Software Engineer, Python

Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it. Our office has a quiet floor and a loud floor.

Role overview

This is a new role. The team has doubled in size over the past year. We need another Software Engineer, Python who likes owning a feature from the design doc all the way to the on-call rotation. The company is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Our team works from several countries. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

What you'll do

• Design, build and maintain services in Python, Go or Java that handle real customer traffic.
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana.
• Contribute to postmortems and follow through on the action items.
• Review pull requests from teammates and give clear, specific feedback.
• Break down product requirements into technical tasks and rough estimates.

Minimum qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong skills in at least one of Python, Java, Go, C# or TypeScript.
• Ability to write clear technical documentation and explain decisions to non-engineers.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design.

$1,200-$1,550 per month

Pay and benefits

• Paid in USD.
• Paid time off.
• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.

This posting may close early if we receive enough applications.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 30 days.

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