119771 - Mid-Level Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a Mid-Level Engineer to support a live production hiring-event platform used by client-facing teams and end users. This role is highly production-focused and requires someone who can diagnose issues quickly, work across backend and frontend systems, collaborate with support and go-to-market teams, and take ownership of code changes from investigation through deployment.The ideal candidate has strong Java/Spring Boot backend experience, secondary Django/Python experience, React frontend experience, and the ability to troubleshoot complex production issues across distributed systems. This person should be comfortable working independently, handling ambiguity, prioritizing urgent client-impacting issues, and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.Enterprise experience strongly preferred.Key Responsibilities
• Analyze and resolve production issues related to live hiring events and event workflows.
• Debug malfunctioning or misconfigured product features across backend, frontend, data, and integration layers.
• Work closely with client-facing support teams and go-to-market stakeholders to triage and resolve support tickets.
• Monitor production systems and respond quickly to alerts, performance degradation, or system health concerns.
• Support timely issue resolution in alignment with established SLAs.
• Maintain and update event logic as dependencies, systems, and business requirements change.
• Support architecture changes and system integrations that may impact event functionality.
• Own code changes through build, merge, deployment, and post-deployment validation.
• Communicate clearly and concisely when working through ambiguous production issues.
• Use data and system signals to troubleshoot production behavior and identify root causes.

Qualifications

Must-Have Skills
• 3-5 years of professional engineering experience.
• Strong Java and Spring Boot backend development experience.
• Django and Python backend development experience.
• React frontend development experience.
• Kafka experience.
• GraphQL experience.
• SQL or MongoDB experience.
• Build and deployment experience.
• Production debugging, triage, and issue-resolution experience.
• Ability to ramp up quickly and assume ownership across multiple projects.
• High level of autonomy and ownership.
• Experience with at least one of the following: Dagster, Data Lakes, or Amazon Athena.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative without heavy hand-holding.
• Strong prioritization and strategic thinking skills.
• Strong communication skills, especially in ambiguous or urgent production-support situations.
• Experience using data to troubleshoot production issues.

Nice-to-Have Skills
• Product management experience working with go-to-market teams and engineers on prioritization.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.
• Experience supporting client-facing or business-critical production products.
• Experience collaborating with support, operations, or go-to-market teams.
• Experience owning merge and deployment responsibilities in a production environment.

Additional Information

Required Tools & Platforms
• Java
• Spring Boot
• Django
• Python
• React
• Kafka
• GraphQL
• SQL
• MongoDB
• Dagster, Data Lakes, or Amazon Athena
• Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf preferred

Location, Time & Engagement
• Remote contract role.
• Candidates must be located in LATAM.
• Full-time allocation, 40 hours per week.
• Must be able to support U.S. time zone coverage across PST, MST, CST, or EST.
• Engagement expected to run through 2027-03-31.