Software Engineer (Contract)

Our [mission](https://www.greenhouse.com/mission) at Greenhouse is to make hiring work for everyone – so we go to great lengths to hire great people because we believe that they’re the foundation of our success. At Greenhouse, you’ll join a team that collaborates purposefully, fosters inclusivity, and communicates with transparency and accountability so we can achieve our mission. Join us to do the best work of your career, solving meaningful problems with remarkable teams. This is an independent contractor engagement in Argentina. Deel will serve as Contractor of Record and will contract with and pay the independent contractor. The independent contractor will provide services to Greenhouse on a non-exclusive basis, may provide services to other clients, and will be responsible for determining the manner and means of performing the services, subject to the applicable statement of work and agreed deliverables. This engagement is not an employment relationship with Greenhouse. No employment relationship, social benefits, or labor entitlements under Argentine Law 20,744 are created by this engagement. Through this arrangement, Deel is hiring an independent contractor to provide services to the Governance team. This team owns how permissions and authorization work across the Greenhouse product. This role will support the development and maintenance of the Company’s web-based applications as part of an approximately 12-month engagement. This is a collaborative, execution-focused, non-exclusive engagement. You will spend the majority of your time in the code building features, fixing bugs, and ensuring our products remain stable and performant for users. ## **Contract & location details** - **Contract duration:** Approximately 12 months - **Engagement type:** A non-exclusive contract role engaged through a Contractor of Record (COR) via Deel in Argentina - **Location:** Argentina (remote) - **Working model:**Collaboration with a distributed, US & Canada-based team with reasonable availability for coordination with Greenhouse stakeholders ## **Who will love this job** - **A Pragmatic Builder** - You enjoy the craft of coding and take pride in writing clean, readable code. You aim for the simplest solution that satisfies the business requirement. - **A Full-Stack Contributor** - You are comfortable moving across the stack, whether updating a PostgreSQL schema or building a new UI component in React. - **A Quality Advocate** - You believe a feature isn’t “done” until it’s tested. You regularly write unit and integration tests to catch regressions early. ## **What you’ll do** - Build, modify, and maintain features using Ruby on Rails and React, following established engineering patterns - Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code that aligns with existing architectural standards - Maintain RESTful APIs and update PostgreSQL data models to support evolving feature needs - Write comprehensive unit and integration tests (e.g., RSpec, Jest) to ensure feature stability - Collaborate closely with other engineers through code reviews, standups, and technical discussions - Participate in a shared support rotation during working hours, diagnosing and resolving issues to maintain application health ## **You should have** - 2+ years experience in contributing production code (required) - Experience contributing to projects, helping drive them to completion (required) - Experience with Ruby, C#, Java, or Python (Ruby preferred) - Direct experience with AI and agentic software development (Claude code, Codex, etc) - Proficient understanding of Javascript or Typescript fundamentals, including React - Experience working in the full stack - Proficient understanding of architectural patterns - REST/web development experience - Experience partnering closely with Product and Design partners - Experience with Rails, preferred - Experience with authorization and permissions, a plus - Your own unique talents! Your background has given you a unique perspective and set of transferable skills that aren't always in alignment with a given role - but those are qualities we value at Greenhouse. If you don't meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, we still strongly encourage you to apply ## **Who we are** At Greenhouse, we live by our mission through [using our own product](https://www.greenhouse.com/interviewing-at-greenhouse) to help us hire the right person for the job, every time. We’re committed to designing and responsibly using AI tools to transform how we work while keeping people at the center. We are a remote-first company and have shared office spaces in New York City and Ireland, and optional co-working spaces that give us flexibility to do our best work anywhere. We take an active role in our growth through a performance review program that’s committed to providing actionable feedback, and a bonus structure that rewards great performance. We believe that bringing together a variety of perspectives makes us a stronger company – and we nurture leaders who create an inclusive culture and invest into employee resource groups that celebrate our differences and life experiences. We’re proud to have built an [award-winning culture](https://www.greenhouse.com/awards) that’s been recognized as Fortune’s Best Places to Work and Inc.’s Best Workplaces multiple years in a row. – *Greenhouse Software is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. 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