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Senior Software Engineer

1 month, 3 weeks ago
United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine
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Senior
Software Engineer
Software Development
Agile AWS Azure CI/CD Cloudflare GCP JavaScript PostgreSQL Pulumi Python Scrum Shopify Snowflake SQL TypeScript
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Sur Global Services

Sur Global Services

Sur Global Services specializes in facilitating nearshoring solutions, enabling businesses to outsource operations to neighboring countries, thereby enhancing their workforce efficiency and supporting growth in the evolving landscape of remote work.

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Description

  • Design, build, and scale core platform infrastructure for high-volume web traffic at the CDN and edge computing layer.
  • Take technical leadership in architecture design, technical planning, and long-term design documentation.
  • Plan and execute gradual rollouts by defining target audiences, KPIs, and success metrics before shipping major changes.
  • Debug complex front-end behavior caused by backend platform changes across browsers, devices, and geographies.
  • Collaborate with data engineering to ensure testability at scale and build measurement and observability frameworks.
  • Solve high-complexity technical problems with significant scope and ambiguity.
  • Mentor engineers and serve as a technical escalation point for difficult platform issues.
  • Stay current with emerging web performance technologies, edge computing patterns, and browser optimization techniques.
  • Integrate AI coding tools into the engineering workflow to improve delivery speed and code quality.

Requirements

  • 5-10 years of software engineering experience building and scaling high-traffic, multi-tenant web platforms.
  • Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, and Python.
  • Experience designing and operating distributed, high-availability systems at meaningful scale.
  • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure in a cloud-agnostic environment.
  • Experience with CDN infrastructure and web performance optimization tools such as Cloudflare, Lighthouse, and WebPageTest.
  • Knowledge of performance techniques such as web workers, lazy loading, and code splitting.
  • Infrastructure as Code experience with Pulumi or an equivalent tool.
  • Strong SQL and data querying skills, including experience working with data warehouses and data-driven engineering decisions.
  • Experience with message queues such as SQS or Kinesis and with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL, Redshift, or an equivalent data storage system.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and detail orientation for massive-traffic-scale systems.
  • Active use of AI tools in the engineering workflow, such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Codex.
  • Strong English communication skills for technical discussions and async collaboration with a distributed team.
  • Available to work full Eastern Standard Time hours.
  • Legally authorized to work as an independent contractor in the country where you are located.
  • Cloudflare Workers or edge computing experience, highly preferred.
  • Experience with e-commerce platforms such as Shopify or Salesforce Commerce Cloud, preferred.
  • Snowflake or data warehouse query optimization experience, preferred.
  • Background in media or high-traffic publishing platforms, preferred.
  • Experience running or leading a multi-brand or multi-tenant web platform, preferred.
  • Startup experience owning significant platform surface area with a small team, preferred.
  • Agile/Scrum experience in a distributed team environment, preferred.

Benefits

  • Salary of $6,000 to $8,000 USD per month.
  • 15 days of PTO.
  • Local or US holidays.

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