This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Software Engineer III Contractor in India.
This role is a senior-level software engineering position focused on building and maintaining full-stack applications that power internal lead generation and delivery platforms. You will own features end-to-end, from technical design through deployment and post-release support, in a fast-paced, distributed engineering environment. The position requires strong backend expertise with the ability to contribute across the stack when needed. You will collaborate closely with Product Managers and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable and maintainable solutions. The environment emphasizes ownership, pragmatic execution, and continuous delivery using modern cloud-based infrastructure. Engineers are expected to maintain high quality standards while leveraging AI-assisted tools to improve productivity and efficiency. This is a contract role supporting global teams across multiple time zones.
Accountabilities:
In this role, you will be responsible for delivering scalable software solutions across the full development lifecycle while ensuring reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Design, build, and maintain full-stack applications supporting internal platforms and business workflows
- Own feature delivery from technical design through deployment, production support, and iteration
- Collaborate with Product Managers to refine requirements and define practical technical approaches
- Develop backend services using PHP (Laravel/Lumen) or Python and contribute to API-driven systems
- Support frontend development using JavaScript when required across product features
- Build and integrate APIs with internal systems and third-party services
- Write clean, testable, and well-documented code aligned with engineering standards
- Work within AWS-based environments, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows
- Participate in code reviews, troubleshooting, and production issue resolution
- Contribute to architecture discussions and continuous engineering improvements
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to enhance delivery speed and code quality
Requirements:
This role requires strong technical depth, independent execution capability, and experience working in modern distributed engineering environments.
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience in production environments
- Strong backend expertise in PHP (Laravel/Lumen) or Python
- Experience contributing across the full stack, including JavaScript-based frontend development
- Solid experience designing and building API-driven systems
- Strong understanding of relational databases and data modeling
- Hands-on experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and containerized applications
- Ability to independently deliver features from development readiness to production deployment
- Strong collaboration skills with Product and cross-functional teams
- Comfortable working in distributed teams across time zones
- Open to using AI-assisted engineering tools in daily development workflows
- Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to work in fast-paced agile environments
Benefits:
This is a contract position; therefore, standard employee benefits are not included.
- Remote-first work structure with flexible collaboration across global teams
- Opportunity to work on high-impact internal platforms in a fast-scaling environment
- Exposure to modern cloud infrastructure, AI-assisted development, and distributed systems
- Competitive hourly compensation ranging from ₹480 to ₹970 INR depending on experience and skills