Software Engineer
About the RolePayrate: $57/hrMust be residing in USAWe are looking for a Software Engineer to take ownership of the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of our web infrastructure, APIs, and codebases. You will be responsible for maintaining and extending an existing production platform while building new features and deploying updates.Required Technical SkillsCloud & InfrastructureAmazon Web Services (AWS). Experience building, deploying, and managing services in production environments. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Developer, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect preferredCloudflare. Experience in DNS and proxy managementDocker / Docker Compose or other container management technologiesNGINX or other reverse proxy technologiesLinux server administrationDatabaseSurrealDB. Production experience strongly preferred. PostgreSQL, Neo4j, or other relational / graph database experience in production environmentsBackendREST APIs and Microservices. Experience designing, deploying, upgrading, monitoring, and maintaining in developmentRust / Typescript. Production experience requiredFrontendSvelteKit or other full-stack Javascript frameworks. HTML5 and TailwindCSSMobile UI developmentMonitoring & OperationsGrafana Stack. Experience in production with Grafana, Loki, and custom integrations.Durable Execution Environments. Experience running long-lasting processes in production.OtherCI / CD Pipelines. Experience with Git, Git workflows, container registries, and staging.Email Management. Experience with email sending at scale in production.Agile. Experience with Agile software (i.e. Jira)Wireguard. Experience with creating and managing Wireguard VPNs, or other similar technologies.AI Based DevelopmentResponsibilitiesLead development of new features across the full application stack.Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure.Deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot production services.Build reliable, secure, and performant backend services.Develop modern, responsive mobile-fire full-stack applications.Optimize application performance and reliability.Maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.Participate in architectural decisions and technical leadership.Additional ExperienceExperience with any of the following is considered a plus:DevSecOps with emphasis on security best practicesWorking on distributed and embedded systemsAPI design and version managementUI / UX with mobile development experienceCorporate software engineering experienceAgile development experienceWhat We're Looking ForThe ideal candidate:Has 7+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent skill levelIs comfortable owning production systems.Can work independently with minimal supervision.Makes thoughtful architectural decisions.Is comfortable debugging issues across the entire stack.Communicates technical concepts clearly.Takes pride in writing maintainable, well-tested code.Enjoys working in a fast-moving startup environment.Is proactive, curious, and continuously learning.Strong database management skills and experience deploying in productionPreferred QualificationsExperience deploying and operating production cloud applications.