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Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Contract (1099)

Very · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteEngineering$80/hrFull-time

About the role

Very is a fully distributed technology firm led by expert problem-solvers who create efficient, scalable solutions that move commercial, industrial, and consumer products from pilot to production in record time.

We believe that real innovation happens in the grind — working shoulder to shoulder with clients who are building the future. Our team thrives on that energy. When we’re not helping clients deliver business-critical outcomes, we’re refining our craft and celebrating what it means to do hard things well.

We’ve built a collaborative, tight-knit culture that thrives in both remote and in-person settings. We’ve won numerous workplace awards over the years, including Great Place to Work certification and recognition from Parity.org as a Best Company for Women to Advance.

Responsibilities

  • Implement features across frontend, backend, and cloud components.
  • Participate in technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions.
  • Create and maintain automated tests across all layers of the stack.
  • Support deployments, CI/CD pipelines, logging, monitoring, and alerting.
  • Participate in code reviews, offering constructive feedback that improves overall quality.
  • Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation and assist in diagnosing and resolving production issues.
  • Support documentation and knowledge sharing within teams.

Qualifications

  • General Experience:
    • BS or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
    • 8+ years of professional software development experience
    • 4+ years of experience developing Java based backend applications
    • Full software development lifecycle experience, including requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.
    • Experience building complex, event-driven, microservice-based systems.
    • Strong understanding of production-grade system reliability, observability, and security.
    • Experience working in or with government sectors is a strong plus.
    • Client-facing or consulting experience preferred but not required.
  • Technical Proficiency:
    • Deep expertise in Java backend frameworks such as Dropwizard
    • Strong expertise in Python backends such as Django
    • Fluency with frontend technologies including React, Expo, Vite and TypeScript
    • Skilled in relational and non-relational data modeling and SQL development
    • Extensive knowledge in supporting event driven cloud platforms in AWS including security, logging, monitoring, observability and performance at scale
    • AWS service knowledge: Lambda, ECS, Fargate, RDS, CloudFront, CloudWatch, SNS, SQS
    • Ability to debug and modify CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or Pulimi)

Benefits

This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving real-world problems, working in modern cloud environments, and contributing to systems end-to-end. You’ll have the opportunity to deepen your technical expertise, influence design decisions, and grow within a supportive engineering culture.

Pay

Compensation: USD $80 per hour, commensurate with experience

Schedule

Though his role is structured as a contract (1099) engagement, the scope of work is substantial and may approximate a full-time workload depending on the contractor’s pace and approach.

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