Sr. Backend Software Engineer (NodeJS) at PAR Technology
New Hartford, NY
$140,000–$160,000
Jul 14, 2026
New Hartford, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend engineering role focused on building and maintaining Node.js/TypeScript services that connect financial payment providers, retail fuel pump hardware, and customer-facing software. Day-to-day work spans API development, microservices architecture, production issue resolution, and contributing to system design, within a stack that includes PostgreSQL, GraphQL, RabbitMQ, and Kubernetes on AWS. Suits an experienced backend engineer with 8+ years in distributed systems.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,850 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,200–4,250
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The title 'NodeJS Engineer' carries no seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 8+ years of backend/distributed-systems experience requirement and the scope of responsibilities (architectural decisions, system design, end-to-end ownership) firmly support a Senior classification.
GraphQL, TypeORM, and NestJS appear under the 'Why We Need You' (skills and abilities) section with the word 'Proficiency', treating them as hard gates. GraphQL is also called out as a plus in a secondary line ('Experience implementing or consuming GraphQL APIs a plus') — the primary required mention governs.
Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, AWS, Terraform, Helm, and React appear in the stack narrative ('Our platform services and applications are built using…') rather than in a requirements gate, so they are marked preferred. Kubernetes/RabbitMQ are also referenced in a 'hands on experience… is a plus' clause, reinforcing the preferred classification.
Ruby/Rails is explicitly called 'a big plus' and retail/fuel industry experience 'a plus' — both are preferred.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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