Software Engineer

A bit about us:

Barleybench Labs is a 20-person team running a niche online store for vintage audio parts. Orders are packed by hand for two carrier pickups a day, and customer emails go to whoever is free.

The role:

Barleybench Labs is hiring for the Software Engineer role on our operations team. You'll write, test and ship code that runs in production every day. You can work from home anywhere in India. We have no office requirement. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Reliable internet and a power backup are a must.

Job duties:

• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback
• 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
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates
• Migrate older modules out of the monolith where it makes sense
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review

What you'll need:

• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests

Preferred qualifications:

• Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Prior work at an early-stage startup
• Contributions to open source projects

Benefits:

• Health insurance for you and your family
• Provident fund
• Paid leave
• Flexible hours

Applications are reviewed weekly.

Shortlisted candidates will hear from us within two weeks.

Start: Flexible.

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