• JOB TYPE: Freelance, Contract Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
• LOCATION: Remote - Canada only (TimeZone: EST | Full day overlap)
• HOURLY RANGE: Our client is looking to pay $125 \xe2\x80\x93 $145/hr
• ESTIMATED DURATION: 40h/week - Long term

ABOUT US: Braintrust is the only network that gives in-demand talent all the freedom of freelance with all the benefits, community, and stability of a full-time role. As the first decentralized talent network, our revolutionary Web3 model ensures the community that relies on Braintrust to find work are the same people who own and build it through the blockchain token, BTRST. So unlike other marketplaces that take 20% to 50% of talent earnings, Braintrust allows talent to keep 100% of earnings and to vote on key changes to improve the network. Braintrust is working to change the way freelance works \xe2\x80\x93 for good. We\'ve onboarded some of the world\'s most reputable brands and now we need a Sr. Java Engineer for one of our clients.
THE OPPORTUNITY

Requirements

Our client needs 6 senior java engineers for a major US broadcasting company with experience in:

• Java*
• Scala**
• SBT**
• Redis
• Git
• bash or other shell (Linux-ish)
• data at scale**
  • AWS (DynamoDB, Kinesis, ElastiCache)
  • Understanding of microservices patterns
  • Understanding of asynchronous programming models

• Proficiency

**Exposure and familiarity Preferably North America based or willing to work EST timezone.
Contract Duration: 6 months, forecast extension to end of 2023 and beyond

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll be working on

While a major US broadcasting company invests in the building of a new audio streaming platform at a scale that is future proof, existing services and products have not only to be maintained but enhanced to a certain level to ensure operability. The company wants to bring on expert engineers who can bridge the gap between current DevOps & build teams to address issues such as:

• how code is deployed

• performance

• memory leakage

• scaling

• load test Java / Java ng

• Instrumentation

• Per-try errors vs higher-level errors (all tries failed, throw an exception, log errors)

The scope of the work is to triage the current state to include areas that are currently problematic and collaborate with \xe2\x80\x9cDevOps team\xe2\x80\x9d and \xe2\x80\x9cNew features team\xe2\x80\x9d to understand where the most impacting issues are occurring and design, architect, and implement solutions that would deliver the biggest wins.
The objectives are to

• implement changes that improve the stability and overall reliability of the existing platform while the future state is built and before it is ready for customer launch, by looking for areas where they can score tactical / short-term wins which improve stability; and
• build cohesion between engineering and DevOps; work across teams so that Engineering has better visibility into points of failure and is able to take ownership in monitoring software.

Current Tech Stack

• Spring Boot
• Akka HTTP
• Monolith broken into microservices taking dependencies across microservices resulting in a \xe2\x80\x9cdistributed monolith.\xe2\x80\x9d
• On Prem cloud (Savage Cloud)
• AWS
• Java 8/11/17
• Scala 2

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ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS: Qualified candidates will be invited to do a screening interview with the Braintrust staff. We will answer your questions about the project, and our platform. If we determine it is the right fit for both parties, we\'ll invite you to join the platform and create a profile to apply directly for this project. C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. But if you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around your consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we\xe2\x80\x99d welcome your application. Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
This is a remote position.