Remote software engineer jobs
We, at Turing, are looking for talented remote software engineers who have strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and complex engineering to join top U.S. software companies.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Understand and follow our standardized software engineering processes to design, develop, document, review, test, analyze, and release code
- Produce high-quality code with good test coverage and use modern abstractions and frameworks when appropriate
- Tackle complex tasks by putting to use your problem-solving skills and analytical abilities
- Collaborate with other team members such as product managers, UI/UX designers, developers, system analysts, and marketing managers to produce the desired software solutions
- Understand and follow our standardized software engineering processes to design, develop, document, review, test, analyze, and release code
- Produce high-quality code with good test coverage and use modern abstractions and frameworks when appropriate
- Tackle complex tasks by putting to use your problem-solving skills and analytical abilities
- Collaborate with other team members such as product managers, UI/UX designers, developers, system analysts, and marketing managers to produce the desired software solutions
- Collaborate with technical authors to create specifications and write operational documentation
- Research, design, and develop new/existing software applications
- Identify areas for modification in our existing systems and make improvements
- Solve integration and incompatibility issues in our software applications
- Monitor software systems and applications to ensure high performance and low-latency
Minimum requirements
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
- 3+ years of software engineering experience (we make rare exceptions if you are highly skilled)
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages, frameworks, or libraries, such as React, Node, Python, JavaScript, React Native, PHP, Vue, Java, Golang, Ruby on Rails, Angular, and Django, among others
- Excellent computational problem-solving skills and expert understanding of designing, coding, debugging, and testing procedures
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
- 3+ years of software engineering experience (we make rare exceptions if you are highly skilled)
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages, frameworks, or libraries, such as React, Node, Python, JavaScript, React Native, PHP, Vue, Java, Golang, Ruby on Rails, Angular, and Django, among others
- Excellent computational problem-solving skills and expert understanding of designing, coding, debugging, and testing procedures
- Strong computer science fundamentals with an excellent understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Technical competency with a logical, analytical approach to problems
- Experience in web/mobile application development, Unix/Linux environments, distributed/parallel systems, information retrieval, networking, or systems/security software engineering
Preferred skills
- Familiarity with the whole web stack, including front-end and back-end technologies, frameworks, libraries, and other web server optimization techniques
- Deep understanding of large systems, complex code bases, and version control systems such as Git
- Understanding of concepts such as local storage, caching, effective memory usage, code optimization, scaling, throughput, etc.
- The ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) concurrently with US time zones for a minimum of 4 hours/day
- Familiarity with the whole web stack, including front-end and back-end technologies, frameworks, libraries, and other web server optimization techniques
- Deep understanding of large systems, complex code bases, and version control systems such as Git
- Understanding of concepts such as local storage, caching, effective memory usage, code optimization, scaling, throughput, etc.
- The ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) concurrently with US time zones for a minimum of 4 hours/day
- Fluency in English and the communication skills to effortlessly collaborate with engineering managers at U.S. software companies
- The capability to function and find effective solutions to problems without hand-holding and micromanagement
- The ability to use constructive feedback to continuously grow and improve
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How to become a software engineer in 2021?
Software engineers are the core part of the IT and digital industry. With the advancement in technology, a visible increase can be seen in the demand for remote software engineer jobs in the IT industry.
While the improvement process requires great dedication and patience, the professional rewards accompanying it are worth the effort. This article will help you make an informed decision about whether a software engineer career is for you or not. You will also learn how to become a software engineer and get an estimate of the salary of a software engineer.
What is the scope in software engineering?
Due to the expansion of the digital market and IT sector, the demand for smart devices has also reached an all-time high. The market of mobile applications, web applications, and websites is increasing exponentially. With that expansion, the demand for software engineers is increasing day by day, and so is the scope in software engineering.
Software engineers not only take ownership of developing software solutions but also modify and upgrade the existing systems. A software engineer performs multiple operations, such as creating video games, developing internet applications, testing applications, and designing new system architectures. As a result of these multi-tasking efforts, there will be an increase of jobs in software engineering by 21% by 2028 (according to a report published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics).
New technologies like cloud computing, AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Dev OPS, etc., are emerging rapidly in the tech market, increasing the demand for remote software engineer jobs among the industries worldwide.
What are the roles and responsibilities of a software engineer?
A software engineer’s job role is often determined by a project type, necessary product solutions, or the engineering manager. They are mainly responsible for researching, developing, implementing, and maintaining software solutions to solve various problems. How they perform these responsibilities is heavily influenced by multiple external factors, such as the product development cycle, team size, and the programming language used in the project.
A software engineer’s roles and responsibilities fall into four main categories.
Research and Analysis:- Although they are experts in programming, many software engineers have to build solutions with a roadmap. For front-end developers, this might mean creating interfaces that can work in multiple browsers. For back-end engineers, it could be adding an API to their tech stack. Regardless of the problem, software engineers spend a lot of time researching programmatic solutions and technical documentation before proceeding to the next stage of the software development life cycle.
System design:- A back-end software engineer must design the engineering foundation that brings a designer's solutions to life, while a front-end engineer focuses on the user-centric aspect of the application. The roles of a software engineer may include tasks such as creating a back-end architecture or writing algorithms. A software engineer has to follow best development practices and use his creativity while designing technical solutions.
Implementation:- The main goal of a software engineer is to implement efficient code throughout the product infrastructure. Most software engineers work as a team or collaborate with other developers and build specific front-end or back-end components of a particular product. Therefore, software engineers must understand the implementation protocol as their key responsibility.
Support:- You always need continuous iteration, support, and patching for software products. A software engineer must troubleshoot the problem and fix the issues as they arise. Software engineers need to provide constant support and maintenance of the applications long after they have been deployed. They closely work with the QA team to provide ongoing support for the product throughout the software development lifecycle.
How to become a software engineer?
Becoming a software engineer takes a considerable amount of time, hard work, and dedication. To get a remote software engineer job, you should familiarize yourself with at least one programming language and its related tech stacks. Choose a language that you find intriguing, and then practice as much as possible to become proficient with its real-world applications.
Understanding how to apply your technical knowledge to solve real-world problems challenges your abilities and helps you evolve. This is crucial to building a solid portfolio to share with prospective employers.
Now, let's look at the skills and methods you'll need to master to become a successful software engineer:
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Skills required to become a software engineer
The first step is mastering the essential skills that can get you a high-paying software engineering job. Let’s get started!
1. Data Structures and Algorithms
Data Structures and Algorithms are the core aspects of programming. Initially, most developers do not consider learning these concepts important, but when they start creating complex software solutions, they find that code takes too much time or too much space. Then only engineers realize the importance of organizing the data structures by using the correct data types and algorithms to solve a specific error with less time and space complexity.
2. Programming languages
To become a good programmer, you must have a thorough understanding of at least one programming language. When deciding which programming language to choose, it depends on your area of interest and which language you like to solve problems or are comfortable with.
3. Source control
Today, most companies are looking for a developer with strong knowledge of version control and who can collaborate effectively. So if you want to become a great software developer, you need to be familiar with version control concepts and tools like Git, Mercurial, SVN, etc.
4. Text editors
It does not matter if you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced level programmer; every programmer's programming journey begins with text editors. Strong working experience with text editors like Notepad ++, Sublime Text, Atom, Brackets, Visual Code, etc., is desirable for the role of software engineering.
5. IDEs (Integrated Development Environment)
IDEs allow you to write, modify, compile, run, and debug your code. Every engineer should know how to use the IDE to develop applications with ease.
6. Databases
Strong working knowledge of databases is one of the key requirements of a software engineering role. Developers should have hands-on experience with all kinds of operations like storing, creating, insert, updating, deleting records, etc. If you want to become a good developer, you must know how to write basic SQL queries. Some of the popular databases are Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, etc.
7. Operating system
A software developer must know the basics and mechanics of the operating systems. When a developer is working on a project, they are dealing with many problems related to an operating system, such as memory usage, communication with another computer, prolonged execution of a program, conflicts with tools, blockages, etc. A developer with hands-on experience with operating systems would easily navigate through the system, troubleshoot bugs, and fix them.
8. Networking basics
Developers need to understand the basics of networks to develop and support an application. If the architecture is not designed correctly, there may be HTTP request issues all over the network. Therefore, we cannot deny that networking basics are one of the essential skills for software engineers.
9. Testing/Debugging
Testing and debugging are the most crucial skills for a software engineering role. Testing is the process of testing individual blocks/integrated pieces of source code, whereas debugging refers to taking all those discrepancies into account (bugs), figuring out the reason, and fixing them.
10. Encryption and Cryptography
While building a web application or software that works on sensitive data, a developer must implement a secure and encrypted key to prevent all types of cyberattacks. A developer is expected to know how encryption algorithms, authentication, and cryptographic methods work and implement them within the software application.
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How to get remote software engineer jobs?
Software engineers are the core workforce of any software solution that comes into the market. To present the best, they need to practice effectively and consistently. They also have to work hard enough so that their skills gradually grow over time. In this regard, there are two main factors that developers need to focus on for this breakthrough to happen:s seek guidance from someone who has more experience and use effective techniques while you practice. As a developer, you must know how much to practice. So make sure to get a team that can assist and guide you through development challenges!
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Why become a software engineer at Turing?
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Long-term opportunities to work for amazing, mission-driven US companies with great compensation.
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Work on challenging technical and business problems using cutting-edge technology to accelerate your career growth.
Career growth
Work on challenging technical and business problems using cutting-edge technology to accelerate your career growth.
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Join a worldwide community of elite software developers.
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Join a worldwide community of elite software developers.
Once you join Turing, you’ll never have to apply for another job.
Turing's commitments are long-term and full-time. As one project draws to a close, our team gets to work identifying the next one for you in a matter of weeks.
Once you join Turing, you’ll never have to apply for another job.
Turing's commitments are long-term and full-time. As one project draws to a close, our team gets to work identifying the next one for you in a matter of weeks.
Work from the comfort of your home
Turing allows you to work according to your convenience. We have flexible working hours and you can work for top US firms from the comfort of your home.
Work from the comfort of your home
Turing allows you to work according to your convenience. We have flexible working hours and you can work for top US firms from the comfort of your home.
Great compensation
Working with top US corporations, Turing developers make more than the standard market pay in most nations.
Great compensation
Working with top US corporations, Turing developers make more than the standard market pay in most nations.
How much does Turing pay their software engineers?
At Turing, software engineers can set their own prices. However, Turing recommends you a salary where we know we can find you a profitable long-term opportunity. Our recommendations are based on our assessment of market conditions, individual skills, and the demand we see from our clients.
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