Software Engineer II, Developer Tools

Large rollouts are routine here, such as imaging 12,000 laptops for a state agency over one summer. Certifications include ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, and we hold partner status with Microsoft, Cisco and VMware.

The role

We are adding a Software Engineer II, Developer Tools to our Billing team. Our Billing team is six engineers and we're adding one more. Most of the work is backend services, with some internal tooling. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. You will need at least 3 hours of overlap with US Pacific time. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Job duties

• Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags
• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic
• Contribute to postmortems and follow through on the action items
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents
• 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
• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional software development experience
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Comfortable working in Linux and on the command line
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers

Preferred qualifications

• Background in payments, fintech or another regulated domain
• Infrastructure as code with Terraform
• Kubernetes and Docker in production
• Contributions to open source projects

€450-€600 a day

Why work with us

• Flexible hours
• Annual rate review
• Monthly internet allowance
• Paid time off

Please mention your notice period and expected salary.

If you are shortlisted, we will reach out to set up a first call.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Los Angeles Technology Group.