Principal Software Engineer

Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it. Our office has a quiet floor and a loud floor.

Overview:

We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team. This is a remote role. This is a hands-on coding role on software used by a few hundred thousand people. Expect code review, design discussions and a fair amount of debugging. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD.

Key responsibilities:

• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it.
• Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk.
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents.

Who you are:

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests.

Bonus points:

• Background in payments, fintech or another regulated domain.

Pay and benefits:

Pay: $2,600-$3,300 per month

• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.
• Annual rate review.
• Company laptop.
• Flexible hours.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

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