Software Engineer

Job Description

WorkinVirtual Private Limited is hiring a Software Engineer for a full-time, 100% remote position open to qualified candidates worldwide.

The Software Engineer will design, build, test, maintain, and improve software used across WorkinVirtual’s digital platform and supporting systems.

You will work across application features, backend services, APIs, databases, integrations, and user-facing functionality while helping maintain reliable and maintainable production software.

This position is suited to an engineer who can take a technical requirement from analysis through implementation, testing, review, deployment, and ongoing improvement.

Candidates should have 3–5 years of relevant professional software engineering experience.

Compensation is $35–$45 USD per hour.

This is a 100% remote worldwide opportunity requiring at least 4 hours of working-day overlap with New York / US Eastern Time (ET).

Job Details

• Employer: WorkinVirtual Private Limited

• Position: Software Engineer

• Category: Software Development

• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote

• Eligible Locations: Worldwide

• Employment Type: Full-time

• Experience Required: 3–5 years

• Compensation: $35–$45 USD per hour

• Currency: USD

• Required Time-Zone Overlap: Minimum 4 working hours with New York / US Eastern Time (ET)

• Remote Training: Yes

• Travel Requirement: No travel required

• Application Method: Apply directly through WorkinVirtual

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain production software.

• Build reliable user-facing application features.

• Develop and maintain backend services and APIs.

• Integrate internal and external services through secure APIs.

• Work with relational or other appropriate databases.

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.

• Debug application, integration, and production issues.

• Write and maintain automated tests where appropriate.

• Review code and contribute constructive engineering feedback.

• Participate in technical planning and architecture discussions.

• Improve application performance, reliability, maintainability, and security.

• Identify technical debt and recommend practical improvements.

• Maintain appropriate logging and error handling.

• Work with version-control and collaborative development workflows.

• Participate in deployment and release processes.

• Document important technical decisions and implementation details.

• Collaborate with product, operations, and other stakeholders.

• Investigate defects and help resolve production issues.

• Evaluate new technologies when they offer meaningful product or engineering benefits.

Required Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional software engineering or software development experience.

• Strong software-development fundamentals.

• Professional experience with at least one modern backend programming language such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, PHP, Java, Go, or a comparable language.

• Experience developing web applications or software services.

• Experience designing or consuming REST APIs.

• Experience working with databases.

• Familiarity with Git or another modern version-control system.

• Understanding of testing, debugging, and software-quality practices.

• Understanding of secure software-development principles.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to understand existing codebases and safely modify production software.

• Clear written technical communication.

• Ability to work independently within a distributed engineering environment.

Preferred Skills

Experience with some of the following is helpful:

• JavaScript

• TypeScript

• React

• Node.js

• Python

• PHP

• REST APIs

• PostgreSQL or MySQL

• NoSQL databases

• Git

• Docker

• CI/CD

• Automated testing

• AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure

• Application monitoring

• Performance optimization

• API integrations

• Agile software development

Candidates are not expected to know every technology listed above.

Compensation

$35–$45 USD per hour.

Compensation is denominated in United States dollars (USD).

Employment Type

This is a full-time position.

Experience

Applicants must have at least 3 years of professional software engineering or software development experience.

The target experience range is 3–5 years.

Work Authorization

This opportunity is open to qualified candidates worldwide.

Applicants must be legally permitted to perform remote work from their country of residence.

WorkinVirtual does not provide visa sponsorship or relocation for this position.

Remote Training

Remote onboarding and training will be provided.

Onboarding will introduce the successful candidate to WorkinVirtual’s development workflows, repositories, relevant systems, documentation, communication procedures, engineering expectations, and release processes.

Equipment Policy

Candidates must have:

• A reliable computer suitable for professional software development.

• Stable high-speed internet.

• A suitable professional remote workspace.

• Reliable availability for online collaboration during required working hours.

Required WorkinVirtual accounts and access to role-specific development systems will be provided.

100% Remote Work

This is a 100% remote position open to qualified candidates worldwide.

There is no office-attendance requirement and no relocation requirement.

Candidates must maintain at least 4 hours of working-day overlap with New York / US Eastern Time (ET).

Travel Requirement

No travel is required for this position.

Application

Apply directly through WorkinVirtual with an up-to-date resume.

Candidates are encouraged to include a GitHub profile, technical portfolio, deployed application, or other relevant software-development work where available.

Applicants must complete the required screening questions.

Shortlisted candidates may be invited to an online technical interview.