Senior Software Engineer - Remote Eligible

Senior Software Engineer

Virtasant is a leading cloud consulting services provider. We heavily focus on lift & shift, cloud-native development, cloud cost optimization, and migration services. As a consulting company, we are often faced with the challenge to create an engineering team in a matter of a week or two. To do that, we have created a secondary support business that runs an engineering talent network and provides staffing services.

Our client is an international media company, and they are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help power their large-scale, modern web platform. This is a hands-on role building SPAs and services with React, Node.js, and GraphQL, owning features end-to-end across a substantial multi-repo codebase. You'll contribute clean, well-tested code, improve performance, and collaborate closely with internal teams and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain web applications using React, Node.js, GraphQL, and WordPress
• Work both independently and collaboratively to identify requirements, specify designs, and deliver on a regular cadence.
• Communicate effectively across internal and vendor teams to identify and resolve issues quickly and efficiently.
• Review and improve source code written by developers to meet the project coding standards
• Participate in both development of new features and supporting already existing media products.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English.
• 5+ years professional software engineering; strong SPA experience.
• Advanced JavaScript and TypeScript with modern ES6+ patterns; React expertise (3+ years). (TypeScript is expected across the codebase.)
• HTML and CSS/Sass excellence; familiarity with modern styling approaches.
• Proficiency with Node.js and GraphQL in production systems.
• Solid unit testing discipline; comfort with front-end testing (e.g., React Testing Library and Jest) and isolating components effectively.
• Strong Git workflows and code review practices.
• Demonstrable understanding of SOLID principles and common design patterns; writes clean, maintainable code.

Preferred Skills

• Next.js experience; ability to pick up new Next apps quickly.
• Experience with CI/CD, Docker, and Agile rituals.
• Cloud familiarity (GCP preferred, Azure/AWS transferable; conceptual understanding is key).
• Exposure to WordPress/PHP in a headless or integration context.

Our Recruitment Process

• Recruiter Screen
• Technical Interview
• Client Interview I
• Client Interview II

We strive to move efficiently from step to step so that the recruitment process can be as fast as possible.

What We Offer

• Totally remote, full time (40h/week)
• Flexible work hours
• Contractor agreement
• Payment in USD, by-weekly or monthly - your choice
• Availability: 4 hours overlapping with Doha, Qatar.