Lead Software Engineer

Regional offices in Lausanne and five other cities support agents and policyholders.

The position

We are adding headcount to this team, so this is a new seat. We need another Lead Software Engineer who likes owning a feature from the design doc all the way to the on-call rotation. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET.

In this role you will

• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic.
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense.
• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags.
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed.
• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana.

What you need

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL.
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript.

Preferred qualifications

• Prior work at an early-stage startup.
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform.

Pay: $11.00 - $12.50 an hour

Compensation and benefits

• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.
• Monthly internet allowance.

Please include your notice period and salary expectations.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Duration: 12 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Cypresshurst Mutual GmbH.