Software Engineer (Contract)

We are seeking a mid-level Software Engineer with strong Python experience to join our growing engineering team. You will design, build, and maintain scalable applications and services, collaborate cross-functionally, and help drive best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.

This role is ideal for an engineer who is comfortable working in fast-moving environments and is passionate about building high-quality software.

This is a 1099 independent contractor position.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines using Python.

• Migrate and convert existing SAS code to Python, ensuring functionality and performance parity.

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to define requirements and deliver solutions.

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.

• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.

• Debug, troubleshoot, and improve application performance and reliability.

• Contribute to architectural discussions and implementation strategies.

• Help automate workflows and improve development processes.

• Maintain documentation of systems, workflows, and features.

• Support production systems and participate in on-call rotations (if applicable).

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Candidates must be based within 1 Hr. commuting proximity to our office in the San Francisco Peninsula

• 3–5 years of professional software development experience.

• Strong proficiency in Python and familiarity with frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.

• Experience building RESTful or GraphQL APIs.

• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, OOP.

• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).

• Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.

• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

• Ability to write unit/integration tests.

• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Preferred:

• Experience with AWS services (Lambda, EC2, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway, etc.).

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Data pipeline or ETL experience.

• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code.

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.

• Experience with SAS.

• Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Compensation: $70 - $80/HR