Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Civis Analytics is a growing tech startup focused on solving meaningful problems. They are seeking a Software Engineer (Contract) to build and ship high-quality software across the full stack, collaborating with engineers, designers, and product managers.
Responsibilities
- Develop high-quality software
- Support and collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, and product managers
- Review and debug code
- Effectively apply Civis best practices methodology and enforces design standards
- Ensure project documents are complete, current, and archived appropriately
- Ability to research, prototype and recommend software solutions
- Collaborate with other teams within the organization
- Engage the project on an emotional level as well as technical
Skills
- 1 - 2 years of professional experience as a software developer/engineer
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and experience building and integrating with AI tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot
- Experience developing user interfaces with modern JavaScript frameworks (specifically React)
- Experience developing web applications with frameworks such as Rails, Django or NodeJS
- Experience developing web applications with ReactJS, AngularJS and/or VueJS
- Comfort working with SQL databases
- Love of problem-solving
- An ability and eagerness to constantly learn and teach others
- Passion for solving large, complex problems for customers
- Graduate degree in Computer Science or a related subject
- Significant experience with one or more of the following: Python, Ruby, and/or Go (golang)
- Flask
- Developing AI applications
- Designing and building APIs
- Query optimization, database administration, analytics databases, and/or NoSQL
- Automated software testing and continuous integration
- Cloud application deployment and monitoring
- Proficiency working with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Data visualization for the web (using D3 or similar)
- Statistics and predictive modeling (using tools like pandas, scikit-learn, NumPy, SciPy, R, STATA)
- Prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or fine-tuning workflows
Benefits
- 6 Month contract term through December 31, 2026
- The opportunity to be part of a growing tech startup focused on solving interesting and meaningful problems, invested in internal promotion, and committed to fostering a diverse, equal and inclusive workplace.
- Competitive benefits, including unlimited PTO, 401K match with immediate vesting, health, dental, and vision benefits, paid parental leave, breastfeeding support including breastmilk shipping services for traveling moms, flexible work from home policy, commuter benefits, wellness initiatives including weekly group meditations, monthly on-site massage therapy, and pet insurance.
- Modern office, conveniently located in the Loop. Close to public transportation, great restaurants and beautiful city views.
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