Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: $75.00 USD Hourly - $95.00 USD Hourly
Description: Our client is currently seeking a Software Engineer (II)
Project Overview We are seeking detail-oriented individuals to support large-scale logging and quality systems through a combination of system monitoring, technical debt reduction, and quality assurance. This role is critical in maintaining the health of logging infrastructure, resolving ownership issues for visual elements, and reducing technical debt across the codebase.
Key Responsibilities Responsibilities may vary depending on the designated track; however, the following tasks are representative of the role:
- System Monitoring & Triage: Perform first-level triage for system errors, maintain and enhance monitoring tools, and conduct audits to standardize filtering.
- Visual Elements Maintenance: Resolve ownership staleness bugs, update metadata/screenshots for active visual elements, and identify/cleanup unused tags.
- Infrastructure & Code Migration: Assist in migrating logging code to new frameworks (e.g., log routing), refactor C++ logic, and transition frontend tools to updated frameworks.
- Quality & AI Verification: Validate AI-generated boilerplate code and visual element suggestions, and conduct human evaluations for internal tools.
- Documentation: Identify documentation gaps by grouping common technical questions and creating collections of "canonical bugs" for training purposes.
Candidate Requirements Applicants must meet the following foundational qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 3 years of software development experience using one or more programming languages (or 1 year with an advanced industry-related degree).
- 2 years of applied or academic experience working with algorithms and data structures.
Desired Technical Background - Advanced proficiency in SQL and Go.
- Practical coding experience with at least one of the following: Java, C++, or Kotlin.
- Understanding of distributed systems, RPC infrastructure, multi-threading, and asynchronous programming.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and identify root causes for production-level issues.
Professional & Interpersonal Skills - Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
- Resourceful approach to problem-solving in fast-paced environments.
- Proactive mindset with enthusiasm for continuous learning.
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