Senior Software Engineer

About West Computer Services:

Our technicians handle onsite and remote support for medical offices, accounting firms and manufacturers on fixed monthly contracts. Tickets live in ConnectWise and everyone logs time to the quarter hour.

About the role:

West Computer Services is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a small, steady team. 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. 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. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

In your first few months you will:

• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Maintain REST and gRPC APIs used by internal teams and outside partners.
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed.
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense.
• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.

What you bring:

• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers.
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line.

Nice to have:

• Infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Kubernetes and Docker in production.
• Prior work at an early-stage startup.

What you get:

Salary: $20.50 - $25.50 per hour

• Paid in USD.
• Company laptop.
• Long-term engagement.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at West Computer Services GmbH.