About the job

Grant reporting covers dozens of federal, state and private funders, each with its own outcomes.

Job summary:

Magpiefield is hiring a Software Engineer to work remotely from the US. Nobody expects you to know every framework. We want someone who writes clear code, tests it and asks good questions. Our operations team is six engineers and we're adding one more. Most of the work is backend services, with some internal tooling. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD. Working hours overlap with Central European Time. You need a reliable internet connection and somewhere quiet to work.

Responsibilities:

Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review
Contribute to postmortems and follow through on the action items
Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic
Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green
Ship small, frequent changes behind feature flags
Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed

Qualifications:

2-4 years of professional software development experience
Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design
Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL
Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers

Nice to have:

Background in payments, fintech or another regulated domain
Prior work at an early-stage startup
Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ

Expected salary range: $82.00 - $89.00 per hour, plus bonus eligibility.

What you get:

Paid time off
Monthly internet allowance
Long-term engagement

We are unable to sponsor visas for this position.

New hires usually start two to three weeks after accepting an offer.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Flexible.

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