**ABOUT US**:
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**ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS**:
- **JOB TYPE**: Contract
- Freelance (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
- **LOCATION**: Remote - Costa Rica only
- **SALARY RANGE**: $45 - $60 /hr
- **ESTIMATED DURATION**: 40hr/week - Long term
- **EXPERIENCE**:5-10 years
- **BRAINTRUST JOB ID**: 7748
**THE OPPORTUNITY**
**Requirements**:
- 8+ years as a Software Engineer with a passion for backend software development
- Demonstrated track record of designing, launching and maintaining production back end systems
- Demonstrated ownership mindset over systems through dashboard creation, improvement and proactive monitoring
- Experience with Node.js/Typescript or similar asynchronous tech stack
- Big bonus points for experience building and maintaining data pipelines using data engineering best practices and frameworks, such as Airflow, Argo Workflows, Prefect, or any other DAG workflow engine
- Strong data modeling experience for both operational and analytical workloads
- Experience writing raw SQL queries
- Experience with Microservices and Event Driven Architecture using AWS, Serverless, Lambda or Docker and Kubernetes
- A proponent of unit, integration, and performance testing
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
**What you'll be working on**:
You will:
- Champion code quality, reusability, scalability, and security
- Collaborate with a team of engineers, architects, product managers, and designers to deliver elegant, resilient, and solid products
- Ownership over their code and remove any ambiguity during implementation by collaborating with their team
- Conduct design and code reviews
- Enjoy learning new processes, tools, and technologies.
- Care about who you work with and how work is done. We hire carefully, and the entire team is allowed to take part in evaluating potential hires
- Relate to our core values (see below) and would like to contribute to a positive working environment and culture
Who you are:
- Focus on authenticity with everything you do.
- Entrepreneurial (Strives to reach potential, maximum impact, growth mindset)
- Results-Driven and Accountable
- Effective Time Manager
- Ability to Work Effectively Independently or as a Team
- Effective Communicator
- Passionate About Delivering Business Value
- Honesty and Transparency
Company Core Values:
- Friendly Strength - Good Person, Thoughtful, Kind, Helpful, Non-judgmental, Looks out for the greater good
- Master Craftsman - Skilled, Learning Everyday, Client-centered, Impact-focused, High Standards, Business-focused
- Doggedly Persistent - Overcome obstacles, Remove Blockers, High Energy, Follow through, Proactive, Not afraid to get into the mud, Acts with urgency
- Steady - Measured, No Drama, No Panic, Consistent, Listens and Adapts, Coachable, Keeps Commitments, Takes Ownership
- Forward Looking - Truthful, See solutions, Sets the Agenda, No Cynicism
Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
