Software Engineer

A bit about us:

Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi and two nearshore delivery centres. HSW Labs employs 240 people across engineering hubs in Abu Dhabi and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

The Software Engineer will build and maintain services, APIs and internal tools, working closely with product and design. The company is based in Abu Dhabi, the UAE. Our team works from several countries. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. Working hours follow Gulf time, Monday to Friday. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

What you'll be doing:

• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents
• 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
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback
• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags

Skills and experience:

• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers

Benefits:

• Annual rate review
• Company laptop
• Monthly internet allowance
• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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