Software Engineer (Backend)-Remote

Company: Yoh
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Software Engineer is needed for a contract opportunity with our client in the entertainment industry located in California

• 12 months contract role
• Fully Remote
• Pay Rate 58.50/hourly
• Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship or without C2C ( Corp to Corp) Responsibilities:
  • Work among a dedicated platform level scrum team, building the future backend infrastructure that powers the client platform. You will collaborate not only within the scrum team, but work closely with an international team of client and backend developers.
  • Develop scalable and robust services built on top of NodeJS.
  • Submit, review, and address proposals submitted by cross team contributors that'll help shape the overall architecture and organization of the platform.
  • Represent the team in technical forums, present designs, and share experiences with other Sony software development groups.
  • Ensure accuracy and completeness through usage of unit tests for portions of code delivered
  • Ownership of the implementation and delivery of mid-size to large features. Create required documentation including low-level design. Communicate estimates, schedules, issues and dependencies to the team.
  • Fix bugs and provide support for business and maintenance teams.Required Qualifications:
    • BS/MS degree in Computer Science or relevant professional experience in lieu of a degree.
    • 3+ years of building, maintaining, and enhancing backend services.
    • Experience developing and utilizing GraphQL in a production environment
      • Strong experience and usage with JavaScript / TypeScript, NodeJS
      • Foundational knowledge of various cloud solutions offered by AWS (Redis, DynamoDB, S3, etc.)Desired Qualifications:
        • Have experience at a production level running a Federated GraphQL service
        • Experience with server optimizations, focusing on architecture that provides low latency and scalable solutions
        • Knowledge of industry-supported metrics capturing and monitoring solutions
        • Prior work with building and maintaining CI/CD pipeline solutions
        • Familiarity with writing and running load testing scripts with tooling such as K6
        • Knowledge of Server Side Rendering app technologies such as NextJS is a bonus
        • Previous experience working within the agile development methodology and closely collaborating among various teams across an organizationNote: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.Visit to contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.

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