Full Stack Engineer

Job Title: Fullstack Software EngineerJob Type: 6 Months Contract (W2 Only)Location: 100% remote within the USA, with a preference for candidates based in NY or CA.Job Description:

• You will work with the existing engineering team and help contribute to the direction of the projection and team.
• The existing team is a Product team that is building backend for user-facing product.
• You will help understand, analyze technical problems, performance isues, and help with legacy migrations when necessary.
• You need to be able to understand and troubleshoot data intensive systems.
• Engage in the team's organizational processes, such as planning, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews, to ensure effective collaboration and feedback.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Proactively identify and address potential technical issues and bottlenecks.

The following skills are necessary for this work:

• System design. This requires a good understanding of how the systems work, with a particular focus on latency and scalability.
• Development. Our systems are mainly in Python and Go. We are also migrating a few of our endpoints from Python to Go. Skills in testing, SOLID and design patterns are a must.
• Systems architecture. We make extensive use of Kubernetes, Kafka, and Postgres, with internal tools for metrics/alerting and Grafana for dashboarding. We also use Redis in few of our services.
• Work cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute product and business strategies and build novel products and features that our users will love.
• Communicate effectively, within the team and across disciplines. Work closely with product managers and designers to craft compelling user experiences.
• Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between conflicting needs.

Must Haves:

• 3+ years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages (Java, Scala, Go, C++, Python)
• CSS HTML