Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Software Engineer for a contract position. The role involves working on various software engineering tasks, including backend and full-stack projects, while collaborating with the customer’s team on technical reviews and problem-solving exercises.
Responsibilities
- Work on challenging software engineering tasks across backend, full-stack, infrastructure, and systems-related projects
- Review, debug, improve, and explain code across different technical environments
- Design or evaluate practical solutions involving APIs, databases, services, integrations, testing, and deployment workflows
- Identify tradeoffs around scalability, maintainability, performance, reliability, security, and developer experience
- Communicate technical reasoning clearly in writing, including why a solution works and what alternatives were considered
- Collaborate with the customer s team on technical reviews, implementation decisions, and problem-solving exercises
Skills
- Have strong hands-on software engineering experience of at least
- Have strong experience in at least one backend or full-stack engineering environment, such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Java, C#, .NET, C++, Go, Ruby, PHP, or similar
- Have experience building, maintaining, or reviewing production-level applications, APIs, services, databases, or integrations
- Have a strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including debugging, testing, code quality, architecture, and technical tradeoffs
- Have the ability to explain complex engineering decisions clearly and objectively
- Be comfortable reading and reasoning through unfamiliar code or technical requirements
Company Overview
Crossing Hurdles connects skilled professionals with opportunities across AI training platforms and high-growth companies. It was founded in 2019, and is headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, IND, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.crossinghurdles.com.