Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) is seeking a Firmware Software Engineer for a Remote position with a Leading Technology Firm located in Remote, CA. This is a 3+ month contract opportunity.
This is a hands-on role for someone who is comfortable owning production issues end-to-end. We are looking for three senior software engineers to support and maintain a live video creation experience. This role is focused on production support and on-call coverage, along with the bug fixes, stability work, and small feature changes that come out of it. You will work across web and backend systems in a large, mature codebase and will be expected to operate independently with limited day-to-day direction.
Responsibilities:
Participate in the on-call rotation, including triage, investigation, mitigation, and root cause analysis of production issues
Debug and resolve issues spanning web frontend and backend services in the live creation stack
Ship bug fixes, reliability improvements, and small to medium feature work
Improve on-call health by reducing noisy alerts, updating runbooks, and adding monitoring, logging, and dashboards
Write and maintain tests covering critical live creation flows
Document findings and fixes so knowledge stays with the team
Requirements:
5+ years of professional software engineering experience working on production apps
Strong web development experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and React
Strong backend development experience building and debugging server-side services and APIs
Strong in at least one of: web (PHP/Hack, React), Android (Kotlin/Java) or iOS (Objective-C/Swift), and comfortable reading code in the other two
Demonstrated ability to work independently: can take an ambiguous production issue, drive it to resolution, and know when to escalate
Experience with production support or on-call in a high-traffic consumer product
Comfortable navigating and making safe changes in a large existing codebase with minimal onboarding support
Production debugging: reads logs and crash reports, finds root causes and fixes regressions quickly
Experience with an on-call rotation, triaging incoming bugs and meeting deadlines
Strong written communication, since much of the work is asynchronous and documented
Desired skills:
Experience with live video, streaming, or real-time media systems
Experience with GraphQL
Background in reliability, observability, or SEV response
Experience working with distributed or globally located teams
Experience with large-scale internal development tools (code review, feature flags, on-call systems)
Feature-flag and experiment cleanup or other code-health work
Accessibility fixes (WCAG, VoiceOver, TalkBack)
Privacy or data-access fixes
Experience using AI coding tools to speed up investigation and fixes
Pay range: up to $107.57 per hour
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) employees will be considered for this position.
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!
Aptask Global Workforce (AGW)
ApTask Global Workforce (AGW) is a certified Minority and Veteran workforce solutions company. AGW delivers operational, clinical, lab and professional talent with a strong focus on healthcare and life sciences. The company supports clients with reliable staffing, program expertise and a commitment to quality, speed and consistent delivery.
Benefits of working with ApTask Global Workforce include:
Medical
Dental
Vision
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
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ApTask Global Workforce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.