharpshooters will make your app quick, simple, and popular— so that it remains a top choice ever after.
Read on — we’ve got some senior Node.js engineers up the sleeve!

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Do you want to find senior Node.js engineers who won’t devastate your budget, making your app rise and shine? Hire them at Lemon.io — a marketplace uniting vetted developers with Western businessmen since 2015.
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$70/h.

Dawid K.

// strong senior full-stack web developer

Dawid is a passionate developer with 7+ years of experience, mostly using Node.js for the back-end and React.js for the front-end.

  • javascript
  • nest.js
  • +3 skills
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$80/h.

Cris P.

// strong senior full-stack web developer

Cris is a truly Full-Stack developer - his experience in both areas, front end and back end, and his understanding of appropriate technologies are at a pretty decent level.

  • angular
  • node
  • +2 skills
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$65/h.

Ibrahim J.

// senior full-stack web developer

Ibrahim is an experienced full-stack developer who uses Node.js, React.js, and .NET. He has experience with startups, writing code from scratch, and project architecture.

  • .net
  • javascript
  • react

Why do you need to hire senior Node.js experts for your startup?

The answer is quite obvious. Node.js specialists help your startup become fast and responsive, beating all the competitors in no time. Need proofs? Read along, and we’ll explain this server environment’s capabilities in detail.

What can Node.js do to put your startup on a success track?

  • Generate dynamic page content (communication of users and the system);
  • Create, write, read, and delete server files;
  • Gather data from the filled forms;
  • Alter the files in the database.

One more important fact: Node.js allows senior front-end developers to write server and client-side code without mastering a different language. Isn’t this a bonus to bridge the gap between front- and back-end modules?

Last but not least. Node.js is a low-level platform, but Node engineers created thousands of free service packages (libraries), leading to a spark of interest among other frameworks’ devotees. The most popular Node.js libraries (you’ve probably heard the names if you’re interested in Node.js) are Adonis JS, Gatsby, EggJS, and Fastify (but it’s only the tip of the iceberg).

Now that we’ve covered the topic of Node.js bonuses, it’s high time to bite deeper into seniority issues. Who are senior Node.js developers — and do you need them for your startup? What makes seniority — and how do middles differ from seniors? Last but not least — where to find masters who will create a killer pillar code crashing all the competitors?

What is Node.js used for?

Node.js is a free, open-source server environment suitable for various platforms (Win, Mac, Linux, etc.). Its key bonus is asynchronous programming: after sending the task forward, the file system is ready to handle the following task without pausing for the response from the previous one — and when the said response is back, the appropriate task is resumed and finished.

Why is it important? Because such asynchronous task handling shortens the system’s response time and makes your application react faster.

Moreover, a single-threaded and non-blocking programming scheme reduces memory expenditure, and that’s an extra reason for its popularity. Node.js lets you handle thousands of competing connections and doesn’t let the cumbersome thread rally exhaust the system’s potential. If you bet on hiring senior Node.js web developers, all these bonuses will be yours!

An open-source JavaScript runtime environment and library, Node Js is used for implementing web app ideas fast and efficiently — both on small and enterprise scales.

Using Node.js with data-intensive apps will surely pay off, as it’s based on an asynchronous, single-threaded, event-driven working model. Node Js executes and runs web apps outside a client’s browser. This environment is based on V8 — an engine developed for web browsers like Google Chrome & Edge.

What do senior Node.js developers do?

Web engineers are often divided into three groups according to their experience level and hard/soft skills. Juniors are the least experienced, middles are dark horses somewhere in between, and seniors are zen masters above all the earthly tribulations.

This plain classification is clear and convenient for HR managers and developers (although it doesn’t reflect all the complicated plot twists of the IT experience). Specialists are still unsure of its provenance — but many computer pundits have somehow amended and clarified it in their manner. Look at Sijin Joseph’s version: he described all categories’ skill levels for each practical and theoretical part of computer science.

Junior developers

They’ve already made some initial steps in IT and consider themselves poised to become middles soon, but the essential bulk of skills and proficiencies still lie ahead of them. Arduous juniors comb through all available information, dig deeper into investigations, classify the obtained data, and draw the proper conclusions.

Naturally, they crave (and almost always have) mentors or team leads, but one should appreciate the role of creative independence in professional development. Juniors’ code is far from ideal, and it’s often hard to glue its chunks together. Many junior developers (mobile app coders included) look for jobs on bidding marketplaces (like Upwork or 99Designs) to combine learning and earning.

Middle developers

Middles have already stepped out of noobs’ cradles, they mostly don’t need any intermittent control and can think of efficient solutions, but they still can’t grasp the general detailed view. However, some perspective middles vividly imagine the project’s aim and nail down efficient, practical recipes for problem-handling.

Such middles can already find remedies for juniors’ wrongdoings and find clear words to communicate alternative ways of troubleshooting. Moreover, decent mid-level developers are familiar with proven practices and pick the best option instead of the only one they’re familiar with.

Now, let’s talk about senior developers

Seniors are the best because they’ve had enough time to boost all their talents and decide which are the most preferential. They know several programming languages, think a few steps ahead, and get the full scope of connections and project logic in their head right from the start. They’ve already seen thousands of lines of trash code and learned to evade main failures and bottlenecks.

  • Seniors make perfect mentors: experience lets them share winning strategies of code-writing, review middles’ and juniors’ decisions, and predict many twists and turns, securing mentees from professional bumps;
  • Seniors are in constant search: they get acquainted with colleagues’ code via Git, measure others’ chances of success, and evaluate various working strategies;
  • Risk prediction becomes more precise and valuable with the seniors’ helicopter view of the ongoing problems;
  • If we’re talking of decently employed seniors (right time and place), they should be excellent communicators with decent English proficiency — the IT world is an international realm where people share skills and knowledge remotely, using English as their lingua franca.

Senior Node.js engineers will save your business from the hassle of troubleshooting, giving it an impetus for rapid growth.

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Skills to look for when you hire top senior Node.js coders?

To hire top senior Node.js programmers, one should evaluate the following competencies:

Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript/CoffeeScript

These are three pillars of modern code writing. Senior Node developers proficient in them can create more dynamic web pages, adding interactive elements for luring new customers. That’s why, hiring a Node.js professional, make sure they’re familiar with the aforementioned technologies.

Knowledge of JSON files

You are best to hire senior Node.js developers who get the core concepts of JSON files and understand how to employ them in coding — because it’s precisely where all the project metadata is contained. All the information on packages and dependencies can be found in JSON files, so your Node developer should be able to parse it.

Knowledge of databases

Robust and powerful databases (like Firebase) will bring capacity and adaptability to your projects. Having an overview of relational and non-relational databases is a core talent of a decent senior Node developer. Besides, your cherished dev should know Object-Relational Mapping (ORM), Mongoose (for MongoDB), Typeform, and SQL Databases Sequelize.

Understanding of multi-process architecture

Your best Node code masters should have a perfect understanding of the system architecture and main working principles of the release and deployment environment — it helps them to tailor code-writing to post-production and synchronize all the process vectors.

Ability to employ version control tools (SVN, Git)

Without knowledge of code version control tools, software development is incomplete and extremely tough for synchronizing. Different version control tools (Git, SVN, and Mercurial) help developers track all coding changes — especially useful for teamwork. Hire senior Node.js developers who are fully comfortable with such platforms and can employ them efficiently on any project.

Object-oriented programming

If no one has ever told you about that, let us uncover the secret. OOP familiarity helps software developers to understand other programming languages. Most coders start their professional paths as front-end developers, but after some experience, they turn into full-stack developers (small wonder: the latter have higher rates). Undoubtedly, senior Node.js engineers should know the basics of OOP. You, as an employer, should make OOP proficiency one of the cornerstones of your search.

When should you start hiring senior Node.js engineers for your business?

Finding a polished, well-qualified developer who knows their stuff is challenging. Senior professionals are frequently engaged with no option of the buyout (remember our words about the app boom?). Noobs are always abundant, but you don’t want any of them to ruin your perspectives).

By the way, professionals choose reputable and renowned companies rather than nascent newcomers. Indeed, all the «soft» startup bonuses (like the sense of teamwork and participation, engagement in the creation of the new culture, or quickness of the decision-making) are insurmountable and essential — but the sturdy reputation of the industry titans (like Google or Amazon) still plays a significant role.

So, if you don’t want to feel the lack of proficient Node.js development masters at the wrongest time, read our helpful tips below — and the personnel shortage will be all gone like a bad dream.

Where to find qualified senior Node engineers?

Variants are abundant — but all of them bring a slew of challenges. Think about the strategy in advance if you vote for autonomous hiring. Spoken word works pretty well, but if you want to find only one programmer: take someone’s gifted friend — and you’ll garner your quality code soon. However, most of the time, you will require the whole team (or at least a couple) of programmers (if your startup is a business and not a mere hobby).
Do we know the magic solution for all the problems? Of course!

How can you get Node.js proficients with Lemon.io?

The procedure is quite simple, but it will surely move the needle for your business.

After potential clients hit the button on the website, they dive into the magic box — and fill in our questionnaire.

Our Sales team member will reach out to you in a few days and discuss all the details — the fine peculiarities of your project, the number, and tech skills of the desired front-end or back-end programmers, the payment details, and the available variants for Node.js senior developers for hire. Be specific: the more you nail down, the better we understand your demands.

Give us one-two business days — and you’ll get the lead developer (or a development team, if you asked for it) who will quench your thirst for professional code. We know our candidates pretty well since we test them all, monitor their credentials, check their skills, and spend minimal time on selection.

If you’re OK with the offered senior Node.js developer — we’ll arrange the interview. It’s your chance to ask anything you want. Be free to request the code example and analyze it live — we won’t object.

After the interview, we’ll organize all the necessary formalities — and you can start working! We’d go out on a limb and proudly say that our experienced developers are quick, talented, and trustworthy.

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Why hire senior Node.js developers with Lemon.io?

  • Impeccable teamwork (our company is tailored for remote since all of its members are remote workers: we abstained from the Kyiv downtown office to cut the expenses);
  • Flexible hiring (part-time or full-time remote up to your liking);
  • Clear pricing options (no mysterious taxes or unexpected commissions);
  • Scrum and Agile for a smooth experience of the remote;
  • Extra fast matching (1-2 working days) and the possibility of substitution if something goes foul;
  • Large engineers’ pool (if you realize you require more hands and heads than you’ve thought before);
  • Quick workflow (we know the price of deadlines for clients and contractors);
  • NDA (we value our client’s secrets);
  • Extra quick customer support and success department catering to each development project.
Hire your tech legend! slider icon
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$70/h.

Dawid K.

// strong senior full-stack web developer

Dawid is a passionate developer with 7+ years of experience, mostly using Node.js for the back-end and React.js for the front-end.

  • javascript
  • nest.js
  • +3 skills
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$80/h.

Cris P.

// strong senior full-stack web developer

Cris is a truly Full-Stack developer - his experience in both areas, front end and back end, and his understanding of appropriate technologies are at a pretty decent level.

  • angular
  • node
  • +2 skills
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$65/h.

Ibrahim J.

// senior full-stack web developer

Ibrahim is an experienced full-stack developer who uses Node.js, React.js, and .NET. He has experience with startups, writing code from scratch, and project architecture.

  • .net
  • javascript
  • react

FAQ

  • What a senior Nodejs developer should know?

    Senior developers are in charge of the most complicated tasks and missions — just because juniors and middles won’t handle all that. Their job is crucial in the company lifecycle. Top senior Node.js developers should be prepared for every issue (and have at least 5+ years of working experience with Node.js).
    Here’s an approximate checklist for senior Node programmers:

    • TypeScript/CoffeeScript proficiency;
    • Deep familiarity with Angular, React, and other JS frameworks;
    • Employing the SOLID principles and GOF patterns;
    • A decent command of another programming language;
    • Working understanding of REST and experience with creating RESTful APIs;
    • Knowledge of OAuth and security requirements for an internet-facing service;

     

  • What are the common mistakes of Node.js developers?

    Of course, they are plentiful and diverse. Here, we will pay your attention to only a few:

    • accidental event loop blocking; 
    • multiple callback execution;
    • Ignoring supervisor programs.
  • Can I expect a senior Node.js developer to know React?

    Both Node.js and React employ JavaScript. The core difference between Node.js and React is that the former is for the back end, while the latter is for the front end. React.js is very useful to know for cross-platform development. 

  • How much does it cost to hire a node JS developer?

    The average Node.js rate varies from $10-15 for the junior-level coder to $60-70 for the senior one. Quite logically, the highest Node.js developer rates are in the USA: American programmers earn more than $100K annually. On the other hand, Mexican Node code professionals can expect only $26K per year. Eastern European developers have decent work ethics and impeccable remote experience but demand a lot less for their work than American ones.