Role: Software Engineer - Infrastructure
Duration: 12 Months contract on W2 (Possible Extension up to 24 months)
Location: 100% Remote
Our client is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join their Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team. The Software Engineering (Infrastructure) team builds large distributed components for our Client products. Our client's code serves millions of requests per second and it does so with sub-second latency and in a fault tolerant manner. We handle everything from Scaled data storage to synchronization and coordination of large server clusters, to providing a runtime environment for front-end code. We are looking for candidates who share a passion for tackling complexity and building platforms that can scale through multiple orders of magnitude.
Software Engineering - Infrastructure Responsibilities:
Design APIs in Python to increase Windows developer productivity
Design core, backend software components
Code using primarily Python and some coding in Rust and PHP
Conduct design and code reviews
Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
Drive performance measurement, analysis, and optimization to optimize resource usage in computing, bandwidth, storage, and memory.
Work with product and infrastructure teams to debug performance issues across the stack.
Top 3 must-have HARD skills:
API development
Distributed systems
Python
Good to have skills:
Rust
Hack
Frontend
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience with Windows development
6+ years of relevant experience building large-scale infrastructure applications or similar experience
Experience building and shipping high quality work and achieving high reliability
Experience improving stability through thoughtful code reviews, appropriate testing, proper rollout, monitoring, and proactive changes
Experienced in utilizing data and analysis to explain technical problems and providing detailed feedback and solutions
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
We are always open, honest, and collaborative in all our interactions with every team member, client, and industry peer. Being forthright and clear give us credibility, a competitive advantage, and a healthy workplace environment.
We are mindful of others and value diversity in thought, word, and action by treating everyone as we would want them to treat us. Our regard for self and others promotes trust, wellbeing, and equality in all our relationships.