#119769 - Sr. Software Engineer

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.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise experience strongly preferred.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

Required Tools & Platforms

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Django
• Python
• React
• Kafka
• GraphQL
• SQL or MongoDB
• Dagster, Data Lakes, or Amazon Athena
• Build and deployment workflows

• 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.