#119769 - Sr. Software Engineer

Company Description

Job Description

We are seeking a senior software engineer to support a live, production event-based hiring platform used by clients during active hiring events. This role requires a strong backend engineer who can also work across frontend systems, troubleshoot production issues, collaborate with client-facing teams, and take ownership of code through merge and deployment.

Enterprise experience strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

- Analyze, triage, and resolve production issues related to active hiring events.

- Debug issues across backend, frontend, data, and system integration points.

- Work closely with client-facing support and go-to-market teams to address support tickets.

- Ensure timely resolution of issues to meet established SLAs.

- Monitor production systems and respond quickly to alerts or performance degradation.

- Support architecture changes and system integrations that may impact event workflows.

- Maintain and update event logic as dependencies and systems change.

- Own code changes through merge, build, and deployment.

- Ramp up quickly and take ownership across multiple projects.

- Help lead, shepherd, and onboard additional engineers as the team grows.

- Use data to troubleshoot production issues and prioritize fixes.

Qualifications

Must-Have Skills

- 5+ years of software engineering experience.

- Strong Java and Spring Boot experience.

- Django and Python experience.

- React experience.

- Kafka experience.

- GraphQL experience.

- SQL or MongoDB experience.

- Build and deployment experience.

- Production troubleshooting experience.

- Experience working with support tickets, alerts, SLAs, or live production systems.

- Senior-level ownership and autonomy.

- Ability to work independently and take initiative without heavy direction.

- Ability to merge and deploy code with ownership.

- Ability to handle ambiguity and prioritize effectively.

- Clear and concise communication.

- Ability to lead, shepherd, and onboard other engineers.

- Experience with at least one of the following: Dagster, Data Lakes, or Amazon Athena.

- Ability to use data to troubleshoot production issues.

Nice-to-Have Skills

- Product management experience working with go-to-market teams and engineers on prioritization.

- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.

Additional Information

Required Tools & Platforms

- Java

- Spring Boot

- Django

- Python

- React

- Kafka

- GraphQL

- SQL or MongoDB

- Dagster, Data Lakes, or Amazon Athena

- Build and deployment workflows

Location, Time & Engagement

- Remote contract role.

- LATAM-based candidates only.

- Full-time allocation, 40 hours per week.

- Must be able to support U.S. business-hour overlap across PST, MST, CST, or EST.

- Contract expected to run through March 31, 2027.