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Must-Have Skills.
Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript Strong understanding of JavaScript ES6+ features. Familiarity with TypeScript for type-safe coding.
Core Node.js Concepts: Asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture. Handling the Node.js runtime, including threads and memory management.
API Development: Building RESTful and GraphQL APIs. Familiarity with tools like Postman or Swagger for API documentation and testing.
Frameworks and Libraries: Experience with frameworks like Express.js, NestJS, or HapiJS.
Database Management: Knowledge of NoSQL databases (ElasticSearch, DynamoDB, Neo4J). Experience with relational databases (MySQL). Writing optimized queries and understanding ORMs like Sequelize
Version Control: Proficiency with Git and platforms like GitHub/GitLab.
Error Handling and Debugging: Debugging tools like Node Inspector, Chrome DevTools. Implementing structured error handling patterns.
Testing and Quality Assurance: Unit testing with tools like Mocha, Chai, Jest. Integration testing frameworks like Supertest.
Security Best Practices: Secure coding practices to prevent vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, CSRF. Experience with authentication (OAuth, JWT) and data encryption. Package Management: Working knowledge of npm or Yarn for dependency management.
Deployment and Hosting: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deploying Node.js applications to cloud platforms (AWS CDK). AWS Cloud Basic Computing Services knwledge (Ec2, ECS, Lambda etc)

Good-to-Have Skills
Microservices Architecture: Understanding microservices design and event-driven systems. Experience with tools like RabbitMQ, Kafka, or AWS SNS/SQS.
Containerization and Orchestration: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerizing applications.
Performance Optimization: Profiling and optimizing Node.js applications for scalability and performance.
Logging and Monitoring: Experience with logging tools like Winston. Monitoring solutions like ELK Stack, Prometheus, NewRelic or Datadog.
Code Quality and Linting: Familiarity with tools like ESLint, Prettier for code linting and formatting
Error Handling and Debugging: Debugging tools like Node Inspector, Chrome DevTools. Implementing structured error handling patterns.
Testing and Quality Assurance: Unit testing with tools like Mocha, Chai, Jest. Integration testing frameworks like Supertest.
Security Best Practices: Secure coding practices to prevent vulnerabilities like SQL injection, XSS, CSRF. Experience with authentication (OAuth, JWT) and data encryption. Package Management: Working knowledge of npm or Yarn for dependency management.
Deployment and Hosting: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deploying Node.js applications to cloud platforms (AWS CDK). AWS Cloud Basic Computing Services knwledge (Ec2, ECS, Lambda etc)