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Weekly Commitment

20 hrs

Compensation Range

$250 - $325 / hr

Company Stage

Other

Industry

IT Consulting

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Remote (USA pref.)
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About Forward

Forward is a consulting firm that works exclusively with independent consultants to help startups build their engineering organizations.

About the Work

Keywords: rewrite / strangler pattern refactor
Budget: $250-$325/h
Hours per week: 20
Term: 6-9 months
Location: U.S. based candidates strongly preferred
Working hours: 6 hours overlap with ET
Start date: Immediate
Company stage: Series B

Context

We're working with a company that's looking to do either a strangler pattern refactor or a full rewrite of a relatively small / low-complexity shopify site.

We're looking for someone who can come in and help us determine the best path forward and then work with us to build a small team of contractors to execute.

Shopify xp would be great for this but is not a hard requirement here.

About You

Roughly in order of importance:

  • You have experience executing rewrites / strangler pattern refactors
  • You have eng leadership experience
  • You have consulting experience
  • You have shopify experience
  • You have 10+ years experience

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