Job Title: Software Development Engineer

Location-Type: On-site - Seattle, WA

Start Date Is: 7/15/2024

Duration: 5.5 month contract with potential for extension or conversion

Compensation Range: $40-50/hr

Role Overview:

The newly formed Content Platform team is seeking a Software Development Engineer to support and develop high-impact software solutions. This role involves building monitoring solutions, troubleshooting, and resolving issues in software applications, as well as enhancing and automating current systems.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement fixes for software applications.
• Perform SQL queries and manage REST APIs.
• Design and scale systems using robust design patterns.
• Work collaboratively on software projects, focusing on both back-end and front-end development.
• Automate support processes and document systems.
• Build new systems and improve metrics gathering on features.

Day to Day:

• Develop and maintain software applications, primarily using Python or Java.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in internally developed code, implementing necessary fixes.
• Develop monitoring solutions to ensure the reliability and performance of applications.
• Improve systems that gather metrics on features, and track and resolve technical challenges.
• Perform SQL queries to manage and analyze data within the systems.
• Participate in low-level design and infrastructure setup.
• Build new systems from scratch, contributing to the design but not solely responsible for it.
• Work alongside development teams on various software projects, updating and enhancing current software.
• Collaborate with team members to automate support processes and document systems.
• Utilize React and JavaScript for front-end development tasks as needed.
• Integrate and manage cloud technologies, particularly AWS services like Lambda, API Gateway, and Fargate.
• Automate support processes and ensure thorough documentation of systems and processes.

Must-Have Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong coding skills in Python or Java.
• Experience with front-end technologies such as React and JavaScript.
• Understanding of cloud technologies.
• Solid foundation in SQL and system design (design patterns, reliability, scaling).
• Minimum of 2 years in full-stack software development lifecycle, including testing and operations.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with cloud services like AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Fargate).
• Familiarity with TypeScript and additional frontend technologies.
• Experience in building and maintaining high-availability systems.